The beautiful seaside town, that is Brighton, famous for its large gay community, has over the years evolved into a place associated with the ‘cool’, swamped with people from the media, arts and music scene, this surge of creative talent has seen the emergence of new music, mostly guitar band based, known to most as ‘indie’. Due to the cities laidback and cosmopolitan attitude, the indie subculture thrives, surrounded by indie bars, venues and shops the subculture has been allowed to grow over the years and the city has produced some main players on the indie circuit.
When it comes to the indie scene, it is safe to say Brighton has it all. It appears the whole indie lifestyle can be and is played out in Brighton from shopping to nightlife, the shops stock the latest in indie clobber and the bars headline the latest indie bands no matter how good or popular.
When it comes to shopping in Brighton, the lanes are definitely the place to be. For true individual style wander lazily around the twisting and turning cobbles and discover stylish boutiques with one off pieces to team with luxurious vintage jewellery in shops nestled amongst the crowds. Pick up some quirky trinkets to treasure from the array of antique shops and trawl through the rails of beyond retro before stumbling upon a cute vintage dress or old flannel shirt. Rest your legs between shopping and grab a coffee and soak up the sounds of the buskers, which fill the lanes.
Indie kids are avid music listeners, and most bands to date source inspiration from music of the past, so where better to do this than in old record shops, for collectors of vinyl or for people who just appreciate music Brighton offers a vast array of record shops. ‘Wax factor’ is one of many, situated on Trafalgar Street the shop is bursting at the seams with second hand vinyl. There is also a section especially for indie music, dating way back in time. Borderline, rounder records and resident, just to name a few are other popular vinyl shops within Brighton.
At night the city is transformed, indie is at the forefront of the music scene, but Brighton really does cater for all tastes of music from northern soul to dance to blues, you are sure to find something to entertain you.
Hold up! At the Arc club is an unpretentious indie night (did you ever think you would see the day) on Saturday nights. Entry is £5 and the night goes on until 2am. They often have a guest DJ some of whom have been Shaun Ryder, Andy Rourke and Stuart Murdoch, so it is guaranteed to be a night full of indie fun!
‘Another sunny day’ hosted at toms bar is for the more occasional indie nights, playing a mixture of indie pop, Swedish indie, twee and Britpop.
Grab a slice of cheese at the Komedia with the Da Doo Ron Ron night, featuring strictly female vocals, experience a superb girl group soul extravaganza. Komedia club is the host to many other fantastic indie nights throughout the month.
If you are in need of a lower key chilled out pub night then Brighton is not short of them, home to over 1000 pubs you are guaranteed to find the one for you. Each pub has its own individual style, some more traditional than others. Whatever your style just adventure through the streets of Brighton and there is sure to be one on every street corner.
As well as DJ nights, Brighton hosts many live gigs, the most popular venues being the free butt and Concorde 2. A variety of local indie bands originate from Brighton, these include British sea power, the pipettes, The go! Team, air formation and wonky Beak. It seems Brighton epitomises everything that is indie from the shops to pubs to the local bands, it is definitely where it’s at.
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