This month Gary Corbett has had a photography exhibition at the Central Library Gallery of his photographs from Rush Hour Blues which he’s been shooting with great consistency for years now. You can see the whole lot in this Flickr collection and it was only a matter of time before something physical came of it. … [Read more…]
I saw the first one of these yesterday. By the the rag markets, I’m not sure how successful this was because half the keyboard didn’t work and it was almost meloncholy to see a once intricte and loved object abandoned in the street.
October 4th 1997 saw a performance by Higher Intelligence Agency and Biosphere, aka Bobby Bird and Geir Jenssen, on the 12th floor of the Rotunda entitled Birmingham Frequencies. on this night, two hundred & fifty people went up into the rotunda for the first time, to hear a soundtrack by geir jenssen & bobby bird, … [Read more…]
Looking at the Electric cinema’s newsletter I see that the Notorious Choir will be playing a gig there (do choirs gig?) on Sunday the 20th of April at 1pm. Called “As Seen On Tv” it promises “Fun and fabulous music from some televisions best loved shows”. Lighthearted postmodern fun or symptomatic of a doomed culture … [Read more…]
Tonight I am overly excited because I just found out that José González and The Bees are playing at this year’s Moseley Folk Festival. How did I find out this most pleasing nugget of news? Not on the interwebs, oh no, but via hard copy – a flyer I picked up at the Moseley Dance … [Read more…]
Update, May 18th: This post has been edited after we received a legal threat from Surface Unsigned. More here. Round one of the regional Surface Unsigned Festival ’08 is nearly over, but have no fear sheer volume of acts they are dealing with in the midlands alone should mean there are plenty of gigs to … [Read more…]
Island Bar is holding an all-day acoustic festival from 1.30pm on Easter Sunday (23rd March).
The current issue (PDF link) of Bearded magazine, includes a feature on the West Midlands music scene, more specifically Birmingham and Coventry. The feature is a handy round-up of the bands to watch as well as local promoters, venues, club nights and record shops. via Rich Batsford