Ian Reynold’s Nodding at the Back photography exhibition gets another airing at Light House in Wolverhampton with a launch this Wednesday where Ian will be talking about his work at 6.30pm. Punch Records were inspired to commission Ian Reynolds, one of Birmingham’s maverick image purveyors and a fan of hip-hop culture, to produce this collection … [Read more…]
Stereographic is a new design house run by Sam Underwood and George Benson that’s moving to Birmingham soon having run a company called Elektonika in Nottingham for seven years. They’re currently looking to connect with Birmingham’s design community (so the Plus+ festival should come in handy) and are building up a portfolio of small low-cost … [Read more…]
Previously… Keep Digbeth Vibrant is a new site set up, I believe, by a resident of the infamous Abacus building next to the Spotted Dog. Digbeth is renowned in Birmingham, the Midlands region and throughout the world a diverse and vibrant area encompassing a unique mix of industry, entertainment and residential developments. Part of the … [Read more…]
Poppy And The Jezebels are moving fast, or maybe I’m just too old to keep up. They’ve got an album out (pictured above) which you can buy in shops or from Amazon and there’s a wee feature on BBC Birmingham including a short video report.
Island Bar has a new music night . Friday Night Live starts this week (27th) with Sabotage Left, Fillmore Gears & The Drowners. As well as this weekly event, Sunset Cinema Club, who are a band rather than a club, will be running their, um, club – Tropical Hotdog Night – on the first Friday … [Read more…]
The deadline for the 4Talent Awards (previously known as Creative Class) is on August 1st. The 4Talent Awards are all about new talent. They are: Completely free to enter. Open to anyone unstoppably creative… …provided you’re under 30 on 31/12/07. Tipped for great things, a Top 20 will be whittled down by an expert panel … [Read more…]
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Recordings of the last two Pub Conversations (previously blogged here) have been added to their podcast, being a chat between Ryan Gander and Bedwyr Williams and another between Becky Shaw and Steven Eastwood. I attended the latter and found it to be very good brain food so I recommend giving them a listen. Gary Dring … [Read more…]