At 8pm on Friday 24 October, the Songwriter’s Cafe is making a return, featuring: Daniel Rachel Micky Greaney Sarah & Rod Demick Friends of The Stars Leo Altarelli Abie Budgen Fola It’ll be at The (ex-Orange) Studio in the city centre and will be hosted by Paul Murphy & Gary O’Dea. The Songwriter’s Cafe started … [Read more…]
Although I’ve only dipped into have a look occasionally, Capsule’s Home of Metal project seems to be picking up pace nicely. This blog is going to be used to keep people going until the archive is launched at the end of the month and will then be used for info around related events, contributions from … [Read more…]
The lastest Midlands tunage from Little Chris is out. Cop Brumcast 108 here. This is the tracklisting: Old School Tie – Fireflies The Me Band – If It Was Up To Me The hungry i – Jaws of Love The Fury – Ninja Betty & The Id – Cellophane Man Johnny Normal – Jake’s Ride … [Read more…]
Fluid Design tend to fly a little under my radar most of the time. Locally, they’ve done the branding for the Fierce and Plus Design Festivals as well as the upcoming Hello Digital. Or maybe it’s that my radar doesn’t reach to where they work – their client list includes Sony Electronics, Capcom, UBI-SOFT, Electronic … [Read more…]
Birmingham Live, for most, is a website that posts up reviews and some excellent photographs of bands playing in Birmingham. There are people out there covering gigs almost every night of the week. However, for the up and coming music photographers and reviewers involved, it’s a platform where they can learn their craft and get … [Read more…]
Frankie Ward interviews Mary Wakelam of Birmingham Jazz and they discuss winning her BBC bursary, her new band Maylight, Rush Hour Blues, bringing jazz into Birmingham’s music venues, Gigbeth and resonance events: Tomorrow I’ll be offering some tickets for the next resonance events shindig at the Town Hall. There might be a question from the … [Read more…]
Little Chris is back after Brumcast‘s summer break. Here’s the tracklisting: Royal Gala – Rich Girl (5:35) Miss Halliwell – Doggers Dog (LIVE) (4:24) All Hail the Ruin – Vultures (3:57) The Mallory Heart – Death Stars Casino (3:50) The Vinegarstroke – Hide and Seek (3:13) March of the Union – Cult Stickers (6:20) The … [Read more…]
The dust has hardly settled on last weekend’s excellent Project X Presents and many of the folk involved are already gearing up for ‘Celebrate Birmingham’s Underground’, a: 12 hour beach and warehouse celebration of our brummie underground scene In an era of big headliners, its easy to forget the people who make it all happen, … [Read more…]