Next weekend Capsule‘s festival of rock and electronic music – Supersonic – is taking place at the Custard Factory. In addition to planning that, Capsule recently took local acts Pram and the ZX Orchestra to Barcelona’s Sonar festival for a well-received showcase. Frankie sat down with Jenny and Lisa to discuss DIY ethics, council funding, … [Read more…]
Before we get to the interview, you need to know that PolarBear will be at the Garrick Theatre in Lichfield on 9 July – details after the interview. Anyway, I’ll leave Frankie to get on with things… When Frankie Met Poet/MC PolarBear… or didn’t! Due to being immensely popular an arranged meeting never materialized and … [Read more…]
It’s a busy time for 7 Inch Cinema. They’ve celebrated their 5th birthday, their excellent Flatpack Festival has gained recognition from the UK Film Counci and they have a series of events coming up as part of the Flux and Supersonic festivals. Frankie sat down for tea and biscuits with Pip and Ian and discussed … [Read more…]
For the first in our new series of interviews/podcasts we were lucky enough to be welcomed into Soweto Kinch’s flat for tea, Jaffa Cakes and chat. The driving force behind The Flyover Show – taking place under the Hockley Flyover on Saturday 31 May with big-name guests from the worlds of hip hop and jazz … [Read more…]
Hello, As Pete mentioned, I’m Danny and I will be your guest blogger for a while, I will be trying to give you all the Birmingham friendly creative news that I find, although my main priority will be not screwing up like deleting the internet, getting Pete sued into the ground, or accidentally starting a … [Read more…]
Triffic two part interview with cartoonist James Nash (Personally It’s a joy to see someone from the Gary Panter / Matt Brinkman school working in the region.)
Missed it at the time, but Envy and Other Sins won that Mobile Act Unsigned compo in December getting them a contract with A&M. Cat Bray at 4Talent did a nice big interview with them. Well done, chaps!
Nice interview with Joel Wilson aka rapper Joel the Custodian on the predominantly American Music Mamma’s blog. Here’s the Brum-specific bit: What is the current music scene like there in Birmingham? Birmingham, the city that spawned Black Sabbath [and recently the Editors and the Streets] has over 1 million inhabitants. Despite the wealth of creativity … [Read more…]