Lisbon

Hope And Ruin, Queen’s Road, Brighton, Saturday, January 23, 8pm, £4, 01273 606312

WHITLEY Bay’s Lisbon haven’t been signed yet, but in today’s music industry that’s not the problem it once was. Following a BBC Radio 1 session and tours with Eliza And The Bear and Saint Motel, the four-piece has been compared to Foals, The 1975 and Little Comets.

Black Dyke Band

Chichester Festival Theatre, Oaklands Park, Saturday, January 23, 7.30pm, £14, 01243 781312

WITH a heritage which dates back 160 years, in 2015 the Yorkshire-based Black Dyke Band added to their tally of 16 National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain and 30 British Open Championships by being named European Champions.

Stop Press!

Komedia, Gardner Street, Brighton, Saturday, January 23, 7pm, £7, 0845 2938480

FOLLOWING a summer of festivals and support slot with Finley Quaye, the Brighton-based five-piece reggae/ska/indie band play a showcase to raise funds for their forthcoming debut album.

Angaleena Presley

The Con Club, High Street, Lewes, Sunday, January 24, 7.30pm, £12/£14, 01273 474053

UNION Music Store’s own band The Jamie Freeman Agreement back up the modern country star, who hails from a coal-mining family in Kentucky. Formerly of the Pistol Annies, Angaleena Presley is touring her debut album American Middle Class.

Coffee Concert: Royal College Of Music Wind Ensemble

Brighton Dome Corn Exchange, Church Road, Sunday, January 24, 11am, £18.50/£16, 01273 709709

SENIOR students from the Royal College Of Music play rarely heard chamber pieces by Janacek Mladi, Beethoven, Strauss and Mozart.

The Sirkis/Bialis International Quartet

Ropetackle Arts Centre, Little High Street, Shoreham, Tuesday, January 26, 8pm, £13, 01273 464440

A NEW collaboration between Israeli drummer and composer Asaf Sirkis and Polish vocalist Sylwia Bialis, which mixes contemporary classical, Polish folk, Indian and Middle Eastern music. The quartet also features bassist and harmonica player Patrick Bettison and pianist Frank Harrison.

Dilly Dally

Green Door Store, Trafalgar Arches, Brighton, Wednesday, January 27, 7pm, £7, 01273 606312

THE Toronto quartet was built up around schoolfriends Kate Monk and Liz Ball who bonded over a love of Pixies, Kurt Cobain, Christopher Owens and Pete Doherty. They released their debut album Sore in October.

Sauna Youth

Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar, Middle Street, Brighton, Wednesday, January 27, 8pm, £6.50, 01273 606312

ORIGINALLY forming in Brighton back in 2009 before heading to London, contradictory punks Sauna Youth also perform as the band Monotony, which features the same four players albeit in a different configuration.

Support from The Soft Walls and The Glugg.

13th Poets vs MCs

Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Thursday, January 28, 7pm, £4, 01273 673311

ROSY Carrick and Hinesy Hines host the annual head-to-head between rappers and poets as they try to showcase the wildest imaginations and sharpest barbs, with music from DJ Tyni.