Coming up.....
Monday 29th September to Sunday 5th October
Simple.... Just one page for all of this weeks gigs and events in Birmingham with links to audio!!
Down the right hand side of this page are links to all promoters myspaces featured on this blog as well as some of the other sites worth checking out for Birmingham Music.
Remember, if you're an artist or promoter and want to get your night/event featured on here there's instructions on how to do it further down this page.
You can also contact me or check out what certain promoters are doing via the CUB myspace. There's a link on the right of this page.
Friday 26 September 2008
Coming Up ..... Tuesday 30th September
Acoustic_Alt_Indie_Experimental
Bohemian Jukebox presents The Great Pain + Family Machine + Ryan Stables + S.C.
The Great Plain:
Mid-nineties Grunge influenced Country-Indie crossover songs, embellished by inventive and flawless harmonies.
Family Machine:
Hailing from Oxford this band have recently played Truck festival and have been lauded in many a local and national magazine.
“A typical Family Machine song is a three-minute condensed mix of emotions that never step too far from your ears nor from your heart. Uncomplicatedly pure song-writing talent.” Oxfordbands.com
S.C:
Melodic, hook laden pop structures on themes like youthful crushes, remorse, addiction and ambition.
Venue: The Hare and Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath
Time: 8.30pm
Cost: £4
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/bohemianjukebox
http://www.myspace.com/thegreatplain
http://www.myspace.com/thefamilymachine
http://www.myspace.com/scatersongs
Coming Up ..... Tuesday 30th September
Punk_Rock_New Wave_Pop-punk
Humbucker presents Dynamite Dreams + Skatch + Maycomb + Spectre
Venue: The Sound Bar, Corporation Street, City Centre, Opposite Aston Uni
Time: 8pm
Cost: £4 / £3 NUS
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/theiconspresentsoundbar
http://www.myspace.com/dynamitedreamspunk
http://www.myspace.com/skatch
http://www.myspace.com/maycombuk
Acoustic_Alt_Indie_Experimental
Bohemian Jukebox presents The Great Pain + Family Machine + Ryan Stables + S.C.
The Great Plain:
Mid-nineties Grunge influenced Country-Indie crossover songs, embellished by inventive and flawless harmonies.
Family Machine:
Hailing from Oxford this band have recently played Truck festival and have been lauded in many a local and national magazine.
“A typical Family Machine song is a three-minute condensed mix of emotions that never step too far from your ears nor from your heart. Uncomplicatedly pure song-writing talent.” Oxfordbands.com
S.C:
Melodic, hook laden pop structures on themes like youthful crushes, remorse, addiction and ambition.
Venue: The Hare and Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath
Time: 8.30pm
Cost: £4
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/bohemianjukebox
http://www.myspace.com/thegreatplain
http://www.myspace.com/thefamilymachine
http://www.myspace.com/scatersongs
Coming Up ..... Tuesday 30th September
Punk_Rock_New Wave_Pop-punk
Humbucker presents Dynamite Dreams + Skatch + Maycomb + Spectre
Venue: The Sound Bar, Corporation Street, City Centre, Opposite Aston Uni
Time: 8pm
Cost: £4 / £3 NUS
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/theiconspresentsoundbar
http://www.myspace.com/dynamitedreamspunk
http://www.myspace.com/skatch
http://www.myspace.com/maycombuk
Coming Up ..... Wednesday 1st October
Pop-Punk_Rock_Metal
444 Club presents Two Down At Half Time + Butterfly Fan The Inferno
Two Down At Half Time:
Two Down At Halftime are a pop punk band, formed in mid September 2007. The band made its live debut at the Hertford Corn Exchange in early October and put their first EP up for free download in December. By February they played their first headline show at the White Hart pub in Whitechapel. The trio played their fifth show to the packed out audience at the WGC Green Room, before beginning to write a second EP in March, and hopes to begin gigging again in the near future, supporting this new material.
The band takes its biggest influences from the likes of Blink 182 and Bowling For Soup, playing a fast paced, adrenalin pumping sound with simple yet melodic guitar harmonies. The group have broadened their musical horizons by covering some unlikely artists, including renditions of Cyndi Lauper’s ’Time after time’ and Aqua’s ’Barbie Girl’ and even the dance song ’I like to move it’.
Butterfly Fan The Inferno:
The band first came together in Boston, MA in early 2006 and played its first show in June of that year (on 6/6/6!) They recorded 2 EPs and played around 20 shows in the Northeast. An album was completed in early 2008 with some band members and some studio musicians laying the tracks. A relocation took place to Birmingham in Feb 2008 and a new line-up is coming together to play gigs and promote the album.
Venue: The Rainbow Pub, Digbeth High Street, B12 0LD
Time: 7.30pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/twodownathalftime
http://www.myspace.com/butterflyfantheinferno
Pop-Punk_Rock_Metal
444 Club presents Two Down At Half Time + Butterfly Fan The Inferno
Two Down At Half Time:
Two Down At Halftime are a pop punk band, formed in mid September 2007. The band made its live debut at the Hertford Corn Exchange in early October and put their first EP up for free download in December. By February they played their first headline show at the White Hart pub in Whitechapel. The trio played their fifth show to the packed out audience at the WGC Green Room, before beginning to write a second EP in March, and hopes to begin gigging again in the near future, supporting this new material.
The band takes its biggest influences from the likes of Blink 182 and Bowling For Soup, playing a fast paced, adrenalin pumping sound with simple yet melodic guitar harmonies. The group have broadened their musical horizons by covering some unlikely artists, including renditions of Cyndi Lauper’s ’Time after time’ and Aqua’s ’Barbie Girl’ and even the dance song ’I like to move it’.
Butterfly Fan The Inferno:
The band first came together in Boston, MA in early 2006 and played its first show in June of that year (on 6/6/6!) They recorded 2 EPs and played around 20 shows in the Northeast. An album was completed in early 2008 with some band members and some studio musicians laying the tracks. A relocation took place to Birmingham in Feb 2008 and a new line-up is coming together to play gigs and promote the album.
Venue: The Rainbow Pub, Digbeth High Street, B12 0LD
Time: 7.30pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/twodownathalftime
http://www.myspace.com/butterflyfantheinferno
Coming Up ..... Thursday 2nd October
Latin_Funk_Northern Soul_Afro-Beat
Street Beat Boogaloo with DJ Deesh + Trew Selecta
Venue: The Rainbow Pub, Digbeth, B12 0LD
Time: 8pm - Late
Cost: £4 / £3
Links:
http://www.streetbeatzboogaloo.com/
Latin_Funk_Northern Soul_Afro-Beat
Street Beat Boogaloo with DJ Deesh + Trew Selecta
Venue: The Rainbow Pub, Digbeth, B12 0LD
Time: 8pm - Late
Cost: £4 / £3
Links:
http://www.streetbeatzboogaloo.com/
Coming Up ..... Friday 3rd October
Punk_Ska_Reggae_Alternative
444 Club presents The Cracked Actors + The Heels + The Acoustic Theatre
The Cracked Actors:
The Go Club present The Deafout + The Souls + Only the Good + K.M.A. + Herorin Hospital
Only The Good:
Upbeat rockers Only The Good tear open the dark underbelly of Heavy Metal and stuff it with energetic punk attitude, before marinading in a sweaty mix of high octane rhythms and screaming guitar harmonies. Best served with naan and lager.
Having been playing for over a year at various venues in and around Birmingham, such as The Flapper, Jug Of Ale, Bar Academy, Varsity Wolverhampton, The Palace Tamworth, supporting several acts such as Bryn Christopher (signed to Polydor records), the band is well established on the live scene.
Venue: The Old Wharf, Oxford Street, Digbeth, B5 5NR
Time: 8pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/thegoclubmusic
http://www.myspace.com/thedeafout
http://www.myspace.com/onlythegood666
http://www.myspace.com/kma2000
http://www.myspace.com/heroinhospitaltheband
Coming Up ..... Friday 3rd October
Indie_Rock_Blues_Experimental_Alt.
Platform Promotions presents Cold Shot Trio + The Redcaps + Burning Thirteen
Cold Shot Trio:
Cold Shot Trio are a dynamic and unique Midlands based band, a fiery venom of eclectic blends, that can be tagged to Jazz, Rock, Blues with a traditional familiar Texas Soul feel that runs deeper than your back-bone. The 'soul' intention is to make heads bop. The 3 strong force: Tom, Lars, Phil forged an instant binding friendship and a united musical dream. We feel strongly that the music we produce does not shamelessly pander to any particular fashion or fad and most importantly, not driven by the hope that we'll make radio 1 some day. This ideal has given Cold Shot Trio a freshness that has impressed its audiences.
Venue: The Sunflower Lounge, 76 Smallbrook Queensway, B5 4EG
Time: 8pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/platform_promotions
http://www.myspace.com/coldshottrio
http://www.myspace.com/theredcaps
http://www.myspace.com/burningxiii
Punk_Ska_Reggae_Alternative
444 Club presents The Cracked Actors + The Heels + The Acoustic Theatre
The Cracked Actors:
Cracked Actors formed in Sept. 1999. The Actors are played by: -
2 Tall Tim a.k.a. Tim Bamford the Yorkshire Massive, boards and didgeridoo and vocals.
Fudge on lead vocals, a die-hard Brummie punk from time, previous band include Generator ,Colour Climax. Rufus Ruffcut,and One Chord Wonders
Ras Lionel Bard a.k.a. Kez Carpenter ( Rasta Fe True!) is the other lead vocalist in this dual assault on the senses. RLBs previous bands include Acid Rain and Spiral Headcase.
Johnny 2 Bad a.k.a. John Peyton on rhythm guitar and vocals from the west coast of Ireland claims to be a social revolutionary, (keep your eye on this one).
Bass Player...Paddy Power !!!
Malcolm X a.k.a. Mal OConnor on tenor saxophone has gigged with Sam Brown, and Papa Sax, from The Beat. Previous bands include I Lab and The Alibis.
Tim Bali has drummed in loadsa bands including Sister Automatic and Virus who released on Graduate Records.
Richie Capone used to be in The Capones.
Joint Influences; Bob Marley, David Bowie, Trojan and Two Tone Ska, Reggae, Punk, Beethoven and Rizzla.
Bands Played with; The Beat, Selector, Bad Manners, Tarantism, G.B.H., Inner Terrestrials, P.A.I.N.,Neville Staples Specials, The Splitters,Babyhead, Banco De Gaia (at The Green Roadshow in the Circus Croissante-Neuf, Glastonbury Festival,) Think, The London Swingphonia featuring Harry Martin, Top Cats, and Shikoya, (at Lost Vagueness Cabaret Ballroom, Glastonbury Festival 2004), The Undertones, Eddie and the Hotrods,Zion Train,and Drongo's for Europe.
The Acoustic Theatre Unplugged Short Biography:
The Acoustic Theatre is a group that has come together through ex International Beat front man and singer songwriter Tony Beet. The Group all come from Birmingham UK, performing tunes from the International Beat, and some great new material, + rock steady classics. The unique sound that comes from The Acoustic Theatre is that they perform these songs unplugged and intimate so they keep it real for their audience so that a special connection happens. Tony Beet was lead vocalist and one of the main songwriters in The International Beat, a group with a strong line up featuring members of The Beat & Dexys Midnight Runners and General Public. The Band toured around the world including America and Europe along with Bad Manners & The Selecter, Ranking Roger and Dave Wakeling, The Toasters, and many more Bands. The International Beat recorded many tunes and played some great shows and had a great time doing this, check out there classic album "The Hitting Line" Tony along with Brother Alan Beet who was also in The International Beat has joined The Acoustic Theatre to add to the sound they have. The Band mix blue beat & rock steady along with pop and urban folk to create there unique style and sound. The Band features acoustic guitars melodica organ harmonica percussion, vocals & harmonies & double bass, there sound is big and full of dynamics, experience The Acoustic Theatre Live! The Acoustic Theatre, Are Tony Beet/Lead Vocals & Acoustic Guitar & Harmonies, Tony O Donnell/ Vocals & Harmonies, Alan Beet/Melodica & Organ/Harmonica, Vince Seager/Percussion, Paul Wells/Lead & Rhythm Acoustic Guitar, Silas Wood, Double Bass, The Band have just finished recording there Album “acoustic calling promo” studio album, This is it, well worth catching up with! Love and Unite to the World!
Venue: The Rainbow Pub, Digbeth High Street, B12 0LD
Time: 8pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/mustaphatoke
http://www.myspace.com/theheelsska
http://www.myspace.com/acoustictheatre
Coming Up ..... Friday 3rd October
Rock_Metal_Hardcore_Punk_Experimental
Bands Played with; The Beat, Selector, Bad Manners, Tarantism, G.B.H., Inner Terrestrials, P.A.I.N.,Neville Staples Specials, The Splitters,Babyhead, Banco De Gaia (at The Green Roadshow in the Circus Croissante-Neuf, Glastonbury Festival,) Think, The London Swingphonia featuring Harry Martin, Top Cats, and Shikoya, (at Lost Vagueness Cabaret Ballroom, Glastonbury Festival 2004), The Undertones, Eddie and the Hotrods,Zion Train,and Drongo's for Europe.
The Acoustic Theatre Unplugged Short Biography:
The Acoustic Theatre is a group that has come together through ex International Beat front man and singer songwriter Tony Beet. The Group all come from Birmingham UK, performing tunes from the International Beat, and some great new material, + rock steady classics. The unique sound that comes from The Acoustic Theatre is that they perform these songs unplugged and intimate so they keep it real for their audience so that a special connection happens. Tony Beet was lead vocalist and one of the main songwriters in The International Beat, a group with a strong line up featuring members of The Beat & Dexys Midnight Runners and General Public. The Band toured around the world including America and Europe along with Bad Manners & The Selecter, Ranking Roger and Dave Wakeling, The Toasters, and many more Bands. The International Beat recorded many tunes and played some great shows and had a great time doing this, check out there classic album "The Hitting Line" Tony along with Brother Alan Beet who was also in The International Beat has joined The Acoustic Theatre to add to the sound they have. The Band mix blue beat & rock steady along with pop and urban folk to create there unique style and sound. The Band features acoustic guitars melodica organ harmonica percussion, vocals & harmonies & double bass, there sound is big and full of dynamics, experience The Acoustic Theatre Live! The Acoustic Theatre, Are Tony Beet/Lead Vocals & Acoustic Guitar & Harmonies, Tony O Donnell/ Vocals & Harmonies, Alan Beet/Melodica & Organ/Harmonica, Vince Seager/Percussion, Paul Wells/Lead & Rhythm Acoustic Guitar, Silas Wood, Double Bass, The Band have just finished recording there Album “acoustic calling promo” studio album, This is it, well worth catching up with! Love and Unite to the World!
