Reviews | Counteract

Redditch band The Jewellers stamp their hallmark with impressive pair of singles

Redditch-based indie-rockers, The Jewellers, showcase their trade with the release of their first two singles.

The glowing new single, out now on local label Setting Son Records, drips in morning light and shimmers in 60s psychedelia.

Birmingham’s Homeowner are back with their first release since 2017, tinged in self loathing and indie nostalgia.

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

Birmingham’s purveyors of perverted cool continue their purple patch with ‘Debauched Times’, the lead single off their forthcoming album.

Lions of Dissent’s latest release, ‘Dreams Like Drugs’, is a psych-pop bop, and the second single from their EP Fear of Loathing.

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

Alt-rock legends Cage the Elephant performed a killer set at the O2 Academy on February 20, with support from Post Animal and SWMRS

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

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