February Live

January has been dead here in Brighton for live music; no-one wants to tour. Thankfully things seem to be rapidly improving and there's a heap of good bands coming to play in the city over the next few months. So without further ado here's my recommendations for February:

02/02 - This month's hottest ticket is the NME Awards Tour at the Dome featuring some of the best new bands around at the moment. The Killers, The Futureheads, Bloc Party and Kaiser Chiefs will all be performing. If you haven't got your ticket already then you're shit out of luck.
05/02 - I'm choosing to watch Mylo destroy rock 'n' roll (and "David Boo-wie") at the Concorde, but there's also Green Day playing at the Centre.
07/02 - Fresh from January's tsunami benefit gig, The Tenderfoot and Good Morning Captain reteam for some melodic tunes at the Greys.
08/02 - I got a shock last week when I tried to buy a ticket to see KT Tunstall at the Komedia and was told it was sold out - I thought no-one knew about this Scottish female singer-songwriter. Thankfully I've managed to get my hands on a spare ticket since then.
09/02 - Time to check out The Bravery at the Concorde; tipped by the BBC as the band to watch in 2005.
10/02 - Morrissey sound-alikes The Dears also appearing at the Concorde.
16/02 - I've wanted to see Soulwax (2 Many DJs "proper" band) for ages, so now's my chance as they play at the Concorde. Their current Any Minute Now album is a lot better than the critics would have you believe.
17/02 - A bit of comedy with Stewart Lee at the Komedia. He wrote Jerry Springer: The Opera you know.
21/02 - Hal and The Magic Numbers bring their co-headlining tour to the Concorde. I caught the latter band supporting St. Etienne last year and they were pretty mellow and laid back.
22/02 - Goldie Lookin' Chain are at the Dome. Could be a work of comedy / musical genius... or a complete load of old bollocks.
27/02 - Might check out Natasha Bedingfield at the Dome. Okay, okay, she's a bit mainstream pop but then again who paid to see Katie Melua last year? Hopefully I'll be working on that concert anyway, fingers crossed. 28/02 - Saving the best til last, potentially, as The Soundtrack of Our Lives play at the Concorde. Their gig at the Astoria in London last November was my favourite live concert of 2004. Should be a good one!

Hope to see you around the town for some of the above.