Stiff Little Fingers
Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Friday, August 1
ORIGINAL Belfast punks Stiff Little Fingers return to Brighton 35 years after their classic debut album Inflammable Material, with Jake Burns still at the helm.
7pm, £18.50, 01273 673311

De La Soul
Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Tuesday, August 5
DE La Soul’s game-changing 1989 debut Three Feet High And Rising saw the trio combine witty wordplay with psychedelic rock, jazz and reggae samples while their contemporaries were rooted in soul and disco.
Support from Elli Ingram and Rob Luis of Tru Thoughts.
7.30pm, £27.50, 01273 673311

Teen Creeps All-dayer
Green Door Store, Trafalgar Street Arches, Brighton, Saturday, August 2
LIVE sets by Brown Brogues, Kult Country, These Foreign Kids, Broadbay, Kit Wharton and Bar Rats, with DJs Eddie Goatman, Luth Er and Latest Tapes plus a barbecue.
3pm to 10.30pm, £5, www.thegreendoorstore.co.uk

Lower
The Hope, Queen’s Road, Brighton, Sunday, August 3
COPENHAGEN punks Lower introduce their debut album Seek Warmer Climes – their first release on cult label Matador.
Support from Water Canvas and Hot Glass.
8pm, £7, 01273 606312

Machine Head
Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Monday, August 4
MULTI-MILLION-SELLING Oakland metal legends Machine Head play a rare Brighton show in support of their forthcoming eighth album – their first without founding bassist Adam Duce. Support from Hostile.
7pm, SOLD OUT, call 01273 673311 for returns

Erland And The Carnival
The Prince Albert, Trafalgar Street, Brighton, Tuesday, August 5
HAVING reinterpreted classic folk on their first two albums, Closing Time has been billed as a more personal project by Simon Tong of The Verve, folk guitarist Gawain Erland Cooper and drummer David Nock.
7.30pm, from £6, 01273 606312

Ian Shaw and Claire Martin
Ropetackle Arts Centre, Little High Street, Shoreham, Friday, August 1
FROM the patriotic music hall favourites written during the First World War to chart-toppers by Michael Jackson jazz singers Ian Shaw and Claire Martin explore a century of song.
8pm, £15, 01273 464440

Baby Godzilla
The Hope, Queen’s Road, Brighton, Thursday, August 7
SEEING as Baby Godzilla’s video for Trogloraptor consists of the band downing Jagermeister in real-time until they throw up it’s safe to say this is going to be a pretty full on rampage of a show.
Support from Palm Reader, Let’s Talk Daggers and B****** Eye Scream.
8pm, £6, 01273 606312