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Sonic Wave Festival, a new multi-venue music experience, takes over some of Digbeth’s biggest and brightest music venues this May

Monday 27th January marked Waterparks’ return to Birmingham, this time around to film the gig for a live DVD.

As BoJack Horseman signs off with another seminal season, we take a look at the highlights of the horse’s last stand.

We’ve kept our ears to the Marshall amps and penned 20 of our favourite local artists that we think are set for big things this year.

The Von Bondies have reformed to celebrate twenty years of garage rock greatness. They’ll be hitting the second city this summer.

Football fans will soon be able to enjoy a very different match day food experience when they visit the Villa.

After a short closure, iconic Birmingham boozer The Old Crown is back in business with a bit of a facelift.

It’s another teenage rampage from Kings Heath quartet Flares, on latest single Parma Violets. Stephen Pennell reviews.

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