The Brighton festival’s free submission window runs until 15 February, with no distributor account required.
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The Brighton festival’s free submission window runs until 15 February, with no distributor account required.
The only UK show in 2026 became a homecoming that mattered, as a poorly laid-out festival transformed into something quietly profound.
The two Australian singers performed their “Murder Ballads” track together for the first time in seven years, while Cave and the Bad Seeds also unearthed deep cuts during a surprise daytime set.
Returning to their hometown for a headline set, the band acknowledged Brighton’s role in their early years and played a new song, ‘Ballad Of So Long’.
The Brighton band emerge from a restless London circuit with a sound rooted in ’90s revival and a conviction that their generation deserves its own version of it.
The Brighton musician steps out under his own name next month. Revisiting his work with Wax Machine offers a clear view of where he’s headed.
A late-night Patterns performance during The Great Escape showed how SKINSHIP’s recent full-band move is reshaping the project’s live presence. Sophie Vaughan caught the trio on the pier the next morning.
At The Great Escape, Caity Baser gave a surprise performance on the CLASH stage, drawing a crowd that snaked down the street. It was a brief, fitting return for an artist who cut her teeth in the city.
Over half of the UK’s small venues now operate at a loss. At The Great Escape, venue operators made clear that the sector’s survival hinges on collaboration and a levy on large spaces that remains largely unsigned.
The Brighton quartet’s second album channels post-breakup chaos into a vibrant, percussive indie-pop record that feels both volatile and assured.
