Independent concert Promotion based in Brighton • est. 2013
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Acid Box Brighton Est. 2013
We showcase artists we love from all over the world to perform in Brighton. With a love for distortion and reverberation
we promote the music we love, mostly inspired by
styles & sub genres of alternative rock n roll
but predominantly a variety of garage surf-punk,
psychedelia and fuzz as well as forays into electronic and
world music. [email protected]
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Recent Bookings:
Kikagaku Moyo - Snapped Ankles - Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - The Liminanas - SLIFT - Flat Worms - L'épée - Juniore - Flamingods - Squid - Dry Cleaning - Minami Deustch - The Mauskovic Dance Band - Frankie & The Witch Fingers - King Khan’s Louder Than Death - The Psychotic Monks - YUCK - All Them Witches - Kid Congo Powers - WAND - The Babe Rainbow - Here Lies Man - L.A. Witch - Kit Sebastian - Brigid Dawson and the Mothers Network - Stonefield - Naxatras - The Blind Shake - Bananagun - Nice Biscuit - Klaus Johann Grobe - Karkara - Co***ne P**s - Big Boss Man - Fumaca Preta - New Candys - Elephant Stone - Shonen Knife - Camera - Pins - Go!zilla - And Yet It Moves - Death Vally Girls - Demob Happy - Tigercub - 10 000 Russos - Levitation Room
TONIGHT SOLD OUT
We're kicking off our first night of havoc with We Intend To Cause Havoc & SHOLTO down at The Hope & Ruin.
Doors: 20:00
20:30-21:00 - SHOLTO
21:30-22:30 - WITCH
SOLD OUT
Tickets are still available for tomorrow's matinee show
(all ages, under 16's come free)
LOW TICKET WARNING FOR We Intend To Cause Havoc 🇿🇲
Friday 8pm - just 5 tickets left
https://bit.ly/witchhopedice
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/617413
Saturday 1pm - running low
https://bit.ly/witchhopedicematinee
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/617421
+ support from SHOLTO
Don't sleep on it!
The Hope & Ruin
📷
Who's ready to cause some havoc this weekend?
We Intend To Cause Havoc + SHOLTO at The Hope & Ruin.
Friday 9th August
20:00-23:00
https://bit.ly/witchhopedice
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/617413
Saturday 10th August - matinee - Under 16s go free
13:00-16:00
https://bit.ly/witchhopedicematinee
https://www.wegottickets.com/event/617421
📸 Jeff Pitcher
At the end of the month, we're taking over as part of 🍄
band & will be supplying you with sound waves 🌊
Grab your ticket from the link in our bio 💥
NEW SHOW
Habibi + Support
Tuesday 3rd Dec
The Hope & Ruin
18+
Tickets £11adv / £14otd
https://link.dice.fm/Z98393088261
Co-founded by Detroit natives Rahill Jamalifard and Lenny Lynch, Habibi got its start in Brooklyn in 2011, earning early raves everywhere from Pitchfork and NME to All Things Considered and The New Yorker, who praised the band for infusing “the Colgate-white glisten of sixties-girl-group pop with an uncensored edge.”
Dreamachine, Habibi’s mesmerizing new record releasing on Kill Rock Stars, marks a major sonic evolution for the band, rising beyond the critically acclaimed five-piece’s garage rock roots to arrive at a singular swirl of analog and digital elements that underpin their search for spiritual and physical transcendence.
Produced by Tyler Love and longtime collaborator Jay Heiselmann and featuring MGMT multi-instrumentalist James Richardson, the collection draws on a mix of post-punk, experimental pop, and vintage disco, calling to mind Tom Verlaine, Diana Ross, Kate Bush, and Kim Deal, all filtered through the band’s shared love of Middle Eastern psych music. The songs here are their own distinct worlds, each an immersive quest in pursuit of something greater, and the band’s performances are relentless and hypnotic to match, driven by lush synthesizers, sinewy guitars, and a muscular rhythm section. The result is a record as fearless as it is enthralling, an alternatingly fierce and joyous work that ascends to new heights as it reckons with desire and escape, love and surrender, rebellion and reality.
