JOY. Presents  
Deaf Havana  
\+ The LaFontaines  
\+ Sick Joy

This is a 14+ event.

This is a 14+ event

Deaf Havana

Deaf Havana - Sinner

Sick Joy

The LaFontaines

Gigs

Brighton

CHALK

FORM Presents

BIG THIEF

\+ L’RAIN

This is a 14+ event.

FORM Presents

Big Thief 

Big Thief - Blue Lightning

L'Rain

Big Thief

JOY. Presents  
Frankie Stew & Harvey Gunn

This is a 14+ event. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult 18+

Frankie Stew & Harvey Gunn

Dream Factory

Frankie Stew and Harvey Gunn - Paris

JOY. Presents  
Leith Ross  
\+ Phillip Brooks

This is a 14+ event. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult 18+

This is an 14+ event. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult 18+

Leith Ross

Phillip Brooks

LA DISPUTE

Such Small Hands

La Dispute - Such Small Hands

La Dispute

Acclaimed composer, artist, and producer Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith returns to Ghostly International with her most ambitious, intuitive, and inviting work to date. Though ambient and modern new age circles have embraced Smith’s catalog, Let's Turn It Into Sound favors a more baroque and robust form of avant-pop. Across vibrant and visceral songs, Smith engages an inner community with awe and curiosity, expressing a feeling that words alone cannot. The music bursts with vertiginous vocal harmonies and detailed sound design, forming a truly unique sonic vision, illustrated further by her use of a motion-capture suit for the record's visuals.

This is a 14+ event.

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - The Steady Heart

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Rare Things Grow

Billy Nomates 

Billy Nomates - No

Billy Nomates

Tom Meighan

JOY. Concerts presents  
Algiers  
\+ Helen Ganya

This is a 14+ event.

This is an 14+ event.

Algiers

Helen Ganya

FORM Presents

THE LEMON TWIGS

\+ Tchotchke

On Everything Harmony, the fourth full-length studio release from New York’s The Lemon Twigs, the prodigiously talented brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario offer 13 original servings of beauty that showcase an emotional depth and musical sophistication far beyond their years as a band, let alone as young men. While they eagerly devour musical influences from everything and everywhere, they have somehow arrived at a cohesive and dynamic sound that speaks to our troubled times.

This is a 14+ event.

The Lemon Twigs

I Wanna Prove to You

The Lemon Twigs - These Words

Tchotchke

One Inch Badge Presents

OSEES

\+ Special Guests

This is a 14+ event (under 18s must enter before 10pm).

Osees

If I Had My Way

Thee Oh Sees - Toe Cutter - Thumb Buster

Psychic Graveyard

The Tokyo, Japan based 4-piece Instrumental Rock band MONO was originally formed in 1999. Their unique approach of combining moving orchestral arrangements and shoegaze guitar noise is held in extremely high regard; so much so, that the band’s musicianship and the diverse musical palette has eclipsed the Rock genre and exists within its own realm. As British Musical Magazine NME once stated, “this is music for the Gods”.

This is a 14+ event.

MONO + GGGOLDDD

Silent Flight, Sleeping Dawn - Remastered

MONO - Silent Flight, Sleeping Dawn

GGGOLDDD

Mono

ALGERNON CADAWALLADER- REUNION TOUR 2023 + Special Guests

This is a 14+ event

Algernon Cadwallader

Spit Fountain

FORM Presents

ARAB STRAP

\+ Special Guests

This is a 14+ event.

Arab Strap

Arab Strap - Driving

“I wanted to make an upbeat confident pop record about depression and being a performer, written from the viewpoint of an artist who has hollowed himself out over a long career in the name of success, an alternate universe version of me, who is left empty and lonely from climbing to the top, but is still only able to express these feelings in the language of confident, performative pop songs.”

