The Guide offers a critical view of what's hot for the coming week.

John Parish, Hanbury Ballroom, St George's Road, Brighton, Tuesday
- Award-winning composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist John Parish introduces his new album Once Upon A Little Time, hailed as "intimate, intense, serious, frivolous and not to be ignored" to his live audiences. Most famous as the man who injected some of the thrashy vitriol into the career of PJ Harvey, Parish has also been involved in some of the most critically-acclaimed albums of the past few years including Tracy Chapman's Let It Rain, Goldfrapp's Felt Mountain and Sparklehorse's It's A Wonderful Life. Once Upon A Little Time is Parish's third album under his own name, described as "a grown-up record for people who loathe music for grown-ups". Support comes from Venus and Salter Cane. Starts 8pm, tickets cost £10.50 and £8.50. Call 01273 325440.

Hilary Duff, Brighton Centre, Kings Road, Brighton, Wednesday
- American teen queen Hilary Duff has skewered success on two fronts: As both a perfectly formed actress and as a pop star in the girl next door tradition of Britney (the early years), Jessica Simpson et al. She first emerged on the screen in the Disney television series Lizzie McGuire and since then she has starred in a string of fluffy Hollywood blockbusters including A Cinderella Story and the forthcoming Material Girls, which has been co-produced by Madonna's film production company, and features Hilary's version of Madonna's Material Girl for the film's soundtrack. This is her first-ever UK tour and follows sell out tours across the globe and record sales in excess of four million. Starts 7.30pm, tickets cost £22.50. Call 0870 405 0448.

The Anti-nowhere league, Pressure Point, Brighton, Thursday
- After riding for several years with various motorcycle gangs, Animal (Nick Culmer - vocals) and Magoo (Chris Exall - guitar) put together The Anti-Nowhere League in 1980. They were an overnight sensation, securing a record deal with WXYZ Records and supporting The Damned just one year later. Playing standard, raunchy, Sex Pistols-influenced punk rock, they tried to be the nastiest, smelliest, most obscene, brutish punk band of all time and, lashing out against the "small-minded straights on the street," generated a lot of publicity through sheer shock factor. "Enter at your own risk," warn the band. "If you are mentally unstable or in need of parental guidance, go no further." Starts 8pm, tickets cost £8.50. Call 01273 684501.