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Hey everyone! No Friends In The Industry is back live in Brighton downstairs at The Hope & Ruin from Wednesday 13th May until Saturday 16th! Free entry, no wristband needed. First come first served. Full lineup below...The Moats | Maximilian | Butch Kassidy | THE DSM IV
Jawdropped | Frank Lloyd Wleft | Lindow Man | Oslo Twins | Ribbon Skirt | Daufødt
Modern Woman | Big Long Sun | Burglar | morgan noise | Monks
Dreamwave | Glasshouse Red Spider Mite | lltl mort
My Precious Bunny | Helen Ganya | MORN | Ceann Capaill | Stonks | Tom Forever
Wednesday 13th:
6.30pm – The Moats: The Moats is a Brighton-based band featuring members previously (or currently) of Soft Walls, Cold Pumas, Sealings, The Sticks and The Estate Agents.Theytrade in ramshackle pop that references lofty Laurel Canyon touchstones such as The Byrds and Neil Young, before sending them via San Francisco jangle and garage rock, through to Aussie punk and beyond.
7.30pm – Maximilian: Simple melodies to ease a worried mind, engulfed in sunshine like honey. Drenched in rain just to smell the petrichor. Adrianne Lenker’s sweet lightness meets Elliott Smith’s dark intensities. Alex G’s child-like sensibility meets Neil Young’s inner presence. The result is carefully crafted songs with immaculate arrangements and earnest lyricism, like the product of some benevolent, arcane ritual. Vocalising compassion, expressing the will to comfort, through love letters from afar.
8.30pm – ugly ozo: The ever-evolving vision of Jessica Baker, ugly ozo’s second EP marks a bold new chapter in their sonic diary exploring the messy, unfiltered corners of the female experience. Joined by sister Boo Baker (bass) and Tristan Northard (drums), the band blend raw vulnerability with electrifying hooks that demand attention, and have rapidly become one of the most talked about acts on the emerging indie landscape.
9.30pm – Butch Kassidy: Butch Kassidy’s explosive, immersive compositions and deafening live performances place them amongst London’s most compelling new projects. Creating coruscating walls of sound, blending the likes of Mogwai and Lankum, by way of the members’ affinities for noise, heavy drones, and folk.
10.30pm – THE DSM IV: THE DSM IV candidly gives voice, beats, & glorious guitars to reflections on the onslaught of imagery & info as it’s endlessly fired into the human consciousness via the phone plague that has entwined itself into every aspect of our lives. With intensity, some grace, style, filth, bad taste & honesty, they unleash the rebel spirit into songs that dark alt-pop fans the world over will appreciate.
Thursday 14th:
2.30pm – Jawdropped: Jawdropped formed early 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Each of its members orbited one another in the city’s bubbling DIY community, trudging a trail of past projects that eventually brought the band together. Los Angeles courses through their debut EP Just Fantasy, and it’s easy to imagine many of Jawdropped’s witticisms as overheard conversations at local haunts like Zebulon or Permanent Records. “I saw that your dad sent you money on Venmo, he said ‘Anything that’ll keep you stable!,” Morling sings on EP standout “Fantasy,” interstitching signposts of modernity between timeless platitudes. The cheeky observations burrowed in Just Fantasy eschew the high horse, and instead poke fun from across the bar. It’s a balancing act between cynicism and optimism, forever falling apart but never giving up.
3.30pm – Frank Lloyd Wleft: Frank Lloyd Wleft blends the influences of country, punk, jangle rock and beat poetry to chart the fall of America… shot on iPhone. Performing with his ‘Orchestra’,
Wleft is known for his 4th July parties, psychic dependence on little ceramic dogs and exploration of the fraught romance of Americana.
4.30pm – Lindow Man: New project from some of the ex-members of Van Zon. The Brighton-based four piece create dynamic soundscapes that weave between post-rock, folk and drone.
5.30pm – Oslo Twins: Oslo Twins are a London-based indie-synth-pop group crafting moody soundscapes that blend trip hop, synth pop, and atmospheric electronica. Emerged from the Bristol DIY scene and comprised of Claudia Vulliamy, Eric Davies and Ed Lyness, the group have supported The Last Dinner Party and played Green Man, Manchester Psych Fest, and more. Their critically acclaimed 2025 EP Tresor, featuring their danceable hit I Wake Up Slowly, explores memory, dreams, and emotion through intimate vocals, minimal beats, and haunting textures.
