Music

Go Kart Mozart

Got me all intrigued, this has. Go Kart Mozart represents the further adventures of Birmingham, England, native Lawrence Hayward. He spent the ’70s and ’80s fronting the atmospheric guitar pop band Felt, who drew much inspiration from Television, releasing albums in the ’90s under the Denim moniker. Go Kart Mozart continues the pseudo-novelty direction of … [Read more…]

Go to ZXZW

Lisa Capsule forwarded an email she’d gotten from the ZXZW Festival in Tilburg, The Netherlands, in September. They’re currently booking acts for this year and she thinks Birmingham bands should give it a go. Send CDs to PO Box 327, 5000 AH Tilburg, The Netherlands or email booking@zxzw.nl with links to mp3s (not attachments).

Coldrice

I don’t like to post about individual gigs and the like for fear of opening the floodgates but this terrific flyer from Coldrice is deserving of wider attention. Or maybe I’m just a sucker for pulp. There is a personal side to this too. When I moved back to Birmingham in 2003 after a few … [Read more…]

Ditto interviewed

The fifth of Digital Central’s Perspectives on the West Midlands Music Industry series of interviews with local figures has Matt and Lee Parsons of Ditto Music answering three questions at great length. Topics covered are the strengths and weaknesses in the region, best practices and the inevitable but essential “next steps”. You’ll remember Ditto as … [Read more…]

Paul’s Blog

Paul Birch of Revolver Records has started a blog. Paul, you’ll remember, had that email debate with Andrew Dubber last year that went all viral, so it’s great to see him embracing the form. And given he’s an interesting chap with lots to say about this music industry his blog should come high on a … [Read more…]

Brumcast moves

Brumcast has moved to a new home and thus has a new RSS feed. At least three shows have been released since I last blogged: Brumcast 81 [audio:http://brumcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2007-12-21T04_52_27-08_00.mp3] Brumcast 82 [audio:http://brumcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2008-01-03T10_31_30-08_00.mp3] Brumcast 83 [audio:http://brumcast.podomatic.com/enclosure/2008-01-10T12_23_42-08_00.mp3]