Venue: The Rainbow Pub, Digbeth High Street, B12 0LD
Time: 8pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/mustaphatoke
http://www.myspace.com/theheelsska
http://www.myspace.com/acoustictheatre
Coming Up ..... Friday 3rd October
Rock_Metal_Hardcore_Punk_Experimental
The Go Club present The Deafout + The Souls + Only the Good + K.M.A. + Herorin Hospital
Only The Good:
Upbeat rockers Only The Good tear open the dark underbelly of Heavy Metal and stuff it with energetic punk attitude, before marinading in a sweaty mix of high octane rhythms and screaming guitar harmonies. Best served with naan and lager.
Having been playing for over a year at various venues in and around Birmingham, such as The Flapper, Jug Of Ale, Bar Academy, Varsity Wolverhampton, The Palace Tamworth, supporting several acts such as Bryn Christopher (signed to Polydor records), the band is well established on the live scene.
Venue: The Old Wharf, Oxford Street, Digbeth, B5 5NR
Time: 8pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/thegoclubmusic
http://www.myspace.com/thedeafout
http://www.myspace.com/onlythegood666
http://www.myspace.com/kma2000
http://www.myspace.com/heroinhospitaltheband
Coming Up ..... Friday 3rd October
Indie_Rock_Blues_Experimental_Alt.
Platform Promotions presents Cold Shot Trio + The Redcaps + Burning Thirteen
Cold Shot Trio:
Cold Shot Trio are a dynamic and unique Midlands based band, a fiery venom of eclectic blends, that can be tagged to Jazz, Rock, Blues with a traditional familiar Texas Soul feel that runs deeper than your back-bone. The 'soul' intention is to make heads bop. The 3 strong force: Tom, Lars, Phil forged an instant binding friendship and a united musical dream. We feel strongly that the music we produce does not shamelessly pander to any particular fashion or fad and most importantly, not driven by the hope that we'll make radio 1 some day. This ideal has given Cold Shot Trio a freshness that has impressed its audiences.
Venue: The Sunflower Lounge, 76 Smallbrook Queensway, B5 4EG
Time: 8pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/platform_promotions
http://www.myspace.com/coldshottrio
http://www.myspace.com/theredcaps
http://www.myspace.com/burningxiii
Coming Up ..... Friday 3rd October
Jazz_Nu-Jazz_Soul
Birmingham Jazz and Resonance Events present The Heritage Orchestra featuring Lizzy Parks.
The Heritage Orchestra performing the music of Amon Tobin
Lizzy Parks Album Launch (Tru Thoughts)
DJ Cro & special guests
Visuals by Chromatouch
Lizzy Parks: (from her myspace)
If its an in depth explanation of my life and career so far you'd better catch me after a gig with a big bottle of gin! ...but for those of you without the time or inclination, the basics goes like this...im a Devon lass whose lived and loved music for as long as I can remember. Tooting the clarinet and saxophone from the age of 7 gave me my thirst for jazz, then after discovering my voice with the school big band during a rendition of 'Skylark' aged 11 there was no stopping me! I went on to study music in all sorts of places from clubs to conservatoires and got my first taste of session work with Chris Bowden, performing 'Crockers and Killers' on his 'Slightly askew' album for Ninja Tuneback in 2001. After recording for various other artists I released my debut album 'WATCHING SPACE' in 2005 with an indie label 'The Birds'. Since then i've become part of the 'TRU THOUGHTS' family with whom i'm about to release my spankingly new, exciting and ecclectic album 'RAISE THE ROOF', co-written and produced with bass player Riaan Vosloo and 'NOSTALGIA 77's' Ben Lamdin, due for release Sept 22nd 2008. I can mostly be found gigging in dens and dives all over the UK and Europe! I've got a habit of appearing on stage with 'NOSTALGIA 77' (Tru Thoughts) and 'THE HERITAGE ORCHESTRA' (Brownswood) amoungst others. ...a jazzy lassy? a soulful bird? Call it what you like...lets just hope you like it! the end...or maybe its just the start!?! LP x For the official story visit www.lizzyparks.co.uk
Venue: The Town Hall Birmingham, Victoria Square
Time: 8pm
Cost: £15
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/birminghamjazz2007
http://www.myspace.com/resonanceevents
http://www.myspace.com/lizzyparksmusic
Coming Up ..... Friday 3rd October
Good Tunes and Classics
Maz of Chicks Dig Jerks is DJing at The Sunflower Lounge
Venue: The Sunflower Lounge, 76 Smallbrook Queensway, B5 4EG
Time: 8pm
Cost: £FREE
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/chicksdigjerks
Coming Up ..... Friday 3rd October
Indie_New Wave_Rock_Alt.
TROPICAL HOTDOG is a shindig brought to you by SUNSET CINEMA CLUB. On the first Friday of every month we take over the upstairs room at Birmingham's award winning ISLAND COCKTAIL BAR to throw a sexy-party for geeks like ourselves. For each shindig we collect together the bands we already love, the awesome new bands we keep discovering on our travels, and throw in a daddy cool 80s-90s disco at the end for good measure.
We dont care what band you've come to see, or what you think of the night, we just want you to PARRDEEE and CHUG CHUG CHUG your way into oblivion...
So come on down and see what the fuss is about...
Some of the bands that have played so far include:
4 OR 5 MAGICIANS // ACE BUSHY STRIPTEASE // BARRY'S ATTIC // BOURGEOIS FOUR // CALORIES // DEAD WORLD LEADERS // DR GONZO // ELLE S'APPELLE // FALLING & LAUGHING // GENTLE, FRIENDLY // GOFASTER>> // THE GRAVITY CRISIS // HERO MACHINE // HOWLING S. BRABAZON // INSTRUMENTS // JOHNNY FOERIGNER // LITTLE DIPPER // MAYDAY // MISS HALLIWELL // PETE HEYWOOD // PICTURES OF YOU // PUZZLE // SABOTAGE LEFT // SHANA TOVA // SHOCKED ELEVATOR FAMILY // SUNSET CINEMA
Venue: The Island Bar, 14-16 Suffolk Street (Next to the Alexandra Theatre), B1 1LT
Time: 8pm
Cost: £3
Jazz_Nu-Jazz_Soul
Birmingham Jazz and Resonance Events present The Heritage Orchestra featuring Lizzy Parks.
The Heritage Orchestra performing the music of Amon Tobin
Lizzy Parks Album Launch (Tru Thoughts)
DJ Cro & special guests
Visuals by Chromatouch
Lizzy Parks: (from her myspace)
If its an in depth explanation of my life and career so far you'd better catch me after a gig with a big bottle of gin! ...but for those of you without the time or inclination, the basics goes like this...im a Devon lass whose lived and loved music for as long as I can remember. Tooting the clarinet and saxophone from the age of 7 gave me my thirst for jazz, then after discovering my voice with the school big band during a rendition of 'Skylark' aged 11 there was no stopping me! I went on to study music in all sorts of places from clubs to conservatoires and got my first taste of session work with Chris Bowden, performing 'Crockers and Killers' on his 'Slightly askew' album for Ninja Tuneback in 2001. After recording for various other artists I released my debut album 'WATCHING SPACE' in 2005 with an indie label 'The Birds'. Since then i've become part of the 'TRU THOUGHTS' family with whom i'm about to release my spankingly new, exciting and ecclectic album 'RAISE THE ROOF', co-written and produced with bass player Riaan Vosloo and 'NOSTALGIA 77's' Ben Lamdin, due for release Sept 22nd 2008. I can mostly be found gigging in dens and dives all over the UK and Europe! I've got a habit of appearing on stage with 'NOSTALGIA 77' (Tru Thoughts) and 'THE HERITAGE ORCHESTRA' (Brownswood) amoungst others. ...a jazzy lassy? a soulful bird? Call it what you like...lets just hope you like it! the end...or maybe its just the start!?! LP x For the official story visit www.lizzyparks.co.uk
Venue: The Town Hall Birmingham, Victoria Square
Time: 8pm
Cost: £15
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/birminghamjazz2007
http://www.myspace.com/resonanceevents
http://www.myspace.com/lizzyparksmusic
Coming Up ..... Friday 3rd October
Good Tunes and Classics
Maz of Chicks Dig Jerks is DJing at The Sunflower Lounge
Venue: The Sunflower Lounge, 76 Smallbrook Queensway, B5 4EG
Time: 8pm
Cost: £FREE
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/chicksdigjerks
Coming Up ..... Friday 3rd October
Indie_New Wave_Rock_Alt.
TROPICAL HOTDOG is a shindig brought to you by SUNSET CINEMA CLUB. On the first Friday of every month we take over the upstairs room at Birmingham's award winning ISLAND COCKTAIL BAR to throw a sexy-party for geeks like ourselves. For each shindig we collect together the bands we already love, the awesome new bands we keep discovering on our travels, and throw in a daddy cool 80s-90s disco at the end for good measure.
We dont care what band you've come to see, or what you think of the night, we just want you to PARRDEEE and CHUG CHUG CHUG your way into oblivion...
So come on down and see what the fuss is about...
Some of the bands that have played so far include:
4 OR 5 MAGICIANS // ACE BUSHY STRIPTEASE // BARRY'S ATTIC // BOURGEOIS FOUR // CALORIES // DEAD WORLD LEADERS // DR GONZO // ELLE S'APPELLE // FALLING & LAUGHING // GENTLE, FRIENDLY // GOFASTER>> // THE GRAVITY CRISIS // HERO MACHINE // HOWLING S. BRABAZON // INSTRUMENTS // JOHNNY FOERIGNER // LITTLE DIPPER // MAYDAY // MISS HALLIWELL // PETE HEYWOOD // PICTURES OF YOU // PUZZLE // SABOTAGE LEFT // SHANA TOVA // SHOCKED ELEVATOR FAMILY // SUNSET CINEMA
Venue: The Island Bar, 14-16 Suffolk Street (Next to the Alexandra Theatre), B1 1LT
Time: 8pm
Cost: £3
Coming Up ..... Friday 3rd October
Dirty_Fidget_Disco_Electro_Dutty BASS!!!
Bass Binge launch night at The Bulls Head w/ Scott Bleepz + Shorterz + New Jack City + More
Venue: The Bulls Head, 23 St Mary Row, Moseley
Time: 9pm - late
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/moffitben
Coming Up ..... Friday 3rd October
Drum & Bass
Broken Minds /Fixed present Mampi Swift + Benny Page B2B Marcus Visionary
Venue: The Custard Factory, Gibb Square, Digbeth, B9 4AA
Time: 10pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/custardfactory
Coming Up ..... Friday 3rd October
Dubstep
What! Dubstep host one of the rooms down at Concrete.
Venue: Concrete, 120 Vyse Street, Jewellery Qtr, B18 6NF
Time: 9pm
Cost: £FREE
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/whatdubstep
Dirty_Fidget_Disco_Electro_Dutty BASS!!!
Bass Binge launch night at The Bulls Head w/ Scott Bleepz + Shorterz + New Jack City + More
Venue: The Bulls Head, 23 St Mary Row, Moseley
Time: 9pm - late
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/moffitben
Coming Up ..... Friday 3rd October
Drum & Bass
Broken Minds /Fixed present Mampi Swift + Benny Page B2B Marcus Visionary
Venue: The Custard Factory, Gibb Square, Digbeth, B9 4AA
Time: 10pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/custardfactory
Coming Up ..... Friday 3rd October
Dubstep
What! Dubstep host one of the rooms down at Concrete.