Official music video of "In My Dreams" by Habibi. From the album, "Dreamachine." Out now via Kill Rock Stars.Order, stream and save the album: https://pocp.c...
TONIGHT
Join us on the beach for a night of blissed-out jams.
Doors: 19:30
20:15-20:45 - Hutch
21:00-22:00 - Gitkin
FREE ENTRY (First come first served)
Daltons Brighton
FFO: Khruangbin, YIN YIN, Arc De Soleil
\\ S t r e a m - D o w n l o a d - B u y //https://gitkin.bandcamp.com/album/go-timehttps://soundcloud.com/wonderwheel-recordings/gitkin-go-timehttps://open...
Our favourite Raga'n'Rollers are back!
Karma Sheen/کارماشین + Support
Sat 2nd Nov
The Green Door Store
19:00-22:00
Tickets £9adv / £12otd
https://link.dice.fm/U616f9f8a308
Hailing from cosmopolitan London, the music of Karma Sheen merges Hindustani Classical, fuzzy 60s Rock à la Jimi Hendrix, and Sufi-inspired lyricism, deeply rooted in cultural heritage. Spearheaded by Sameer Khan, who's formally trained by a 600-year-old lineage of musicians from modern-day Pakistan, this group of multi-instrumentalists aims to bring timeless tradition to new realms. By daring to embrace the Hindustani format while drinking from retro aesthetics and resignifying it all with the avant-gardism of neo-psych, they create something both recognizable and new. Karma Sheen released their raga-infused debut album on October 13th, 2023, and the group became known for their captivating performances fuelled by a plethora of electrified folk instruments. They increasingly gained space in the live circuit, supporting established acts such as WITCH, Yin Yin, Dur-Dur Band, Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek, Marcos Valle and Sarathy Korwar.
** NEW SHOW **
After her spellbinding debut at our Super Fuzz weekender back in May, SAHRA Halgan returns!
Mon 14th Oct
The Hope & Ruin
Tickets £11.50adv / £14otd
https://link.dice.fm/Zeed29c9fa56
Sahra Halgan is an iconic artist from Somaliland, formerly a British protectorate in the Horn of Africa, and an independent country since 1991, although unrecognised by the international community. In the 1980s, during the war in reaction to the terrible repression of Siad Barré, the dictator of neighbouring Somalia, she earns her nickname “Halgan”, the fighter, and her songs win the hearts of an entire people forever. An improvised nurse at the front, defying tribal and family conventions, she sings to heal the wounded and encourage the fighters.
But the fratricidal fighting that marks the end of the war forces her into exile, and it is France that grants her political asylum. What follows is a life familiar to millions of uprooted people in Europe: discreet integration from below, raising a family, hard work... 20 hard years that take her away from music.
ANNOUNCEMENT! AN EPIC FREE SHOW!!
School Disco are back playing a free entry show at the giving us a taste of new upcoming music. Debuting new music the expect heavy jam, heady riffs and a whole lot of fun! This is set to be a jam-packed show to RSVP to avoid disappointment!
Support comes from Bristol dark psych wizards
School Disco
With Support from
Friday 18th October
Hope and Ruin bar
20:00-23:00
FREE ENTRY
** NEW SHOW **
GIFT return!
Thursday 10 October
The Hope & Ruin
£10adv/£13otd - https://link.dice.fm/X0fae7c007c2
New York rock quintet GIFT formed just before the COVID-19 pandemic and recorded their 2022 debut album Momentary Presence during its associated isolation. Thankfully, their music – a dizzying blend of early shoegaze, classic ‘90s alternative rock and even modern pop – quickly transcended that troubled time to prick up the ears of adventurous listeners both in the UK and the US.
