With the gamut of music festivals and events happening in the city centre this summer it’s easy to forget about the suburban ones. Most of the districts in the sticks will be having some kind of village fete or festival usually lasting for a day, but Moseley’s lasts for a full week from June 22nd … [Read more…]
The programme of events for the Decibel Performing Arts Showcase is online. It runs from September 3rd to 7th and full details are here. I could be wrong but I think these are only open to paid-up delegates, in which case you’ll be wanting to register before the end of this month and save £50 … [Read more…]
Einstellung‘s acoustic kraut/post-rock gig at the Old Joint Stock Theatre last week got a great write up in the Birmingham Post. Justly so. It was very good. The addition of strings seemed to suit the quartet’s reworked arrangements perfectly. Much like their usual incarnation, mellifluous guitar lines duelled and intertwined, although much more subdued than … [Read more…]
Tower of Song is “a new intimate live music venue run by musicians” in Cotteridge that I’ve just found out about. Sit back and enjoy live jazz, folk, blues, roots, acoustic, bluegrass, unplugged indie, pop and rock, leftfield, dub, comedy. I haven’t visited yet but they have a load of videos embedded into their MySpace … [Read more…]
Roys Boys is “an independent film company that was established in the West Midlands in 2006 by two brothers. Neil and Nathan Turner both write, direct and co-produce (along with DOP Jon Lewis) short low budget films.” They’ve got three shorts on their site which are of pretty high quality, not just in production but … [Read more…]
Here I Stay [audio:kings_spain_here_stay.mp3] MySpace. Next gig at the Pat Kav in Moselely this Saturday.
Further to the Birmingham Artists funding issue I’ve received a statement from Birmingham City Council. “Over a year ago Birmingham City Council staff met with representatives from Birmingham Artists and explained that we may not always be in a position to keep on funding their rent and service charges, which in 2006/07 came to £55,600. … [Read more…]
Popped into Jibbering Records today to get my Supersonic ticket and noticed they have new art on the walls from one Tom Lewis. Here’s one of the more abstract pieces: It feels a lot like meditation © Tom Lewis As well as paintings he also does a nice line in character illustration. This chap is … [Read more…]