As the opening titles give way to the establishing shot, we’re parachuted into our protagonist’s dressing room. He’s watching freshly uploaded footage of himself on stage in front of a theatre of rapt fans. And although that was him less than an hour ago, it really doesn’t seem that way. It might just as easily be a hologram up there for all the connection he feels with that person. We don’t need to guess what our rock star narrator is thinking because I’m Not There – the opening song from Keaton Henson’s new album House Party – is taking care of that: “Baby I just need some time to be myself/Or find out who the hell I might be.” Setting the tone for what follows, the song’s mellifluous janglepop is at once so familiar that it doesn’t sound so much like it was written as siphoned from the underside of your own subconscious when you were asleep.

This is a 14+ event.

Keaton Henson

Keaton Henson - Petrichor

Since his earliest selfproduced CD-Rs, Philadelphia psych-pop master Kurt Vile has referred to himself as “Philly’s Constant Hitmaker”—and while he gave himself that name with a sly wink, he was also nodding toward the songwriting prowess that would result in him becoming one of his home city’s most celebrated rock artists. “I’m always thinking about catchy music, even though it’s fried, or sizzled, out,” he says.

“It’s my own version of a classic thing—it’s moving forward and backward at the same time.”

On his latest album, (watch my moves), Vile pulls his talents as a singer, songwriter, multiinstrumentalist, and producer in unexpected directions—and the result is a vibrant, yet meditative album propelled by Vile’s laidback charm and curious spirit. Every lyric has been chiseled down into an aphorism, every bloom of distorted guitar or murmuring synth helping create that “fried” pop. “It’s about songwriting. It’s about lyrics. It’s about being the master of all domains in the music,” he says of his ninth album and first in partnership with a major label, Verve Records.  
  
Support from King Hannah.

This is a 14+ event.

Kurt Vile & The Violators

Kurt Vile & The Violators - Denial

Kurt Vile - Pretty Pimpin

King Hannah

Melvins - 40th Anniversary Tour

\+ support

This is a 14+ event

Melvins - 40th Anniversary Tour

Honey Bucket

Melvins - Honey Bucket

Melvins

Taipei Houston

FORM & OFFIE MAG Presents

WIKI

This is a 14+ event.

WIKI 

Wiki - Mayor

Wiki

Having cut her teeth playing in Wellington band Two Lane Blacktop, and Sydney act Teenager, Pip Brown’s incredible knack for a catchy pop hook coupled with an 80s rock chic ambiance was quickly noticed when she began releasing tracks online as Ladyhawke in 2008. She was signed to a major label, moved to the UK, and her eponymous solo debut album made her hot property across the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.

She toured relentlessly, and picked up multiple NZ Music Awards, ARIAs, and nominations for Brit Awards, MTV Awards, and NME Awards. Pip’s songwriting connected because it managed to be both aspirational and relatable. She seemed effortlessly cool and distinctive but also just like a best mate, and while her music and art beautifully conjure a bold and fantastical world, they also capture her genuine, personable nature.

The darker, more guitar-based record ‘Anxiety’ followed in 2012, before the bright and breezy pop of ‘Wild Things’ arrived in 2016 – each album a kind of reaction to the one that came before.

This is a 14+ event.

Ladyhawke

Ladyhawke - Black White & Blue



This is an 14+ event (under 16s to be accompanied by an adult)

Swim Deep

Honey

One Inch Badge presents Kiefer Sutherland at Chalk, Brighton.



This is a 14+ event.

Kiefer Sutherland

“A ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for” the saying goes. But suppose the proverbial harbor is Los Angeles — a place not particularly known for being the origin of adventures. From the Spanish Conquistadors to the countless starry-eyed nobodies hoping to make it big, LA is usually the destination.

So it’s no wonder the Allah Las became fascinated with both the carefree spirit and glitter-in-the-gutter lifestyle of their hometown. After three records mining its lore and lure (from the desert to the sea) they have become global ambassadors of not just a place but a location.

