Coming Up .....Sunday 25th May
Beats_DJ_Live Samba_Acoustic



Hare and Hounds celebrate their 1st Birthday with AIM (DJ Set) + Future Boogie DJ’s + Live Samba Drums + Live Acoustic performaces

Venue: The Hare and Hounds, High St, Kings Heath
Time: 6pm – 2am
Cost: FREE ENTRY
Links:
http://www.hareandhoundskingsheath.co.uk/


Coming Up .....Sunday 25th May
Acoustic





Acoustic Brew all dayer featuring The Barrel O Baddies + Fox + The Prelude + Sam Parkes + Mellow Peaches + Pete Heywood + Aquila + One Sixth of Tommy + Raging Angel _Alex Lanyon

Live artists and bands from 2pm til 10pm.

Venue: Atticus, Three Shire Oak Road, Bearwood, B67 5BT
Time: 2pm Start
Cost: FREE ENTRY
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/acousticbrewuk

Coming Up On.....Friday 9th May
Indie_



Platform Promotions presents The Anomalies + Prospect Lane + Old School Tie + Geezer + Indie DJ’s between and after bands.

Venue: The Cross, 147 Alcester Road, Moseley
Time: 8pm start
Cost: £4 adv, £5 on the door

Links:
http://www.myspace.com/theanomalies
http://www.myspace.com/prospectlane
http://www.myspace.com/oldschooltie
http://www.myspace.com/thisisgeezer
http://www.myspace.com/platform_promotions

Coming Up On.....Friday 9th May
Blues_Rock’n’Roll_Garage



Coldrice present Black Mekon + The Lusts + Wonderland DJ’s (Lisbon)

Venue: The Hare and Hounds, High St, Kings Heath
Time: 9pm – 2am
Cost: £5 in

Coming Up On.....Saturday 10th May
Indie_Folk

The Autumn Store present The Deirdries + Amida + Winston Echo

The Autumn Store is Birmingham’s night of classic indiepop, modern left-field indie, and stuff they think sounds pretty.

They also have a website, with games and a blog that has other fun stuff!

Venue: The Sunflower Lounge 76 Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham, B5 4EG
Time: 8pm start
Cost: £4

Links:
http://www.myspace.com/theautumnstore
http://www.theautumnstore.co.uk/
http://blog.theautumnstore.co.uk/
http://www.myspace.com/thedeirdres
http://www.myspace.com/amidaband
http://www.myspace.com/iamwinstonecho



Coming Up On.....Saturday 10th May
Blues_



The Curates Egg presents Black Diamond Heavies + Copter + The Courtesy Group + Bushbaby & Moleman DJ Set

Venue: The Hare and Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath
Time: 8pm til late
Cost: £5 adv or £7 on the door.

Links:
www.myspace.com/thecuratesegg
www.myspace.com/blackdiamondheavies

Coming Up On.....Saturday 3rd May
Reggae_Bhangra_Hip Hop_Funk_Dancehall

Jibbering Sessions is going to have one serious Party! Local and World famous Bhangra pioneers take on Brums finest Funk, Hip Hop and Reggae collective….Live on stage! Coupled with a DJ set from the legendary Hop Hop & Dancehall mashup producer JStar plus the inimitable DJ Rubbish & Midlands heaviest reggae soundsystem.

Line-up: Dhol Blasters (LIVE) + Munchbreak (LIVE) + Dhol Blasters VS Munchbreak Collective (LIVE) + Jibbering Sound System + JStar & MC Honey Brown + DJ Rubbish + The Mighty Jam Jah Sound System.

Venue: Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath
Time: 8pm – 2am
Cost: £6 adv, £8 on the door

Links:
http://www.jibbering.co.uk/
http://www.dholblasters.com/
http://www.munchbreak.com/
www.myspace.com/jstarmusic
http://www.friendlyfiremusic.com/

Coming Up On.....Sunday 4th May
Soul_Funk_Hip Hop

Leftfoot present Roy Ayers

Virgin Ubiquity was a collection of unreleased recordings by Jazz/Soul great Roy Ayers from 1976-1981, that gave public life to what can only be termed the holy grail of any true music lovers search.
One of the best respected, most sampled artists in music history, Roy Ayers is still coming fresh for dance floors and crate diggers alike in 2006. Given the respect and adoration that Roys music receives from musicians and fans, Virgin Ubiquity Remixed is quite an ambitious project. Uniting leading remixers Kenny Dope, King Britt, Nicolay, Mathew Herbert, Platinum Pied Pipers, DJ Spinna, Basement Jaxx and more, Virgin Ubiquity Remixed is a perfect reflection of Roys prolific musicianship and influence.
Roy’s career maintains a timeless momentum; in the studio, on the stage, in the US or abroad, for Hip Hop and Jazz heads alike, for your mother and daughter, for slow dancing and serious funk aficionados, Roy’s vibes are forever.