Venue: Concrete, 120 Vyse Street, Jewellery Qtr, B18 6NF
Time: 9pm
Cost: £FREE
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/whatdubstep
Coming Up ..... Saturday 4th October
Rockabilly_Garage_Rock_Blues_Psychobilly
444 Club presents The Joe Fox Band + Silence is Dead + Velvet Texas Cannonball
Venue: Barfly, Dragon Bar, Digbeth
Time: 8pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/kamikazeevents
http://www.myspace.com/thejoefoxband
http://www.myspace.com/silenceisdead
http://www.myspace.com/thevelvettexascannonball
Coming Up ..... Saturday 4th October
Indie_Rock
444 Club presents The Low Orders
THE LOW ORDERS ARE A TIGHT 3 PEICE BAND FROM LICHFIELD AND RUGELEY IN THE SOUTH OF STAFFORSHIRE ENGLAND WITH ONE MISSION...............TO PUT MUSIC BACK TO HOW IT SHOULD BE, FROM HEAVY BEATS TO SCREAMING MELODIES AND PICTURE PERFECT LYRICS THE ORDERS ARE DOING IT ALL....THERE WAY.....THERE DRUMMER AZZA HAS SKILLS THAT FAR EXCEED HIS 20 YEARS ON THE PLANET WITH TRAVIS BARKER ESQUE FILLS UP BEAT RHYTHEMS AND OFF BEATS TO DIE FOR, BACKED UP BY HIS SUPER CONFIDENT AND BEAUTIFULY RHYTHEMIC BASSEST MATTHEW FRANCIS WILLIAM PRINCE FORM A SOLID AND DIVERSE BACK BONE TO THE EXTRA ORINARITY INFECTIOUS AND METHODICAL SONG WRIGHTING SKILLS OF ANDREW HEATH. THE WAY THAT HIS VERSES SOUND LIKE CHOURUSES WAITING TO HAPPEN, SLIDING SOFTLY INTO BRIDGES JUST TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY INTO THE MIND OF THE CHOURUS, THEN DROPING LIKE A BOMB. EVERY SONG IS GROWING IN LYRICAL CONTENT AND CHORD PROGRESSINS NOT SEEN IN HIS ERA,IF EVER. BACKED UP BY A FULL AND POWERFULL VOCAL RANGE THAT WORKS IN HARMONEY WITH SOFT SLOW LOVE SONG INTO FAST BELTING SCREAMERS. THIS BAND IS MAKING WAVES IN MUSIC WITH EVERY GIG THEY GROW IN CONFIDENCE, STATURE AND ADMIRATION IN THE EYES OF THOSE LUCKY ENOUGH TO CATCH A BAND OF THIS CALIBER IN LOCAL PUBS AND SMALL VENUES. WHERE WILL THEY GO.....WHERE WILL IT END????? WATCH THIS SPACE......... "THERE SOUND IS LIKE THE BEST OF THE 90's BRIT POP WITH A NEW EXCITING TWIST"..........SURFACE UNSIGHNED "THE LOW ORDERS ARE WITHOU DOUBT ONE OF THE MOST HARD WORKING AND ENTHUSIASTIC BAND OUT THERE".....MATT WIDE AWAKE PROMOTIONS "MUSIC OF THE PEOPLE"........SI REVES TOP PRODUCER "YOUR BAND IS SHIT".........CHRISTOPHER LANG MUSIC CRITIC AND BEST MATE
Venue: The Sound Bar, Corporation Street, City Centre, Opposite Aston Uni
Time: 7.30pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/kamikazeevents
http://www.myspace.com/theloworders
Coming Up ..... Saturday 4th October
Punk_Punk Rock_Post Punk
Rehab promotions present Hell Raised + Ratbones + Deathzone + Girl Fixer
Venue: The Swinging Sporran, Priory Queensway, B4 7LL
Time: 8pm
Cost: £3
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/rehab_brum
http://www.myspace.com/hellraisedcoventry
http://www.myspace.com/ratbonespunk
http://www.myspace.com/deathzoneuk
Rockabilly_Garage_Rock_Blues_Psychobilly
444 Club presents The Joe Fox Band + Silence is Dead + Velvet Texas Cannonball
Venue: Barfly, Dragon Bar, Digbeth
Time: 8pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/kamikazeevents
http://www.myspace.com/thejoefoxband
http://www.myspace.com/silenceisdead
http://www.myspace.com/thevelvettexascannonball
Coming Up ..... Saturday 4th October
Indie_Rock
444 Club presents The Low Orders
THE LOW ORDERS ARE A TIGHT 3 PEICE BAND FROM LICHFIELD AND RUGELEY IN THE SOUTH OF STAFFORSHIRE ENGLAND WITH ONE MISSION...............TO PUT MUSIC BACK TO HOW IT SHOULD BE, FROM HEAVY BEATS TO SCREAMING MELODIES AND PICTURE PERFECT LYRICS THE ORDERS ARE DOING IT ALL....THERE WAY.....THERE DRUMMER AZZA HAS SKILLS THAT FAR EXCEED HIS 20 YEARS ON THE PLANET WITH TRAVIS BARKER ESQUE FILLS UP BEAT RHYTHEMS AND OFF BEATS TO DIE FOR, BACKED UP BY HIS SUPER CONFIDENT AND BEAUTIFULY RHYTHEMIC BASSEST MATTHEW FRANCIS WILLIAM PRINCE FORM A SOLID AND DIVERSE BACK BONE TO THE EXTRA ORINARITY INFECTIOUS AND METHODICAL SONG WRIGHTING SKILLS OF ANDREW HEATH. THE WAY THAT HIS VERSES SOUND LIKE CHOURUSES WAITING TO HAPPEN, SLIDING SOFTLY INTO BRIDGES JUST TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY INTO THE MIND OF THE CHOURUS, THEN DROPING LIKE A BOMB. EVERY SONG IS GROWING IN LYRICAL CONTENT AND CHORD PROGRESSINS NOT SEEN IN HIS ERA,IF EVER. BACKED UP BY A FULL AND POWERFULL VOCAL RANGE THAT WORKS IN HARMONEY WITH SOFT SLOW LOVE SONG INTO FAST BELTING SCREAMERS. THIS BAND IS MAKING WAVES IN MUSIC WITH EVERY GIG THEY GROW IN CONFIDENCE, STATURE AND ADMIRATION IN THE EYES OF THOSE LUCKY ENOUGH TO CATCH A BAND OF THIS CALIBER IN LOCAL PUBS AND SMALL VENUES. WHERE WILL THEY GO.....WHERE WILL IT END????? WATCH THIS SPACE......... "THERE SOUND IS LIKE THE BEST OF THE 90's BRIT POP WITH A NEW EXCITING TWIST"..........SURFACE UNSIGHNED "THE LOW ORDERS ARE WITHOU DOUBT ONE OF THE MOST HARD WORKING AND ENTHUSIASTIC BAND OUT THERE".....MATT WIDE AWAKE PROMOTIONS "MUSIC OF THE PEOPLE"........SI REVES TOP PRODUCER "YOUR BAND IS SHIT".........CHRISTOPHER LANG MUSIC CRITIC AND BEST MATE
Venue: The Sound Bar, Corporation Street, City Centre, Opposite Aston Uni
Time: 7.30pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/kamikazeevents
http://www.myspace.com/theloworders
Coming Up ..... Saturday 4th October
Punk_Punk Rock_Post Punk
Rehab promotions present Hell Raised + Ratbones + Deathzone + Girl Fixer
Venue: The Swinging Sporran, Priory Queensway, B4 7LL
Time: 8pm
Cost: £3
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/rehab_brum
http://www.myspace.com/hellraisedcoventry
http://www.myspace.com/ratbonespunk
http://www.myspace.com/deathzoneuk
Coming Up ..... Saturday 4th October
Dubstep_Garage_Beats_Bass
THE FATMAN JUST KEEPS GETTING FATTER!!
THIS BIG FEED IS GONNA BE THE FATTEST, NARSTIEST, MURKIEST, SICKEST, DUTTIEST, MUCKIEST RAVE THIS CITY HAS WITNESSED!!
SOME OF THE BADDESTMAN DJ'S IN THE LAND TO COME AND RIP UP YOUR EARS!!
RUSKO...
THIS BOY HAS TOOK OFF IN THE LAST YEAR WITH SOME OF THE HEAVIEST DUBSTEP TUNES ABOUT, ALL OF YOU KNOW COCKNEY THUG. SO EXPECT SOME BIG EARTH SHATTERING BASSLINES!!
ZED BIAS...
THE GODFATHER OF 2-STEP AND NOW MAJOR PLAYA IN THE DUB GAME. BETWEEN HIM AND RUSKO THE WAREHOUSE ROOM IS GONNA BE HUUUUUUGE!!
TODDLA T...
BARRY'S FAVOURITE NORTHERN RUDEBOY!!! HE'S BEEN TEARING UP BARE FLOORS AFTER HIS APPEARANCE BACK IN APRIL, NOW HE RETURNS FOR ANOTHER DOSE OF FATMAN LOVIN!!
MARTELO...
AFTER BEING HARD AT WORK TOURING WITH SANTOGOLD MARTY'S PARTIES HAVE BEEN WINNING FANS WORLDWIDE, HIM AND TODDLA ARE GONNA HAVE SOME TREATS UP THEIR SLEEVES!!
ONEMAN...
THE MAN IS TOO HEAVY, HIS MIX OF GARAGE AND DUBSTEP IS SO SLICK YOU COULD BUTTER YOUR SANDWICHES WITH IT. HE'S COMIN ON THE BARRY TOUR ASWELL, SO IT'S A BIG MONTH FOR US!!
ALSO HAVE TOONS FROM THE BARRY MASSIVE WITH THEIR USUAL DISORGANIZAED CHAOS!!
PLUS ARTWORK FROM THE FELLA'S FROM THEM LOT, THEY RECENTLY TOOK OVER URBAN OUTFITTERS WITH THEIR STREET STYLE PIECES!!
SO GET YA DINNER PLATES AT THE READY, CUZ THIS IS GONNA BE A VERY VERY LARGE MEAL!!.. SEE YA THERE!!
BIG BARRY LOVIN, ALWAYS!!
Venue: The Rainbow Warehouse, High Street, Digbeth, B12 0LD
Time: 10pm
Cost: £10
Links:
www.myspace.com/biggerthanbarry
http://www.myspace.com/toddlat
http://www.myspace.com/mrmartelo
Coming Up ..... Saturday 4th October
Breaks
Spectrum Birthday Bash featuring Krafty Cuts & Evil Nine.
3 years ago, Tayo said if Spectrum could not get a night running successfully in Birmingham he would eat his hat. A year later he did exactly that, albeit in the form of a cake.
3 years on Spectrum continues its successful mission to bring Birmingham the best in quality music and party vibes in an unparalleled fashion.
The Factory Club line-up:
Krafty Kuts
Evil Nine
Sub Focus
Pete Jordan
The Kitchen Line-up:
Steve L
Russell G
Jim Ryan
Myke Smith
Venue: The Custard Factory, Gibb Square, Digbeth, B9 4AA
Time: 10pm
Cost: £10 Adv
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/custardfactory
www.myspace.com/spectrum48k
Coming Up ..... Saturday 4th October
Drum & Bass
1-Kut Promotions presents…Dirty Bass
Main Arena:
Ed Rush & Optical feat IC3
Die feat Skibadee & Shabba
Adam F feat MC Biggie & MC Riddla
Micky Finn feat Bassman & Trigga
Hazzard feat Eksman & Accapello
Alix Perez feat Magika & MC Fozz
DJ SS feat G1
Alpha feat Rhymes
Original Sin feat MC Fearless
Nicky Blackmarket feat Fatman D & Herbzie
Devize feat MC PM
ODing S FEAT MC Biggie
Arena 2:
Taxman
Drumsound
Pleasure
CKB
Alpha
Garry K
Heist
Stanza
Cemtex
Benny and Aries
Miss Represent
Arena 3:
Mistress Mo
Pilgrim
Glen Aston
DJ Noize
Vader
Gravity
Brec 1
N
Nu-Born
General
Stylee
DJ Gold
Assasin b2b Dynamix
Venue: Air Superclub, Digbeth
Time: 9pm – 6am
Cost: £20 adv
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/dirtybassevents
Coming Up ..... Sunday 5th October
Acoustic_Soul_Folk
The Sunflower sessions present Sam Bentley + Velvet Engine + Ricardo Thompson + Chris Cleverley + Amity
Venue: The Sunflower Lounge, 76 Smallbrook Queensway, B5 4EG
Time: 7pm
Cost: £1
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/sunflowersessions
http://www.myspace.com/sambentley
http://www.myspace.com/ricardothompsonmusic
http://www.myspace.com/velvetengine
http://www.myspace.com/amyamity
http://www.myspace.com/chriscleverley
Coming Up ..... Sunday 5th October
Acoustic_Experimental_Alt.
Acoustic Brew present Dan Mohr + James Rees + Fake Sheik + La Mascleta
Venue: Atticus, Three Shires Oak Road, Bearwood
Time: 7pm
Cost: £FREE
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/acousticbrewuk
http://www.myspace.com/danmohrmusic
http://www.myspace.com/jamesreesmusic
http://www.myspace.com/fakesheik
http://www.myspace.com/onlyhanya
Coming Up ..... Sunday 5th October
Rock_Metal
444 club present Glamour of the Kill + My Alamo + ispystrangers + LYU
Venue: The Dragon Bar, Barfly, Digbeth
Time: 7.30pm
Cost: £6 adv
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/kamikazeevents
Acoustic_Soul_Folk
The Sunflower sessions present Sam Bentley + Velvet Engine + Ricardo Thompson + Chris Cleverley + Amity
Venue: The Sunflower Lounge, 76 Smallbrook Queensway, B5 4EG
Time: 7pm
Cost: £1
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/sunflowersessions
http://www.myspace.com/sambentley
http://www.myspace.com/ricardothompsonmusic
http://www.myspace.com/velvetengine
http://www.myspace.com/amyamity
http://www.myspace.com/chriscleverley
Coming Up ..... Sunday 5th October
Acoustic_Experimental_Alt.
Acoustic Brew present Dan Mohr + James Rees + Fake Sheik + La Mascleta
Venue: Atticus, Three Shires Oak Road, Bearwood
Time: 7pm
Cost: £FREE
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/acousticbrewuk
http://www.myspace.com/danmohrmusic
http://www.myspace.com/jamesreesmusic
http://www.myspace.com/fakesheik
http://www.myspace.com/onlyhanya
Coming Up ..... Sunday 5th October
Rock_Metal
444 club present Glamour of the Kill + My Alamo + ispystrangers + LYU
Venue: The Dragon Bar, Barfly, Digbeth
Time: 7.30pm
Cost: £6 adv
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/kamikazeevents
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Thursday 18 September 2008
Coming up.....
Monday 22nd September to Sunday 28th September
Simple.... Just one page for all of this weeks gigs and events in Birmingham with links to audio!!
Down the right hand side of this page are links to all promoters myspaces featured on this blog as well as some of the other sites worth checking out for Birmingham Music.
Remember, if you're an artist or promoter and want to get your night/event featured on here there's instructions on how to do it further down this page.
You can also contact me or check out what certain promoters are doing via the CUB myspace. There's a link on the right of this page.
Monday 22nd September to Sunday 28th September
Simple.... Just one page for all of this weeks gigs and events in Birmingham with links to audio!!
Down the right hand side of this page are links to all promoters myspaces featured on this blog as well as some of the other sites worth checking out for Birmingham Music.
Remember, if you're an artist or promoter and want to get your night/event featured on here there's instructions on how to do it further down this page.
You can also contact me or check out what certain promoters are doing via the CUB myspace. There's a link on the right of this page.
Coming Up ..... Monday 22nd September
Indie_Ska_Punk_Alternative
444 Club present Tempting Rosie + At The Zoo + Knockout Ned + The Disco Contenders
Tempting Rosie:
'And Tempting Rosie did come down from the heavens and said "let there be ska!" and the sound of trumpets echoed through the valley'.
Tempting Rosie are a sextet of young men of whom five decided one day during a music lesson, to form a band combining different sounds that aren’t what you would exactly expect from 'ska'. This currently energetic 7-piece is now complete and at its best!
By blending our own catchy style of ska with other types of music such as funk and indie, we try to create a very catchy, fun-loving style of music.
Tempting Rosie are known for getting the crowd dancing and being crazy on stage. Although, fitting the whole band on most stages with all the required equipment is sometimes a great achievement in itself!
At the Zoo:
At The Zoo, are currently Midlands based but have played a number of gigs across the country, playing with or support slots with; Good Shoes (Brille Records) The Wombats (14th Floor Records) Scouting for Girls (Epic) Elle Milano (Brighton Electric) Slow Club (Moshi Moshi) Untitled Music Project (Tigertrap Records) Arcadian Kicks (Unsigned) Saturdays & Sundays (Releases on Organic Records) The Lines (Unsigned) IV Thieves (New West Records) Brandon Streep (Unsigned) Cromwells League (Unsigned)
Knockout Ned (from their myspace):
Birmingham rock band KNOCKOUT NED!
We formed in 2005 when we decided that being in a band would be better then talking about being in a band. We started off playing covers of Green Day and Black Sabbath, and quickly drew these inspirations in to our own brand of music. With a love of all different rock bands, we make what we believe to be exciting and loud music. Come along to our next gig and experience it for yourself.
