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Sophie Hack October 1, 2019October 3, 2019 cave girl, Centrala, Exhailers, FLARES, fruit tones, homeowner, leather party, Mutes, O2 Academy, only sun, shanghai blues, The Castle and Falcon, The Cosmics, The Night Owl, The Sunflower Lounge, The Victoria, Thyla, Violet

October 2019: 10 gigs in Birmingham for less than a tenner

Forget the dreary weather and darker skies, Birmingham is alive and kicking with local and touring bands, and all for less than a tenner.

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Sophie Hack July 2, 2019July 22, 2019 all seeing eyes, aufbau principle, beholden tangerine, Black Mekon, Bryony Williams, cherry pickles, deaf balloons, deaths door, Die Das Der, Exhailers, flake, George Pannell, ghum, hare and honds, headwired, kendo nagasaki, krook nootz, Mutes, P.E.T., Sam Lambeth, Sunflower Lounge, The Assist, The Victoria

July 2019: 10 gigs in Birmingham for less than a tenner

Glaston-who? You can keep your pyramid stages, muddy trenches and overpriced hot dogs, we’ve got a thriving music scene in Birmingham that is bursting at the seams with talent, all for less than a shower token in a field.

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Richard Franks April 18, 2016July 19, 2019 Afterbloom, Birmingham Promoters, Black Sabbath, Boat To Row, Breeze, Capsule, Chartreuse, Cinema, Cut Glass Kings, Duran Duran, Editors, ELO, Faux Palms, Gleam, Godflesh, Hoopla Blue, Ignite Records, JAWS, Judas Priest, Juice, Luno, Mutes, Napalm Death, Ocean Colour Scene, Peace, Pleasure House, Polar Bear Records, Superfood, Swim Deep, Swordfish Records, The Beat, The Diskery, The Streets, The Twang, This Is Tmrw, UB40, Victories at Sea, Wood & Nails

22 reasons why Birmingham is great

From the bands to the food and Moseley to Digbeth, we’ve compiled 22 reasons why we think the city of Birmingham is great. We’re sure you’ll agree.

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Samuel Lambeth December 31, 2016July 19, 2019 Apathy, Field Harmonics, Gleam, God Damn, Handwaxx, Jaded, JAWS, Mutes, Paper Buoys, Quinn, Robert Craig Oulton, Semantics, The Cosmics, The Lizards, Yung Jimmy's Big Ideas

The albums of 2016: Ranked by Birmingham bands

From new bands to established outfits, there has been a raft of quality collections that have outweighed the dysfunctional nature of this year.

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Luke Charnley June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 Album, Guided by Voices, Mutes, My Bloody Valentine, The Sunflower Lounge, Tour

Brummie post-punks Mutes detail new album, announce UK tour

The enigmatic Mutes return from the studio with a new full length LP, ‘Pareidolia’, and a tour to go with it.

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Sophie Hack March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 bad girls, Black Mekon, castle and falcon, cherry pickles, dollcanoes, Dorcha, Hare and Hounds, Hoopla Blue, killer bob, Liquid Cheeks, Mutes, muthers, Peach Club, Robert Craig Oulton, Scruffy Murphy's, Sofa King, sophie and the giants, Sorry Grace, Spilt Milk Society, studio, Sugarthief, Sunflower Lounge, Swampmeat Family Band, The Cosmics, The Mighty Young, The Night Owl

10 gigs in Birmingham this March for less than a tenner

All of the best gigs in March, all for less than a tenner. Featuring Swampmeat Family Band, Sugarthief, Sophie & The Giants & more.

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Richard Franks November 5, 2018November 5, 2018 Foma, Mutes

Band of the Week 002: Mutes

Ahead of their show with Toronto punks FRIGS at the Hare & Hounds this week, Birmingham polymaths Mutes feature as our second Band of the Week.

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Samuel Lambeth January 26, 2018 Dark Horse, God Damn, James Brown, Moseley, Mutes

Interview: Mutes on new albums and “lairy times”

Mutes, AKA musical polymath James Brown, spoke to Counteract about the band’s upcoming show at the Dark Horse in Moseley, recording new material and why albums still matter.