Venue: Hare and Hounds

Links:

http://www.royayers.com/

http://www.myspace.com/hare_and_hounds

Coming Up On.....Friday 25th April
Indie_Post Punk_New Wave_Hardcore



FREE ENTRY for The Go! Club who present Birmingham’s Miss Halliwell, Trouser Dog from Stoke on Trent and The Resigned from Stourbridge. It’s at The Old Wharf Pub in Digbeth, City Centre, starts at 8pm and as mentioned it’s FREE to get in.

Coming Up On.....Friday 25th April
Reggae_Break Beat_Expreimental_Folk



Mr Elephants 1st Birthday Party takes over both rooms at The Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath. In room one with Mr Elephant are Mama Matrix, Marc Reck and DJ Lopan. There’s a Midnight Mask Parade led Live Percussion and Performers.

In Room 2 are the full Jam Jah crew with Friendly Fire MC’s with guest DJ Christie and live visuals by Keir.

They’ve even been good enough to provide a running order for the night:

9 pm - Doors Open Free Cds for 1st 100 people / Free Kazoo’s for first 200 people
(Jam Jah & Friendly Fire Crew Kick off Room 2)
(Mr Elephant’s party games in Room 1?)
9.15 pm - Mask Decorating Tables open - (Decorate your mask ready for the midnight mask parade)
9.30 pm - Performers come out to play
10pm - Manic Organic start serving a range of organic food from around the world til 12am
Film Crew investigate your top tips
10.30 pm - Party Game - Hit The Pinyada in Room 1
11 pm - Mama Matrix Live on Stage - (Room 1)
12 am - Midnight Mask Parade led by Local Percussionists, and you on the kazzoo’s
12.15 am Prizes giving for best mask made/worn in Room 1
12.30 am Dj Marc Reck, Vj Chromatouch, Khalanghi Belly Dance & Drummond
1.30 am - Dj Steve Lopan & Drummond & Chromatouch
2.15 am - Back to Back 30th Mash Up
3 am Close (Anyone for an afterparty let us know

You can check out more a www.mrelephant.com.

It’s at the Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath starts at 9pm onto 3am. £4 before 10pm £5 after.

Coming Up On.....Saturday 26th April

Two Events at The Bulls Head

Indie Tunes_Electro Beats

Venue 1 The Hare and Hounds

Dirty Laundry presents Ratty Rat Rat, Indie Pop from London, plus their clubnight.
Fresh new indie, modern electro and a few classics (check out the list on their myspace) - it all starts at 9pm and is £3 in b4 11pm.

Electro Tinged Indie_Electro Artists

Venue 2 The Hare and Hounds




Mosco:Disco with DJ’s Lucie, Jack Slack & Andreas

Mosco Disco was created by Leanne, Lucie & Chloe in August 2003. Leanne liked messing around with vintage clothing and cut+paste, Lucie liked tinkering with vinyl and Chloe enjoyed baking and random bouts of unconsciousness. So we celebrated our little trio by launching a web-site and decorating the bond-cave (Red bar & lounge) with vintage clothing and cakes, calling it MOSCO DISCO PIPPADEE PARTY. Since then we have borrowed the creative talents of various Birmingham DJs - Scott Bleepz (Panic), Adam Shelton (below), TAK!, Matt Ridding (remake/remodel), Ross T (below), Jack Slack (Slackers Delight, Ping Pong Club), Ollie (Not Cricket) Satori, Kat, Guy Carlos, Dom, Chris. We also borrowed the pen-man ship of mosco people and Birmingham graffiti-artists to create papier-mache shoes. Regular guests are Leannes pop-up-cut-outs, and ceramic cats have been known to grace our decks. Michael Valentine-west (AKA Twiggy) played live for us at the Rainbow and we took over the Kitchen in the Custard Factory for New Years Eve 2005, showing films and shorts in the Theatre. Mosco is now a regular at the Bulls Head in Moseley with resident DJ Lucie and we plan to do some one-off parties, more art-related stuff and will launch a new web-site soon. We LIKE TO PaRTY, LIsTEN TO ELeCTrO, 80s & SYNtH PoP, BOrrOW ThINGs, EATCAKES, PAPIeR-MACHe, cuT-OUtS

You're likely to hear the sounds of... hot chip. roxy music. depeche mode. DEVO. black ghosts. chikinki. inner city. whitey. alex kid. s.m.d. italo disco. crystal castles. the gossip. donner summer. metro area. altern8. klaxons. human league. !!!. m.i.a. michael jackson. uffie. green velvet. peaches. madonna. n.y.p.c. daft punk.

Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath. 9pm-2am

Coming Up On.....Wednesday 16th April
Electronica



Capsule present MERZBOW with the DIRTY ELECTRONICS ENSEMBLE and ALIENIST (Nic Bullen solo project)

Merzbow is joining forces with the twenty-five piece strong Dirty Electronics Ensemble led by noise doctor John Richards to perform a specially commissioned piece for the DIY instrument the Sudofuzz (aka Merztin). The Sudofuzz is a collision of oscillators, feedback networks and distortion housed in a junk tin can with grip bolts and electrode-controllers. Collective noise creation on a mass scale.

Takes place at the Hare and Hounds and is £10 advanced.

Coming Up On.....Saturday 19th April

Two events at the Hare and Hounds_Kings Heath

Acid House_Punk

In Venue 1 Pez are holding a fundraiser for Perry Stokes the son of Mike Stokes. (Bentley Ryhem Ace) Perry has a rare kind of child hood cancer and different events are be organised to raise money.

On the bill are Unique 3 (UK Acid House Pioneers), Havana Go Go (New York Punk) & Jim the Grin.

Psychedelic

Psych Prog, Space Rock, Ye-Ye Euro Beat, Folk, Funk and Jazz

In venue 2 B-Music is an independent collective of DJs, musicians and music lovers dedicated to the obsessive and painstaking pursual of obscure, obsolete, exquisitely obnoxious, unbelievable, underexposed and undeniably delectable discs of experimental pop music from the psyched-out sixties and seventies.Centred around the Mancunian eponymous travelling club and bar night - hosted by Andy Votel (Twisted Nerve) and Dominic Thomas - and along with twin record labels Finders Keepers and Delay 68, B-Music represents a passionate, un-blinkered approach to the culmination of way-out sounds encompassing all elements of off-kilter counter-culture: Psych Prog Space Rock Ye-Ye Euro Beat Folk Funk Jazz and Whacked Out Movie Musak, as well as cherry pickings of bugged-out cinema, design and literature in token doses.

B-Music Presents DJs ANDY VOTEL / CHRIS GEDDES (BELLE AND SEBASTIAN) / RICH HERO / WOLF PEOPLE DJS It’s at the Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath. Doors at 7.30pm til late. £5 in.

Coming Up On.....Saturday 12th April

Drums + Guitar + Noise



Capsule present:

'Chris Corsano - a kinetic DIY drummer [one of the world's most exciting -
currently BJORKS' drummer] - uses this project to inject some punk tabla-type
rolls into being while Mike Flower - an incendiary guitar player - also plays
the "shaahi baaja" or "japan banjo" from India in an amazing solo style and
transcendent manner. As a powerful and loud guitar/drum duo, Lightning Bolt
comparisons come cheap, but the Flower-Corsano Duo are something else; more like
a punk-jazz-trash Konono No1, they have that special power to elevate through
noise, rhythm and special harmonies. This is an experience the audience wants to
have, an exhilarating sight/sound that shudders the body and cleanses the
mind.Michael Flower is best known as a member of Leed's Vibracathedral
Orchestra, a lynchpin of the improvising rock/noise/drone world. He has also
played with legendary artists such as Tony Conrad and Jandek as well as in
projects such as the trio with Matthew Bower + C. Spencer Yeh.Vibracathedral's
close relationship with Sunburned Hand Of The Man has meant MF has toured with
them across the USA and Europe, both as a member and solo.'
(Taken from Capsule.org.uk)

It's at the Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath, 8pm start & £7 in.

Coming Up On.....Saturday 29th March

Indie Tunes_Electro Beats



Dirty Laundry at The Hare and Hounds in Kings Heath is Birmingham's newest monthly Indie night.

Fresh new indie, modern electro and a few classics (check out the list on their myspace) - it all starts at 9pm and is £3 in b4 11pm.

Coming Up On.....Saturday 22nd March

Sam Redmore plays Funk Hip-Hop and House at the Hare and Hounds, Kings Heath this Saturday. There's a good 4 part mix on his myspace - check it out!

Address:
Hare and Hounds,
Kings Heath,
Birmingham,
B14 7JZ

Coming Up On.....Thursday 27th March

I've often been a fan of the kind of artists Capsule get to play in Birmingham. It's always seemed to cater for my need to hear music that sometimes can be dark, noisy and punishing, to other times when it can be beautifully made and melodic - regardless, both often remark a certain high quality that is the footprint of Capsule nights.

Thursdays gig at the Hare and Hounds is on the more melodic side of things and features Efterlang and Our Broken Garden. Its £10 in.

For more info and to here music just click on artist and promoter names for links to their websites.

Address:
Hare and Hounds,
High Street,
Kings Heath,
Birmingham