Top 15 Acts to See at The Great Escape 2026
Words by Miles Milton-Jefferies The Great Escape festival has always been a way to discover the best new talent in the music scene. Featuring Sam Fender, Lorde and Wolf Alice playing in small pub bars before they got big, its reputation as the king of tastemaker festivals is well-earned. A multi-venue spectacle will see some of the best acts of tomorrow descend on Brighton – and you’d be wrong to be anywhere else in the scene. Here our Hideous Magazines top 15 picks for this
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Woman Life Freedom - Music For Iran - Volume 4
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Bruise Control, live from The Victoria, Dalston.
Words by Miles Milton-Jefferies You like your music loud and angry? You’ve come to the right place – Pussyliquor and Bruise Control playing at the same time gives you a terrific, rip-roaring energy from two of the best bands on the punk scene. (Credit: Gisela Szlatoszlavek) Pussyliquor are up first and the Brighton five-piece bring plenty of fun to the table, the riotgirrl group get the noise going and the mosh is chaos from the off – circle pits, dancing, good energy. It’s
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