Today, GIFT – vocalist/guitarist TJ Freda, multi-instrumentalists Jessica Gurewitz and Justin Hrabovsky, drummer Gabe Camarano and bassist Kallan Campbell – return with Wish Me Away, their first new song in the 18 months since their debut album and the first on new label Captured Tracks.
With its earworm guitar lines, propulsive rhythms, riveting vocals and mind-expanding sonics, Wish Me Away is the perfect sonic springboard from Momentary Presence to where GIFT are going next. It’s also a potent reminder that you can still preserve that twinkle in your eye even when you feel like everything’s slipping away.
Says Freda: “Wish Me Away is about giving into the feeling of everything slipping away. Just take it all away, put me out of my misery, wish me away. While this all seems daunting and sad, there’s a feeling of optimism in this song, holding on for dear life and refusing to give up hope.”
After almost losing a loved one, Freda found himself grappling with the fleeting nature of life. Wish Me Away ruminates on the the fear and freedom that can come from knowing it can all slip away. “The line 'wish me away’ kept coming up, as in, take me, not them”, he further notes.
Official video for “Wish Me Away” by GIFT, out now on Captured Tracks.Listen: https://gift.ffm.to/wishmeaway.oydDirected by Andrew GibsonEdited by Andrew Gib...
TONIGHT
Doors: 20:00
20:30-21:00 - Francis Pig
21:30-22:30 - Baby's Berserk
The Hope & Ruin
Tickets £7adv / £10otd
https://link.dice.fm/bdc464985d24
Baby's Berserk met o.a. 'Rum And Kola' en 'Crack' tijdens ESNS 2022 (Eurosonic Noorderslag). 3FM presenteert samen met de VPRO en NTR de online versie van he...
We have a very special show lined up for you this summer!
Gitkin + Hutch
Wednesday 24th July
20:00-23:00
FREE ENTRY
Gitkin ~ Hutch ~ Acid Box Promotions
Gitkin is an eclectic blend that draws styles from around the world and mixes them into a mostly instrumental melting pot of goodness.
FFO: Khruangbin, YIN YIN, Arc De Soleil
Norwegian groove creators make their Brighton debut this September.
Flammer Dance Band
Thursday 19th September
The Hope & Ruin
20:00-23:00
Tickets £11adv / £14otd
https://link.dice.fm/X00a97b120df
Flammer Dance Band, a seven-piece ensemble hailing from Norway, specializes in the captivating world of psychedelic funk with a nod to the funky era of the 1970s.
In a world where music often strives for polish, Flammer offers an authentic journey back to the organic roots of funk.
Flammer offers an unfiltered live experience, marked by unexpected moments, improvisation and an electric atmosphere. If you're seeking a night of hypnotic rhythms, and trippy grooves that will move your soul, don't miss the opportunity to boogie with this Norwegian outfit!
TONIGHT
SOLD OUT, LET'S GOOOO!!!
Doors 20:00
20:30-21:00 - Top Left Club
21:30-22:30 - COFFIN
The Green Door Store
C.O.F.F.I.N - Factory ManOfficial video for the new single taken from the upcoming Album "Australia Stops"TOUR TICKETS https://www.coffinband.com/shows/PRE-O...
TONIGHT
Kraut-psych from Tokyo's finest, Minami Deutsch / 南ドイツ. You do not want to miss it!
Doors 20:00
20:15-21:00 Codex Serafini
21:30-22:30 Minami Deutsch
The Green Door Store
Tickets £16adv / £19otd
https://link.dice.fm/p000b3c50924
https://bit.ly/minamideutschgigantic
These self-described “repetition freaks” cite psychedelic rock and minimal techno as guideposts, but—as evidenced by a band name that is Japanese for “South Germany”.
Taken from "Can't Get There EP"It's available on our bandcamp page.https://minamideutsch.bandcamp.com/album/cant-get-there-ep-2Directed by Ryohei KumamotoCas...
