Every so often some pundit or other starts a mild controversy in the blogosphere by commenting that a band gets the audience it deserves. That may well be the case but does it get the audience it expects? Tame Impala, purveyors of psychedelic walls of sound, set against a groovy projected backdrop of fractals and […]
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Tame Impala + D.D Dumbo @ The Institute, Birmingham 14th July 2014
Every so often some pundit or other starts a mild controversy in the blogosphere by commenting that a band gets the audience it deserves. That may well be the case but does it get the audience it expects? Tame Impala, purveyors of psychedelic walls of sound, set against a groovy projected backdrop of fractals and […]
Pete Fij and Terry Bickers for Coventry’s The Tin Music and Arts Centre
With their debut album “Broken Heart Surgery” now released on Broadcast Recordings having been a funding success though Kickstarter. Pete Fij (Adorable) and Terry Bickers (House of Love) now hit the road with a series of dates in support. Sold out shows in Worthing and Brighton lead them to Coventry later this month. 16th July, […]
Wireless Festival – Perry Park, Birmingham – 4th – 6th July 2014
Wireless Festival has had such a prestigious reputation since it started in London. It’s been a place where the biggest names in the world are proud to play. But it’s always been too far to travel to or too expensive to book the accommodation at. So this year, for the first time in 10 years, […]
Kasabian & The Maccabees announce LG Arena gig
On Sunday night, they headlined Glastonbury, the week before they played a historic hometown show in front of 50,000 people at Victoria Park in Leicester and today Kasabian announce a huge autumn tour including a date at Birmingham’s LG Arena. Kasabian are in the form of their lives both on stage and on record. The […]
Nails @ Birthdays, London – 26th June 2014
In 2014 there are plenty of bands pushing the boundaries and the limits when it comes to extreme music but few have managed to match the furious fusion of hardcore, D-Beat, grindcore and death metal found in the music of California four-piece, Nails. Having recently signed to Nuclear Blast, and with consistent critical acclaim, this […]
Parquet Courts + The Wytches + Ultimate Painting @ Birmingham Institute – 24th June 2014
We have a real quality and value for money bill at The Institute tonight, with not only wonderful off-the-wall headliners Parquet Courts, but also up-and-coming The Wytches and talented new boys Ultimate Painting. An evening of guitar heaven awaits. Ultimate Painting are led by James Hoare (Veronica Falls) and Jack Cooper (Mazes). I’ve not heard […]
Robert Plant And The Sensational Space Shifters for Civic Hall
Robert Plant And The Sensational Space Shifters will tour the UK with for 13 dates this November including The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton on Friday 21st November 2014 in support of Robert Plant’s new album, ‘lullaby and…The Ceaseless Roar’, which will be released September 8th on Nonesuch/East West Records. Tickets go on sale Friday 27th June […]
Dolly Parton @ Birmingham LG Arena – 22nd June 2014
You would struggle to find someone who didn’t know who Dolly Parton is and when you see her 41 album covers projected on the big screen and hear a medley of her biggest hits, it is clear why she holds this iconic status. As she enters the stage she is literally and figuratively a ray […]
Mongol Horde + Palehorse + Oxygen Thief @ The Institute – 19th June 2014
Möngöl Hörde is a side project….or is it a super group? I’m unsure. Either way, it’s a hardcore punk outfit made up of members of other bands, both current and defunct. They’re mates and I get the impression they’re having a laugh whilst writing, recording and performing together. The band is fronted by punk/folk singer-songwriter […]
Bloodstock announces even more bands
The award winning BLOODSTOCK is just 7 weeks away and they’re still announcing bands for the Catton Park event. Even more are still to come, plus a wealth of other on site entertainment is still to be announced! Two more additions for the Sophie Stage are ex-Akercocke members, VOICES, who will bring their self-proclaimed ‘whirlwind […]
Yr Welcome Festival launches in Birmingham
Digbeth-based collective DIE DAS DER have released details of their inaugural two day festival, which will be held at The Wagon and Horses in Digbeth on 9 and 10 August. YR WELCOME, BIRMINGHAM will feature 24 acts across two stages, with DJ’s into the small hours. Audiences should expect the highest calibre of noise that […]
Kasabian announce supports for homecoming show.
Kasabian have announced the support bill for their homecoming show in Leicester this weekend (June 21st). The band will be joined by Australians Jagwar Ma, BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe and Beardy Man at their biggest ever hometown show. Rudimental will also DJ on the day. The gig will mark 10 years since the […]
Download Festival – 13th-15th June 2014
Friday. Arriving at Donington Park to the sun beaming down and the heat into the mid-twenties, the omens all point towards a great weekend of music spanning a huge variety of genres and eras. Miss May I Open up the Main Stage for the weekend and by this stage the temperature is leaning towards the […]
The Twilight Sad to perform ´Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters´ at The Slade Rooms
The Twilight Sad will perform “Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters” at The Slade Rooms on Friday 18th July Released in April 2007, “Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters”, is The Twilight Sad‘s debut album – an LP that famously more than lived up to the early promise of their critically acclaimed US-only 2006 EP. The Band […]
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