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RFB BAND OF THE WEEKROSALES

by on Dec.01, 2011, under Uncategorized

www.facebook.com/rosalesuk

Ros­ales are based in Brighton and have punchy and snappy simple songs brought to life with dis­tinct­ive vocals, beau­ti­fully erratic gui­tars and pound­ing drums.We will be broad­cast­ing their songs, This Gen­er­a­tion, No Body & Mis­un­der­stand­ing, inbetween shows, so keep an ear out for them!Check out their face­book page — here
BRIGHTON, United Kingdom
Descrip­tion
Punchy and snappy simple songs brought to life with dis­tinct­ive vocals, beau­ti­fully erratic gui­tars and pound­ing drums.
Cur­rent Location
Brighton
Influ­ences
The Lib­ertines, The Strokes, The Clash
Press con­tact
rosalesuk@hotmail.com
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Band of the Week — Written in Waters

by on Sep.29, 2011, under Uncategorized

www.facebook.com/writteninwaters
www.soundcloud.com/writteninwaters

Writ­ten in Waters

are our band of the week.
Listen out for them inbetween shows.

Writ­ten in Waters also have an up-coming gig in Brighton at
The Haunt
10 Pool Val­ley
Brighton
BN1 1NJ

Thurs 6th Octo­ber, 7pm.
FREE with flyer, £2 without.

Also play­ing: Nor­dic Giants & The Phys­ics House Band.

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This Week’s (22−28 August) Band of the Week — White Mink : Black Cotton.

by on Aug.22, 2011, under Uncategorized

Radio Free Brighton wel­comes our new neigh­bours in Tra­fal­gar Arches, White Mink : Black Cot­ton, and recom­mends them for your listen­ing pleas­ure as this weeks Band of the Week.

WHITE MINK : BLACK COTTON.. ‘Elec­tro Swing versus Speak­easy Jazz’ is (firstly) a series of beau­ti­fully pack­aged double CD com­pil­a­tion albums fea­tur­ing both redis­covered gems remastered from rare and ori­ginal 1920’s and 30’s 78’s on one disc — versus — the very best con­tem­por­ary dance-floor music influ­enced by these jazz-age (Elec­tro Swing) sounds on the other. The albums have had massive pop­u­lar and crit­ical acclaim;

Electro-swing’s first land­mark moment” Mixmag

HOT music to stir the adren­alin, and when we say HOT we mean SCORCHING. Music from the era that defined HOT. Album Of The Week.” Tunes.co.uk

Yes, this really is a new genre and an excit­ing one at last” Time Out

A sub­limely dec­ad­ent col­lec­tion” Clash Magazine

Per­fect: Pick-of-the-week” The Guardian

You can dis­cover more about them on their web­site here.

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Band of the Week (15 — 21 Aug): Genius Collective.

by on Aug.16, 2011, under Archives

 Genius Col­lect­ive are a seven piece Hip Hop / Soul / Funk band based in Birm­ing­ham, UK. Estab­lished in 2010, GC offer a Jazzy take on the Hip Hop Band concept.

With the band con­sist­ing of a fusion of Hip Hop heads, to clas­sic­ally trained Jazz musi­cians, their style blends hon­est, feel good lyr­ics with funk rhythms to get your head nod­ding, your mind think­ing and your feet mov­ing. Inspired by Bonobo, The Roots, The Bam­boos and TY to name a few, Genius Col­lect­ive aim to hit the scene soul­fully with their dis­tinct­ive sound.

You’ll hear a couple of their tracks going out in between radio shows, and can find out more about them here, and listen to them on Sound­cloud.

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Band of the Week: Harpeth Rising

by on Jul.23, 2011, under Uncategorized

This weeks Band of the Week, Har­peth Rising, are play­ing at the the Foundry in Brighton at 8pm on Sunday 24th July. They’ll also be join­ing us down in the stu­dio at 4pm on Sunday. Their music will be play­ing out in between Radio shows all week.You can find more inform­a­tion about the band here.

You’ll also be able to hear a short inter­view we con­duc­ted with them earlier on our Mix­cloud.

 

 

 

 

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Band of the Week, Twin Brother: Playing at Glastonbury.

by on Jun.26, 2011, under Uncategorized

Local band Twin Brother are play­ing their first Gla­ston­bury this year. They rehearse reg­u­larly at Under the Bridge and are much respec­ted by our team. Every­one at Radio Free Brighton sends them every good wish for a much deserved suc­cess. Listen­ers will hear Twin Brother play­ing reg­u­larly between the shows this week. Click on the pic­ture below to hear some of their music:

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BOTW: Ellen and the Echo

by on Jun.03, 2011, under Uncategorized

This week we are fea­tur­ing Brighton’s very own ELLEN AND THE ECHO

Visit their face­book page by click­ing on the photo above, or listen out for them on the radio this week. We’re sure you’ll love them!

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