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Coming Up .....Saturday 7th June
Electonica_Indie_Pop_Noise
Stop Scratching present Gay against You (Live) + DJsets from MeMeMe (Liars Club) + Tuck Shop + Bang! Bang! + Alex Fitxpatrick (Holy Roar)
Gay Against You
this two piece hail from glasgow and have been furiously doing the uk gig circuit for 2 years now, during this time they built up quite a buzz for themselves based mostly around their eccentric, in your face live sets. Their music is a perfect example of how erratic vocals and glitchy electronics can co-exist with stunning pop sensibilites to create something wholy refreshing.
Venue: Rootys at the Custard Factory
Time: 9pm – 4am
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/stopscratchinghttp://www.myspace.com/gayagainstyouhttp://www.stop-scratching.blogspot.comComing Up .....Saturday 7th June
Indie_Pop
The Autumn Store present Lime Chalks + Pete Green + Little My
Venue: The Sunflower Lounge, 76 Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham, B5 4EG
Time: Doors at 8.30, bands finish at 11ish and it's followed by an indiepop disco until 1am.
Links:
www.theautumnstore.co.ukwww.myspace.com/limechalkswww.sparklemotion.co.ukwww.littlemy.orgComing Up .....Saturday 7th June
Indie_Rock_New Wave
10 lives present The Garage Flowers (ft Alex Lowe - Hurricane no.1) + Copious + The Galleon Ryders + The nEat
The Garage Flowers:
Kick ass garage rock/pop/blues/alt. country band from London and Scotland. Formed by ex Hurricane1 vocalist ALEX LOWE.
Venue: The Flapper and Firkin, Nr NIA, City Centre
Time: 8.30pm
Cost: £3 in
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/10livesmusicvenueComing Up .....Saturday 7th June
Punk_Rock_Alternative
Rehab present The Abortions + Dangers Close + Haggard Sue + Drop Dead Darlin + NOYFB
Formed on the eve of 2008 after jamming together and in other bands across South Wales for years The Abortions have been keeping busy, writing songs, practicing, playing shows and just recorded a new CD with Andy Zippy near Glastonbury somewhere.
They are a punk band, They play whatever music they like, how they like and say what they like because they can, and so can you! They like to rock because they are musicians and music fans, every performance should be a purging, played like your last!
Venue: The Black Horse, Jennings Road,
Cost: FREE ENTRY
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/rehab_brumhttp://www.myspace.com/theabortionsukhttp://www.myspace.com/dangersclosemusichttp://www.myspace.com/wearedropdeaddarlin
Coming Up .....Saturday 7th June
Indie_Garage_Pop
Betty & the id promote a special thank you gig this Saturday upstairs at the Tap & Spile real ale pub on Gas Street, just off Broad St.
For your £3 admission you get a copy of the Neutron World CD or a copy of a limited "At home with Betty & The Id" cdr if you already have the EP, they may have some t-shirts too.
Support is from the Peoples Republic Of Mercia, + DJ's playing their wildest and weirdest 7"'s and in tribute to Sparks current tour where they are playing every song in their repertoire, Betty & The Id will be doing the same!
Venue: Tap & Spile, Gas Street, just off Broad Street
Cost: £3 (includes free CD)
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/bettyandtheid
Coming Up .....Saturday 31st May
Live_Electro_Bands
Vice/Fly53 Party with BURAKA SOM SISTERMA (live) + BUMBLEBEEZ (live) + MAPEI (live) + ZOMBIE DISCO SQUAD (DJ Set) + TAYO (DJ Set) Chicks Dig Jerks also Djing
Venue: The Rainbow, Digbeth
Time: 8pm – 2pm
Cost: FREE TO ALL UK STUDENTS! REGIESTER AT http://www.fly53tour.com/(Check links for non-students or have a hunt around for that fake NUS card you had….just kidding!!
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/fly53tourhttp://www.myspace.com/chicksdigjerkshttp://www.myspace.com/Mapeihttp://www.myspace.com/thebumblebeez
Coming Up .....Saturday 31st May
Blues_ Garage_ Country_ Rock_ Psychedelic
10 Lives present The Black Apples + The Ganders +The Solomons + Bugners Eye
The Black Apples: A 3 piece electric blues band, created in 2004 in an old disused pot bank with a ghost…. One door no windows and a concrete roof…. The walls are lined with black plastic and images of the past, the room is dark, cold and damp. The volume is loud fusing old with new…. The apples play when ever and where ever they are asked to play, from backstreet to Main Street, audiences large and small…. The songs are distorted blues maybe from a different time, maybe from a different place, or maybe just distorted…. As an apple is just an apple green, red or black…..
The Ganders: Think Dirty Heavy Blues Rock... that, whether you like it or not will have the hairs on your neck standing. Thunderous lows, screeching highs with belting vocals that will make every bit of you want to move. Shaking the foundations of Birmingham with a powerful, electric, energetic live performance... DEFINATELY makes The Ganders worth a look in.
THE SOLOMONS are a two-piece outfit who formed in the summer of 2006 around the squalid rehearsal rooms of the West Midlands. They tired of squandering their talent in numerous unfulfilling local groups and decided to go it alone playing their first love- bluesy, boozy rock & roll.
Musically pulling influence from out of tune ‘60’s garage, rhythm & blues, Phil Spector soul and the proto-punk pioneers, The Solomons howl the blues like their lives depend on it. JOHN PRESLEY wrestles his ’58 Hofner guitar, scattering layers of noise, drone and subtle delta picking over TOM BEVAN’S Moe Tucker meets John French rhythms.
Lyrically, The Solomons songs are known for portrayals of the seedy side of life with a penchant for stories of heartbreak, inebriation and teenage lust. These vignettes of the low life are delivered through Johns’ whisky soaked and nicotine stained snarl. It is no surprise then that The Solomons have been compared to Tom Waits and ‘Safe as Milk’ era Captain Beefheart by the press.
Having spent their formative years absorbing lo-fi garage and punk, The Solomons have a fiercely independent ethic to match their primal blues stomp, and a reputation as a formidable live act, culminating in headline slots in Birmingham as well as frequent gigs in Liverpool and London.
Bugners Eye: After attempting to emulate the bands that made the biggest impact on the nineties five lads became four, then three, stopped trying so hard and grew a set of knackers, resulting in a simplistic blues driven sound that will knock the froth off your pint.
Venue: The Flapper and Firkin (nr NIA)
Time: 8.30pm
Cost: £4
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/theblackappleshttp://www.myspace.com/thegandershttp://www.myspace.com/thesolomonshttp://www.myspace.com/bugnerseyebandwww.myspace.com/10livesmusicvenue
Coming Up .....Saturday 31st May
Modern Indie_Electro Beats
Dirty Laundry is Birminghams FRESHEST Indie Night. On the last Saturday of Every Month at The Hare & Hounds Kings Heath, Dirty Laundry invites you to come get MUCKY! Listen the freshest Indie & Electro Beats mixed with the classics to give you many a eargasam and get you dropping foot like MJ. Dirty Laundry will also bring you The best new live bands from around the country supported by Birminghams finest talent.
Line-up: The Brascoes + Sabotage Left + Team Penetration (Drop Like Bombs)
Venue: The Hare and Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath
Time: 9pm
Cost: A few ££
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/dirtylaundryclubhttp://www.myspace.com/teampenetrationhttp://www.myspace.com/thebrascoeshome
