Qemists
Concorde 2, Madeira Drive, Brighton, Fri, March 4, doors 6pm, £12, 01273 673311
BRIGHTON’S own Qemists have been combining a drum and bass sound with a rock aesthetic for the last 12 years. This homecoming show is in support of long overdue third album Warrior Sound.
Fiddes Smith
Otherplace At The Basement, Kensington Street, Brighton, Sat, March 5, 8pm, £10/£8.50, 01273 987516
MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST Fiddes Smith is joined by special guest Rachel Ries for a night of truly unplugged acoustic music. Look out for Ries’s own handmade EPs, preserves and hand-stitched notebooks on sale on the night.
Sussex Symphony Orchestra
All Saints Church, The Drive, Hove, Sat, March 5, 7.30pm, £15, ssomusic.co.uk
FINALIST of the BBC Young Musician Of The Year Daniel Shao is set to join Sussex Symphony Orchestra for Francois Borne’s Fantasie Brilliant on Themes From Bizet’s Carmen. Also on the bill are Smetana’s Ma Vlast, Vlatava and Sibelius’s Fifth Symphony.
Worthing Symphony Orchestra
Worthing Assembly Hall, Stoke Abbott Road, Worthing, Sun, March 6, 2.45pm, £24/£18, 01903 206206
TURKISH pianist Idil Biret plays two frequently neglected piano works with Worthing Symphony Orchestra: Cesar Franck’s Symphonic Variations and Chopin’s Andante Spianato Et Grande Polonaise Brillante. Also featured are Schumann’s Spring Symphony, and Rubbra’s Fourth Symphony.
Cigarettes After Sex
Bleach, Above Hare And Hounds, Preston Circus, Brighton, Sun, March 6, 8pm, £7, 01273 709709
TAKING inspiration from the dreampop sounds of the 1980s, Brooklyn via El Paso four-piece Cigarettes After Sex have just released II, their second release in three years, featuring the song Affection.
Support from Babeheaven.
Peter Donohoe
St Saviour’s Chapel, Ardingly College, College Road, Ardingly, Mon, March 7, 7.30pm, £16/£13, 01444 893230
THE Music@Ardingly eighth concert series is hosting one of the country’s top pianists in a programme of works by Schubert, Schumann, Chopin and Scriabin.
Foxes
The Old Market, Upper Market Street, Hove, Tues, March 8, 7.30pm, £16, 01273 201801
FRESH from her signing at HMV last month, Louisa Rose Allen performs tracks from her second album All I Need.
Banco de Gaia
The Haunt, Pool Valley, Brighton, Wed, March 9, 7pm, £15, 01273 606312
HAVING launched the Banco de Gaia name in 1989 for his brand of ambient dub and electronica, Toby Marks is back with a live trio to promote the 20th anniversary re-release of second album Last Train To Lhasa.
Support from Sophie Barker.
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Patterns, Marine Parade, Brighton, Wed, March 9, doors 7pm, £11, 01273 606312
NOW on their sixth album As If, released last November on Warp, the Californian band whose name is pronounced chk chk chk, will be supporting themselves with their Stereolab covers project Stereolad.
LSD And The Search For God
Prince Albert, Trafalgar Street, Brighton, Wed, March 9, doors 7.30pm, £7.50, 01273 606312
TAKING in Brighton as part of their first UK and Europe tour, San Francisco’s LSD And The Search For God are perhaps unsurprisingly a psychedelic outfit based around swirling guitars, fuzzed drones and boy/girl lyrics.
Support from The Vacant Lots.
Holy Wave
The Hope And Ruin, Queen’s Road, Brighton, Thurs, March 10, 8pm, £7.50, 01273 606312
MORE psychedelia, this time hailing from Austin, Texas, playing Brighton in support of new album Freaks Of Nurture which is out this month.
Wire
The Con Club, High Street, Lewes, Thurs, March 10, 7pm, £15, www.seetickets.com
NEXT month art-punks Wire release mini-album Nocturnal Koreans on their own Pinkflag label, which was inspired by sessions for their self-titled 13th album released last year.
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