TONIGHT
Aussie psychedelic sweethearts Babe Rainbow!
Doors: 19:30
20:00-20:30 - Sam Grassie
21:00-22:00 - Babe Rainbow
Komedia Brighton
14+
Tickets £15.50adv / £18otd
https://link.dice.fm/D1994d228c65
https://bit.ly/baberainbowgigantic
https://bit.ly/baberrainbowsee
Footage is taken from the 1971 documentary 'Garden' directed by Michael Stusser, and used here with his permission, in a collective homage to the organic gar...
DING DING! WHO'S READY FOR ROUND TWO?!
13:30-13:50 - Kottu
14:15-14:45 - Plantoid
15:00-15:30 - Opal Mag
16:00-16:30 - My First Time
17:00-17:30 - Hot Garbage
18:00-18:30 - Mister Strange
19:00-19:30 - Electric Cowboy Club
20:00-20:30 - System Exclusive
21:00-22:00 - Karma Sheen
Daltons Brighton
FREE ENTRY / NO WRISTBAND NEEDED
Sponsored by Abyss & Hiwatt
SUPER FUZZ DAY ONE, LET'S GOOOOO!!!
14:00-14:30 - Honk
15:00-15:30 - The New Eves
16:00-16:30 - The Stanford Family Band
17:00-17:30 - FEZ
18:00-18:30 - Hutch
19:00-19:30 - SAHRA Halgan
20:00-20:30 - Holiday Ghosts
21:00-22:00 - Bon Enfant
Daltons Brighton
FREE ENTRY / NO WRISTBAND
Sponsored by Abyss & Hiwatt
IT'S SUPER FUZZ WEEK!
Here are the set times so you can start planning your weekend down at Plus, we've added two new bands, and 🎉
Thursday
14:00-14:30 -
15:00-15:30 -
16:00-16:30 -
17:00-17:30 -
18:00-18:30 - .band
19:00-19:30 - .halgan
20:00-20:30 -
21:00-22:00 - Bon E*****
Friday
13:30-13:50 -
14:15-14:45 -
15:00-15:30 -
16:00-16:30 -
17:00-17:30 -
18:00-18:30 -
19:00-19:30 -
20:00-20:30 - .exclusive
21:00-22:00 -
FREE ENTRY / NO WRISTBAND NEEDED
Sponsored by &
Codex Serafini join Minami Deutsch / 南ドイツ later this month!
Wed 22nd May
The Green Door Store
Tickets https://link.dice.fm/p000b3c50924
** JUST ANNOUNCED **
That's right! We're bringing you the legendary shredders, The Mystery Lights to The Hope & Ruin.
The Mystery Lights
The Hope & Ruin
Mon 30th Sept
19:30-22:30
Tickets £13adv / £16otd
https://link.dice.fm/O5d350eeabf0
https://bit.ly/mysterylightsgigantic
The Mystery Lights story begins in 2004 in the small town of Salinas California when friends Michael Brandon and Luis Alfonso - whose shared fondness for groups like The Mc5, Velvet Underground, Dead Moon, and The Fall (just to name a few) - decided to join forces and craft their own brand of unhinged rock and roll. From there they spent the better part of 10 years touring relentlessly before migrating to Queens, New York in 2014. The buzz soon caught the attention of Daptone Records execs who were in the beginning stages of launching a new rock-centric imprint, Wick Records. Though a rock band at heart, the parallels to what Daptone Records had traditionally looked for in their Soul artists was undeniable. The release of their debut single “Too Many Girls” b/w “Too Tough to Bear” launched to mass critical fanfare.
After two years of break-neck, non-stop touring, the group settled back into Queens to prepare for their second full-length record, Too Much Tension! (May 2019). While keeping the hard-hitting approach of the first LP, Too Much Tension finds the group digging deeper into their well of eclectic influences, enriching their sound without echoing the past. Mixing the eerie, insistent synth sounds of groups like The Normal and Su***de, the energy and swagger of punk’s golden age, the pop sensibility of The Kinks, and the stark, deliberate ex*****on of Television - The Mystery Lights are taking their idiosyncratic brand of rock and roll to dizzying new heights.
