It is a truth universally acknowledged that Cowboy Western film-scores define a generation’s cinematic experience – possibly. And, just as you ponder the significance of this – does one notice that niggling doubt as to whether the refrain now going round in your head actually is ‘The Magnificent Seven’ when it could, disconcertingly, easily be [...]
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Lianne La Havas + Marques Toliver @ Birmingham Glee Club – 12th March 2012
Tonight looks like yet another coup for Birmingham’s Glee Club as a packed house gathers to see the extremely hotly tipped Lianne La Havas do her thing on the tiny Glee stage. After appearing on Jools Holland’s TV show long before any album is even released (it comes out this summer), the buzz surrounding the [...]
Mark Lanegan @ Birmingham HMV Institute – 12th March 2012
Tonight’s show has been moved from the smaller venue of the Library in to the Main Room at the Institute which shows the publicity that the Mark Lanegan Band’s latest offering, Blues Funeral, has received since its release in February. As you enter the room, the lighting has been kept at a subdued level, which [...]
3 Doors Down + Seether @ Birmingham O2 Academy – 12th March 2012
Being brutally honest, when I agreed to cover this gig I had no idea who 3 Doors Down were and didn’t know who was supporting. Purely from the name alone I was expecting some fairly bland, slightly twiddly pop (2 Door Cinema Club), however upon arriving at the Birmingham 02 Academy, I was pleasantly surprised [...]
CANNIBAL CORPSE + Triptykon + Enslaved + Job for a Cowboy @ HMV Institute, Birmingham, 11th March 2012
Cannibal Corpse perform in front of a packed and sweaty crowd at HMV Institute in Birmingham. Support from Triptykon, Enslaved and Job for a Cowboy. Photos – Katja Ogrin Tweet
The Stranglers + The Popes + Mike Marlin @ Birmingham 02 Academy – 10th March 2012
If you place a reminder in your diary every year, then put these guys on the list, you can pretty much be guaranteed they’ll be around for you to see live. One of the UK’s most enduring bands, The Stranglers‘ unique style has lead to 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 [...]
Norma Jean + The Chariot + Dead & Divine @ Sheffield Corporation – 2nd March 2012
Witnessing tonight’s gig is the musical equivalent of being caught in the eye of the fiercest tornado in history! Not one, but two of the most exciting, unpredictable, thrilling live bands I’ve yet to witness playing on the same stage, supported by Canada’s finest metalcore group… This was always gonna be an epic night. And [...]
Laura Marling @ Birmingham Symphony Hall – 2nd March 2012
The glorious panorama of the Green Man Festival stages (2010/11) basking in the setting sun with Sugar Loaf mountain as a backdrop must have nearly turned the beamingly bemused, ludicrously talented, young Laura Marling giddy with disbelief at the sheer scale of her rise to deserved acclamation. An album or two later, she does it [...]
Ben Howard + Daughter @ Birmingham HMV Institute – 29th February 2012
Releasing his debut album Every Kingdom is September of last year; 23 year old Ben Howard has had a relatively speedy and effective rise in the public eye through exposure on daytime radio and word of mouth among music fans alike. Residing from Devon, his mixture of folk, catchy melodies and dark lyrics, he was [...]
Rammstein @ Birmingham LG Arena – 25th February 2012
Germany’s loudest and possibly most dangerous export hit Birmingham tonight to lay waste to the LG Arena. That’s right, Rammstein are in the building lets just hope the West Midlands Fire Service has been informed as things are about to get very, very hot! *Warning*-This review contains spoilers! You can always count on the German’s [...]