We have had many kind words said about our performances over the three years we've been a band, and we will continue to write better music. The growth of the band can be heard most evidently in the brilliant recording of 'Lost in the City', one of the most recent tracks we have written. We have continued our writing to create the live anthem 'I'm a Name, I'm a Face, I'm a Statistic'. These are the tracks we write and play.
We are an energetic and loud punk rock outfit.
Venue: The Rainbow Pub, Digbeth High Street, B12 0LD
Time: 8pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/kamikazeevents
http://www.myspace.com/temptingrosie
http://www.myspace.com/atthezooband
http://www.myspace.com/knockoutnedrock
http://www.myspace.com/tdcbirmingham
Indie_Ska_Punk_Alternative
444 Club present Tempting Rosie + At The Zoo + Knockout Ned + The Disco Contenders
Tempting Rosie:
'And Tempting Rosie did come down from the heavens and said "let there be ska!" and the sound of trumpets echoed through the valley'.
Tempting Rosie are a sextet of young men of whom five decided one day during a music lesson, to form a band combining different sounds that aren’t what you would exactly expect from 'ska'. This currently energetic 7-piece is now complete and at its best!
By blending our own catchy style of ska with other types of music such as funk and indie, we try to create a very catchy, fun-loving style of music.
Tempting Rosie are known for getting the crowd dancing and being crazy on stage. Although, fitting the whole band on most stages with all the required equipment is sometimes a great achievement in itself!
At the Zoo:
At The Zoo, are currently Midlands based but have played a number of gigs across the country, playing with or support slots with; Good Shoes (Brille Records) The Wombats (14th Floor Records) Scouting for Girls (Epic) Elle Milano (Brighton Electric) Slow Club (Moshi Moshi) Untitled Music Project (Tigertrap Records) Arcadian Kicks (Unsigned) Saturdays & Sundays (Releases on Organic Records) The Lines (Unsigned) IV Thieves (New West Records) Brandon Streep (Unsigned) Cromwells League (Unsigned)
Knockout Ned (from their myspace):
Birmingham rock band KNOCKOUT NED!
We formed in 2005 when we decided that being in a band would be better then talking about being in a band. We started off playing covers of Green Day and Black Sabbath, and quickly drew these inspirations in to our own brand of music. With a love of all different rock bands, we make what we believe to be exciting and loud music. Come along to our next gig and experience it for yourself.
We have had many kind words said about our performances over the three years we've been a band, and we will continue to write better music. The growth of the band can be heard most evidently in the brilliant recording of 'Lost in the City', one of the most recent tracks we have written. We have continued our writing to create the live anthem 'I'm a Name, I'm a Face, I'm a Statistic'. These are the tracks we write and play.
We are an energetic and loud punk rock outfit.
Venue: The Rainbow Pub, Digbeth High Street, B12 0LD
Time: 8pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/kamikazeevents
http://www.myspace.com/temptingrosie
http://www.myspace.com/atthezooband
http://www.myspace.com/knockoutnedrock
http://www.myspace.com/tdcbirmingham
Coming Up ..... Tuesday 23rd September
Experimental_Noise_Drones_Electronic_
Weird-Avant-Acid-Folk
Capsule presents a caravan of raw sound magic from Finland and the USA
Line-up:
KEMIALLISET YSTÄVÄT & AXOLOTL
ES & FURSAXA
ISLAJA, BLEVIN BLECTUM & SAMARA LUBELSKI
DREAM TRIANGLE (TOMUTONTTU & SKATERS)
Curated and produced by NO-FI and [NO.SIGNAL] supported by The Wire magazine to present APPROXIMATELY INFINITE UNIVERSE - A CARAVAN OF RAW SOUND MAGIC FROM FINLAND AND THE US.
Featuring special commissions and unique collaborations from some of the most innovative and exciting acts of Finland’s underground with the superb ISLAJA, the multi-layered KEMIALLISET YSTÄVÄT, the drones of ES and the noise of TOMUNTONTTU (Jan Anderzén) – most represented by the influential and exploratory label FONAL. Each will musically entangle themselves amongst an uncompromising host of Americans, including the home-recorded acid folk of Fursaxa; the MV & EE member SAMARA LUBELSKI, the ‘Terry Riley-fused with Kate Bush’ impossibility of Axolotl, the ‘coal-powered spacecraft from some steampunk parallel universe’ that is BLEVIN BLECTUM and the noise duo from SKATERS.
Each performance a unique and brand new collaboration, each of the acts features a combination of Finnish artists from FONAL, who have invited a US counterpart to collaborate on a composition, highlighting the parallels in strands of the recent evolving trend of ‘weird/avant folk’ between the US West coast and Finland’s northern communities.
The performances will be made of material composed in the months leading up to the tour and worked in 2 days rehearsal. The concerts will take the form of two acts with the 4 groupings rotating during each act.
ES (FI)
ES is the solo recording name of Fonal boss Sami Sänpäkkilä - tagged as 'Experimental Songcycles' by The Wire's David Keenan - and one of the main figures in contemporary Finnish free folk mouvement. Sami is not only a musician but also a renowned filmaker.
FURSAXA (US)
Tara Burke of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania employs voice, guitar, organ, dulcimer, accordion, Casio and more to create her home-recorded acid folk as Fursaxa. Her debut album Mandrake was produced, engineered, and released in Japan by none other than Kawabata Makoto of Acid Mothers Temple.
ISLAJA (FI)
Islaja is Merja Kokkonen, a young visual artist and musician based in Helsinki, Finland. She has discretely become one of the few figures hiding behind the recent fad of "folk weirdness" whilst being part of a somehow communal move of a "Finnish psychedelia" that has spread its wings within the underground sounds over the last two years.
SAMARA LUBELSKI (US)
Samara is a native New Yorker who grew up in the haze of artist infestation of Soho. Through the time of playing in various groups she has compiled an impressive resume that covers myriad of genres such as her work with the avant/psych/folk outfit of Hall Of Fame into the lair of those bohemian German musos Metabolismus and onto the indie rock interpretations of The Sonora Pine with some serious treks into the world of The Tower Recordings and off world with Jackie O Motherfucker, to name just a few.
BLEVIN BLECTUM (US)
Blevin Blectum is an electronic musician. Recently relocated from the industrial armpit of Oakland, California, to the humid lovecraftian greenery of Providence, Rhode Island, Blevin releases her fourth solo album, GULAR FLUTTER, on an unsuspecting public via the AAGOO label (New York). Blevin is one half of the recently reformed and reunited groundbreaking digital duo Blectum From Blechdom, recipients of the 2001 Ars Electronica Award of Distinction in Digital Musics.
KEMIALLISET YSTÄVÄT (FI)
The name of a recording project of musician Jan Anderzén of Tampere, Finland. Anderzén began recording under the name in 1995 and although he has enlisted numerous musicians over the years, most Kemialliset Ystävät recordings are solo productions. Often labeled as psych folk, his recordings have included such diverse instruments as detuned guitars, mandolins, balalaikas, toys, hand percussion, and samples from recordings by Sun Ra, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Vibracathedral Orchestra.
AXOLOTL (US)
Axolotl is Karl Bauer, classically-trained violinist and a dedicated student of gnosticism, alchemy, astrology, and certain other materialist tendencies in psychology and philosophy. Bauer belongs to a small but potent association of young musicians, who draw upon the gestural economy and textural range of minimalism, and the visceral force of noise, while eschewing fashionable prohibitions against musicality, raw beauty, and thematic complexity.
TOMUTONTTU (FI)
The visual artist and musician Jan Anderzén (1978) is one of the central figures of the Finnish underground, and his band Kemialliset ystävät has gained international popularity among fans of experimental and psychedelic music.
SKATERS (US)
“Staggering low-grade psychedelic murk and splintered free jazz soul” says David Keenan (The Wire). The skaters are from southern California and consist of Spencer Clark and James Ferraro who met in 2002. The duo say that the substance of their music is defined by “the interplay of ideas and the transformation of themselves into characters while playing and while living and using the inner dialogue that comes with cognizing the symbols of the outside world as a ground for the music to stand”. The music for them becomes deeply psychological because they experience “hallucinogenic sensations” while playing. The "thing" they think is a phenomenon can only be experienced through playing.
Venue: The Hare and Hounds, High Street , Kings Heath
Time: 8pm
Cost: £10
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/capsule_girls
http://www.capsule.org.uk/ (Links to artist sites here)
Coming Up ..... Tuesday 23rd September
Alternative_Rock_Acoustic_Folk Rock
Humbucker promotions present When Autumn Falls + Silberner +The Fallen Dukes + Richardo Thompson
Silberner:
SILBERNER The rock quartet from the Midlands released their debut album on Revolver Records in July 2008. With a guitar and piano driven sound, SILBERNER have been hailed the next big thing to come out of The Midlands. Their style of music can only really be classed as totally original and with a taste of melodic synth pad's, overdriven guitar and classic piano's along with harmonic vocals and a power driven repertoire of hits songs their stage performance will knock your socks off.
Venue: The Sound Bar, Corporation Street, City Centre, Opposite Aston Uni
Time: 8pm
Cost: £4 / £3 NUS
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/theiconspresentsoundbar
http://www.myspace.com/whenautumnfallsuk
http://www.myspace.com/silbernermusic.
http://www.myspace.com/fallendukes
http://www.myspace.com/ricardothompsonmusic
Coming Up ..... Tuesday 23rd September
Acoustic_Blues_Folk_Indie
Acoustic Brew present Ben Pike + Kings of the Heath + Butler Williams + Raina
Ben Pike:
Ben Pike is a singer/songwriter based in Leeds who plays soulful bluesy folk. Drawing heavily on influences such as Kelly Joe Phelps, Nick Drake, John Martyn etc. Ben has forged his own style of bluesy finger picked guitar and a subtle soulful voice. Ben is playing regularly in and around Leeds as well as venturing down to London from time to time.
Butler Williams:
"...BUTLER WILLIAMS...live equation is nothing less than a revelation...their sound is that found at the cutting edge of modern Mancunian acoustica. “Got no job but I got leads..” goes one line almost like a calling card, as Chris Butler and Noel Williams demonstrate that they are purveyors of great vocals and some damn impressive guitar work too. Witty, beautiful and adventurous are terms that you’d expect to find on a dating website, but Butler Williams are literally wearing the T-Shirt. Well not literally, but they do wheel out a mini glockenspiel on “Only A Few” and of course the now famously reported Theremin. There’s a song about getting a good kicking at a Withington Kebab shop but it's sound tracked by a remarkable timbre and cocktail of sounds that conjure up more flavours than a fine red wine; the soundtrack to Tales From The Riverback 2008; Damien Rice on Hathersage Road; Badly Drawn Boy in Tescos; The Smiths if they had been sponsored by Takemine. Just make one up – it doesn’t matter really, as with all good music, the tunes do the talking with “You’re My Star” being just one good example. Ones to watch - and I’ll certainly be doing that again..."
www.manchestermusic.co.uk
Venue: The Island Bar, 14-16 Suffolk Street (Next to the Alexandra Theatre), B1 1LT
Time: 8pm
Cost: £FREE
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/acousticbrewuk
http://www.myspace.com/benpikemusic
http://www.myspace.com/chrisbutlernoelwilliams
http://www.myspace.com/kingsoftheheath
Experimental_Noise_Drones_Electronic_
Weird-Avant-Acid-Folk
Capsule presents a caravan of raw sound magic from Finland and the USA
Line-up:
KEMIALLISET YSTÄVÄT & AXOLOTL
ES & FURSAXA
ISLAJA, BLEVIN BLECTUM & SAMARA LUBELSKI
DREAM TRIANGLE (TOMUTONTTU & SKATERS)
Curated and produced by NO-FI and [NO.SIGNAL] supported by The Wire magazine to present APPROXIMATELY INFINITE UNIVERSE - A CARAVAN OF RAW SOUND MAGIC FROM FINLAND AND THE US.
Featuring special commissions and unique collaborations from some of the most innovative and exciting acts of Finland’s underground with the superb ISLAJA, the multi-layered KEMIALLISET YSTÄVÄT, the drones of ES and the noise of TOMUNTONTTU (Jan Anderzén) – most represented by the influential and exploratory label FONAL. Each will musically entangle themselves amongst an uncompromising host of Americans, including the home-recorded acid folk of Fursaxa; the MV & EE member SAMARA LUBELSKI, the ‘Terry Riley-fused with Kate Bush’ impossibility of Axolotl, the ‘coal-powered spacecraft from some steampunk parallel universe’ that is BLEVIN BLECTUM and the noise duo from SKATERS.
Each performance a unique and brand new collaboration, each of the acts features a combination of Finnish artists from FONAL, who have invited a US counterpart to collaborate on a composition, highlighting the parallels in strands of the recent evolving trend of ‘weird/avant folk’ between the US West coast and Finland’s northern communities.
The performances will be made of material composed in the months leading up to the tour and worked in 2 days rehearsal. The concerts will take the form of two acts with the 4 groupings rotating during each act.
ES (FI)
ES is the solo recording name of Fonal boss Sami Sänpäkkilä - tagged as 'Experimental Songcycles' by The Wire's David Keenan - and one of the main figures in contemporary Finnish free folk mouvement. Sami is not only a musician but also a renowned filmaker.
FURSAXA (US)
Tara Burke of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania employs voice, guitar, organ, dulcimer, accordion, Casio and more to create her home-recorded acid folk as Fursaxa. Her debut album Mandrake was produced, engineered, and released in Japan by none other than Kawabata Makoto of Acid Mothers Temple.
ISLAJA (FI)
Islaja is Merja Kokkonen, a young visual artist and musician based in Helsinki, Finland. She has discretely become one of the few figures hiding behind the recent fad of "folk weirdness" whilst being part of a somehow communal move of a "Finnish psychedelia" that has spread its wings within the underground sounds over the last two years.
SAMARA LUBELSKI (US)
Samara is a native New Yorker who grew up in the haze of artist infestation of Soho. Through the time of playing in various groups she has compiled an impressive resume that covers myriad of genres such as her work with the avant/psych/folk outfit of Hall Of Fame into the lair of those bohemian German musos Metabolismus and onto the indie rock interpretations of The Sonora Pine with some serious treks into the world of The Tower Recordings and off world with Jackie O Motherfucker, to name just a few.
BLEVIN BLECTUM (US)
Blevin Blectum is an electronic musician. Recently relocated from the industrial armpit of Oakland, California, to the humid lovecraftian greenery of Providence, Rhode Island, Blevin releases her fourth solo album, GULAR FLUTTER, on an unsuspecting public via the AAGOO label (New York). Blevin is one half of the recently reformed and reunited groundbreaking digital duo Blectum From Blechdom, recipients of the 2001 Ars Electronica Award of Distinction in Digital Musics.
