MNNQNS (Pronounced Mannequins) from Rouen, France, were brought together by their shared tastes in post-punk and pubs. Taking influence from heavyweights like The Fall, Television and Sonic Youth, MNNQNS are a compelling force of tightly woven guitars, enveloping feedback and singer Adrian D’Epinay’s deadpan, at times sermonic vocals.
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MEET @ 7.30pm – doors open for drinks, chats and meet-ups
SHOW @ 9pm – live music and comedy from three top cabaret acts
DANCE @ 10.30pm – the dance floor is open for business until 2am… and this month’s music theme is – 90s CHEESE!!
THIS MONTH’S CABARET ACTS…
// SHERIKA SHERARD – A well-known performer on the London music scene, Sherika Sherard’s velvet voice and robust persona warms the hearts of every listener. She has performed all over the world and supported Seal at two of his European shows – www.sherikasherard.com
// EMILY BAUM – Comic, writer and overall funny lady. Finalist at Pride’s Got Talent Cabaret 2019 – www.emilybaumonline.com
// KING SAMMY SILVER – International award-winning drag king and everyone’s favourite bear cub, King Sammy Silver loves to lipsync, sing and dance his little paws off for you – www.kingsammysilver.com
ENTRY – £8 advance/online – 18+ ONLY
Tickets on the door or in advance via WeGotTickets (booking fee applies) – www.wegottickets.com/indigoclubbrighton
** INDIGO CLUB is intended as a social space for gay/bi/queer women but is NOT EXCLUSIVE – everyone is welcome regardless of gender or sexuality **
Shana Cleveland has been beguiling listeners for years in her role as the superlative frontwoman for elastic surf rockers La Luz. Now Cleveland is evolving her sound on the new solo full-length Night of the Worm Moon, a serene album that flows like a warm current while simultaneously wresting open a portal to another dimension.
As much a work of California sci-fi as Octavia Butler’s Parable novels, Night of the Worm Moon incorporates everything from alternate realities to divine celestial bodies. Inspired in part by one of her musical idols, the Afro-futurist visionary Sun Ra (the album’s title is a tip of the hat to his 1970 release Night of the Purple Moon), the record blends pastoral folk with cosmic concerns.
Cleveland dreamt up this premise while living in Los Angeles, a city where–as deftly explored on La Luz’s recent Floating Features–reality and fantasy casually co-exist. One particularly evocative scene laid the groundwork for Night of the Worm Moon’s psychedelic undercurrents. As Cleveland tells it, “Shortly after I moved to Los Angeles I went to a hip hotel to watch a poolside screening of a documentary about a local alien-worshiping cult. Out front celebrities were getting out of the backs of cars and rushing past autograph hounds into some roped-off room where a secret dinner was about to commence. In the lobby a woman was being paid to exist inside a glass box. [Then] a car dressed as a spaceship pulled up in front to release 30 white doves into the sky above Sunset Boulevard.”
Appropriately enough, Night of the Worm Moon was recorded during a rare cosmic occurrence: 2017’s solar eclipse. “We took a break from recording during [the] totality and looked at the sun’s image through a piece of cardboard projecting onto a garbage can,” Cleveland says. “When we came back inside the studio was covered in dozens of tiny crescent suns, refracted from a mirrored disco ball that [engineer Johnny Goss] had hanging in a window.” Abetting Cleveland during the recording process was a familiar gallery of co-conspirators: multi-instrumentalist Will Sprott of Shannon & the Clams, original La Luz bassist Abbey Blackwell, Goss, pedal steel player Olie Eshelman, and Kristian Garrard, who drummed on Cleveland’s previous solo effort (with then-backing band The Sandcastles), 2011’s Oh Man, Cover the Ground.
But whereas that album was internal and contemplative, Night of the Worm Moon occupies a different, vibrant kind of headspace. UFO sightings, insect carcasses, and twilight dimensions are all grist for Cleveland’s restless creativity, and they and other inspirations collide beautifully on the album’s 10 kaleidoscopic tracks–a spacebound transmission from America’s weirdo frontier.
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Madding crowds may have found their bounce to the beat of ‘Bad Blood’s post-punk groove but Working Men’s Club will defy all expectation with their eagerly anticipated follow-up. Forcing backs off the wall and deeper onto the dancefloor, electric stomper ‘Teeth’ possesses enough bite to set pearly whites on edge and induce a wildly ecstatic feeling that’s anything but comfortable.
