Idlewild Acoustic
The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove, Friday, August 22, 7pm, £16, 01273 606312
THE Edinburgh five-piece return five years after their last album Post Electric Blues, with a short series of stripped-down acoustic shows.

The Dickies
The Haunt, Pool Valley, Brighton, Friday, August 22, 7pm, £16, 01273 606312
APPARENTLY inspired by seeing The Damned on their first US tour, veteran LA punks The Dickies are best known in this country for their top ten take on the Banana Splits song.

Vena Portae
Union Music, Lansdown Place, Lewes, Saturday, August 23, 3pm, and Music’s Not Dead, Bexhill, Saturday, August 23, 6pm, free
THE collaboration between BAFTA Award-winning singer-songwriter Emily Barker, songwriter Dom Coyote and Swedish producer Ruben Engzell tours UK independent record shops to coincide with the release of their self-titled debut album.

BBC Big Band
Assembly Hall, Stoke Abbott Road, Worthing, Sunday, August 24, 4pm, £22.50, 01903 206206
A CELEBRATION of the sound of cinema, featuring selections from James Bond, Breakfast At Tiffany’s and Mission: Impossible.

The Wytches
Resident, Kensington Gardens, Brighton, Thursday, August 28, 6.30pm, two tickets free with album preorder, 01273 606312
AHEAD of the release of their hotly anticipated debut Annabel Dream Reader, The Wytches play a short set in Resident’s main space to anyone who preordered the album, which comes out on Monday.

Israel Nash
The Prince Albert, Trafalgar Street, Brighton, Thursday, August 28, 8pm, £12/£14, 01273 606312
ORIGINALLY from Missouri, 1970s classic rock-influenced songwriter Israel Nash has taken inspiration from his new Texan home just outside Austin for his third album Rain Plans.
Support from Pete Gow.