KEMIALLISET YSTÄVÄT (FI)
The name of a recording project of musician Jan Anderzén of Tampere, Finland. Anderzén began recording under the name in 1995 and although he has enlisted numerous musicians over the years, most Kemialliset Ystävät recordings are solo productions. Often labeled as psych folk, his recordings have included such diverse instruments as detuned guitars, mandolins, balalaikas, toys, hand percussion, and samples from recordings by Sun Ra, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Vibracathedral Orchestra.
AXOLOTL (US)
Axolotl is Karl Bauer, classically-trained violinist and a dedicated student of gnosticism, alchemy, astrology, and certain other materialist tendencies in psychology and philosophy. Bauer belongs to a small but potent association of young musicians, who draw upon the gestural economy and textural range of minimalism, and the visceral force of noise, while eschewing fashionable prohibitions against musicality, raw beauty, and thematic complexity.
TOMUTONTTU (FI)
The visual artist and musician Jan Anderzén (1978) is one of the central figures of the Finnish underground, and his band Kemialliset ystävät has gained international popularity among fans of experimental and psychedelic music.
SKATERS (US)
“Staggering low-grade psychedelic murk and splintered free jazz soul” says David Keenan (The Wire). The skaters are from southern California and consist of Spencer Clark and James Ferraro who met in 2002. The duo say that the substance of their music is defined by “the interplay of ideas and the transformation of themselves into characters while playing and while living and using the inner dialogue that comes with cognizing the symbols of the outside world as a ground for the music to stand”. The music for them becomes deeply psychological because they experience “hallucinogenic sensations” while playing. The "thing" they think is a phenomenon can only be experienced through playing.
Venue: The Hare and Hounds, High Street , Kings Heath
Time: 8pm
Cost: £10
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/capsule_girls
http://www.capsule.org.uk/ (Links to artist sites here)
Coming Up ..... Tuesday 23rd September
Alternative_Rock_Acoustic_Folk Rock
Humbucker promotions present When Autumn Falls + Silberner +The Fallen Dukes + Richardo Thompson
Silberner:
SILBERNER The rock quartet from the Midlands released their debut album on Revolver Records in July 2008. With a guitar and piano driven sound, SILBERNER have been hailed the next big thing to come out of The Midlands. Their style of music can only really be classed as totally original and with a taste of melodic synth pad's, overdriven guitar and classic piano's along with harmonic vocals and a power driven repertoire of hits songs their stage performance will knock your socks off.
Venue: The Sound Bar, Corporation Street, City Centre, Opposite Aston Uni
Time: 8pm
Cost: £4 / £3 NUS
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/theiconspresentsoundbar
http://www.myspace.com/whenautumnfallsuk
http://www.myspace.com/silbernermusic.
http://www.myspace.com/fallendukes
http://www.myspace.com/ricardothompsonmusic
Coming Up ..... Tuesday 23rd September
Acoustic_Blues_Folk_Indie
Acoustic Brew present Ben Pike + Kings of the Heath + Butler Williams + Raina
Ben Pike:
Ben Pike is a singer/songwriter based in Leeds who plays soulful bluesy folk. Drawing heavily on influences such as Kelly Joe Phelps, Nick Drake, John Martyn etc. Ben has forged his own style of bluesy finger picked guitar and a subtle soulful voice. Ben is playing regularly in and around Leeds as well as venturing down to London from time to time.
Butler Williams:
"...BUTLER WILLIAMS...live equation is nothing less than a revelation...their sound is that found at the cutting edge of modern Mancunian acoustica. “Got no job but I got leads..” goes one line almost like a calling card, as Chris Butler and Noel Williams demonstrate that they are purveyors of great vocals and some damn impressive guitar work too. Witty, beautiful and adventurous are terms that you’d expect to find on a dating website, but Butler Williams are literally wearing the T-Shirt. Well not literally, but they do wheel out a mini glockenspiel on “Only A Few” and of course the now famously reported Theremin. There’s a song about getting a good kicking at a Withington Kebab shop but it's sound tracked by a remarkable timbre and cocktail of sounds that conjure up more flavours than a fine red wine; the soundtrack to Tales From The Riverback 2008; Damien Rice on Hathersage Road; Badly Drawn Boy in Tescos; The Smiths if they had been sponsored by Takemine. Just make one up – it doesn’t matter really, as with all good music, the tunes do the talking with “You’re My Star” being just one good example. Ones to watch - and I’ll certainly be doing that again..."
www.manchestermusic.co.uk
Venue: The Island Bar, 14-16 Suffolk Street (Next to the Alexandra Theatre), B1 1LT
Time: 8pm
Cost: £FREE
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/acousticbrewuk
http://www.myspace.com/benpikemusic
http://www.myspace.com/chrisbutlernoelwilliams
http://www.myspace.com/kingsoftheheath
Coming Up ..... Wednesday 24th September
Rockabilly_Rock_Punk_Blues
Coldrice present Heavy Trash (Jon Spencer + Matt Verta-Ray) + Powersolo +Rob K & Uncle Butcher are The Jam Messengers + Guest DJ’s Lady Bambi & Witchell
Heavy Trash:
Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray are... Heavy Trash! On stage and in the studio, Jon Spencer, has destroyed and rebuilt American roots music with such ferocity and wild abandon it is hard to believe that there is anything left. The trail of musical destruction in the wake of his groovy hate-fuck combo Pussy Galore still smolders with the stench of avant punk trash and nasty garage ooze and grind, while his towering work with the Jon Spencer Blues explosion remains an indelible totem to his enormous mojo spirit and red-hot power of deliverance. He is Daddy Boss Hog! He is the Blues Exploder and Microphone Destroyer! A Gibson Brother! The man who shared a Chicken Dog with Rufus Thomas, got Soul with R.L. Burnside, and enjoyed a greasy Lap Dance with Andre Williams! He is The Man Who Loved too Much!!! And while the Blues Explosion is on a rock'n'roll holiday, Jon has not rested! He has not worked on his tan, he has not read the latest summer blockbuster!! NO!! Jon Spencer has chosen the righteous path, and got Way Out with his pal Matt Verta-Ray and the Heavy Trash!!! Matt Verta-Ray grew up in the loving arms of left wing parents who would take him to folk and blues shows long before he sprouted sideburns. (His mother passed away in the '90s, still angry that Dylan had gone electric, despite the fact - Matt is quick to point out - that she owned tons of Sun rockabilly 78s, which he very gratefully still has.) In the late '70s, young Matt found himself one of only twelve people who went to see Bo Diddley at a Canadian fairground. After the show, Bo came out and preached to Matt for an hour about the dark secrets of rock'n'roll. And the rest, as they say, is history - from sitting on the edge of the stage with Bo, to thumping bass for Madder Rose, and then onto his hard-wired decontructionist rootsabilly band Speedball Baby, where he developed his slashing-dagger guitar style - to forming Heavy Trash with his friend Jon Spencer. Matt is also the mad scientist behind the jungle of tube amps and old-school echo machines that form the mutated nucleus of his analog cave, world-class recording studio NY Hed, where musicians come from all over the galaxy to get... Way Out!!!
Powersolo;
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF when you hear the name "PowerSolo"? 'Round Denmark way, the moniker apparently conjures the trash-rock legacy of Hasil Adkins, the Cramps, André Williams and Southern Culture on the Skids. Powersolo may be a power trio, but in this case, the prog-metal acrobatics of rush are replaced with something they call "donkey punk." Two tremolo-loving chicken-scratch, rail-thin guitarists Kim Kix and Atomic Child. And drummer J.C. Benz playing his trade on just a snare, bass drum, and floor tom. It would've been good enough had PowerSolo hailed from the Land of NASCAR. But the fact that this exercise in B-movie punk-a-billy is coming from Aarhus, Denmark, adds plenty of delicious cognitive dissonance. "The next song goes out to Grandma. It's called "Stupid Little Bitch!""
Venue: The Hare and Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath
Time: 8pm
Cost: £10
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/coldriceunderground
http://www.myspace.com/heavytrash
http://www.myspace.com/powersolo
http://www.myspace.com/thejazzangels
Coming Up ..... Wednesday 24th September
Jazz_Alternative_Hip-Hop
Jazz Club at The Rainbow with Maylight
Venue: The Rainbow Pub, Digbeth High Street, B12 0LD
Time: 8pm
Cost: £3
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/birminghamjazz2007
http://www.myspace.com/maylightmusic
Coming Up ..... Wednesday 24th September
Folk_Rock_Indie_Alternative_Punk
444 Club present Slow Club + Tom Peel + Anna Palmer + Keiran (Mr Bones and the Dreamers) + DJ Set by The Autumn Store
Venue: Barfly, Dragon Bar, Digbeth
Time: 19.30pm
Cost: £5 adv.
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/kamikazeevents
http://www.myspace.com/slowclub
http://www.myspace.com/tompeel
http://www.myspace.com/flyonalittlewing
http://www.myspace.com/mrbonesandthedreamers
Rockabilly_Rock_Punk_Blues
Coldrice present Heavy Trash (Jon Spencer + Matt Verta-Ray) + Powersolo +Rob K & Uncle Butcher are The Jam Messengers + Guest DJ’s Lady Bambi & Witchell
Heavy Trash:
Jon Spencer and Matt Verta-Ray are... Heavy Trash! On stage and in the studio, Jon Spencer, has destroyed and rebuilt American roots music with such ferocity and wild abandon it is hard to believe that there is anything left. The trail of musical destruction in the wake of his groovy hate-fuck combo Pussy Galore still smolders with the stench of avant punk trash and nasty garage ooze and grind, while his towering work with the Jon Spencer Blues explosion remains an indelible totem to his enormous mojo spirit and red-hot power of deliverance. He is Daddy Boss Hog! He is the Blues Exploder and Microphone Destroyer! A Gibson Brother! The man who shared a Chicken Dog with Rufus Thomas, got Soul with R.L. Burnside, and enjoyed a greasy Lap Dance with Andre Williams! He is The Man Who Loved too Much!!! And while the Blues Explosion is on a rock'n'roll holiday, Jon has not rested! He has not worked on his tan, he has not read the latest summer blockbuster!! NO!! Jon Spencer has chosen the righteous path, and got Way Out with his pal Matt Verta-Ray and the Heavy Trash!!! Matt Verta-Ray grew up in the loving arms of left wing parents who would take him to folk and blues shows long before he sprouted sideburns. (His mother passed away in the '90s, still angry that Dylan had gone electric, despite the fact - Matt is quick to point out - that she owned tons of Sun rockabilly 78s, which he very gratefully still has.) In the late '70s, young Matt found himself one of only twelve people who went to see Bo Diddley at a Canadian fairground. After the show, Bo came out and preached to Matt for an hour about the dark secrets of rock'n'roll. And the rest, as they say, is history - from sitting on the edge of the stage with Bo, to thumping bass for Madder Rose, and then onto his hard-wired decontructionist rootsabilly band Speedball Baby, where he developed his slashing-dagger guitar style - to forming Heavy Trash with his friend Jon Spencer. Matt is also the mad scientist behind the jungle of tube amps and old-school echo machines that form the mutated nucleus of his analog cave, world-class recording studio NY Hed, where musicians come from all over the galaxy to get... Way Out!!!
Powersolo;
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF when you hear the name "PowerSolo"? 'Round Denmark way, the moniker apparently conjures the trash-rock legacy of Hasil Adkins, the Cramps, André Williams and Southern Culture on the Skids. Powersolo may be a power trio, but in this case, the prog-metal acrobatics of rush are replaced with something they call "donkey punk." Two tremolo-loving chicken-scratch, rail-thin guitarists Kim Kix and Atomic Child. And drummer J.C. Benz playing his trade on just a snare, bass drum, and floor tom. It would've been good enough had PowerSolo hailed from the Land of NASCAR. But the fact that this exercise in B-movie punk-a-billy is coming from Aarhus, Denmark, adds plenty of delicious cognitive dissonance. "The next song goes out to Grandma. It's called "Stupid Little Bitch!""
Venue: The Hare and Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath
Time: 8pm
Cost: £10
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/coldriceunderground
http://www.myspace.com/heavytrash
http://www.myspace.com/powersolo
http://www.myspace.com/thejazzangels
Coming Up ..... Wednesday 24th September
Jazz_Alternative_Hip-Hop
Jazz Club at The Rainbow with Maylight
Venue: The Rainbow Pub, Digbeth High Street, B12 0LD
Time: 8pm
Cost: £3
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/birminghamjazz2007
http://www.myspace.com/maylightmusic
Coming Up ..... Wednesday 24th September
Folk_Rock_Indie_Alternative_Punk
444 Club present Slow Club + Tom Peel + Anna Palmer + Keiran (Mr Bones and the Dreamers) + DJ Set by The Autumn Store
Venue: Barfly, Dragon Bar, Digbeth
Time: 19.30pm
Cost: £5 adv.
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/kamikazeevents
http://www.myspace.com/slowclub
http://www.myspace.com/tompeel
http://www.myspace.com/flyonalittlewing
http://www.myspace.com/mrbonesandthedreamers
Coming Up ..... Thursday 25th September
Techno_House_Electronica_Minimalist
Bunka present Rebekah + Matt Tilley + Leon Garcia
REBEKAH:
Rebekah’s love affair with electronic music began at the tender age of 17, going out and listening to legends such as Dave Clarke, Derrick Carter, Richie Hawtin and Billy Nasty at Birmingham’s legendary Que Club. This gave Rebekah her first taste into the world of deep house and techno.
In the six years that she has been Djing professionally, Rebekah has toured every inch of the globe, performing at some of the most exclusive parties and rocking clubs in the world. On her travels she has DJ’d in countries such as South Africa, Australia, Central America, Brazil, Italy, Russia, Dubai, Hong Kong and Thailand. She was featured on MTV for a party at Jianpula, Malta which was broadcasted to the whole of Europe! She is also no stranger to house music haven Ibiza where she has played on the terrace at Space as well as at El Divino.
Being on the circuit over the last few year’s means that Rebekah has played at some of the coolest nights and venues in the UK. These include regular performances at clubs such as Sankeys in Manchester and Turnmills in London as well as having Shindig, The Egg, the Cross, the Key, Canvas and the Honey Club performances under her belt.
Rebekah’s current UK commitments include a residency at popular underground venue; The Custard Factory in Birmingham where she performs regularly alongside world class acts such as Josh Wink, Steve Lawler, Andrew Weatherall, Eric Prydz, Switch, Paul Woolford, Lottie and Tania Vulcano to name a few.
