Brighton AID
Bright-AID
@The Brighton Coalition
Saturday April 4, 2009
One of the best things you can do on a Friday night in Brighton to wind down from a busy week is nip out for a few drinks and a spot of live music, even more reason if it’s in the name of charity.
For all of those reasons, last night my friends and I ventured out to trendy seafront nightclub The Coalition.
The Brighton Coalition is not your average nightclub, full of beautiful people, the 7 day week programme always carries a variety of live music, comedy and achingly cool DJ nights that embrace the local culture.
Last night we were there for Bright-AID, a live music event held in the name of raising money for Cancer Research, the Polycystic Kidney Charity and The Macmillan Hospice. What better reason to put our dancing shoes on?
The fully local line-up included Gloria Cycles, The Third Man (with Max Rafferty from The Kooks) and Rock ‘n’ Roll-er’s I-Koma, all this for a minimal £5 entry fee.
Kicking the night off at 9pm was Brighton-based foursome I-Koma www.ikoma.co.uk . Warming us up nicely, front man Davey Perry was on form filling the stage with a massive energy that they kept up the whole way through the gig. Giving us the songs we wanted, including the already familiar ‘La La La Hey’ and ‘Wasting My Time’ they got us hip-shaking and hair-flicking all over. By the time it was finished, all we wanted was to hear more.
Next up was The Third Man www.thethirdman.co.uk, a first time see for me and they certainly didn’t disappoint. Vocalist and guitarist Max Rafferty held the audience captive with a fresh indie sound that felt new and progressive. The whole set list was perfect, but it was latest song ‘Better Days’ that captured our chilled out vibe perfectly.
This lead us nicely into the concluding act, the just fabulous, Gloria Cycles www.gloriacycles.co.uk.
With clear influences from The Eels, Supergrass and Talking Heads among others, vocalists Glaswegian-born Kenny McCracken and Brightonian Jen Dalby gave us the magic that capped off the evening nicely. When the crowd wasn’t dancing it was because we were completely enchanted by Jen Dalby’s somewhat hypnotic voice and stage presence – These are the ones I’ll be watching closely this summer.
All in all a fantastic line up and The Coalition works incredibly well as a live gig venue – a true Brightonian’s night out.
To find out more about what’s on at The Coalition visit: drinkinbrighton
Written by Sarah L Sharp
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April 7th 2009 | 1
Lucy says:
A great write up. I happened to be one of the beautiful people at the event and I agree with Ms Sharp.
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phil Crowe says:
Really good write up, descriptive but concise..
I can’t stand flowery reviews
