Blue Stragglers – Spotify / Instagram

Perhaps the hardest working power trio the dirty fuzzy depths of rock and roll in the southeast has to offer, Blue Stragglers come crashing back into Brighton to amaze and astound. So tight you can barely fit a rizla between them, they leave you fumbling around nursing the thought “What’s the point in even trying? Stragglers have already done it… It can’t be done any better…”. A turbulent fracas of riffs, hooks and uninhibited delight.

H_NGM_N – Spotify / Instagram

Many of you will know Brighton legend Chris Childs’ unequivocal love for putting on a banger of a rock show, and there isn’t a better way to see this play out than witnessing the incredibly catchy dirty emo pop of H_NGM_N. Somewhere between his heart-rending gripper of a voice, melodic grinding guitar and James’ commanding pulse is an emotively resonant core of simultaneous despair and carefree glee; this is where you’ll find yourself.

Dry Run – Spotify / Instagram

New boys Dry Run have been tearing around putting on high-octane live shows since forming in the latter half of 2022, and will be celebrating the release of their thumper of a new single “Help Him Out”. Expect in-your-face movement, Drop-D charred belters and verse-chorus-verse destruction. Maybe the occasional fart joke.