Rebekah has also become a regular at some of the worlds most recognised and established festivals! Donning her welly’s, Rebekah has performed in front of massive audiences at UK festivals such as Escape into the Park, Wakestock and Global Gathering where she has performed on the Circo Loco stage in 2007 and Cocoon arena in 2008. Further a field, she is a regular at Serbia’s Exit festival having played on the techno stage for two consecutive years alongside acts such as Martin Landsky and Argy and will be making another appearance in 2009…. Testament to the fact that promoters always rebook Rebekah after seeing her perform live!
One million listeners tuned in to hear one of Rebekah’s biggest achievements to date, a Radio 1 interview by the notorious Fergie on a peak time Saturday evening. After he played her tech house, minimal and techno mix it was no surprise when Notion magazine approached Rebekah to do a three page spread on her as one of the UK’S hottest up and coming DJ’s. The press interest doesn’t stop there, M8 had their eye on Rebekah giving her a front cover and interview, pinning her down as a key breakthrough DJ.
In the past couple of years, more focus has been applied to the studio side of things working closely with established producers and fellow DJ’s Simon Baker, Deepgroove and Leaim Sullivan. Her first release “Toad in a Hole” came out in April 2007 on German label Criminal Records and has had growing support from the likes of Steve Lawler, Gabriel Ananda, Monoroom and Oliver Klein. Over the summer this track became one of Ibiza’s underground anthems finding its way onto Amnesia’s Underground 7 compilation which is a huge achievement for Rebekah especially for a first release.
February 2008 saw the release of a second solo EP on Criminal Records which contained the tracks Neo and Freakonomics. This E.P gained support from Funk d’Void, Yousef, Greg Vickers, Oliver Koletzki, Anderson Noise and Mistress de Funk who regularly played Neo on her BBC Radio 1 show. Loving the release so much a second airplay of the second track Freakonomics went out for her 2008 Christmas special.
In recent months on the DJ front, Rebekah has performed at some amazing parties such as playing in front of 2,000 people for Sven Vaths Cocoon - Sound of the Eighth Music tour at the legendary Que Club in Birmingham in May 2008 which was cited as the stand out electronic music event in the Midlands of the year. She was also asked to play the Global Gathering festival again in 2008 for a second year running this time in the Cocoon arena alongside Sven Vath, Adam Beyer, Loco Dice and Dubfire where she played a 3 hour warm up set for some of the most influential artists on the scene!
In 2008, Rebekah was approached by the prestigious Awakenings based in Holland and performed alongside Gaiser, Tony Rohr and Alexi Delano at Factory 10, Rotterdam…. One of her stand out gigs of the year! Rebekah also attended the WMC in 2008 for a consecutive year playing a rooftop terrace party above the Sony Building with Miss Nine; taking her sound of tech house and techno to an almost progressive crowd as well as fitting in a performance at the Back to Basics Miami party with Simon Baker. She was cited by Back to Basics promoter Dave Beer as the stand out DJ from the evening!
Alongside these Rebekah has played at Qube in Rome and Frau Marleen in Torre del Lago, impressing the owners so much she has been made a bi-monthly resident. She also fitted in an exclusive Fashion TV party in Geneva bringing the underground sounds of minimal and techno to high class galmour models and local socialites!
With the international side of things picking up there was still time to play the UK for In Bed with Space at Sankeys, Eclectricity at the Custard Factory Birmingham, Glitch in Cleethorpes, Junk in Southampton, Dlate at Egg alongside Jona and Asuca in Loughbrough. Additionally to this Rebekah has been asked to be an official monthly resident for Lost Souls:Techno Club at Public Life Saturday daytime parties already playing alongside Drumcode’s Perc and Oliver Ho with other regular guests such as Chris Liebing.
After a stint on the Gadget show Rebekah met up with the Pacemaker team trying out the new hand held mixing console and fell in love with the concept straight away. Another brief encounter in Miami at WMC has lead to Rebekah becoming an official ambassador of the Pacemaker. Showcasing the revolutionary product at parties, clubs and BBQ’s all over the UK!
In the next few months Rebekah will be playing at the second Cocoon party in Birmingham supporting Josh Wink, a second gig at Glitch in Cleethorpes, Ibiza Underground in Brixton, London, monthly residency for In Bed with Space in London and Sankeys in Manchester. Her continuing Birmingham residency for Eclectricity at the Custard Factory sees performances alongside Andrew Weatherall and Terry Francis in the diary as well as continuing her monthly dates at Lost Souls:Techno Club in London.
On the production side of things a new remix on Phobic Records is due out in October by Sona Sound - In the Studio, with early support from Mistress de Funk and Smokin Jo. Rebekah’s next solo release is Sonar Eclipse due out on CS Records in November with many other productions and remixes in the pipeline!
It goes without saying that the future is bright and diary packed for this lady of techno and minimal and her peers are starting to take note and give her the respect she deserves…. Anyone that has seen her play out live know first hand that there are no gimmicks or clichés about this female DJ…. just unadulterated raw talent and a passion for underground house and techno.
Venue: Upstairs The Bulls Head, 23 St Marys Row, Moseley
Time: 9pm
Cost: £3
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/bunkatech
http://www.myspace.com/matttilleydj
http://www.myspace.com/djrebekah
http://www.myspace.com/leongarcia
Coming Up ..... Thursday 25th September
Electronica_Italo_Acid Blips_Disco Cliks
APT with DJ’s Scott Bleepz, Mikey Brain & friends
Venue: Downstairs The Bulls Head, 23 St Marys Row, Moseley
Time: 8.30pm – 11.30pm
Cost: £FREE
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/scottbleepz
http://www.myspace.com/mikeybrains
Coming Up ..... Thursday 25th September
Indie_Electro_New & Old
Mixtape Returns on 25th September to the Rainbow!!
The Courtyard: A mix of Alternative, Indie, Electro and everything and anything in-between – The Bar: Northern Soul, Motown and Swinging 60’s
The best song you know and the best you don’t – it’s a night for open minded music lovers who want dance, drink and have fun
Venue: The Rainbow Pub, Digbeth High Street, B12 0LD
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/mixtapeuk
Techno_House_Electronica_Minimalist
Bunka present Rebekah + Matt Tilley + Leon Garcia
REBEKAH:
Rebekah’s love affair with electronic music began at the tender age of 17, going out and listening to legends such as Dave Clarke, Derrick Carter, Richie Hawtin and Billy Nasty at Birmingham’s legendary Que Club. This gave Rebekah her first taste into the world of deep house and techno.
In the six years that she has been Djing professionally, Rebekah has toured every inch of the globe, performing at some of the most exclusive parties and rocking clubs in the world. On her travels she has DJ’d in countries such as South Africa, Australia, Central America, Brazil, Italy, Russia, Dubai, Hong Kong and Thailand. She was featured on MTV for a party at Jianpula, Malta which was broadcasted to the whole of Europe! She is also no stranger to house music haven Ibiza where she has played on the terrace at Space as well as at El Divino.
Being on the circuit over the last few year’s means that Rebekah has played at some of the coolest nights and venues in the UK. These include regular performances at clubs such as Sankeys in Manchester and Turnmills in London as well as having Shindig, The Egg, the Cross, the Key, Canvas and the Honey Club performances under her belt.
Rebekah’s current UK commitments include a residency at popular underground venue; The Custard Factory in Birmingham where she performs regularly alongside world class acts such as Josh Wink, Steve Lawler, Andrew Weatherall, Eric Prydz, Switch, Paul Woolford, Lottie and Tania Vulcano to name a few.
Rebekah has also become a regular at some of the worlds most recognised and established festivals! Donning her welly’s, Rebekah has performed in front of massive audiences at UK festivals such as Escape into the Park, Wakestock and Global Gathering where she has performed on the Circo Loco stage in 2007 and Cocoon arena in 2008. Further a field, she is a regular at Serbia’s Exit festival having played on the techno stage for two consecutive years alongside acts such as Martin Landsky and Argy and will be making another appearance in 2009…. Testament to the fact that promoters always rebook Rebekah after seeing her perform live!
One million listeners tuned in to hear one of Rebekah’s biggest achievements to date, a Radio 1 interview by the notorious Fergie on a peak time Saturday evening. After he played her tech house, minimal and techno mix it was no surprise when Notion magazine approached Rebekah to do a three page spread on her as one of the UK’S hottest up and coming DJ’s. The press interest doesn’t stop there, M8 had their eye on Rebekah giving her a front cover and interview, pinning her down as a key breakthrough DJ.
In the past couple of years, more focus has been applied to the studio side of things working closely with established producers and fellow DJ’s Simon Baker, Deepgroove and Leaim Sullivan. Her first release “Toad in a Hole” came out in April 2007 on German label Criminal Records and has had growing support from the likes of Steve Lawler, Gabriel Ananda, Monoroom and Oliver Klein. Over the summer this track became one of Ibiza’s underground anthems finding its way onto Amnesia’s Underground 7 compilation which is a huge achievement for Rebekah especially for a first release.
February 2008 saw the release of a second solo EP on Criminal Records which contained the tracks Neo and Freakonomics. This E.P gained support from Funk d’Void, Yousef, Greg Vickers, Oliver Koletzki, Anderson Noise and Mistress de Funk who regularly played Neo on her BBC Radio 1 show. Loving the release so much a second airplay of the second track Freakonomics went out for her 2008 Christmas special.
In recent months on the DJ front, Rebekah has performed at some amazing parties such as playing in front of 2,000 people for Sven Vaths Cocoon - Sound of the Eighth Music tour at the legendary Que Club in Birmingham in May 2008 which was cited as the stand out electronic music event in the Midlands of the year. She was also asked to play the Global Gathering festival again in 2008 for a second year running this time in the Cocoon arena alongside Sven Vath, Adam Beyer, Loco Dice and Dubfire where she played a 3 hour warm up set for some of the most influential artists on the scene!
In 2008, Rebekah was approached by the prestigious Awakenings based in Holland and performed alongside Gaiser, Tony Rohr and Alexi Delano at Factory 10, Rotterdam…. One of her stand out gigs of the year! Rebekah also attended the WMC in 2008 for a consecutive year playing a rooftop terrace party above the Sony Building with Miss Nine; taking her sound of tech house and techno to an almost progressive crowd as well as fitting in a performance at the Back to Basics Miami party with Simon Baker. She was cited by Back to Basics promoter Dave Beer as the stand out DJ from the evening!
Alongside these Rebekah has played at Qube in Rome and Frau Marleen in Torre del Lago, impressing the owners so much she has been made a bi-monthly resident. She also fitted in an exclusive Fashion TV party in Geneva bringing the underground sounds of minimal and techno to high class galmour models and local socialites!
With the international side of things picking up there was still time to play the UK for In Bed with Space at Sankeys, Eclectricity at the Custard Factory Birmingham, Glitch in Cleethorpes, Junk in Southampton, Dlate at Egg alongside Jona and Asuca in Loughbrough. Additionally to this Rebekah has been asked to be an official monthly resident for Lost Souls:Techno Club at Public Life Saturday daytime parties already playing alongside Drumcode’s Perc and Oliver Ho with other regular guests such as Chris Liebing.
After a stint on the Gadget show Rebekah met up with the Pacemaker team trying out the new hand held mixing console and fell in love with the concept straight away. Another brief encounter in Miami at WMC has lead to Rebekah becoming an official ambassador of the Pacemaker. Showcasing the revolutionary product at parties, clubs and BBQ’s all over the UK!
In the next few months Rebekah will be playing at the second Cocoon party in Birmingham supporting Josh Wink, a second gig at Glitch in Cleethorpes, Ibiza Underground in Brixton, London, monthly residency for In Bed with Space in London and Sankeys in Manchester. Her continuing Birmingham residency for Eclectricity at the Custard Factory sees performances alongside Andrew Weatherall and Terry Francis in the diary as well as continuing her monthly dates at Lost Souls:Techno Club in London.
On the production side of things a new remix on Phobic Records is due out in October by Sona Sound - In the Studio, with early support from Mistress de Funk and Smokin Jo. Rebekah’s next solo release is Sonar Eclipse due out on CS Records in November with many other productions and remixes in the pipeline!
It goes without saying that the future is bright and diary packed for this lady of techno and minimal and her peers are starting to take note and give her the respect she deserves…. Anyone that has seen her play out live know first hand that there are no gimmicks or clichés about this female DJ…. just unadulterated raw talent and a passion for underground house and techno.
Venue: Upstairs The Bulls Head, 23 St Marys Row, Moseley
Time: 9pm
Cost: £3
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/bunkatech
http://www.myspace.com/matttilleydj
http://www.myspace.com/djrebekah
http://www.myspace.com/leongarcia
Coming Up ..... Thursday 25th September
Electronica_Italo_Acid Blips_Disco Cliks
APT with DJ’s Scott Bleepz, Mikey Brain & friends
Venue: Downstairs The Bulls Head, 23 St Marys Row, Moseley
Time: 8.30pm – 11.30pm
Cost: £FREE
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/scottbleepz
http://www.myspace.com/mikeybrains
Coming Up ..... Thursday 25th September
Indie_Electro_New & Old
Mixtape Returns on 25th September to the Rainbow!!
The Courtyard: A mix of Alternative, Indie, Electro and everything and anything in-between – The Bar: Northern Soul, Motown and Swinging 60’s
The best song you know and the best you don’t – it’s a night for open minded music lovers who want dance, drink and have fun
Venue: The Rainbow Pub, Digbeth High Street, B12 0LD
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/mixtapeuk
Coming Up ..... Friday 26th September
Drum & Bass_Alternative_Electro_Gypsy Punk
444 Club present The Dizzolvers + The Fighting Cocks + Street Soul Productions w/ Vice + REP, Carvalho & Venom.
The Dizzolvers:
Formed in January 2008, the name came from combining Dizzy Rascal and Sex Pistols to create The Dizzolvers; a boundry crossing, drum & bass-grime band. Their songs feature vocals from Jim Stryde and Lady Boogaloo, with skankin guitars from PK, backed up by a killa rhythm section made up of DJ Payne on Synths, Staitee on Bass and Chris R on drums.
They have been rapidly gaining fans and friends across the board with their live performances and have recently recorded their first live demo EP. They already have industry interest both locally and in London.
At the moment The Dizzolvers are continuing to write new songs to add to their expanding set and are working on achieving maximum exposure. Catch them at a venue near you soon.