7.30pm – Cowboyy: Pulling inspiration from math rock all the way to jazz, post-punk and electronic music, with a fresh and modern outlook on writing and collaboration, cowboyy strive to create their own unique sound, refusing to be anything but themselves. The result? Something that straddles the lanes of art pop and alternative rock, with guitar lines and bold ambitions to create new sounding music at the forefront of the project.
8.30pm – Ribbon Skirt is a Montreal-based post-punk band led by Anishinaabe musician Tashiina Buswa and guitarist Billy Riley. Their sound is raw and enveloping, channeling angular guitars, driving rhythms, and lyrical threads that explore memory, love, grief, and Buswa’s relationship to her Indigenous heritage. Their debut album, Bite Down (Mint Records, April 2025), was met with critical acclaim and quickly established Ribbon Skirt as one of the most compelling new voices in indie music – earning Stereogum’s Album of the Week and a shortlist nomination for the 2025 Polaris Music Prize.
9.30pm – Daufødt: Norwegian Daufødt has one foot steadily planted in the punk domain while the other one is kicking down doors to noise rock, drone and experimental music. After winning a Norwegian Grammy for their rock inspired debut album the band opted to go for a hard left turn for their second album with a harsher and rougher sound. Through a partnership with noise guru Lasse Marhaug the band made their sophomore album “Aromaterapi” and deconstructed noise tape “Eksponeringsterapi”. The releases were followed up by extensive club tours in Scandinavia as well as doing some of the biggest festivals there such as Roskilde and Øyafestivalen.
10.30pm – TBA
Friday 15th:
2.30pm- Modern Woman: Modern Woman’s sound emerged from years of creative refinement. The band coalesced when Harris met violinist and composer David Denyer, who brought a background in experimental composition and textural sound work. Joined by Juan Brint-Gutiérrez on bass and saxophone and Adam Blackhurst on drums, the group forged a style that values the contrasting harsh edges of folk lyricism and noise that collides with melody. Working with producer Joel Burton (Naima Bock, Katy J Pearson, Vanishing Twin), they found a live immediacy that channels the raw intensity of their performances into a sound that is both rich and unpredictable.
3.30pm – Big Long Sun: Brighton’s big long sun is the brainchild of Jamie Broughton, a poet, painter, filmmaker and musician whose psychedelic art-pop compositions are brought to cacophonous life by an 8-piece live band. BLS songs wink knowingly at the absurd and constantly zig when you think they’re going to zag, skipping from glorious 60s harmonies to super modern electro noise in the blink of an eye.
4.30pm – Burglar: Burglar is an indie rock band based in Dublin, Ireland. Willow and Eduardo formed Burglar in 2023 after meeting in college and bonding over their love of alternative acts such as The Smashing Pumpkins. Their backgrounds couldn’t be more different; while Willow went head first into bedroom pop production as a teenager; Eduardo, was shaped by 1970s Brazilian popular music and the garage punk scene of his hometown Goiânia. Burglar’s mix of influences results in an addictive sound, built on tight harmonies, confessional lyrics, and my-turn-your-turn vocals.
5.30pm- Morgan Noise: Morgan Noise create worlds within their music: combining jazz sensibilities and alternative experiments with a singer-songwriter flair. All of the band have a jazz background and they met at uni (studying jazz), or playing in the scene around that. Being improvising musicians is important to how these songs flex and grow.
7.30pm – Monks: Monks are the alternative-electronic force currently shaking Liverpool’s underground. Fresh from their single “third location” being crowned BBC Radio 6 Introducing Track of the Week, the four-piece have rocketed through a wild end to 2025, playing sold out shows in both Liverpool and London. With remixes from 1-800 Girls & False Persona backing from Clash Magazine, and a growing reputation for a high energy dance live set Monks roll into 2026 as one of the UK’s most unmissable alternative new acts.