ON SALE NOW
Kit Sebastian + Support
Dust Brighton
Friday 4th October - 19:00-22:00
Ticket £15adv / £18otd / £10 Student ID:
https://bit.ly/kitsebastiangigantic
https://bit.ly/kitsebastiandice
Taken from the 'Melodi' album out now on Mr Bongo: https://bfan.link/melodi-1Follow Kit Sebastian: IG: https://www.instagram.com/kitsebastianpopFB: https://w...
TONIGHT
Motorik oise rock from Tokyo's Dhidalah.
Doors 19:00
19:30-20:00 School Disco
20:30-21:30 Dhidalah
The Green Door Store
Tickets £14adv / £17otd / £10 Student ID
https://link.dice.fm/Z3d4ffe5c98c
https://www.seetickets.com/event/dhidalah-support/the-green-door-store/2963159
** NEW SHOW **
After supporting Say She She back in March, Kit Sebastian return with their warm Turkish Psych-pop.
Friday 4th October
Dust
On Sale Friday 3rd May 10am
Their unique sounds weaves a psychedelic tapestry of global influences, vintage synths and melancholy élan from the beaches of Bahia to the streets of Istanbul and Paris. A joyous expression of vibrant grooves and sophisticated lyricism that transcends boundaries, borders and social-cultural preconceptions. Steeped in artistic references, from dusty records to world cinema, their new album Melodi represents a considered maturation of the psychedelic jazz-inflected sound that introduced Kit Sebastian to the world on debut album Mantra Moderne in 2019.
Oh yes, that’s right we’re back with Abyss for another Super Fuzz Weekender!
This year we’re taking over Daltons Brighton by the sea! Two days jam-packed with all the bands, beers and beaching you could dream of and all for FREE.
Thursday 16th
Honk
The New Eves
The Stanford Family Band
Fez
Hutch
SAHRA Halgan
Holiday Ghosts
B*n *n*a*t
Friday 17th
Kottu
Plantoid
Opal Mag
Hot Garbage
System Exclusive
Electric Cowboy Club
Karma Sheen/کارماشین
+ more tba
Sponsored by Abyss Brewing & Hiwatt
and bring the face-melters this Friday at
Tickets in bio
Tonight we take a trip down on Brighton seafront, with a night full of sitar and boundary-bending psychedelia.
Doors 20:00
20:30-21:00 - Karma Sheen/کارماشین
21:30-22:30 - Elephant Stone
Daltons Brighton
Tickets £12.50adv/£15otd
https://link.dice.fm/Xf10f0f9ef93
https://bit.ly/elephantstonegigantic
TONIGHT
Come rock it with Brighon royalty Holiday Ghosts
Doors 19:00
19:45-20:15 - POZI
20:45-21:45 - Holiday Ghosts
Dust Brighton
Tickets here
https://link.dice.fm/K6c5703873f9
https://bit.ly/holidaysee
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We understand everyone is a little strapped for cash at the moment 💵 So we're offering you a reduced tickets to either of the @weintendtocausehavoc shows next week! Just head to dice and use the code HAVOC 🇿🇲
@weintendtocausehavoc play two very intimate shows at @thehopeandruin which will probably never happen again! Don't miss your chance to see them up close and personal! With support from @sholtomusic Fri 9th & Sat 10th August Tickets in bio (Sat matinee, all ages, under 16s go free) 🇿🇲
All aboard the havoc train 🚂 We're brining you two very intimate shows with @weintendtocausehavoc at @thehopeandruin on the Fri 9th & Sat 10th (matinee, all ages) August 🇿🇲 With very special guest @sholtomusic Tickets are running low, so don't wait!
