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

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

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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Video premiere: Watch Brain Food’s ‘Forbidden Tongue’ video

March 7, 2020March 7, 2020 Sophie Hack Brain Food, The Night Owl

Midlands psych quartet Brain Food have released the video for new single ‘Forbidden Tongue’, taken from their new EP released March 13th. Watch it exclusively here.

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November 2019: 10 gigs in Birmingham for less than a tenner

November 3, 2019November 6, 2019 Sophie Hack arlo day, big joanie, Brain Food, Chartreuse, china bears, clarion, EKKAH, Exotic Pets, hamer, Hare and Hounds, humanstairs, kaleidoscope, mount pleasant, muthers, night owl, NONSUCH, patawawa, Prince of Wales, Robert Craig Oulton, Shai Brides, Sofa King, Sorry Grace, sugar candy mountain, Sugarthief, The Castle and Falcon, The Flapper, the ninth wave, The Taboo Club, walt disco

Cramming as much live music, in one month as possible, here’s the low down on the best gigs for less than a tenner in Birmingham.

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August 2019: 10 gigs in Birmingham for less than a tenner

August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 Sophie Hack Black Mekon, Brain Food, castle and falcon, cherry pickles, Die Das Der, eliza may, flake, Handwaxx, Hare and Hounds, headshrinkers, high knucks, home of metal, kinda of light, mallorva, odmansbox, Outlander, pjj, Sonic Gun Weekender, SUE, Sugarthief, The Clause, The Dark Horse, The Flapper, The Lizards, the new righteous mood, The Night Owl, the sunflowe rlounge, the velvet tides, truman dinosaur

Satiate those mad music cravings with these ten high tenacity gigs in Birmingham, all for less than a tenner.

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10 gigs in Birmingham this May for less than a tenner

May 1, 2019May 9, 2019 Sophie Hack arcade hearts, Black Mekon, Brain Food, Calvin Johnson, cave girl, Centrala, cherry pickles, DAME, George Pannell, hamer, Hare and Hounds, harry jordan, henrik appel, methods, Spilt Milk Society, spinn, stonefield, Sunflower Lounge, Swampmeat Family Band, The Castle and Falcon, The Flapper, The Mighty Young, The Moving Pictures, The Night Owl, the nude party, the pines, weakened friends, whitelights

We’ve rounded up (just a small handful) of the best, super value gigs in Birmingham so you don’t have to. You’re so welcome.

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10 gigs in Birmingham this April for less than a tenner

April 1, 2019July 19, 2019 Sophie Hack Antelope, Birmingham, Bloxx, Brain Food, castle and falcon, Die Das Der, Flamingo Flame, Frauds, George Pannell, Hare and Hounds, Hott Date, joel baker, mundays, muthers, NONSUCH, rat the magnificent, Sorry Grace, Sunflower Lounge, Sunshine Frisbee Laserbeam, supercaan, The Cosmics, The Flapper, Victories at Sea, Violet

Ten gigs bursting at the seams with new indie, pop, funk and soul music in Birmingham all for less than a tenner.

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Review: Boy Azooga perform studio perfect set at The Castle & Falcon

October 11, 2018October 15, 2018 Sophie Hack Boy Azooga, Brain Food, Man of Moon, The Castle & Falcon

With the release of debut album ‘1, 2, Kung Fu’, Cardiff’s Boy Azooga proved their versatility within the wide genre of alt-rock.

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10 gigs in Birmingham this October for less than a tenner

October 1, 2018July 19, 2019 Sophie Hack 10 gigs, art school girlfriend, Birmingham, Black Mekon, Boy Azooga, Brain Food, buzzard buzzard buzzard, calva louise, cave girl, Charlotte Carpenter, childcare, cymbeline, jordan mackampa, King Brothers, lazy day, Man of Moon, mothers earth experiment, Our Girl, paul cherry, Spilt Milk Society, tenner, The Blinders, The Cosmics, The Lizards

10 gigs in Birmingham to warm up the autumnul nights, from the melancholic art pop and shoegaze, to rocket fuel punk all the way from Japan.

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Boy Azooga to play Birmingham on forthcoming UK tour – get tickets here

September 19, 2018 Richard Franks Boy Azooga, Brain Food, Man of Moon, The Castle & Falcon

Following the release of their debut LP 1, 2 Kung Fu! in June, Boy Azooga will hit the road this October.

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Review: Brain Food’s ‘Mindwinder’ is a twisted and shapeshifting acid trip

July 9, 2018February 10, 2019 Sophie Hack Brain Food, cavegirl, get one on, kaleidoscope, mindwinder, NONSUCH, psych, The Night Owl

The East Birmingham four piece have made a triumphant return to music with a chaotic, yet controlled, journey around the brain.

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