8.30pm – Glasshouse Red Spider Mite: Glasshouse Red Spider Mite is a band formed in Brighton by long-time friends Alex, Benji & Ethan, later to be joined by Cesca, completing the current line-up. They’re known for their melancholic & expansive blend of alt-rock/slow-core, demonstrated on the band’s debut EP ‘What Do You Mean The Monster? … Hahaha’, a release that saw them embarking on multiple UK tours, their fi rst European dates, and playing to large crowds at End of The Road Festival in 2025. They’ve weaved a web that encompasses the intensities of the world, in all of its beauty and disarray echoing the hole in your heart, the pit in your stomach, and the pep in your step.
9.30pm- Dreamwave: Bristol’s (UK) Dreamwave have been making a name for themselves through their energetic live shows, having recently packed out various venues across the UK, including London’s Old Blue Last, The Shacklewell Arms and Bristol’s Rough Trade. Released via Velvet Echoes Records in May 2024, the band’s debut EP ‘Dreamwave and the Mindcave’ (“banger” – NME, “Ear Worm, I love it” – BBC Introducing, 4/5 – Shindig Magazine, ) propelled the band into a pink tinted limelight within local and international Psych scenes. “Their music echoes influences of bands like Thee Oh Sees, Allah-las, Black Angels, and Squid ” (Post Punk Magazine).
10.30pm – Lttl Mort: Emerging from the underbelly of the UK’s electronic scene, lttl mort meld sleaze-soaked synth-pop with industrial death-techno disquiet.
Dirty basslines, jagged breakbeats and sardonic vocals, lttl mort blur the line between hedonism and self-awareness, shifting from mechanical precision to emotional volatility without warning.
Saturday 16th:
2.30pm – My Precious Bunny: My Precious Bunny is the solo project of Lily Wolter- songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and one-half of the beloved Brighton duo, Penelope Isles. In celebration of her debut album, ‘A Moment In My Eyes’, to be released this May on Bella Union, Wolter steps out on her own (with 6 close friends by her side), crafting music that feels like deep nostalgia. Bursts of saxophone, clarinet, warm analog synths and restless guitars collide with raw, communal choral power. With some of Brighton’s best players in the mix, MPB is gaining momentum fast.
3.30pm – TBA
4.30pm – Helen Ganya: “A triumph… a luminous avant-pop record full of feeling… a moving ode to cross-cultural heritage and family bonds.”Electronic Sound“She seamlessly integrates the sounds of East Asia into even more seamless art-pop she presents throughout the album.”Echoes & Dust
5.30pm – MORN: MORN are a striking new presence emerging from the farmlands of Monmouth, South Wales. Two sets of siblings crafting a compelling blend of what they refer to as “doom over beautiful chords.” Announcing their arrival with the breathless, runaway train chaoticism of ‘Modern Man’, MORN weave spiky guitar passages and rumbling fuzz, with an urgency that feels as though they can’t get to the end of the song fast enough. With its nihilistic gang vocal of “Life is sh*t when you’re all alone, but it’s fine”, and its spiral into an unhinged closing chorus of “La la la”s, MORN are marking themselves out early as a dextrous band that are happy wrestling bedlam into something cathartic. ‘Modern Man’ is a thrilling introduction to a band just getting started.
7.30pm – CEANN CAPAILL: Ceann Capaill is a shape-shifting music project led by Irish multi-instrumentalist Declan Haughian. Rooted musically in the rural landscape of the Ireland where Haughian grew up, Ceann Capaill’s sound moves fluidly between rough phone-recorded field sounds to expansive large-room sessions, with a revolving cast of musicians, artists, videographers, and writers.
8.30pm – Stonks: Stonks walks a tight line between nervous post-punk, shadowy noise, and deconstructed jazz. Creaks, saturated textures, and compositions where absurdity rubs up against anxiety. Something unstable, swinging between urgency and detachment, physical tension and blurry thoughts. A kind of nonchalance floating over something darker, like a smile hiding a cramp.
9.30pm – TBA
10.30pm – Tom Forever: Tom Forever is a walking fever dream. ‘I want put my body on the line for you tonight’, shouts a manic priest with a cowboy hat on his head. “All in the name of Pure Entertainment!” Behind him is a three-piece blazer section in matching white shirts. Besides him, his guitarist and percussionist have the same thing. What follows is a whole bunch of screams, pulled out garments, draining water bottles over the head and dance steps that closely resemble an epileptic seizure. Rarely was a frontman so out of breath on stage.
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