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Flight Brigade’s sound is as distinctive as it is unique. Infectious melodies and hooks flow through songs that at times exude fierce energy, and at others gentle poignancy. With grand orchestral sweeps embracing crunching, anthemic guitars, vocal harmonies, strings and vintage synths, their explosive performances feel like it’s their last day on earth! Made up of family members and childhood friends, their bond shines through in their live shows.
Festival appearances have included Glastonbury, Bestival, The Great Escape, Beautiful Days, Blissfields, and Boomtown as well as Reeperbahn in Germany. Named one of Time Out’s ‘Rising Stars’, radio play has included, Dan O’Connell Radio X; Steve Lamacq & Tom Robinson on BBC 6 Music; Gary Crowley, Bob Harris and Janice Long on BBC Radio 2. Their songs have also been used on ‘Made In Chelsea’, Channel 4’s ‘Sunday Brunch’ and E4’s “Tattoo Fixers”
Whilst touring their debut album Flight Brigade caught the ear of esteemed producer Chris Porter (George Michael, Elton John, Bowie) and were invited to record their second album at The Visconti Studio. Preceded by singles “Fury Road” and “Tinderbox”, the album “Chased by Wolves” is due for release 13th September 2019 on Rebel Cinema Records.
Support comes from Brighton Indie Rock band The Grand Nowhere who fall in line with something similar to The Killers or Radiohead or even elements of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, plus Adalia, also based in Brighton, and citing influences as diverse as Panic At The Disco, Evanesence, Joan Jett and Jim Steninman.
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With a wide array of influences, Larkins own a set of funk tinged indie that’s been selling out shows across the country.
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Guess who’s back? SB’s back!
Brand new club night GROUP THERAPY rolls into Brighton on the 26th October at Latest Music Bar
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– PREGOBLIN
– GURU
– HOURGLVSS
– MAURICE BUSINESS
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KING MOB DJs until 2am
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This October sees the launch of a new pop up film club for the Kemptown and East Brighton Community. Hosting the best in cult classics and recent independent releases from across the world, Kemptown Kinema will provide a space to bring the local community together through a shared love of cinema. Come and join us for our launch on Sunday 27th October at The Latest Music Bar with a screening to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic 1960’s road movie Easy Rider.
Starring the late Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper and featuring Jack Nicholson, this classic film has come to immortalise the free-spirit nature of 60’s counter culture.
All profits of this screening will go to local charity The Clock Tower Sanctuary supporting young homeless people in Brighton.
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Brighton Groove Project is an acid jazz and funk fusion jam night open to all musicians and music lovers.
The music is improvised around a riff or simple chord progression, with the groove as the guide.
Someone calls a key and starts a riff and everyone brings their sound to the mix. It’s a great opportunity to stretch out, work on your improvising or just dance to the funky grooves. Everyone is welcome.
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SWANMEAT
Alt post-punk band based in Brighton.
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“Sweaty three piece band from Norwich UK, who infuse rambunctious garage punk, with the slow, melodic surf-rock sound.” Future Radio
SOME PROPER OLD SCHOOL NORWEGIAN DEATH METAL THIS HALLOWEEN!
With support from This is Endless, Deception – NO, Mechanized Dirge & Subservience
Norwegian death metal kings, BLOOD RED THRONE – celebrates 21 years in the scene and Mighty Music will release their 9th album, Fit To Kill, in 2019 with following live shows to support their best album so far. The band was started by still remaining member, Daniel “Død” Olaisen, when he played in Satyricon in the 90’s. Original drummer, Freddy «Fred the Shred» Bolsø, returned in 2013 and Ivan “Meathook” Gujic, Ole “Hellbent” Madsen and Yngve “Bolt” Christiansen have been in the team the last 7-8 years. Stian «Gunner» Gundersen has recently been replaced as their new bass player. BLOOD RED THRONE is known for their energetic and connecting live-shows and has toured many parts of the world the last 18 years. Both as headliners but also on support tours with Dimmu Borgir, Enslaved, Suffocation, Cryptopsy…to name a few. They have done big festivals as Wacken, Hellfest, Bloodstock, 70.000 Tons of Metal and many more.