Having taken their compact California on the road across the world (making stops in North, Central, and South America, Europe, South Africa, Australia, Russia, East Asia and beyond), they couldn’t help but peek through the other end of the telescope. On their fourth LP, drummer Matt Correia, bassist Spencer Dunham, and guitarists Miles Michaud and Pedrum Siadatian turn their collective gaze outward and toward the horizon. Simply titled LAHS (a reference to a common misspelling of the band’s name), their forthcoming release on Mexican Summer finds the band turning in their most cohesive and ambitious work yet.

This is a 14+ event.

ALLAH-LAS

Catamaran

Allah-Las - Catamaran

Allah-Las

One Inch Badge Presents

65daysofstatic

WILD LIGHT- 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY

\+ Special Guests

This is a 14+ event.

65daysofstatic: Wild Light 10 Year Anniversary 

Unmake the Wild Light

65daysofstatic - Radio Protector

65daysofstatic

Max Cooper

Hope - Parra For Cuva Remix

Max Cooper - Phi

Alex Banks

Starting his musical journey aged five in Paris, Cian Godfrey (aka Somebody’s Child) took to playing the piano in the family apartment. Upon moving back to Ireland, he gained an interest in songwriting, enabling him to tell his own stories. These narratives often reflect upon difficult mental health experiences, as well as the endearing happenings of a youngster growing up in Dublin.

A groundbreaking voice in the Dublin music scene, Somebody's Child has fast become one of the hottest prospects in Ireland, with early singles receiving enthusiastic support from national radio (RTE Rising Artist 2020). An appearance on The Late Late Show followed, as well as an opening slot for Kaiser Chiefs at Dublin’s 3Arena just before the Covid shutdown.

Three EPs followed in quick succession (‘20-Something’, ‘Hope, Amongst Other Things’ and ‘Staying Sane’) which both consolidated support at home and found new supporters in the UK, namely BBC Radio 1’s Jack Saunders, who interviewed Cian as his ‘Next Wave’ artist on two occasions.

The band’s snappy and energetic live show had already been creating a word-of-mouth buzz by the time of Somebody’s Child’s debut headline tour at the back end of 2021, which culminated in sold out shows in London (Colours), Dublin (Button Factory) and more.

It wasn’t long before seminal NYC indie label Frenchkiss Records (The Drums, Local Natives) came knocking, signing the band and putting them into the studio with Mikko Gordon (Arcade Fire, The Smile) in London to record their debut album, which will be released in early 2023.

This is a 14+ event.

Somebody's Child

Somebody's Child - Distance

Is there a curse that says Brian ‘BC Camplight’ Christinzio cannot move forward without being knocked back? That the greatest material is born out of emotional trauma?

Whilst making his new album The Last Rotation Of Earth, Christinzio’s relationship with his fiancé crumbled after nine inseparable years. The album follows this break-up amid long-term struggles with addiction and declining mental health. The outcome is an extraordinary record, with Christinzio describing it as “more cinematic, sophisticated and nuanced than anything I’ve done before.” He goes on to describe how the separation altered his creative focus and caused him to “scrap 95% of what I’d already recorded”, finishing The Last Rotation Of Earth in two months and making what he believes to be his most vital album.

That Christinzio has bettered his previous album is an achievement, given that Shortly After Takeoff received the best reviews of his life. “A masterpiece,” said The Guardian’s 5 star review, “a half hour or so that roils with anxiety, stuns with beauty and, occasionally, provokes laughter.” Even then, fate intervened when the album was released in April 2020, just as Covid and lockdown kicked in, so he was unable to tour the record until late 2021. The Philadelphian then joked, “I can't wait to make an album that isn’t surrounded by some awful tragedy.”

BC Camplight is a marvel' - The Guardian

This is a 14+ event (under 16 to be accompanied).

BC Camplight 

I'm Alright In The World

Zak Abel

Zak Abel - Love Song

FORM Presents

ALICE PHOEBE LOU

\+ Special Guests

Brighton CHALK

Tuesday 5th December 2023

This is a 14+ event.

CHALK

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