Foals, O2 Academy, Birmingham 11/02/14
Opening with Holy Fire’s ‘Prelude,’ the band performed a set that left their audience with some bruised, some bloody, some sick, and some tear-stained.
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Author: Francis Smith
ANiMA + Bombers + Ghosts Of Dead Airplanes + Rick Wellings, The Lamp Tavern, Birmingham 01/02/14
The Lamp Tavern, by all accounts; a traditional boozer, was the unlikely host of the first edition of Die Das Der: a new monthly night put on by the Die Das Der collective curating line-ups of alternative and like-minded musicians.
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EP: Women – Sleepin’ Blues
We’d compare this release to a wild animal – it’s savage, and what’s more, it’s free.
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Album: Johnny Foreigner – You Can Do Better
‘You Can Do Better’ (Alcopop!) is the 4th album from Jo Fo and it returns to the ragged glory of the 1st album in many ways.
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Darlia + Sundara Karma + The Mighty Young, The Institute, Birmingham 26/01/14
A cold Sunday night in Birmingham and with some favourable comparisons flying about I figured it was a good opportunity to check out the seemingly rising band Darlia from Blackpool
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Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip + iTCH + Sarah Williams White, The Institute, Birmingham 25/01/14
From the moment Scroobius Pip leapt onto the stage to the tune of ‘Stunner’ with the beats having been firmly laid down by the talented Dan Le Sac, the entirety of the crowd at The Institute were hooked.
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Historic Birmingham building where Joy Division played their final gig is demolished
The University of Birmingham building where Joy Division played their final gig before Ian Curtis’ suicide in 1980 is to be demolished.
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God Damn + Youth Man + Them Wolves + Victor + Swerve, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham 18/01/14
Goddamnit it’s good to have you back Dave. Long live the long-haired rain of God Damn over all their nutty disciples.
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Blog: 14 bands I want to break ‘b-town’ in 2014
Let’s not think about the quest to ‘make it.’ Let’s focus on who’s going to break it, and have a world full of fun in the process. Here are some of the bands I want to see causing riots in the city over the next twelve months:
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Summer Camp + Fryars, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham 24/11/13
Leaning heavily on tracks from their recently released self-titled sophomore album, the extra bodies onstage combine to make this gig louder and richer.
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