Today's idea - Lyrebirds single launch at The Hope

Today Lyrebirds launch their second single through Chess Club records. It would be too easy to peg them as somewhere between Arcade Fire and Joy Division, so have a listen. You can find them on Myspace, Lastm.fm and Facebook.

They come with support in the shape of slightly mad The Agitator (last.fm/Myspace) and Holy Vessels (Last.fm/Myspace) who pull of country rock in likable, knee jiggling way. If you want to listen to country rock without feeling like a redneck, this is the best way to go about it. There'll also be a Maccabees DJ set.

This all takes place at The Hope, one of the places in Brighton I can rely on to be lovely (most of the time) and one which I don't frequent enough. They describe themselves as "a bustling, music-led, watering hole popular with everyone from skinny, guitar-toting types to the after-work crowd" and The Strokes have even played there in the past. Cor 'eck, what a lovely evening.

Doors at 8pm
Tickets £5

Find the event on Facebook and Last.fm.

Today's idea - The Fishbowl!

We love The Fishbowl so today we recommend you go to it, one of our favourite pubs in this gorgeous sunshine (horray)! Whilst we're stuck inside being grown-ups and dull, and can't wait for the evening to potter about in front of a setting sun! If you can make it we recommend a plod to the beach and a good old cotch in the Fish Bowl.



With low ceilings and giant beams, it's a lovely place adorned with fairy lights that manage not to be garish, wooden tables (we like our wood) and a giant fish bowls or two. Nestled in the south lanes with candles flickering away on every table lighting crevices beautifully, you get a nice view down onto the South Lanes, especially from the leather seats pressed into the curved windows. It's a little two-storey affair - upstairs a bit more mellow - with a present but not too pressing homey, natural feel, it's nestled right by the sea. We'll be there after a good gamble on the sea front because we are, at heart, children.

Find it on the map here!