Blog: Is Record Store Day still working?
Ah, Record Store Day. Christmas for vinyl junkies.
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features
Interviews, Band of the Day, Gig Guide, band features and much more live here.
Fancy a comfier V Festival experience?
Here’s a handy set of tips for making your V Fest experience that little bit less ‘ew’
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Five Birmingham nights you must attend
Birmingham is massive. And so is the list of options for nights out.
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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:
Read moreBand of the Day #43 – The Strypes
You could quite literally describe The Strypes as an Irish boy band. But rather than being
successors to Westlife’s crown, the fact that their average age is 16 and that they throw out
rootsy rhythm and blues with consummate ease, puts them in an entirely different category, an
entirely different orbit.
Band of the Day #40 – The Artois
Taking inspiration from their peers, such as Peace and Jaws, The Artois create delicious indie-pop vibes that both enchant and entertain
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Band of the Day #7 – Heavy Waves
Heavy Waves are a Birmingham-based experimental lo-fi-grunge trio set to take the second city by storm.
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Introducing: Alt-J
Shortcut symbols, keystrokes and Apple; they aren’t called triangle but Alt+J.
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Feature: Why the reopening of Dale End’s legendary music venue means so much to Brummies
As Dale End’s historic and famous venue’s doors were slammed shut for the last time in 2009, the whole of the Second City wept. Chances are, if you had been to a gig in the city, you’d seen it at the Academy.
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