As one of the most incendiary live acts around, it’s hard to see their ascent to stardom stopping here. Continue reading Fontaines D.C. + The Altered Hours @ O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK – 11th October 2021
Normally the large ques outside of the O2 Academy are a sign of an act playing the main room, but tonight it was the second room that had the que snaking around the block as indie pop sensation Boy Pablo played his first ever show in Birmingham. Continue reading Boy Pablo + FUR + Jack Frohlich @ O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK – 17th September 2021
Whenever you go to see the Specials expect the following three things, pork pie hats, checkered shirts with suspenders and a lot of former skinheads. I hadn’t even got to the que at the O2 Academy before I ticked off all three. Continue reading The Specials + Pete Williams @ O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK – 16th September 2021
In a weekend stacked full of music in Coventry, who would have ever believed the most exciting act would have been upstairs at the Litten Tree. Continue reading Crack Cloud + Military Genuis + DJ Jimmy Decent @ The Litten Tree Building – ( ‘LTB’ ) Showrooms, Coventry, UK – 2nd September 2021
Chants of “Miles, Miles, Miles Fucking Kane” could be heard through all the Kasbah even before the man himself took to the stage. Continue reading Miles Kane + Brooke Combe @ Kasbah, Coventry, UK – 27th August 2021
They always say that the third time’s the charm, and that’s what all the patient ticket holders were hoping for on Wednesday. Continue reading Sam Fender + Heidi Curtis @ O2 Academy, Birmingham, UK – 25th August 2021
If there is one gig not to be missed this year its when Canadian multi-media, multi-genre collective Crack Cloud crash down into Coventrys Fargo Village for a special performance at the Box. Its going to be an intense wild live show brought to you by DRINK YOUR MILK. Continue reading Gig Spotlight – Crack Cloud + Military Genius + Jimmy Decent @ The Box Fargo Village, Coventry – 2nd September 2021
Everything Everything had gigs at Cardiff Castle, The Hundreds cricket, Old Trafford and Boardmaster’s on the schedule within a single week. With a line up like that you might expect them to play safe at their smallest show squidged right in the middle at Coventry’s Kasbah. A que of fans lined up outside decked in old tour t-shirts, little did they know they were about to catch the band bringing their A game in this small setting. Continue reading Everything Everything + PARADE @ Kasbah, Coventry, UK – 13th August 2021
The Kasbah’s side room is well known in Coventry as being the place indie rock fans find refuge pop overdose of the main room. On Thursday it was a slightly different type of refuge, one for music fans when Richard Hawley played a surprisingly intimate performance. Continue reading Richard Hawley + Ed Cosens @ Kasbah, Coventry, UK – 12th August 2021
What Coventry cheap sportswear lovers lost, Coventry music fans gained. Long may the HMV Empire continue to give us excellent gigs like this. Continue reading Easy Life @ HMV Empire, Coventry, UK – 10th August 2021
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