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

October 1, 2019October 3, 2019 Sophie Hack cave girl, Centrala, Exhailers, FLARES, fruit tones, homeowner, leather party, Mutes, O2 Academy, only sun, shanghai blues, The Castle and Falcon, The Cosmics, The Night Owl, The Sunflower Lounge, The Victoria, Thyla, Violet

Forget the dreary weather and darker skies, Birmingham is alive and kicking with local and touring bands, and all for less than a tenner.

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Review: The Legitimate Peaky Blinders Festival crashes down on Digbeth

September 20, 2019September 21, 2019 Richard Franks Anna Calvi, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, JAWS, Jaykae, Liam Gallagher, Mike Skinner, Peaky Blinders, Primal Scream, Slaves, The Clause, The Cosmics

Across the weekend of September 14-15, The Legitimate Peaky Blinders Festival transformed the industrial streets of Digbeth into a 1920s immersive experience like no other

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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: Table Scraps are top-notch at SXSW fundraiser

March 1, 2019March 4, 2019 Emily Doyle Hare and Hounds, Table Scraps, The Cosmics

Table Scraps were joined by The Cosmics at the Hare & Hounds to raise money for flights to SXSW in Texas this summer.

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10 gigs in Birmingham this March for less than a tenner

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 Sophie Hack bad girls, Black Mekon, castle and falcon, cherry pickles, dollcanoes, Dorcha, Hare and Hounds, Hoopla Blue, killer bob, Liquid Cheeks, Mutes, muthers, Peach Club, Robert Craig Oulton, Scruffy Murphy's, Sofa King, sophie and the giants, Sorry Grace, Spilt Milk Society, studio, Sugarthief, Sunflower Lounge, Swampmeat Family Band, The Cosmics, The Mighty Young, The Night Owl

All of the best gigs in March, all for less than a tenner. Featuring Swampmeat Family Band, Sugarthief, Sophie & The Giants & more.

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Two local bands to take the best of Birmingham garage rock to SXSW

February 24, 2019February 24, 2019 Emily Doyle Black Mekon, cherry pickles, fazeley park, Hare and Hounds, sxsw, Table Scraps, The Cosmics

SXSW 2019, brace yourself. Birmingham’s Table Scraps and Cherry Pickles are on their way to cause some mayhem.

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Review: The Cosmics conquer The Sunflower Lounge

December 1, 2018December 3, 2018 Samuel Lambeth Paper Buoys, The Cosmics, The Sunflower Lounge, Thee MVPs

There are three certainties in life – death, taxes and The Cosmics tearing up The Sunflower Lounge. Yet again the band deliver.

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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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Review: Ivory Wave smash through the Sonic Gun Weekender Saturday

August 19, 2018August 24, 2018 Sophie Hack castle and falcon, cave girl, Ivory Wave, karkosa, sleepyheads, sonic gun, Sugarthief, The Cosmics, the novus, Violet, weekender

Day two of the Sonic Gun Weekender saw headliners Ivory Wave, and a frenzy of fans, completely take over Moseley’s The Castle and Falcon. Support came from Sugarthief, The Cosmics, Violet and more.

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