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The critically acclaimed Digbeth festival is set to return for 2020, with a lineup featuring Algiers, Blanck Mass, Richard Dawson

After a whirlwind romance debut, Jack Garratt returns from the shadows with a bare-all album that a lucky few were able to witness live

We’re looking at a John Hughes classic in this Lockdown Looking Glass, as we reconsider the ’80s joy of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

Bands including The Novus and The Assist spoke to Counteract about the difference the Birmingham music scene is creating.

Garage rock icons Oh Sees will now play The Crossing in Birmingham this November

Dishoom Birmingham will finally open its doors in April, following a ten-day soft launch with 50% off all food

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

The video for the extremely topical quarantine single features cameos from members of Idles, Dream Wife, Amyl and the Sniffers, God Damn and more

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