ARTIST SPOTLIGHT

JO FROM SCHOOL’S EARNEST INDIE-FOLK DEBUT EP GRACE, FLAIR AND DISTANCE

With a candid approach to songwriting and an instinct for intimate, dynamic production, Grace, Flair and Distance finds its character in the space between bedroom lo-fi textures and a more expansive folk palette.

INSIDE THE SAD DADS HIVE-MIND

From childhood memories to improvised sketches and shared jokes that shape their music, Sad Dads have spent seven years turning the ridiculous into sublimely catchy songs and increasingly elaborate bits.

IN CONVERSATION WITH FEVER ROUGE

Fever Rouge have spent the last few years developing their sound, balancing politically charged songwriting with chaotic live shows.

RUBY TAYLOR ON CREATING: YUMI & THE WEATHER, MIOHMI RECORDS AND DOING IT YOURSELF

Ruby Taylor has spent the past decade making music, running a label, putting on shows and touring with other bands, following whatever bright and brilliant idea grabs her next.

INSIDE THE TECHNICOLOUR WORLD OF MY PRECIOUS BUNNY

My Precious Bunny is Lily Wolter’s glittering solo project, where Brighton friendships and childhood nostalgia shape her debut album, A Moment in My Eyes.

BORSCHT ON THEIR DEBUT EP COLOUR OF FOREVER

Borscht blend folk storytelling, alternative rock and off-kilter humour into songs filled with nostalgia, oddity and unexpected moments of levity.

‘IT’S NOT THAT BAD’: MAGDA (1999) BRING HOPE-FILLED GRUNGE

Following a whirlwind year of new music, a lineup change and transatlantic shows, Magda (1999) reflect on friendship, catharsis and the evolution of their sound as a five-piece.

REA ON RECORDING OUTSIDE, LIFE’S CYCLES AND HER SOPHOMORE EP

There’s a realness and rawness to Crop Circles that feels inseparable from where it was made.

SOFTTOP’S AWAITED DEBUT ALBUM GATHERING DUST ARRIVES THIS JUNE

Collaboration and richly detailed songwriting underpin SoftTop’s orchestral, observational approach to music-making.

BETWEEN TWO: ATTICOMATIC ON WRITING THROUGH THE IN-BETWEEN

“The space between life and death, between grief and love, between peace and chaos perfectly encapsulates how we felt during the writing of this project.”

THE SEASONS AND CATHARSIS: PEM'S NEW EP OTHER WAYS OF LANDING

Beautifully melancholic, this ambient-folk EP delivers a cascading soundscape that confronts the magic of the unknown and emotional turmoil.

GOODBYE ON THEIR GOTHIC DREAM-POP DEBUT SINGLE ‘MEAT’

Brighton has a wonderful habit of minting bands that hit the moment you hear them, and Goodbye are one of them.

SEARCH RESULTS HIT ‘EXCRUCIATING HEIGHTS’ IN BRIGHTON

The Dublin three-piece deliver an innovative spin on nostalgic indie with elements of unrelenting punk that translates to an emphatically captivating live performance

DREAMS ALONG THE SHORE: ARCHIE SAGERS RETURNS WITH AN ODE TO THE COAST

Across eleven tracks, shoegaze, dream-pop and ambient textures wash together, carried on waves of field recordings, synths and hazy guitars.

INTRODUCING KNUCKLE DRAGGERS

Sitting somewhere messily between Discharge, Killing Joke and Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Knuckle Draggers punch through the noise with a sound that’s equal parts punk, goth and new-wave gritty glam.

TENDER THUNDER: IN CONVERSATION WITH CORDELIA GARTSIDE

There's a magnetic charge to Cordelia Gartside's music; intimate and expansive, a hushed secret turned communal scream.

INSIDE MAXIMILIAN'S LATEST SINGLE 'LONG TIME GONE'

Over six transformative minutes, 'Long Time Gone' drifts and deepens, glimmering and reshaping itself in ways that seem to respond to the listener’s own mood and moment.

CATHARSIS AND COMMUNITY: ELLIS·D ON HIS NEW EP SPILL

Frantic, electrifying and dripping in gothic glam, Spill is a swirling tempest of punk-barbed psychedelic rock.

