The Tallest Man On Earth
De La Warr Pavilion, Marina, Bexhill, Saturday, October 24, 7pm, £22.50, 01424 229111
FOR the first time The Tallest Man On Earth, aka Sweden’s Kristian Matsson, is bringing a band on tour with him to promote fourth album Dark Bird Is Home.
Jane Weaver
Green Door Store, Trafalgar Arches, Brighton, Saturday, October 24, 7.30pm, £10, 01273 606312
LIVERPUDLIAN psyche-folk singer-songwriter and former member of Kill Laura and Misty Dixon showcases her critically acclaimed sixth solo album The Silver Globe.
Years And Years
Brighton Centre, King’s Road, Saturday, October 24, doors 7pm, £17.50, 08448 471515
HAVING started the year as the BBC Sound Of 2015, Years And Years have built up an impressive career in a very short time. In Brighton alone they have moved from selling out the 600-capacity Concorde 2 in March to playing the 5,000-capacity Brighton Centre on the back of their chart-topping debut album Communion.
The Space Lady
West Hill Hall, Compton Avenue, Brighton, Saturday, October 24, 7.30pm, £7, 01273 606312
LIVING a life in the US underground supporting her husband as he dodged the Vietnam draft, Susan Dietrich found solace in the discovery of an old accordion in a Massachusetts junk store. Now 40 years on she is a cult favourite across the world and is embarking on only her second international tour.
Support from Van Stonholdt and Occult Hand.
Storms
The Hope And Ruin, Queen’s Road, Brighton, Sunday, October 25, 8pm, £7, 01273 606312
STORMS are looking back over 25 years for their influences - mixing Britpop melodies with grungey overdriven guitars particularly on latest anthem Shame.
Vaadat Charigim
Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar, Middle Street, Brighton, Sunday, October 25, 7.30pm, £5, 01273 606312
CURRENTLY on their debut UK tour Tel Aviv psychedelic shoegazers Vaadat Charigim sing all their songs in Hebrew to a dreampop backing – as heard on second album Sinking As A Stone.
United States Culture Through The Laetitia Sadier Prism
Asa Briggs 1 Lecture Theatre, Arts A Building, University Of Sussex, Falmer , Monday, October 26, 6pm, free, book through www.sussex.ac.uk/newsandevents/events?id=31717
FORMER Stereolab frontwoman Laetitia Sadier will be playing songs and talking about the influence of American culture on her music in a one-off free lecture to launch the university's new Americans In Paris research network. The singer is the guest of the Sussex Centre For American Studies.
Ron Sexsmith
Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton, Monday, October 26, 7.30pm, £20, 0845 2938480
CANADIAN balladeer and songwriter’s songwriter Ron Sexsmith introduces latest album Carousel One, with support from Trevor Moss and Hannah Lou and Bella Spinks.
Susanne Sundfør
The Haunt, Pool Valley, Brighton, Monday, October 26, 7pm, £10, 01273 606312
SCANDINAVIAN synthpop from Norwegian chart-topper Susanne Sundfør, taken from her sixth studio album Ten Love Songs.
Nils Lofgren
De La Warr Pavilion, Marina, Bexhill, Tuesday, October 27, 8pm, from £32.50, 01424 229111
FAMOUSLY playing with Neil Young as a 19-year-old on the Canadian’s career-consolidating After The Gold Rush album, Nils Lofgren has since played with Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, Ringo Starr and Jerry Lee Lewis, as well as releasing a string of solo albums under his own name.
Spector
Patterns, Marine Parade, Brighton, Tuesday, October 27, 7pm, £12.50, 01273 606312
HAVING suggested they might not have the longest career with the title of their debut album Enjoy It While It Lasts, London’s indie-rockers Spector returned this summer with second album Moth Boys. Support from Bill Ryder Jones.
My Baby
Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton, Tuesday, October 27, 7.30pm, £10, 0845 2928480
HAILING from The Netherlands and New Zealand, My Baby mix the Delta blues with soul, trance and rock as heard on new single Remedy II.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Brighton Dome Concert Hall, Wednesday, October 28, 8pm, £23.50, 01273 709709
CANADIAN post-rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor reconvened in 2010 after a seven-year hiatus, and have just released fifth album Asunder, Sweet And Other Distress.
Support from Tashi Dorji.
Foxes
Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Wednesday, October 28, 7.30pm, £12.50, 01273 673311
LAST time she dropped in on Concorde 2 Foxes was breaking a world record for playing seven gigs in seven venues within 12 hours. Now the pop princess is back without the clock ticking to play tracks from forthcoming album All I Need.
Soak
Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Thursday, October 29, 7.30pm, £10, 01273 673311
EXPECT tickets to be flying out the door now that 19-year-old Irish singer-songwriter SOAK’s debut album Before We Forgot How To Dream has been nominated for the 2015 Mercury Music Prize.
Maribou State
The Haunt, Pool Valley, Brighton, Thursday, October 29, 7pm, £9, 01273 606312
POTTEN End electronic music duo Maribou State’s series of EPs on Ninja Tunes have been championed by Zane Lowe, Huw Stephens, Annie Mac, Pete Tong and Gilles Peterson ahead of their forthcoming album Portraits.
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