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Live reviews of gigs in the West Midlands and album, EP and single reviews.

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reviews 

Listen: Homeowner bring indie nostalgia with new single ‘I’m The Problem’

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 Sophie Hack homeowner

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

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Review: The Taboo Club usher in ‘Debauched Times’ on dark new single

April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 Samuel Lambeth Birmingham, Semantics, The Taboo Club

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

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Table Scraps release video for quarantine single ‘I Wanna Stay Home With U’

April 16, 2020 Richard Franks Table Scraps

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

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Single review: Lions of Dissent drop new single, ‘Dreams Like Drugs’

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 Emily Doyle Lions of Dissent

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

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Lions of Dissent are back with indie disco banger ‘Turn Up The Struggle’

November 15, 2018March 9, 2020 Sophie Hack Bryony Williams, Disco, Indie, Lions of Dissent, psych, The Hummingbird, Violet, wolverhampton

Wolverhampton septet Lions of Dissent return triumphantly with new indie disco banger ‘Turn Up The Struggle’.

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Review: Cage the Elephant tear the roof off at Birmingham’s O2 Academy

February 21, 2020February 28, 2020 Ross Carley Cage The Elephant, O2 Academy, Post Animal, SWMRS

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

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Review: Jack Garratt treats fans to intimate live showing on ‘Work In Progress’ tour

February 27, 2020February 27, 2020 Sophie Hack

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

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Single review: Flares flaunt their potential on Parma Violets

February 7, 2020 Stephen Pennell FLARES, Mama Roux's

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

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Review: VANT give yet another inspired performance in Birmingham

January 26, 2020February 2, 2020 Ross Carley castle and falcon, Kanvas, Magnetic Spacemen, Vant

VANT returned to Birmingham with a phenomenal performance at the Castle & Falcon on 25th January 2020 – read our review here

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Review: Waterparks cause chaos at Birmingham’s O2 Institute

January 28, 2020January 31, 2020 Cara Jackson O2 Institute, Waterparks

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

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