Afterwards 444 club presents Urban Disturbance!! (11pm – 4am)
Venue: The Rainbow Pub, Digbeth High Street, B12 0LD
Time: 8pm – 4am
Cost: £4 adv / £5
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/kamikazeevents
http://www.myspace.com/dizzolvers.
http://www.myspace.com/thefightingcocks
http://www.myspace.com/streetsoulproductions
http://www.myspace.com/urbandisturbanceuk
The Go Club w/ Misfit Management present Dirty Laws + Bugners Eye
Venue: The Old Wharf, Oxford Street, Digbeth, B5 5NR
Time: 8pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/thegoclubmusic
http://www.myspace.com/misfitmanagement
http://www.myspace.com/bugnerseyeband
http://www.myspace.com/dirtylaws
Drum & Bass_Alternative_Electro_Gypsy Punk
444 Club present The Dizzolvers + The Fighting Cocks + Street Soul Productions w/ Vice + REP, Carvalho & Venom.
The Dizzolvers:
Formed in January 2008, the name came from combining Dizzy Rascal and Sex Pistols to create The Dizzolvers; a boundry crossing, drum & bass-grime band. Their songs feature vocals from Jim Stryde and Lady Boogaloo, with skankin guitars from PK, backed up by a killa rhythm section made up of DJ Payne on Synths, Staitee on Bass and Chris R on drums.
They have been rapidly gaining fans and friends across the board with their live performances and have recently recorded their first live demo EP. They already have industry interest both locally and in London.
At the moment The Dizzolvers are continuing to write new songs to add to their expanding set and are working on achieving maximum exposure. Catch them at a venue near you soon.
Afterwards 444 club presents Urban Disturbance!! (11pm – 4am)
Venue: The Rainbow Pub, Digbeth High Street, B12 0LD
Time: 8pm – 4am
Cost: £4 adv / £5
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/kamikazeevents
http://www.myspace.com/dizzolvers.
http://www.myspace.com/thefightingcocks
http://www.myspace.com/streetsoulproductions
http://www.myspace.com/urbandisturbanceuk
Coming Up ..... Friday 26th September
Indie_Rock_Blues
Indie_Rock_Blues
The Go Club w/ Misfit Management present Dirty Laws + Bugners Eye
Venue: The Old Wharf, Oxford Street, Digbeth, B5 5NR
Time: 8pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/thegoclubmusic
http://www.myspace.com/misfitmanagement
http://www.myspace.com/bugnerseyeband
http://www.myspace.com/dirtylaws
Coming Up ..... Friday 26th September
Indie_Rock_Ska_Alternative_Country
Platform Promotions presents Tempting Rosie + The Heys + Darren Jones and the UP! + Shqee
The Heys:
Born from a love of The Kinks, the Stones, The Who and The Jam, this British 4-piece wear their influences on their sleeves; Mod, Motown, Northern Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Punk attitude. The Heys have everything that a great guitar-pop band should have, three minutes of fuzzy major chords, full, rich bass, shouty, ominpresent backing vocals and an impossibly addictive chorus.
Darren Jones and the UP!:
Darren Jones is a 23 year old singer/songwriter, musician. Armed with a passion for indie rock ‘n’soul music he began the writing as a home recording project but after some good response from listeners he decided to get a band together and Darren Jones & The UP! is the result. Three piece Indie, Rock 'n' soul outfit from leicestershire, taking influences from FREE, Ryan Adams, CCR, Steely Dan to name a few.
Venue: The Island Bar, 14-16 Suffolk Street (Next to the Alexandra Theatre), B1 1LT
Time: 7pm
Cost: £4 / £3
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/platform_promotions
http://www.myspace.com/temptingrosie
http://www.myspace.com/theup1
Coming Up ..... Friday 26th September
Rock_Metal_Funk_Alternative
Platform Promotions present Sicum + MCM + Long Day Gone
Sicum:
With the energy of Rage Against The Machine, the funk of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the middle finger of Eminem, Sicum are anything but your average band. Sicum are not here to be cool or gain your respect, only to give you the chance to break free from today. Gaining more support, from fans and fellow bands alike, every gig they play, including headlining the Midlands Regional Gig at the Barfly, Sicum are definitely going places and everyone’s invited. Mixing funky hip-hop bass lines and rock/rap drum beats layered under funk-rock and alternative guitar riffs and thought provoking lyrics Sicum have managed to create a raw sound that feels completely fresh and inviting but gives no apologies. By allowing each member to individually express themselves through their instrument they have created a tight and very solid sound. This all combines and comes across very strong in their live performances where they’re not scared of connecting with the crowd. “The crowd is as much a part of each song as we are”. All minds want to break free, now there is someone to open the door. Sicum, music but not as you know it.
Long Day Gone:
Long Day Gone will be releasing they’re second single “Don’t Say Goodbye” on the 27th of October 2008. On the back of the band's success of reaching No.27 in the UK Indie Charts with their debut single "Live Or Die", Long Day Gone are striving to reach even greater heights in the coming months with brand new tracks and rip roaring live shows. It’s look’s like a very exciting end to a very successful year for the band, with plans already in place for 2009.
Dangerously addictive, LDG have a sound that stands head and shoulders over the current British guitar based sound and not a pair of skinny jeans in sight!!
For the past three years, they have been crafting away at their tracks from their base in the Midlands to bring to the public's ears music that's simply awe-inspiring. Long Day Gone's depth is derived from the sounds of many of their Rock contemporaries. This depth of character ebbs and flows through LDG's songs that when mixed with their creativity generates their own distinctive sound, from the crushing sounds of "Fall Out" to the haunting out & out British rock influenced "Don't Say Goodbye".
LDG's ventures cover London, the North West and their home turf in the Midlands. Regular airplay on Kerrang Radio, constant views on Myspace and a large social network ensures a crowd at their shows. Long Day Gone's gigs include Storm in Leicester Square, The Cavern Club in Liverpool, Jug of Ale, Birmingham Barfly, and their sold out shows at the Little Civic in Wolverhampton which saw 170 people pack the place out to celebrate the launch of their debut single.
Just as much as their song writing is prolific, Long Day Gone are also frequent visitors to the recording studio and have worked very hard to nurture and develop their sound.
Venue: The Sound Bar, Corporation Street, City Centre, Opposite Aston Uni
Time: 8pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/platform_promotions
http://www.myspace.com/sicumband
http://www.myspace.com/mcm2003
http://www.myspace.com/longdaygone
Indie_Rock_Ska_Alternative_Country
Platform Promotions presents Tempting Rosie + The Heys + Darren Jones and the UP! + Shqee
The Heys:
Born from a love of The Kinks, the Stones, The Who and The Jam, this British 4-piece wear their influences on their sleeves; Mod, Motown, Northern Soul, Rhythm & Blues, Punk attitude. The Heys have everything that a great guitar-pop band should have, three minutes of fuzzy major chords, full, rich bass, shouty, ominpresent backing vocals and an impossibly addictive chorus.
Darren Jones and the UP!:
Darren Jones is a 23 year old singer/songwriter, musician. Armed with a passion for indie rock ‘n’soul music he began the writing as a home recording project but after some good response from listeners he decided to get a band together and Darren Jones & The UP! is the result. Three piece Indie, Rock 'n' soul outfit from leicestershire, taking influences from FREE, Ryan Adams, CCR, Steely Dan to name a few.
Venue: The Island Bar, 14-16 Suffolk Street (Next to the Alexandra Theatre), B1 1LT
Time: 7pm
Cost: £4 / £3
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/platform_promotions
http://www.myspace.com/temptingrosie
http://www.myspace.com/theup1
Coming Up ..... Friday 26th September
Rock_Metal_Funk_Alternative
Platform Promotions present Sicum + MCM + Long Day Gone
Sicum:
With the energy of Rage Against The Machine, the funk of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and the middle finger of Eminem, Sicum are anything but your average band. Sicum are not here to be cool or gain your respect, only to give you the chance to break free from today. Gaining more support, from fans and fellow bands alike, every gig they play, including headlining the Midlands Regional Gig at the Barfly, Sicum are definitely going places and everyone’s invited. Mixing funky hip-hop bass lines and rock/rap drum beats layered under funk-rock and alternative guitar riffs and thought provoking lyrics Sicum have managed to create a raw sound that feels completely fresh and inviting but gives no apologies. By allowing each member to individually express themselves through their instrument they have created a tight and very solid sound. This all combines and comes across very strong in their live performances where they’re not scared of connecting with the crowd. “The crowd is as much a part of each song as we are”. All minds want to break free, now there is someone to open the door. Sicum, music but not as you know it.
Long Day Gone:
Long Day Gone will be releasing they’re second single “Don’t Say Goodbye” on the 27th of October 2008. On the back of the band's success of reaching No.27 in the UK Indie Charts with their debut single "Live Or Die", Long Day Gone are striving to reach even greater heights in the coming months with brand new tracks and rip roaring live shows. It’s look’s like a very exciting end to a very successful year for the band, with plans already in place for 2009.
Dangerously addictive, LDG have a sound that stands head and shoulders over the current British guitar based sound and not a pair of skinny jeans in sight!!
For the past three years, they have been crafting away at their tracks from their base in the Midlands to bring to the public's ears music that's simply awe-inspiring. Long Day Gone's depth is derived from the sounds of many of their Rock contemporaries. This depth of character ebbs and flows through LDG's songs that when mixed with their creativity generates their own distinctive sound, from the crushing sounds of "Fall Out" to the haunting out & out British rock influenced "Don't Say Goodbye".
LDG's ventures cover London, the North West and their home turf in the Midlands. Regular airplay on Kerrang Radio, constant views on Myspace and a large social network ensures a crowd at their shows. Long Day Gone's gigs include Storm in Leicester Square, The Cavern Club in Liverpool, Jug of Ale, Birmingham Barfly, and their sold out shows at the Little Civic in Wolverhampton which saw 170 people pack the place out to celebrate the launch of their debut single.
Just as much as their song writing is prolific, Long Day Gone are also frequent visitors to the recording studio and have worked very hard to nurture and develop their sound.
Venue: The Sound Bar, Corporation Street, City Centre, Opposite Aston Uni
Time: 8pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/platform_promotions
http://www.myspace.com/sicumband
http://www.myspace.com/mcm2003
http://www.myspace.com/longdaygone
Coming Up ..... Friday 26th September
Drum & Bass
Class A Recordingz Launch Party Part Two
Room 1 – Med Bar:
DJ Pleasure
DJ CKB
DJ Devize
DJ Sly b2b DJ Pacso
DJ Steppa
DJ Rowney
DJ Dubzero
MC’s Bassman, Trigga, General C, MC Loki, Nutcracker, Acapello, Dap, Carasel, Hidro, Tempo, Logic MC, Jam 1, Skeeze MC
Room 2 – Kitchen
DJ Messy
The Force
Escape
Nemisis
Vytol b2b TNT
Culture Boy
Gravity b2b Dynamix
MC’s – DW, Backchat & Frisco, Dap, Hidro & Tempo, TG, Lady MJ, Lady Blazer, Ricochet
Room 3 – Round the Pool is hosted by Bangers and Mash, so expect Bass, Beats and Musical Treats.
Venue: The Custard Factory, Digbeth, B9 4AA
Time: 9pm
Cost: N.U.S. £6 all night, £7 b4 10pm, £8 b4 11pm, £10 after
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/custardfactory
http://www.myspace.com/classarecordingz
Drum & Bass
Class A Recordingz Launch Party Part Two
Room 1 – Med Bar:
DJ Pleasure
DJ CKB
DJ Devize
DJ Sly b2b DJ Pacso
DJ Steppa
DJ Rowney
DJ Dubzero
MC’s Bassman, Trigga, General C, MC Loki, Nutcracker, Acapello, Dap, Carasel, Hidro, Tempo, Logic MC, Jam 1, Skeeze MC
Room 2 – Kitchen
DJ Messy
The Force
Escape
Nemisis
Vytol b2b TNT
Culture Boy
Gravity b2b Dynamix
MC’s – DW, Backchat & Frisco, Dap, Hidro & Tempo, TG, Lady MJ, Lady Blazer, Ricochet
Room 3 – Round the Pool is hosted by Bangers and Mash, so expect Bass, Beats and Musical Treats.
Venue: The Custard Factory, Digbeth, B9 4AA
Time: 9pm
Cost: N.U.S. £6 all night, £7 b4 10pm, £8 b4 11pm, £10 after
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/custardfactory
http://www.myspace.com/classarecordingz
Coming Up ..... Saturday 27th September
Dubstep
Eardrum present Skream + Caspa + Hatcha + Geiom + Eardrum residents.
On the poolside:
DJ Taktix + Dan Blindside +Benny & Aries + Reaction + Alpha + Skitty & Nolige + Pace.
Venue: The Custard Factory, Digbeth, B9 4AA
Time: 10pm – 5am
Cost: Tickets start at £5
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/skreamuk
http://www.myspace.com/djhatcha
Coming Up ..... Saturday 27th September
House_Electonica_Soul
Uber present a some of the worlds best House DJ’s at the Rainbow:
In the Courtyard:
Paul Griff
Paul Henry
Carl Ackerman
In the Bar:
Soul Underground
Roger Williams
Lin Taylor
Jamie Taylor
Joe Cole
Percussion: Glenn Worthington
Paul Griff:
After a successful few years of pushing his unique blend of Deep and Soulful House at bars and clubs around the UK, 2007 couldn't have ended any better for Paul Griff. After a successful year playing alongside the likes of Andy Ward and Danism, he finished the year with a main room & main set at the world renowned Pacha in London. Now in 2008 he's got a jam packed calendar playing at the likes of Lamerica in Cardiff, and playing alongside Karizma, Franck Roger, Craig Bartlett, Frankie Feliciano and others!
His uBer promotion (now in its 4th year) has launched in Birmingham, showcasing the worlds best DJ's. uBer is also on a monthly basis at The Glass House in Stourbridge.
