Hare and Hounds

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Independent music venues keep music thriving in Birmingham, but for how long?

January 27, 2020January 31, 2020 Sophie Hack Birmingham, Hare and Hounds, Independent Venue Week, The Castle and Falcon, The Night Owl

Independent Venue week is here again, bringing the UK’s venues together, but it seems Birmingham isn’t getting the recognition is deserves.

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Review: Hot Snakes and Rattle join forces at the Hare and Hounds

December 11, 2019December 16, 2019 Emily Doyle Hare and Hounds, hot snakes, rattle

Hot Snakes were joined by Nottingham’s Rattle at the Hare & Hounds on December 10, for local promoters This Is Tmrw and Supersonic

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Hot Snakes to play the Hare & Hounds – get tickets here

November 26, 2019 Emily Doyle Hare and Hounds, hot snakes

This December, This Is Tmrw and Supersonic are teaming up to bring San Diego post-hardcore icons Hot Snakes to the Hare & Hounds.

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Review: Priests are captivating at Kings Heath show

November 6, 2019November 12, 2019 Emily Doyle Hare and Hounds, priests, The Cosmics

D.C. post-punks Priests played the Hare & Hounds for This Is Tmrw with support from garage punk trio The Cosmics.

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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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Review: Melt-banana melt faces at a packed Hare & Hounds

October 29, 2019November 4, 2019 Emily Doyle Hare and Hounds, melt-banana, pretty grim

Melt-banana brought their high speed noise rock to Birmingham on 28th October for local promoters Supersonic, with support from Pretty Grim.

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Review: Snapped Ankles bring dendrophilic ecstasy to Kings Heath

October 10, 2019October 14, 2019 Emily Doyle adrena adrena, Arrows of Love, Hare and Hounds, nuha ruby ra, snapped ankles

East-London electro-post punks Snapped Ankles played Kings Heath on 9th October, with support from Adrena Adrena and Nuha Ruby Ra.

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Review: Phobophobes debut new material at intimate Hare & Hounds show

October 4, 2019October 10, 2019 Emily Doyle burning house, Hare and Hounds, Phobophobes

On Thursday 3rd October, London six-piece Phobophobes played the Hare & Hounds with support from Hampshire post-rockers Burning House. Audience

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A beginner’s guide to: UB40

September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 Andrew Gutteridge 808 State, Afrika Bambaataa, Bee Gees, Beenie Man, Birmingham NEC, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Chrissie Hynde, DEP International, Ellis and the Mighty Diamonds, Elvis Presley, George Jones, Graduate Records, Hare and Hounds, Ian Campbell, Jackson Five, Joan Armatrading, John Holt, Keanu Reeves, Lady Saw, Mad Cobra, Martin Luther King, Matumbi, Maxi Priest, Neil Diamond, Nelson Mandela, Pato Banton, Queen, Randy Travis, Robert Palmer, Sandra Bullock, Sharon Stone, Sonny & Cher, Status Quo, Stevie Wonder, Sting, the pretenders, Tony Tribe, Toots Hibbert, United Colours of Sound, Wembley Stadium, whitney houston, Willie Nelson

From a bedsit in Balsall Heath to chart-topping domination in the 80s, Birmingham’s UB40 brought pop reggae to the masses.

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Phobophobes to bring their psychedelic soup to the Hare & Hounds

September 22, 2019September 22, 2019 Emily Doyle burning house, Hare and Hounds, Phobophobes

South London psych-rockers Phobophobes are making a long-awaited return to Birmingham this October. Get Tickets Here

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