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Samuel Lambeth November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 Cage Park, FEET

EP review: Cage Park are unleashed on the perfect ‘Parma Violets’

Cage Park match the sweetness and addictiveness of Parma Violets with their amazing EP of the same title. Sam Lambeth reviews.

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Emily Doyle November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 Dorcha

Album review: Dorcha embrace weirdness on genre-fluid LP, Honey Badger

Dorcha’s tumultuous new album Honey Badger plungers the listener into a swirling pool of psychedelia. Read our review.

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Emily Doyle October 16, 2020October 16, 2020 martin reynolds, You Dirty Blue

Martin Reynolds looks on the bright side with solo debut ‘Strange Days Indeed’

Most readers will recognise Martin Reynolds as the drummer from Tamworth grunge blues outfit, You Dirty Blue. Over lockdown, Reynolds

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Richard Franks August 7, 2020August 7, 2020

Review: Mike Skinner’s The Streets provide a glimmer of hope with ticketed live stream gig

On Thursday 6th August, your local city poet Mike Skinner proved that ticketed live streams can work, and offered hope for many in the music industry

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Emily Doyle July 21, 2020July 22, 2020 algiers, ben venom, Black Sabbath, blue ruth, Capsule, covid19, dalek, decolonise fest, gnod, haress, ichi, j.zunz, lankum, Melvins, paul purgas, rocket, rocket recordings, Sofa King, sofasonic, supersonic, supersonic festival, the quietus, tirikilatops, White Hills

Review: Supersonic Festival streams experimental performances to thousands of viewers

Despite COVID-19, Supersonic Festival brought new music and more to around six-thousand fans through a weekend of live streams.

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Sophie Hack July 20, 2020July 20, 2020 Bad Girlfriend

Watch: Bad Girlfriend are back with new video ‘Here It Comes’

Birmingham based punk trio Bad Girlfriend are back with their sludgiest, riffiest single yet.

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Luke Charnley November 8, 2018July 15, 2020 Birmingham, Blackout Cowboy, Sunshine Frisbee Laserbeam

Sunshine Frisbee Laserbeam deliver a polished, snappy album with ‘Blackout Cowboy’

King’s Heath veterans Sunshine Frisbee Laserbeam deliver a short yet sweet 7th album that distills down everything that fans love about them.

the jewellers band

Aisling Bruce June 4, 2020June 19, 2020 New Music, The Jewellers

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.

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Sophie Hack May 23, 2020June 15, 2020 Brain Food, liamosino, Review, SETTING SON RECORDS, single

Liamosino’s debut single ‘Samhraí Imithe’ is a sun drenched breather in lockdown

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

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Sophie Hack May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 homeowner

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

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