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Gig Reviews November 21, 2008

Fight Like Apes @ Birmingham Barfly (Dragon Bar) – 21st November 2008

The room is cold and a little lacking in atmosphere. Two lacklustre support acts have come and gone and my enthusiasm for the main act has been dampened somewhat. The largely apathetic, yet not large crowd shift around awkwardly. I can’t see this going well. I am very, very wrong. A good few more bodies [...]

Ida Maria + VV Brown + Birdpen @ Birmingham Barfly – 15th November 2008

BirdPen opened the evening by flitting between gentle vocals and ominous noise with heavy beats. They were reasonable opening-act fare, but I’m not sure cranking the volume up to distortion levels will have improved their sound. Whatever, they didn’t deserve the hand signals waved at them by one guy leaning against the barrier. VV Brown [...]

Stone Gods + Them Is Me + The First Seven + NewBreed @ Birmingham Barfly – 13th September 2008

Big credit to Kerrang Radio’s Emma Scott for putting this gig on tonight – four great rock bands in a hot, sweaty little room, now that’s how it should be! However, due to there being a club night on after the gig, we were in for an early start, and as a result not that [...]

Sun Kil Moon @ Birmingham Barfly – 12th September 2008

On arriving at the Barfly all were informed that the band was not permitting any photography including mobile phones and our own BrumLive photographer. Original support for tonight’s show pulled out so Brit, Peter Haywood was drafted in last minute to do a half hour set. He gave a bluesy indie performance, alternating between strumming [...]

Mindless Self Indulgence @ Birmingham Barfly – 23rd August 2008

In between Reading and Leeds Festival appearances, Mindless Self Indulgence turned up to Birmingham’s Barfly for an exclusive guest-only set for Kerrang Radio. MSI needed no support bands to get the young crowd warmed up as the place was brimming with excitement about their imminent performance. Instead Kerrang Radio’s Keith, presenter of Friday night’s ‘The [...]

Bombay Bicycle Club @ The Barfly, Birmingham – 15th August 2008

Like a newly born but sadly unwanted child, Everything Everything appeared on stage kicking, screaming and not able to focus. Talk about birth trauma – the trauma was all mine. At first, not really wanting to accept that they were actually in the room, I averted my gaze several times. The lead singer literally annihilating [...]