Thomas Dolby – O2 Institute, Birmingham: Live Review
We’re in Birmingham to catch synth pop pioneer Thomas Dolby who continues to reinvent the art form.
Ben De La Cour – Kitchen Garden Café, B’ham: Live Review
Exquisite songs of a life well bruised from Ben De La Cour. We’re at the Birmingham stop off on his latest tour.
The Clause – Victim Of A Casual Thing: Album Review
The Clause release their debut album, Victim Of A Casual Thing. It follows the release of their 2023 EP Weekend Millionaire.
Level 42 – Birmingham Symphony Hall: Live Review
We’re at Birmingham Symphony Hall for Level 42 and their World Machine 40th Anniversary Tour.
Katie Spencer – Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham: Live Review
Katie Spencer hones in on Brum, her deceptive stealth bomb of song a weapon of mass enchantment.
Pulp – Utilita Area, Birmingham – Live!
Welcome Back Pulp. We’ve been waiting for you. We’re at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham for one of the hottest tickets in the country right now.
The Lost Notes – Birmingham Symphony Hall: Live Review
Birmingham Americana hotshots The Lost Notes prove that There’s No Place Like Home as they drive a sell-out crowd into raptures at the city’s prestigious Symphony Hall.
The Ollam – Norton’s, Birmingham: Live Review
The Ollam – with more posts than a picket fence: post rock, post funk, post trad and post grunge. File under eclectic.
The Sharon Shannon Big Band – A Tribute To Shane: Live Review
Sharon Shannon and her Big Band pay tribute to Shane in Brum.
Frankie Archer – Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham: Live Review
We head to one of our favourite venues; Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham; to see one of our favourites artists – Frankie Archer.
Ben De La Cour – Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham: Live Review
Songs of the soft white underbelly, delicate dirges of no small beauty. We’re in Birmingham to see Ben De La Cour.
Martin Carthy – Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham: Live Review
“The Daddy” plays Brum… We encounter Martin Carthy at the Kitchen Garden Cafe in Birmingham.
The Long Ryders – The Crossing, Birmingham: Live Review
Current iteration of the reprised and iconic founding fathers of alt. country, The Long Ryders, show no sign of surrender.
Big Big Train, Dim Gray – Town Hall, Birmingham: Live Review
We’re in Birmingham, at the splendid Town Hall as Big Big Train put in a royal performance.
Hugh Cornwell – O2 Institute, Birmingham: Live Review
Hugh Cornwell fits in a trip to Birmingham on a day off – why not? We joined in the fun.