The new Brighton Fringe Autumn Edition has started today, bringing a programme of safely distanced artistry to our city. Header image is from the performance 2100 A Space Novelty, shot by Siobhan O’Driscoll Brighton Fringe Autumn Edition is running across the core dates of 1-31 October, and is bringing more than 50 events to venues across the city as well as online. “I am delighted … Continue reading Brighton Fringe Autumn Edition OPENS
Tickets for Live is Alive! are on sale now on the Brighton Dome website and at Resident Records Tickets for all four dates of the Live is Alive! showcase at the Brighton Dome are on sale now and can be purchased ON THIS LINK. The event is a collaboration between more than a dozen of the city’s grassroots venue and will highlight Brighton’s buzzing music … Continue reading Live is Alive! on sale now
This week we’ve enlisted the help of local emo punk legend, Chris from H_ngm_n to bring you a throwback bangers club. Stick it on, enjoy the nostalgia and make it through Wednesday. What have Mac Miller, Paramore and Hot Mulligan all got in common? Chris Childs reckons they are fucking bangers, mate. Check out Chris’ top picks to get you through the midweek slump. Follow … Continue reading Undercurrent Bangers Club ft Chris H_ngm_n
Live music is coming back to Brighton with Live is Alive! A collaborative event backed by a host of the city’s venues. Brighton music venues have joined together to put on a series of live gigs at The Dome to help raise support for the city’s beleaguered music scene. Live Is Alive! will take place at the Brighton Dome and via livestream over four consecutive … Continue reading Live is Alive! Brings music back to Brighton
Ahead of their upcoming split EP with Brightr, Brighton emo pop bandits H_ngm_n have released a music video for “Ghost” acoustic. Brighton two piece emo pop legends, H_ngm_n (specifically lead singer Chris) have teamed up with acoustic punk legend Brightr (Laurie Cottingham) to release a wonderful new split EP of stripped-back tracks. To celebrate the announcement, H_ngm_n has released the video for their new take … Continue reading H_ngm_n release video for Ghost
Fuzzbrain Studios, one of the most important DIY music spaces in the South East was destroyed in a fire two nights ago and now needs our help to rebuild what was lost. A crowdfunding campaign has been started to help rebuild Fuzzbrain Studios following a devastating fire. You can donate right now HERE // AND HERE // The studio, located in North East London, was completely … Continue reading Fuzzbrain Studios needs our help to rebuild after devastating fire
Record Store Day has gone all socially distanced this year and is taking part across three separate weekends – the second of which will kick off this Saturday 26 September. The biggest date on the record collector’s calendar, more important than your mums birthday and your anniversary all rolled into one, Record Store Day, is back for it’s second drop this comign Saturday (26 September). … Continue reading Brighton shops release second Record Store Day lineups
One moment the ferris wheel was there and the next it was lost forever. The same happened to my youth some years later. It has been a decade since American Slang was released and it has been roughly the same amount of time since I moved to Brighton. Due to my nature as a self-absorbed dickhead I have drawn immense thematic parallels between these two … Continue reading Goodbye circus wheel: the fire of youth, saying goodbye and ten years of American Slang
The weekend is sadly over, so ease yourself back into the real world with the very first UC Bangers Club. Undercurrent has finally realised it is 2008 and we are now live on Spotify to bring you the very first UC Bangers Club. Featuring house tunes from Cortese (Plaza UK records), the latest cuts of the new Marthagunn EP, a big rewind to The Story … Continue reading Undercurrent Bangers Club
Brighton’s premier lo-fi rock solo act, Bloody Death has released a video for its latest single, Never Have I Ever. The second track off the band’s 2020 release After Hours Dreaming, Never Have I Ever is a wonderfully angular, measured journey to a very nice phasey climax. Filmed throughout the hills of Andalusia, where Ted Foster found himself at the outbreak of the ole ‘rona … Continue reading Bloody Death releases Never Have I Ever video
