Feb 16

Yeasayer @ Birmingham Academy, 16th February 2010

Yeasayer Touring with their very fresh released 2010 album, ‘Odd Blood’, US, Brooklyn based, quote - ’Experimental rock, Psychedelic pop, Worldbeat sonic evangelists’, Yeasayer, have both fans and critics alike getting in to all sorts of thesaurian froths trying to draw metaphors of eclectic genre comparisons. Sonic buccaneers? Curators of the cosmic consciousness? Electro fusions for the inner-spaced out tantric troubadours? Possibly. The band concede that their muse might be seen and heard as, ‘Middle Eastern-psych-snap gospel.’ Hmm, that clears up any ambiguities then.


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Dec 11

Your Demise + The Eyes Of A Traitor + This Is Colour + Brutality Will Prevail @ Eddies Rock Club, Birmingham - 11th December 2009

Your Demise Since the demise of Edwards No 8 on John Bright Street Eddies Rock Club has flirted with a residency at the Newt pub before settling into this, its current location, on Gough Street. It's a strange location; off the beaten track geographically and musically, it represents the real alternative to the O2 Academy's slew of fashionable indie gigs...


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Dec 09

Yeah Yeah Yeahs + Duchess Says @ Birmingham Academy - 9th December 2009

Yeah Yeah Yeahs It’s strange the way things pan out sometimes. One minute you’re at the Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath preparing to review Black Gold and The Bookhouse Boys - Two bands I’d never heard before. But when an invite to review the gig comes from Black Gold’s PR manager, it’s rude to refuse and quite an audacious move when I discover Black Gold are the support act and not the main event. So, I’m just about to climb upstairs when my pocket starts vibrating with a message asking if I want to go and review Yeah Yeah Yeahs instead. Oh, and one more thing “They’re on in 30 minutes!” Sorry guys, I’m sure the gig rocked but come on? This is YYYS we’re talking about here…


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May 25

Patrick Wolf + YACHT @ Birmingham Academy 2 - 25th May 2009

Patrick Wolf Touring forthcoming album See Mystery Lights, YACHT are an American performance duo who explain at length where Oregon is (it's on the left, up a bit form California) and spend their set in full occupation of the stage, backed by an elaborate powerpoint...


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Apr 03

The Young Knives + Just Morale + Old Ricoh @ The Kasbah, Coventry - 3rd April 2009

Young Knives Pigeon-holed as Geek Rock, criticised for being too serious, whilst at the same time being too eccentric, Young Knives never seem to get the plaudits that they deserve. For the average NME pundit they are a set of awkward customers, steeped in tweedy Englishness combined with being a bit too well-spoken and a having look that's not too MTV friendly. They don't fit the model.


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Mar 17

Red Light Company + Grammatics + The Yelps @ Academy 3, Birmingham - 17th March 2009

Red Light Company Red Light Company have seemed to appear as if from nowhere, although they have been in existence since 2007. Much of the press that has been printed this year and late last year makes them out to be the saviour of the British music scene, praise that can have a detrimental effect on those that cannot live up to the hype.


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Mar 07

You Me At Six + The Spill Canvas + Emarosa @ Birmingham Academy - 7th March 2009

You Me At Six The second date on the sold out '777 tour', You Me at Six supported by Emarosa and The Spill Canvas at the O2 Academy was set to be an awesome show. The line to get in tonight was enormous some fans lining up in the cold from 9am!


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Feb 26

Fight Like Apes + Underground Railroad + Your Biggest Fanclub + Suddenly, Phantoms! @ Birmingham Barfly - 26th February 2009

Fight Like Apes Ahhh nearly the weekend, which means the week's already on its downward slope to Friday and things can sometimes get a bit sleepy. Fortunately I have the perfect antidote - Fight Like Apes at the Barfly, with a set of supporting bands who were, to say the very least, a little bit good...


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Nov 25

The Pigeon Detectives + The Virgins + Your Biggest Fanclub @ Wolverhampton Civic Hall - 25th November 2008

Pigeon Detectives I got to the venue at 7 o clock sharp, in anticipation to get to the front. Something was telling me that tonight was going to be pretty special, and that I wouldn’t want to miss a second of it. I’ve seen the Pigeon Detectives enough times before to know that they put on an energetic live show, but could they keep coming back with more? Surely there’s only so much a band could do, but tonight pure loyalty was dragging me in...


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Nov 11

Youthmovies + Adam Gnade @ Birmingham Bar Academy - 11th November 2008

Youthmovies So there's only 12 people actually watching him, Adam Gnape really doesn't seem fazed by it. He just dishes out his lo-fi Moldy Peaches folk, picking away at his 4-string guitar and throwing in a Johnny cash 'When The Man Comes Around' interlude hand-in-hand with his mid-west Americana musings. Its a much more attractive proposition being offered out (jokingly?) by him than it is braving the cold on a miserable Remembrance Day. His story-telling style and the bare arrangement of all his songs recall early White Stripes before Jack White realised his wildest guitar fantasies and hung up his acoustic. With his stripped-down indie cool and endearing stage presence you just feel that the director of 'Juno 2' could well be knocking his door in the future…


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Oct 19

Fall Out Boy + Boys Like Girls + YouMeAtSix @ Birmingham LG Arena - 19th October 2008

Fall Out Boy Holy cow, the LG Arena is big. There is a sea of mobile phone screens as Boys Like Girls fill the arena with more confidence than one may have thought, considering they have only released their self-titled album to date. However, their familiarity with the songs from touring is in their favour as the band are free to lend more energy to their performance.


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Oct 18

YouMeAtSix @ Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall - 18th October 2008

YouMeAtSix I arrived at the Wulfrun earlier than usual, after hearing that people had been queuing since before I had even woken up. It was true. At 6 o clock the queue was round the corner of the venue, mostly consisting of teenage girls with faces full of metal. Some were surrounded by M&S bags, looking as though they had been there since about 6 in the morning. That’s what I call devotion...


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