TONIGHT SOLD OUT, LET'S GOOOO 🖕 Doors 20:00 20:30-21:00 - @topleftclub 21:30-22:30 - @coffin_aus @greendoorstore
We're you there 10 years ago when we crashed #thegreatescapefestival with @theblacktambourines ICONIC 💅
@thebaberainbow bring their brocoli boogie back to Brighton this month 🥦🪩 Support announcement coming soon... 21.05.24 @komedia_brighton Tickets selling fast! Link in bio 🎟️
ON SALE NOW @kitsebastianpop + Support @dust_venue Friday 4th October Ticket in bio
@gurugurubrain signed @dhidalah return this Friday to @greendoorstore With support from @schoodiscoband Tickets in bio Since 2013, Dhidalah has hailed from the Tokyo underground as a space rock power trio. The band name derives from the Japanese legend of the Giant Gods — known as the creators of mountains, lakes and islands. Dhidalah plays improvisational music performances inspired by various genres from stoner/doom to kraut rock.
Just over a month until we go full throttle with @coffin_aus and @topleftclub down at @greendoorstore Tickets are running low! Grab your from the link in our bio now!
Just over a month until we go full throttle with COFFIN and Top Left Club down at The Green Door Store. Tickets running low! https://link.dice.fm/Wa4e2b56ae91
Tuesday 21st of May we're throwing a Monkey Disco with Babe Rainbow 🌈 Get yourselves down to Komedia Brighton and experience Australia's finest. Tuesday 21st May Komedia 19:00-23:00 14+ Tickets £15.50adv / £18otd https://link.dice.fm/D1994d228c65 https://bit.ly/baberainbowgigantic https://bit.ly/baberrainbowsee
Last night with Brighton superstars @hutch.band 😍 these twangers have worked so incredibly hard and are a fine example of what the Brighton music scene is about. To hear everyone singing their songs and the smiling faces, we couldn't be prouder! They've also just put out their first ever vinyl, so be sure to grab a copy. Also a huge thanks to @fezbandlondon and @opalmag_music who absolutely blew us away and @innerstrings for the eye melting visuals. Big love as always to @greendoorstore and our Co-pro buds @lovethyneighbr. We'll be back at @greendoorstore on the 29th with another almighty Brighton band, @electriccowboyclub see you there!
Who's ready for some cowboy chaos in a few weeks? Electric Cowboy Club + Bruxism + B. Spanks Friday 29th March The Green Door Store 19:30-22:00 Tickets £7adv/£9otd/£6 Student ID https://link.dice.fm/vcc80fd1dccb https://bit.ly/eccgigantic
TONIGHT WE DO IT AGAIN! Doors: 19:30 20:30-21:00 - Tonia 21:30-22:45 - SAY SHE SHE SOLD OUT Komedia Brighton
This Saturday! @tramhaus.rtm + @tommycossackandthedegenerators "darkly motorik post-punk best suited to low-ceilinged rooms full of monochromatically-clad goths." @diymagazine @greendoorstore Tickets via our bio
@yinyinband you never cease to amaze us! Another sold out show, 100% energy and a 5 min long drum solo that blew minds 🤯 Thanks all who came down on a Sunday! Next up were back at @chalkvenue_live with @sliftrock and @servo_band on Friday! Tickets are running low so hurry.
What a way to kick off 2024 💥 @karma_sheen and @blackmarketkarma never fail to entertain us. Two of the best psych bands around! Thanks everyone for coming down and selling out. See you on the 15th at @greendoorstore with @pachyman and @babysberserk
We're just a few weeks away from a @karma_sheen & @blackmarketkarma sonic explosion. Celebrating @ivw_uk down at @komedia_brighton Tickets in bio!
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Thanks for seeing in 2024 with us last night ❤️ Shout out to @stay_sick_brighton @thehopeandruin @electriccowboyclub @PXSSYLIQXOR & @TOPLEFTCLUB for kicking it!
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