Some previous bookings: Pacha, Days Like This, Miss Moneypennys, Fiasco, Maya, Love Technique, Canal Club, Fuel....and more
Paul Henry:
Paul Henry, DJ/Producer from Birmingham UK with releases on LAD Records (Portugal). A label currently serving some of the most talented and respected underground house producers such 'Alex Santos' from (Buzzin'fly records) and Luis Leite the duo who form (Darkmountain group) and many more. Paul influenced by 'Deep House' US, soulful, latin/afro-beat, and electronica, is soley here to promote his beloved genre, 'House music' and not just himself.... At an early age Paul enjoyed house music, especially the underground sounds from New York, Detroit and Chicago. Interest in house music came via his older sister Beverley, who lives in USA, San Diego California and has done for over 15 years. Because of this he kept an eye on what the US was all about, but essentially he focussed on the US musically. Expanding on his interest, Paul regularly tuned in to watch music shows screened on MTV every morning in the early hours, to build up his awareness, further knowledge and feel for the music, watching events which were filmed from various locations across the America playing all the latest house tracks to clubbers and viewers at different venues, and different places across the United states and South america. He also tuned into his local Birmingham radio station what was then Choice FM to listen to all the new and current house tracks being played in the UK and across the globe. Back then house music had embraced him and gaining further inspiration from local house dj's, Paul got hooked. It was then natural for him to get involved with house music. He has carries his love and enthusiasm for deep house right through to this present day in which he now regularly performs across venues and big events across the UK and now into Europe. He will always continue to play what he loves and believes in. Paul is known for his great track selection, and his exciting DJ performances where ever he plays. Performances he enjoys most types, from bars, clubs, terraces, unique spots, random places, to exclusive night spots. As long as there is a professional set up in place he'll enjoy playing. In 2007 to date things went from strength to strength for him, landing bookings at major events in the UK and Ibiza alongside artists such as, Franck Roger, Kenny Dope, Joey Negro, Sandy Rivera, Andy Ward (Soul central), Mr C, Chris Woodward, the Audiowhores, Louie Vega, Manoo, Frankie Feliciano, Halo, Chuck Love plus many more, Halo, and also to mention a main room performance at PACHA LONDON (See video clips on the left of Paul in the action at Pacha London, and the also the Warehouse in Birmingham alongside Louie Vega). Paul has made his mark and is looking forward to making an even bigger impact from now onwards. His track 'Joy' is OUT NOW available on most digital and vinyl outlets, 'in the distance' is also OUT NOW.
Venue: The Rainbow, Digbeth, B12 0LD
Time: 9pm – 4am
Cost: £3 b4 12, £5 after
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/uberparty
http://www.myspace.com/djpaulgriff
http://www.myspace.com/paulhenryuk
Coming Up ..... Saturday 27th September
Techno_Deep House_Techno_Minimal
Eclectricity presents Cocoon, the Legendary Techno Institution!!
The Warehouse// Cocoon:
Josh Wink + Tobi Neuman + Rebekah + Eston
The Beach// UFO vs Best Before:
The Kelly Twins + Sell by Dave & The Legendary Tone Puffin Jack +Richard Carnage
The Box// Lost Souls:
Anthony Difrancesco + Chris Stanford + Lepsy + Ro
Venue: The Rainbow Warehouse, Adderley St, Digbeth, B9 4ED
Time: 10pm – 6am
Cost: £11 + bf
Links:
http://www.cocoon.net/
Dubstep
Eardrum present Skream + Caspa + Hatcha + Geiom + Eardrum residents.
On the poolside:
DJ Taktix + Dan Blindside +Benny & Aries + Reaction + Alpha + Skitty & Nolige + Pace.
Venue: The Custard Factory, Digbeth, B9 4AA
Time: 10pm – 5am
Cost: Tickets start at £5
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/skreamuk
http://www.myspace.com/djhatcha
Coming Up ..... Saturday 27th September
House_Electonica_Soul
Uber present a some of the worlds best House DJ’s at the Rainbow:
In the Courtyard:
Paul Griff
Paul Henry
Carl Ackerman
In the Bar:
Soul Underground
Roger Williams
Lin Taylor
Jamie Taylor
Joe Cole
Percussion: Glenn Worthington
Paul Griff:
After a successful few years of pushing his unique blend of Deep and Soulful House at bars and clubs around the UK, 2007 couldn't have ended any better for Paul Griff. After a successful year playing alongside the likes of Andy Ward and Danism, he finished the year with a main room & main set at the world renowned Pacha in London. Now in 2008 he's got a jam packed calendar playing at the likes of Lamerica in Cardiff, and playing alongside Karizma, Franck Roger, Craig Bartlett, Frankie Feliciano and others!
His uBer promotion (now in its 4th year) has launched in Birmingham, showcasing the worlds best DJ's. uBer is also on a monthly basis at The Glass House in Stourbridge.
Some previous bookings: Pacha, Days Like This, Miss Moneypennys, Fiasco, Maya, Love Technique, Canal Club, Fuel....and more
Paul Henry:
Paul Henry, DJ/Producer from Birmingham UK with releases on LAD Records (Portugal). A label currently serving some of the most talented and respected underground house producers such 'Alex Santos' from (Buzzin'fly records) and Luis Leite the duo who form (Darkmountain group) and many more. Paul influenced by 'Deep House' US, soulful, latin/afro-beat, and electronica, is soley here to promote his beloved genre, 'House music' and not just himself.... At an early age Paul enjoyed house music, especially the underground sounds from New York, Detroit and Chicago. Interest in house music came via his older sister Beverley, who lives in USA, San Diego California and has done for over 15 years. Because of this he kept an eye on what the US was all about, but essentially he focussed on the US musically. Expanding on his interest, Paul regularly tuned in to watch music shows screened on MTV every morning in the early hours, to build up his awareness, further knowledge and feel for the music, watching events which were filmed from various locations across the America playing all the latest house tracks to clubbers and viewers at different venues, and different places across the United states and South america. He also tuned into his local Birmingham radio station what was then Choice FM to listen to all the new and current house tracks being played in the UK and across the globe. Back then house music had embraced him and gaining further inspiration from local house dj's, Paul got hooked. It was then natural for him to get involved with house music. He has carries his love and enthusiasm for deep house right through to this present day in which he now regularly performs across venues and big events across the UK and now into Europe. He will always continue to play what he loves and believes in. Paul is known for his great track selection, and his exciting DJ performances where ever he plays. Performances he enjoys most types, from bars, clubs, terraces, unique spots, random places, to exclusive night spots. As long as there is a professional set up in place he'll enjoy playing. In 2007 to date things went from strength to strength for him, landing bookings at major events in the UK and Ibiza alongside artists such as, Franck Roger, Kenny Dope, Joey Negro, Sandy Rivera, Andy Ward (Soul central), Mr C, Chris Woodward, the Audiowhores, Louie Vega, Manoo, Frankie Feliciano, Halo, Chuck Love plus many more, Halo, and also to mention a main room performance at PACHA LONDON (See video clips on the left of Paul in the action at Pacha London, and the also the Warehouse in Birmingham alongside Louie Vega). Paul has made his mark and is looking forward to making an even bigger impact from now onwards. His track 'Joy' is OUT NOW available on most digital and vinyl outlets, 'in the distance' is also OUT NOW.
Venue: The Rainbow, Digbeth, B12 0LD
Time: 9pm – 4am
Cost: £3 b4 12, £5 after
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/uberparty
http://www.myspace.com/djpaulgriff
http://www.myspace.com/paulhenryuk
Coming Up ..... Saturday 27th September
Techno_Deep House_Techno_Minimal
Eclectricity presents Cocoon, the Legendary Techno Institution!!
The Warehouse// Cocoon:
Josh Wink + Tobi Neuman + Rebekah + Eston
The Beach// UFO vs Best Before:
The Kelly Twins + Sell by Dave & The Legendary Tone Puffin Jack +Richard Carnage
The Box// Lost Souls:
Anthony Difrancesco + Chris Stanford + Lepsy + Ro
Venue: The Rainbow Warehouse, Adderley St, Digbeth, B9 4ED
Time: 10pm – 6am
Cost: £11 + bf
Links:
http://www.cocoon.net/
Coming Up ..... Saturday 27th September
Punk_Indie_Afro-beat_New Wave_Post Punk
This is Tomorrow present Flux w/ Hot Club de Paris + Sunset Cinema Club +The Situationists + Guest DJ’s and Matt Flux.
Venue: The Yardbird, Paradise Place, City Centre
Time: 8pm
Cost: £5
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/thisistomorrowuk
http://www.myspace.com/hotclubdeparis
http://www.myspace.com/sunsetcinemaclub
http://www.myspace.com/situationists
Coming Up ..... Saturday 27th September
Rock_Punk_Grunge_Alt._Experimental
The Go Club present The Clouds + Miss Halliwell +The Mallory Heart
The Clouds: (from their Myspace)
Good evening. A lot of bands enjoy life. A lot of bands want to create art. A lot of bands have integrity. We are not a band. If you stimulate us with food, wine or femininity, we will play instruments for you, but other than that, we are but men. If you want to penetrate us, please get deeper into this page and come all over us with your rock and roll emails. If you like the songs here, send us some money, because thats how it works in the real world, and when we're famous we will lick your gangrenous stumps with all our might.
The Mallory Heart:
The Mallory Heart are Nicole, Fi and Sarah based in Birmingham. Along with a drum machine, Nicole and Fi merged late 2006 through a mutual love of The Clash. Whilst marvelling at the greatness of local band Miss Halliwell and their drummer Sarah, Nicole and Fi quickly set about the business of recruiting Sarah into Mallory ranks and the rest, as the proverb goes, is history.
The Mallory Heart bring you a mixture of grunge and lo fi punk with a feminine, intellectual twist.
Venue: The Old Wharf, Oxford Street, Digbeth, B5 5NR
Time: 8pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/thegoclubmusic
http://www.myspace.com/thecloudsmusic
http://www.myspace.com/misshalliwell
http://www.myspace.com/themalloryheart
Coming Up ..... Saturday 27th September
Rock_Indie_Punk_Alternative
Rehab Promotions present Vegas Assault + Supanaut + Voodoo Johnson + Blinc 182
Vegas Assault:
They have been described as a powerful live entity in a town that has seemingly tried to extinguish all ways of putting across new and exciting live music. Determined not to fall to the same fate as many others, the self-proclaimed wrecking machine that is Vegas Assault have set about on a collision course to make something of themselves and prove any doubters wrong.
The four piece formed in the latter stages of 2006 and immediately provided themselves as an outlet for people who were sick of the normality of the local talent around these parts. Combining a modern edge with love and respect for bands that have influenced them since they were in single digits means that VA creates explosive and memorable performances for whoever wants to witness something heartfelt and real.
The band did not rush their entrance into the field of live music, instead deciding to hone their craft and make sure they were a well-oiled unit. That’s not to say they are now the finished product, far from it, but they are a product that is continually improving and impressing. Vegas Assault are a band who pride themselves on their live shows. They'll guarantee you a strong, serious musical showing mixed with a light, party and often comedic atmosphere that can appeal to a wide range of audiences.
Venue: The Swinging Sporran, Proiry Square, B4 7LL (Opp Forbidden Planet)
Time: 7pm – 11pm’ish
Cost: £3
Links:
www.myspace.com/rehab_brum
http://www.myspace.com/vegasassault
http://www.myspace.com/supanaut
http://www.myspace.com/voodoojohnson
http://www.myspace.com/blinc182tribute
Punk_Indie_Afro-beat_New Wave_Post Punk
This is Tomorrow present Flux w/ Hot Club de Paris + Sunset Cinema Club +The Situationists + Guest DJ’s and Matt Flux.
Venue: The Yardbird, Paradise Place, City Centre
Time: 8pm
Cost: £5
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/thisistomorrowuk
http://www.myspace.com/hotclubdeparis
http://www.myspace.com/sunsetcinemaclub
http://www.myspace.com/situationists
Coming Up ..... Saturday 27th September
Rock_Punk_Grunge_Alt._Experimental
The Go Club present The Clouds + Miss Halliwell +The Mallory Heart
The Clouds: (from their Myspace)
Good evening. A lot of bands enjoy life. A lot of bands want to create art. A lot of bands have integrity. We are not a band. If you stimulate us with food, wine or femininity, we will play instruments for you, but other than that, we are but men. If you want to penetrate us, please get deeper into this page and come all over us with your rock and roll emails. If you like the songs here, send us some money, because thats how it works in the real world, and when we're famous we will lick your gangrenous stumps with all our might.
The Mallory Heart:
The Mallory Heart are Nicole, Fi and Sarah based in Birmingham. Along with a drum machine, Nicole and Fi merged late 2006 through a mutual love of The Clash. Whilst marvelling at the greatness of local band Miss Halliwell and their drummer Sarah, Nicole and Fi quickly set about the business of recruiting Sarah into Mallory ranks and the rest, as the proverb goes, is history.
The Mallory Heart bring you a mixture of grunge and lo fi punk with a feminine, intellectual twist.
Venue: The Old Wharf, Oxford Street, Digbeth, B5 5NR
Time: 8pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/thegoclubmusic
http://www.myspace.com/thecloudsmusic
http://www.myspace.com/misshalliwell
http://www.myspace.com/themalloryheart
Coming Up ..... Saturday 27th September
Rock_Indie_Punk_Alternative
Rehab Promotions present Vegas Assault + Supanaut + Voodoo Johnson + Blinc 182
Vegas Assault:
They have been described as a powerful live entity in a town that has seemingly tried to extinguish all ways of putting across new and exciting live music. Determined not to fall to the same fate as many others, the self-proclaimed wrecking machine that is Vegas Assault have set about on a collision course to make something of themselves and prove any doubters wrong.
The four piece formed in the latter stages of 2006 and immediately provided themselves as an outlet for people who were sick of the normality of the local talent around these parts. Combining a modern edge with love and respect for bands that have influenced them since they were in single digits means that VA creates explosive and memorable performances for whoever wants to witness something heartfelt and real.
The band did not rush their entrance into the field of live music, instead deciding to hone their craft and make sure they were a well-oiled unit. That’s not to say they are now the finished product, far from it, but they are a product that is continually improving and impressing. Vegas Assault are a band who pride themselves on their live shows. They'll guarantee you a strong, serious musical showing mixed with a light, party and often comedic atmosphere that can appeal to a wide range of audiences.
Venue: The Swinging Sporran, Proiry Square, B4 7LL (Opp Forbidden Planet)
Time: 7pm – 11pm’ish
Cost: £3
Links:
www.myspace.com/rehab_brum
http://www.myspace.com/vegasassault
http://www.myspace.com/supanaut
http://www.myspace.com/voodoojohnson
http://www.myspace.com/blinc182tribute
Coming Up ..... Sunday 28th September
Acoustic_Folk_Alternative
Acoustic Brew present Raina + Edward Smith + Tabula Rasa + Joey Vanzetti
Venue: Atticus, Three Shires Oak Road, Bearwood
Time: 8pm
Cost: £FREE
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/acousticbrewuk
http://www.myspace.com/edwardsmithmusic
http://www.myspace.com/tabularasauk
http://www.myspace.com/joeyvanzetti
Acoustic_Folk_Alternative
Acoustic Brew present Raina + Edward Smith + Tabula Rasa + Joey Vanzetti
Venue: Atticus, Three Shires Oak Road, Bearwood
Time: 8pm
Cost: £FREE
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/acousticbrewuk
http://www.myspace.com/edwardsmithmusic
http://www.myspace.com/tabularasauk
http://www.myspace.com/joeyvanzetti
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