Oxjam Takeover

Across Brighton, Saturday, October 17, noon, £5 all venues wristband, www.oxjambrighton.co.uk/

MORE than 80 new and unsigned bands take over eight venues across Brighton to raise money for Oxfam. Look out for the finals of the U18 Battle Of The Bands at the Pavilion Tavern, in North Street, from 2pm, and an all-day family event at Under The Bridge Studios, in Trafalgar Arches, with a line-up ranging from four to 65 years old. Plus there’s the BiMM stage at Neighbourhood in St James’s Street, folk and indie at Marwood, in Ship Street, and jazz at The Verdict in Edward Street.

Kwabs

Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Friday, October 16, 7pm, £15, 01273 673311

A CHANCE to catch the London-based neo-soul star who went from posting his own YouTube videos to signing with Atlantic Records in just three years.

Brighton Film Quartet

Music Room, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, Friday, October 16, 8pm, £22.50, 03000 290902

HAVING been resident players at the Grand Hotel since 2013, the city-based piano, cello, violin and clarinet quartet premiere a new work by pianist Penny Loosemore inspired by the 180 dragons and serpents in George IV's pleasure palace.

Steve Earle And The Dukes

De La Warr Pavilion, Marina, Bexhill, Friday, October 16, 7pm, from £28.50, 01424 229111

WITH a career stretching across three decades, and encompassing stints in jail for drug possession, as well as appearances on cult TV series The Wire and Treme, Americana legend Earle has just released his 16th studio album Terraplane.

Jo Harman

Worthing Pier Southern Pavilion, Worthing, Friday, October 16, 8pm, £16, 01903 206206

AN intimate night with the 2014 British Blues Award-winner as part of this month’s Worthing Live.

La Luz

Bleach, Preston Circus, Brighton, Friday, October 16, 7.30pm, £7, 01273 606312

SEATTLE’S all-female La Luz have just released second album Weirdo Shrine, taking inspiration from Charles Burns’ brilliant graphic novel Black Hole.

Support from Slum Of Legs and Pink Lizards.

John Peel Night

Green Door Store, Trafalgar Arches, Brighton, Saturday, October 17, 7.30pm, £6/£7, 01273 606312

SOME of the legendary DJ’s favourite acts including Piranhas Four, I, Ludicrous, Helen McCookerybook of The Chefs and Simon And The Pope – featuring Simon Charleston from The Higsons – pay tribute 11 years on from his untimely death.

Frank Carter And The Rattlesnakes

Patterns, Marine Parade, Brighton, Saturday, October 17, 7pm, £12, 01273 606312

THE former Gallows frontman shows he’s still angry with his new outfit.

Ruts DC

Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton, Wednesday, October 21, 7.30pm, £15, 0845 2938480

DESPITE losing both their frontman Malcolm Owen to a drugs overdose, and more recently guitarist Paul Fox to lung cancer, the reggae-influenced-punks formerly known as The Ruts are still standing, releasing their first album in 30 years back in 2013.

Swim Deep

Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Wednesday, October 21, doors 7.30pm, £12, 01273 673311

FOLLOWING the release of second album Mothers, the newly expanded five-piece bring their rejuvenated psychedelic take on indie-pop to Brighton.

The Phantom Band

Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar, Middle Street, Brighton, Wednesday, October 21, 8pm, £11, 01273 606312

BUILDING a word-of-mouth fan following for their unpredictable live shows, Glasgow indie rockers The Phantom Band return to promote Fears Trending - their second album to be released over 12 months.

Darwin Deez

Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Thursday, October 22, doors 7.30pm, £12.50, 01273 673311

TWO years on from his last album Songs For Imaginative People, Brooklyn-based pop perfectionist Darwin Deez returns with new songs Kill Your Attitude and Bag Of Tricks from the forthcoming Double Down.

The GrandMothers Of Invention

The Haunt, Pool Valley, Brighton, Thursday, October 22, 7pm, £17.50, 01273 606312

FRANK Zappa’s greatest music recreated by a band built around saxophonist Bunk Gardner and keyboard-player Don Preston, who both joined the Mothers Of Invention in 1966 and stayed during one of the maestro’s most creative periods.