Album Review: Razorlight are reawakened with new album ‘Olympus Sleeping’
The Britrock whipping boy Johnny Borrell and his band are back, but will Razorlight’s fourth album provide much-needed redemption? Sam Lambeth finds out.
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Review: The Orielles and Dream Wife headline All Years Leaving Festival
Set over two days, All Years Leaving offers lucky punters the chance to check out sets some of the most exciting bands touring the UK in 2018
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Courtney Barnett to bring introspective hits to Birmingham next month
Melborne-native Courtney Barnett to visit Birmingham as part of a UK headline tour following the release of new album.
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Indoor Pets announce debut album details and April 2019 UK tour
Indoor Pets – formerly known as Get Inuit – are set to release their debut album via Wichita Recordings next year, accompanied by a nine-date tour of the UK.
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Review: Stephen Malkmus sparkles hard at Birmingham Asylum
Former Pavement frontman and current Jick Stephen Malkmus brings his off-kilter indie back to Birmingham, in support of album Sparkle Hard.
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Review: Paul Cherry showcases ’70s yacht rock’ in Digbeth
Chicago’s Paul Cherry filled Digbeth’s The Night Owl with mellow synth and alt rock during a tender performance.
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Review: Odd Soul dazzle during comeback show at Moseley’s Dark Horse
Odd Soul brought neo-soul bangers to the Dark Horse in a crowd-pleasing performance, featuring old and new hits.
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Review: Ocean Colour Scene return with mellow and melodic EP
Ocean Colour Scene, one of Birmingham’s biggest and most enduring of bands, return after a five-year hiatus with a mellow, muscular EP
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Review: Ash burn, baby, burn at Birmingham O2 Institute
Downpatrick rockers Ash return to the Midlands to play a career-spanning set, including cuts from acclaimed new album Islands.
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Review: The Brian Jonestown Massacre stun a packed O2 Academy Birmingham
A career spanning set at the O2 Academy as notorious psych rock veterans The Brian Jonestown Massacre roll into town.
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