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Review: Sugarthief sweet talk Birmingham at epic homecoming gig

October 13, 2018October 18, 2018 Samuel Lambeth George Pannell, Sugarthief, The Castle and Falcon, The Mysterines, Violet

Birmingham heavyweights Sugarthief and Violet come together for an epic night of barnstorming Birmingham indie, all at the Castle and Falcon.

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Review: Violet’s Heaven Adores You is a misty shoegaze anthem

October 11, 2018October 12, 2018 Sophie Hack castle and falcon, heaven adores you, listen, new single, Sugarthief, Sunflower Lounge, Violet

Midlands based shoegaze band Violet reinvent their indie/grunge inspirations with the powerful new single ‘Heaven Adores You’.

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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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Sonic Gun presents a weekender of the best in Birmingham music

July 22, 2018 Sophie Hack Bad Girlfriend, castle and falcon, cave girl, Echo Beach!, harry and the howlers, harry jordan, History of Sex, Ivory Wave, karkosa, PET, Riscas, sleepy heads, Social State, sonic gun, Spilt Milk Society, Sugarthief, Swim Deep, The Assist, The Cosmics, The Good Water, the novus, The Surrenders, Violet, Wolfgang Harte

Sonic Gun concerts are bringing not one, not two, but three days of Birmingham’s best new music, including RISCAS, Ivory Wave and Harry Jordan.

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Review: Deap Vally get Femejism all over Castle & Falcon crowd

July 3, 2018July 9, 2018 Emily Doyle blues rock, castle and falcon, Deap Vally, Ecca Vandal, femejism, Fuzz, garage rock, nu metal, punk, shoegaze, Violet

Deap Vally performed new tracks and fan favourites to a busy Castle and Falcon on Monday night, with support from Ecca Vandal and Violet.

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Deap Vally release hell raising ‘Get Gone’ ahead of Birmingham gig

June 28, 2018June 29, 2018 Sophie Hack Birmingham Promoters, Britpop, castle and falcon, Deap Vally, Ecca Vandal, Rock, Violet

The momentously anthemic, yet bittersweetly short track ‘Get Gone’ is a tease into L.A rockers refreshed and enraged sound ahead of their Birmingham show.

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Review: Birmingham’s Sugarthief steal hearts at The Flapper

June 27, 2018July 6, 2018 Sophia Lega mass house, Phil Madeley, Sugarthief, The Flapper, Violet

Local boys Sugarthief played an intimate show at canalside venue The Flapper in celebration of the much loved Birmingham venue

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10 gigs in Birmingham this June for less than a tenner

May 31, 2018June 2, 2018 Sophie Hack Birmingham, Burning Alms, Charlotte Carpenter, Coffee Breath, gigs in birmingham, klasside, mass house, minefield, myhi, palm, shana tova, Sugarthief, Sunset Cinema Club, sunshine frisbee lasberam, Table Scraps, The Clause, the life, the voo dooms, This Feeling, Violet, young chasers, Yr Poetry

June is kicking down the doors and bringing fresh new music from psych, blues, indie, rock and everything in between – all for less than the taxi home after the gig.

Albums of 2017, selected by Birmingham bands

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The albums of 2017: Selected by Birmingham bands

December 28, 2017December 28, 2017 Samuel Lambeth 2017, Albums of the year, Apathy, Birmingham, Birmingham bands, Bryony Williams, Callum Kerrigan, George Gadd, Gleam, Ivory Wave, P.E.T., Paper Buoys, Primary Colours, Quinn, Riscas, Robert Craig Oulton, Sam Hollis, Semantics, Shaun Gambowl Walsh & The Plagiarists, Sugarthief, Super Lemon Days, The Americas, The Cosmics, Violet, Wood and Nails

Counteract asked the best bands coming out of Birmingham right now to select their album of the year, and expand on why exactly it’s their favourite.

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Review: Violet bring psychedelic chaos to the Sunflower Lounge

December 21, 2017December 22, 2017 Sophie Hack Izzara, Rai Kah Mercury, Starwheel, Sunflower Lounge, Violet

Local acts bring tenacity and flare, but it’s midlands group Violet that send The Sunflower Lounge into a frenzy.

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