Culture INTERVIEW: Nick Pes explores queer desire through evocative synth-pop single Adonis From Daddy to Deity.... By Dale Melita • 4 min read
Community Corner One week to go until Brighton Pride 2025! Just one week to go until Brighton is United in Pride, literally this time next week-only 7 more sleeps! To help count down here’s an official Scene x Brighton Pride playlist to stream on Spotify-YAY. Your soundtrack for PRIDE ON THE PARK! Pride began as a powerful protest-a declaration By Dale Melita • 6 min read
Culture Nadia Kadek just released some seriously refreshing Lemonade -and it's the perfect sip of indie-pop to soundtrack your late summer mood By Dale Melita • 2 min read
Culture The Irrepressibles announce Yo Homo Deluxe album plus liberating new single What I Am, Queer! Celebrating pride, eroticism and queer empowerment By Dale Melita • 2 min read
Culture Mae Muller invites us all to My Island Mae's vibrant brand new EP is out now By Dale Melita • 2 min read
Culture EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Meet Bulgarian dreamboat, Mateo From Bulgaria to the World: Mateo's first English single Boys Toys literally smashes boxes-and boundaries! By Dale Melita • 6 min read
Culture 25 pop songs from 2000 you totally forgot you were obsessed with Happy 25th to these iconic tunes! By Dale Melita • 2 min read
Culture t.A.T.u.: From Controversy to Contrition More than two decades after their provocative debut, Russian pop duo t.A.T.u. are once again making headlines - this time not for their music, but for a long-overdue reckoning with their past. t.A.T.u., comprised of Julia Volkova and Lena Katina, shot to global fame By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Culture Bronski Beat awarded PRS for Music Heritage Award at site of the band’s first-ever live performance Bronski Beat have been awarded the PRS for Music Heritage Award, presented by British artist and writer Tom Rasmussen today at Big Chill (formerly The Bell), commemorating the band’s contribution to British alternative music at the site of the band’s first-ever live performance. The King’s Cross pub By Graham Robson • 2 min read
Culture Jeangu Macrooy drops new queer protest song📣Independent Girls & Nasty Evil Gays Such a funny title but he's using humour as Kath Day-Knight would say-IYKYK. "It’s camp, it’s chaos, and it’s got a message." By Dale Melita • 2 min read
Culture Sugababes drop new summer banger + music video all in one day-we're Shook🫨🫨🫨 One of the UK’s most iconic girl groups has done it again! By Dale Melita • 2 min read
Culture “I don’t write protest songs for the fun of it." Trans musician That Clare to release new single 'Just Because' It’s pretty impossible to avoid the ongoing conversations around race, immigration, disability, and trans rights that dominate the media and political discourse today. For Teesside’s politically charged music-maker That Clare, it’s more than just noise - it’s deeply personal. “I don’t write protest songs for By Graham Robson • 2 min read