Victor Kills… Virginia are Abi Smith and Joe Whittle who run a photography and design studio based in the Custard Factory “aimed at actors, models, dancers, artist, etc [producing] industry standard photography portfilios and personal websites.” They also do a neat line in cartooning though it’s not clear whether Abi or Joe is responsible for … [Read more…]
A Slice Of The Pie has been running gig nights at the Rainbow and other venues in Birmingham for the last year and recently settled at the King Edward (aka Chapter 11, aka Ben Johnson, etc) in Aston which seems to be the venue du jour for fringe live nights. The Slice Pie boys have … [Read more…]
The newly refurbished Town Hall will be opening in October but details of the Re-opening Festival have been released which might give an indication of what sort of events the NEC Group plan to put on there. Headline events include Brum Rocks Extra for The Children’s Hospital – a fundraising concert for the Children’s Hospital … [Read more…]
Krankpod is Samantha McEwan’s ceramics company. Samantha “draws inspiration for her work by studying organic objects such as pods, leaves and seeds. “Original drawings are then translated into the clay using a method unique to her. Colour themes range from subtle to deliciously rich and vibrant. “The use of contrasting gloss, satin and matt glazes … [Read more…]
Chris Keenan informs on his hidden-away Prime Objective blog that he’s in the process of uploading a bunch of videos from last year’s Supersonic festival to YouTube. Nine are up so far and can be found in this account. Here’s the Modified Toy Orchestra one to be going along with.
Brumcast #47 is an Iron Man Records special featuring bands who’ve released music through the 10 year old Birmingham label. Here’s the tracklisting: 1. Nightingales – Carry On Up The Ante 2. Damn Dirty Apes – Egg Eating Ants 3. P.A.I.N. – Rocking Cross De Borda 4. Dufus – A Having Party 5. Last Under … [Read more…]
The above is scanned from a business card picked up off the counter in Jibbering Records. The art is by Stephanie Mill. I can’t find an online presence for her but her email is dizzybug_2@hotmail.com.
Every week I’ll be presenting three local bands or musicians with a photo, song and, if available, video. I’m trying to keep my personal preferences out of this but often fail so suggestions for future posts are very welcome. — — — Beestung Lips Reverse Alchemy [audio:beestunglips.mp3] myspace.com/beestunglips1 — — — Kramer Vs. Kramer Vs. … [Read more…]