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

What is the Birmingham music scene doing during the lockdown?

Bands including The Novus and The Assist spoke to Counteract about the difference the Birmingham music scene is creating.

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

The threat of COVID-19, or coronavirus, is beginning to have an impact on Birmingham’s independent restaurants, bars and retailers

Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke is touring the UK this May to promote his solo album 2042, with dates in 8 cities including Birmingham

Birmingham trio Wishbone’s brand of fuzz-addled anthems are fast becoming a Second City favourite. How did they get here? Dogs

California natives Best Coast will return to the Midlands in May in support of their new album, Always Tomorrow.

After a short closure, iconic Birmingham boozer The Old Crown is back in business with a bit of a facelift.

Sonic Wave Festival, a new multi-venue music experience, takes over some of Digbeth’s biggest and brightest music venues this May

South Yorkshire punk band Hands Off Gretel are to perform a string of UK dates in support of their upcoming EP