Brighton LMHR are staging a mini-festival on Sunday 25 April.
The event runs from 3pm to 10pm at Hector’s House, 52-54 Grand Parade, Brighton BN2 9QA with tickets just £4 on the door. Brighton LMHR says:
The management of Hector’s House have kindly allowed us the use of their venue for the day on Sunday 25th of April, so we are taking this opportunity to put on a festival of some of Brighton’s freshest and best bands. Each band has its unique sound with genres from punk to folk to hip hop all represented. Two things unite these Brighton bands, brilliant music and opposition to racists and fascist like the BNP.
Confirmed acts include:
BOY COM – seven-piece Kick-Ass-Party-Hip-Hop collective, whose aim is to make you groove till the end of the night – even after you’ve left the venue
Dirty Scavenger – grungy three-piece band, performing songs by Jo Maultby about her experiences of life on the streets, protesting, and other adventures. Their sound is dark, grungy, yet uplifting, and have often been described as “mesmerising to watch”
Hollywood Assassins – Sharp blues and rock influenced songs, with razor sharp guitar playing and a unique take on classic rock and roll genres
Jae Moe & A.Cat – A pair of politically conscious rappers whose left wing raps are combined with a passion for raising awareness about the dangers of the BNP and the EDL
Wild Cat Strike – The creation of singer/songwriter Danny Byrom, whose half sung half spoken words songs go on the philosophy that “you have to yell some that you’d never tell no body”
The Kings of Oblivion – Performing old favourites, bringing late 60s and early 70s covers to the mix
The Small Deaths – An irrepressible blues-influenced electronic punk monster with a varying number of limbs and heads, depending on which country or city its members are currently residing in
F.R.A – An acoustic folk band who see “Folk” not as a style of music, but as a way that music is made; by ordinary people, not rock stars, with inexpensive equipment, in all places, at every oportunity- above all for the love of it. In short, they see music as an adventure
The Bad Comrades – Old school punk aesthetic played by people jumping on a bandwagon that long since road through town, furiously flogging its collapsed horse for signs of life, spurred on only by the common-sense sense of futility
Owen Holland – Accoustic guitar played with skill and clarity, Owen combines an unparalleled technique with a commitment to the songs.
