news

Hen Ogledd announce two exclusive live broadcasts for December
Cosy up this winter equinox with two exclusive broadcasts from Newcastle avant-pop experimenters Hen Ogledd, courtesy of Supersonic Festival We’re
live reviews

Review: Mike Skinner’s The Streets provide a glimmer of hope with ticketed live stream gig
On Thursday 6th August, your local city poet Mike Skinner proved that ticketed live streams can work, and offered hope for many in the music industry
film + tv

Feature: Counteract’s 30 best films of 2020
It’s been a bad year for cinemas, but a good year for films. Explore 30 of the best films of 2020 here with Counteract.
features

Book review: Gangsters, Geezers and Mods – a working class tale from Aston
Professor Carl Chinn MBE, Birmingham’s foremost social historian and author of 33 books himself, reviews the debut novel of Stephen Pennell
on tour

Oh Sees to play rescheduled Digbeth date this November
Garage rock icons Oh Sees will now play The Crossing in Birmingham this November
food and drink

Birmingham’s best restaurant meal kits: from Michelin star to modern Mexican
Award-winning food and drink writer Simon Carlo gives us his rundown of Birmingham’s best restaurant ‘at home’ boxes for delivery at home
nightlife

Old Crown, new look: a look inside the legendary pub’s reopening
After a short closure, iconic Birmingham boozer The Old Crown is back in business with a bit of a facelift.
releases

Table Scraps sum up 2020 with riff-laden new single, Doom Generation
Table Scraps drop a thunderous new single; the first from their upcoming album Coffin Face. Watch the video here.
watch

Local alternative hip hop artist T8PES releases new video
There’s Always Tomorrow is a brutal trip down memory lane for Jimmy Davis aka T8PES, who is in the best form of his career so far