No Friends In The Industry | Brighton

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.

Wednesday 13th:
6.30pm – The Moats
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 – TBA
9.30pm –  TBA
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
3.30pm –  Frank Lloyd Wleft
4.30pm – TBA
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 – TBA
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
3.30pm – Big Long Sun
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
9.30pm- TBA
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
3.30pm –  TBA
4.30pm – Helen Ganya
5.30pm –  TBA
7.30pm – CEANN CAPAILL
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

Accessibility: The venue is only accessible via 3 steps so assistance to gain access and to exit the venue would be required. The venue can arrange this if you contact them in advance of a show on 01273325793. One gender neutral disabled toilet, although this is up two steps. Chairs can be provided in the venue although if the event is very busy this will impede visibility. If you wish to make use of a chair to view a gig, we advise arriving early to secure a position. The venue are happy to accommodate assistance dogs. If you require a carer at the venue, please contact us at info@lovethyneighbourmusic.co.uk for guestlist, with evidence such as a blue badge or access card. If standing for long periods of time is an issue, please contact us in advance.