Birmingham
Live Review: Bastille – O2 Academy, Birmingham 14.04.2022 Plus Gallery
It feels as though the smoke machines are working over time as this patient crowd are waiting for Bastille to enter the stage. The production level is above and beyond and it’s clear they’re not here to mess around; they’re here to turn this show out. Dan Smith‘s voice is so unique and it’s a …
Live Review: Everything Everything – O2 Academy, Birmingham 09.04.2022 Plus Gallery
It’s a shock to see that the room is barely at half capacity but this audience are about to make this Birmingham venue feel more than full. Within a matter of minutes, the production and sound quality is made abundantly clear and matches perfectly with the talent of everyone on stage. Johnathan Higg’s range is …
Live Review: Spector – Mama Roux’s, Birmingham 07.04.2022
By Phil Drury Spector brought their #NowOrWhenever Tour to Birmingham on Thursday night to an eager Brummy crowd who have waited since November 2021 when the original gig was rescheduled due to the pandemic, then again the January date was pushed back to April 2022 but Spector were finally here and the enjoyment was shared …
Live Review: Against The Current – O2 Academy, Birmingham 01.04.2022 Plus Gallery
Anyone arriving slightly late to this jam packed academy is serenaded by the sound of a relaxed cover of ‘The Black Parade’ courtesy of HalfLives. The sold out second room sets the room aglow with the lights from their phones and we all know we’re in for a hell of a night. This is a …
PREMIERE: Phantom Limb get weird in ‘Guppy’ video as they prep new album for November
If you’re not a fan of strange-textured foods or seeing said strange-textured foods thrown in faces, we’d recommend you tab out of this new Phantom Limb clip and treat yourself to the audio-only experience. If you are, well, this video is a treat. Led by Andrew Laningham, the Alabama quartet’s new song tackles the pervasive …
See: Table Scraps come firing back with ‘Threads’ ahead of a post-apocalyptic September set
BRUM’S garage-psych-doom power trio Table Scraps have, like the rest of us, been busy frying their heads and kicking anxious heels indoors for like: doesn’t it feel like forever now? But they’ve also been busy with the guitar, bass and drums and things, because the lockdown league is one you can play your way out …
Track: The Novus get all psychedelic on us with the brilliant single ‘Castaway’, and announce tour news
Last time we heard from The Novus, they ripped up the tarmac with a blistering, angry blast of ‘I Serve Not’ (see my review here). Now, in advance of the release of their EP entitled ‘Thaleia Standing’ on 18 June 2021, The Novus have maintained the rage but in a much more restrained and very …
NEWS: John Myrtle wants to know “How Can You Tell If You Love Her?”, announces debut album Myrtle Soup
Great news from Birmingham-born Londoner John Myrtle today, from whom we last heard a couple of months ago with the sprightly teaser track from his upcoming debut album, “Get Her Off My Mind”. That was his first new music in more than 18 months, following the mid-2019 release of the Here’s John Myrtle EP. He’s …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Birmingham’s Grimy Sound Architect Hobgoblin
And we back… From the gritty depths of the UK’s second city, Birmingham, arose an anti-villain who plumbs the muck for hardscrabble sounds, many of which are now instantly recognizable with the underground cognoscenti. This sound architect’s name is Hobgoblin, and today he joins Behind The Boards. Teacher by day, music anti-villain by night, Hobgoblin …
SEE: Table Scraps – ‘Doom Generation’: garage-punkers surgin’ as it all falls apart
YOU’VE already been directed to take a dive into Brum garage-punkers Table Scraps by no less than IDLES’ Joe Talbot, who counts himself a fan; now’s your chance to climb aboard and feast on some crumbs as the band – Scott, TJ and Poppy – shake their collectively animated ass with “Doom Generation”, the South …