letlive. have announced their first full UK headline tour for October, 2013 with their new album set for release this summer. Having enthralled rock fans across the UK with their various live performances, from their frenetic debut headline show at the Old Blue Last in early 2011, through their infamous Download Festival slot the same year, [...]
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Low + Hebronix @ Glee Club 24th April, 2013
Wouldn’t it be good to be able to pick the venues for the bands that you want to see? For Low this would be a room where you could get close enough to the stage and the band members so that you could experience the full emotion and the spirit (or that should that be [...]
Frank Turner @ O2 Academy, Birmingham – Wednesday 24th April 2013
As I sat down to write this, Frank Turner was playing on BBC6Music. If you haven’t been living in a cave for the past month then you too have probably seen his face on the pages of music magazines, TV interviews with him or heard his new single being played on numerous radio stations. He’s [...]
Interview – Dog Is Dead
The first mention I ever heard of Dog Is Dead, I was inclined to believe that my ubercultured friend was confused about the title of the popular book and theatre play The Curious Incident Of the Dog in the Nighttime. After a little clarification from her and some facepalming from me, I was introduced to [...]
Dog Is Dead – St Martin’s Church Square, Birmingham – Wednesday 17th April 2013
If ever there was an odd beginning to a Dog Is Dead show, it was possibly this (although please read the interview for an even stranger beginning to a gig…). The howling gales battered the mobile Deezer stage which was overshadowed by the gothic spire of the church. It all felt a little Bronte-like: incongruous [...]
Interview – Mallory Knox
Thanks to Sam and Mikey for taking the time out to talk to Birmingham Live. You started out on your tour with Don Broco last night, how did the first night go? M: It was crazy! We’ve played Norwich a few times before and it’s always been okay, but last night was the first time [...]
Interview – Your Demise
Tonight Your Demise are headlining Birmingham Academy 2 but before the inevitable carnage begins I sat down with Oz for a quick chat about the latest album The Golden Age, touring and their new ep Cold Chillin’. You’re a week into your headline tour, how have the shows been going so far? They’ve been going [...]
Ludovico Einaudi @ Symphony Hall, Birmingham – Sunday 14th April 2013
Music is a work of art when properly executed, as displayed tonight by Italian piano extraordinaire Ludovico Einaudi, performing his latest album “In a Time Lapse” in his sell out tour of the UK at Symphony Hall Birmingham. I first came across his work when he was promoting his album on the BBC Breakfast Show, [...]
Interview – Kodaline
After dancing along the periphery of the music industry for some time, Kodaline have finally taken the plunge to growing acclaim, drawing comparisons to Dry The River, Bon Iver and even Coldplay. As they launch into 6 months of touring, I popped along to have a chat with a softly spoken Stephen Garrigan and a [...]
British Sea Power @ The Institute, Digbeth – Friday 5th April, 2013
British Sea Power is a band I have always found inaccessible, described as sounding similar to The Cure, Arcade Fire & The Pixies, I knew I should love them but with a humungous back catalogue of 6 albums to wade through they’d never quite managed to hit the spot for me. However a friend from [...]
