Steve Harley makes 'em smile, Goldie gives 'em a thousand-dollar grin and Electric Soft Parade play a home town double.

GOLDIE, Borders, Brighton, November 13
EastEnders badboy, DJ extraordinaire and sporter of gold teeth, Goldie reads from his autobiography, Nine Lives. It tells how this most original and respected figures of the UK music industry succeeded in nurturing an extraordinary talent despite a damaging childhood. Starts at 6.30pm, free entry. Call 01273 731122.

AN AUDIENCE WITH STEVE HARLEY, Assembly Hall, Worthing, November 8
The original cockney rebel who brought us Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me), Steve Harley provides an acoustic set accompanied by his old friend and Cockney Rebel playmate, Jim Cregan. This is the first time the two have toured together for more than 20 years so expect all their hits and more. Starts at 8pm, tickets cost £14.50/£15.50. Call 01903 206206.

NIGHTMARES ON WAX, Brighton Dome, November 14
The godparents of chill and masters of the herb. Nightmares On Wax take to the stage with a live band and perform their patented languid mix of dance genres to blow away the winter blues, stoney beats, surreal soundscapes and lolloping hip-hop loops. Show starts at 8pm, tickets cost £12. Call 01273 709709.

ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE, Concorde 2, Brighton, November 9-10
Brighton's top rocking brothers provide a mature blend of emotionally charged grunge-like power chords, wispy acoustics and glorious mega-pop which places them at the very epicentre of all that is cool in the world of teen nutterdom. "If there's a better new British band this year, I'll emigrate to Russia," said a critic from The Guardian. Starts at 7pm, tickets cost £8.50. Call 01273 772770.