Dirty Hit’s latest “it” band Pale Waves treated the O2 Institute to a perfoemnce that showed they could one day reach the heights of labelmates the 1975. Continue reading Pale Waves + Swimming Girls @ O2 Institute, Birmingham, UK – 25th September 2018
A rainy underpass in Digbeth is an unlikely place to experience a bit of California on a Friday night, but that’s exactly what the crowd at the Digbeth Arena were treated to when Brian Wilson brought the legendary Pet Sounds album to the newly formed Skyline Series. Continue reading Brian Wilson + Turin Brakes @ Digbeth Arena, Birmingham, UK – 24th August 2018
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
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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