Sunday afternoon at the inaugural Beyond the Tracks festival gave Birmingham a rare chance to catch shoegaze legends Slowdive in full force. As the sun reflected off the surrounding high rises onto the land that will soon be Birminghams HS2 station, anticipation was high for the bands first gig in the city for 20 years. Continue reading Slowdive @ Beyond the Tracks Festival, Birmingham, 17 October 2017
I Imagine selling out a gig must be hard work, let alone selling a gig out on a Sunday night. But when that gig involves Birmingham best promotor This is Tmrw and New York based Beach Fossils, expect a crowded Hare and Hounds main room on any night of the week. Continue reading Beach Fossils Live @ Hare and Hound’s, Birmingham, UK, 5th September 2017
It takes around 11 hours and 50 minutes to fly from Japan to England, at a cost of around £650 per person each way. That means you’ve got to have a damn good reason to make that journey. Rising Tokyo rockers Kikagaku Moyo decided to make this journey, and that damn good reason for coming? Treating the British crowds to an electric night of psychedelic rock. Continue reading Kikagaku Moyo + Earthling Society Live @ Hare and Hounds, Birmingham, UK – 22nd August 2017
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