REA ANNOUNCES HER DEBUT EP GARDEN SHED

Nature whispers softly through REA’s forthcoming alt-folk debut EP, Garden Shed.

FLIP TOP HEAD: CHANCE ENCOUNTERS, NEW INTERPRETATIONS AND THEIR DEBUT EP

Bewitchingly experimental, Up Like a Weather Balloon is full of ambiguity and intrigue, leaving listeners much to interpret and imagine.

A CONVERSATION WITH BLOOD WIZARD: GRINNING WILLIAM AND SITUATIONAL CREATIVITY

Embracing limitations and possibilities within his immediate environment has shaped the expansive eclecticism of Blood Wizard’s second album, Grinning William.

LADYLIKE RISE WITH NEW SINGLE 'HORSE'S MOUTH'

With roots that dig deep into folk, post-rock, indie and dreamy psych, ladylike weave a patchwork of sound that is distinctly earthen and tender, electric and incisive.

CELESTIAL ROCK: A CONVERSATION WITH OPAL MAG

Slack-rocker Opal Mag weaves starry layers of sound with bright lyrical introspection to craft something that sits blissfully between angelic dream-pop and commanding fuzzy grunge.

GLASSHOUSE RED SPIDER MITE ON THEIR DEBUT SINGLE 'ERSTWHILE'

Glasshouse Red Spider Mite’s debut single 'Erstwhile' experiments with post-rock dynamics and slowcore textures to create something devastating and beautiful.

INTRODUCING FRANCIS PIG

Francis Pig are Brighton’s newest rock and roll outfit. Their sound overflows with twentieth century eclecticism and is deviously difficult to pin down.

THE INDIGENOUS BLUES MAN: LEE FIELDS TALKS HIS NEW RECORD SENTIMENTAL FOOL

Love imparting and soul replenishing; Lee Fields is simply unstoppable in his sixth decade of music making.

NYC'S NEXT IN LINE: BEEN STELLAR TALK THEIR DEBUT EP

Been Stellar’s music decisively avoids post-punk clichés but sits cleverly and comfortably within the tastes of the contemporary scene; offering audiences something alternative to feel, consider and hold onto.

AND THOSE WHO WERE SEEN DANCING: TESS PARKS ON HER NEW RECORD

Parks’ signature fuzzy, folksy, psychedelic rock grooves have evolved on this forthcoming album that departs into a brighter, bouncier, more eclectic style much inspired by Britpop.

PULP AND ZEST: LIME GARDEN TALK BEING BEST MATES IN A BAND

Lime Garden inject fun, pop and zest into the bright young music scene saturated with post-punk boy bands.

A CONVERSATION WITH THE GENRE DEFYING NUHA RUBY RA

Nuha Ruby Ra is punk and DIY to her very core. A powerful provocateur, her sound is enthralling in its musical and vocal subversiveness.

ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES: LEWSBERG TALK NEW RECORD 'IN YOUR HANDS'

Their eponymous debut album (2018) and second album In This House (2020) established Lewsberg as experts of the art-rock mode; disruptive, noisy and jagged instrumentals cut with melancholic humour delivered in a nonchalant tone.

GIOELE VALENTI TALKS HIS NEW RECORD WITH JUJU

Described by Valenti as his "true soul", JuJu emits a sound that’s complex in its musical layering and challenging to define; much like the mystifying nature of the human soul that Valenti aptly parallels his music to.

FIRST LIGHT: THE THIRD SOUND’S HÁKON AÐALSTEINSSON TALKS ABOUT THE BANDS NEW RECORD

Aðalsteinsson’s yearning vocals shape an atmospheric journey that travels from gothic psychedelia to the ethereal 'Ghosts of Memphis' instrumental and closes with acoustic driven songs to complete the listening experience.

GHOST WOMAN: A FARMHOUSE, TASCAM 388 AND THEIR NEW EP

Sun-kissed and sand-beaten; Ghost Woman’s debut 3-track EP Lost Echo’s reflects the gritty Arizona desert in which it was compiled.