Coming Up ..... Friday 24th October
Electro_Indie_Club

Hott Date returns with Brodinski + DJ’s

Venue: Rainbow Warehouse (The Garden), Digbeth, B12 0LD
Time: 9pm
Cost: £6 / £5 NUS
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/hott_date
http://www.myspace.com/chicksdigjerks
http://www.myspace.com/ilovebangbang

Coming Up ..... Friday 24th October
Punk_Ska_Oi!_Reggae

Every month DJ SMIJ will be playing Punk (everything from OI to Pop), Ska, Rockabilly/Psychobilly, Reggae and if your bloody lucky some hip hop. Most importantly, they like to play small and local bands. And if you want anything played, bring some CDs along.

Venue: Scruffy Murphys, Dale End, City Centre
Time: 8pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/punk_skabrum

Coming Up ..... Friday 24th October
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Capsule present Oxes + Beestung Lips + Bilge Pump

The OXES are back, and in grand style. After spending time apart getting married in Italy, delivering pizzas, worshipping football great Ray Lewis, and perfecting the art of the "claw" the OXES have returned to put their finest tunes to date on tape in THREE years!
Recorded by the OXES in their way fab home studio in the outskirts of Baltimore, the OXES EP is a maddening chunk of rock'n'roll, containing signature OXES' stadium riffage, drum spills and fills, and sense of humor.
But, this release is a turning point in the OXES songwriting as they dabble in more straight forward rock numbers, and more, well mental rock numbers. Playing with time signatures, guitar leads/solos, off kilter rhythms, and even remixing a song, the OXES have taken a step into a slightly new direction.

Venue: The Hare and Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath, B14 7JZ
Time: 8pm
Cost: £7
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/capsule_girls
http://www.myspace.com/oxxes
http://www.capsule.org.uk/event/oxes-beestung-lips-bilge-pump

Coming Up ..... Friday 1st August
Indie_Rock_Acoustic



The Go Club with Rock and Rose Promotions presents Golf Sale + The Love Jones + The Low Orders

The Love Jones:
From the birthplace of rock n roll & centre of the universe - Wolverhampton, come five men of no fixed hairstyle who offer something a bit different to the current crop of miserable new wave revivalist arseheads doing the rounds at the moment...

Drawing from literally quite a few influences, The Love Jones create their own type of power pop touching on everything from bittersweet ballads about orange girlfriends, to claustrophobic introspective kazoofests, to exciting all out twin guitar solo battles - and all in the time it might take you to fold up some washing and make a cup of tea.

The band figured heavily on Channel 4’s 2007 4music website relaunch, appearing on radio and television ads nationally, and secured plenty of remix work as a result - most notably for Seb Fontaine’s “Reflekt”.

The first album was received well by critics and the public at large and the second album is coming along very nicely too thankyou very much. Despite the thrill of listening to The Love Jones in a tamed recorded setting, the real joy comes from spotting this band in the wild, stalking gently so as not to startle them in their natural environment - wowing audiences at pubs, clubs and dedicated music venues across the Midlands. Even festival crowds who only turned up by mistake as slightly lost, confused & bumbling ale tent seekers leave as trusty LJ's devotees

The Low Orders:
STOOD WATCHING THE ENEMY AT THE BARFLY LATES SUMMER 2007 CHRIS LANG AND ANDREW HEATH WERE DISCUSSING BAND NAMES, LANGY TURNS TO HEATHY AND SHOUTS OVER THE ROARING CROWN "I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE LOW ORDERS WOULD BE A GOOD NAME FOR A BAND" AND THERE IT WAS DECIDED AND THE ORDERS WERE BORN.

LATER THAT YEAR MATHEW FRANCIS WILLIAM PRINCE CAME TO WATCH HIS MATES JOHNNY HOLYMAN AND HEATHY RUNNING THROUGH SOME SONGS THAT HAD FALLEN OUT OF HEATHYS GUITAR. HE WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE TUNES THEY WERE PLAYIN AND THE SOUND THE TWO HAD FORMED OVER A FEW YEARS OF JAMMIN, CHATTIN OUTSIDE WITH HEATHY HE REALISED THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE WAY HE COULD SEE IT GOIN AND THE BELIEF IN THE ORDERS WAS STRONG, MATTY GOT A BASS AND FOR 3 WEEKS EVERY DAY THE TWO MET UP TO GO THROUGH THE SONGS AND FORMED THE NOW BACKBONE OF THE ORDERS. A OPEN MIC NIGHT IN CANNOCK ROCK CAFE BY HEATHY SAW A FIRST GIG OFFERED BY WIDE AWAKE PROMOTIONS TO THE ORDERS WHICH THEY SNAPPED UP WITH ONLY 4 WEEKS TO GET A BAND AND SET TOGETHER.

TIME SPENT BY THE THREE FOR THE FIRST 2 WEEKS WAS MINIMAL DUE TO THE DRUMMERS WORK LOAD AND IT WAS LOOKING LIKE HEATHY WOULD BE STANDING THERE ALONE. FRUSTRATION WAS MOUNTING IN THE ORDERS CAMP AND A CALL TO MATTYS YOUNGER COUSIN THE AZZ WAS MADE WHO WAS PLAYIN IN A GREB BAND CALLED PALE IN STAFFORD. A CALL TO THE FIRST TEAM CAPTAIN OF ARMITAGE CRICKET CLUB WAS MADE AND THE ORDERS MET UP FOR A NOCK ONE COLD SATURDAY IN NOVEMBER. THE DRUM SKILLS OF THE AZZ WERE APPARENT AS SONGS LIKE FOREVER YOUNG, DRINKING BY MY SELF AND YOUR MARDY WIFE BLEW THEM ALL AWAY. THE GIG WAS BACK ON AND A SET OF 7 TUNES WAS THROWN TOGETHER FOR FRIDAY THE 28TH OF NOVEMBER.

THE GIG WENT TO PLAN AND THE CROWN WERE IN AW OF THIS BRAND NEW 3 PIECE FROM RUGELEY AND TAGE. THE ORDERS KEPT ON ROLLING AND GIGIGING WHERE EVER POSSABLE SUPPORTING LISTEN TO JOHNNY TO A CROWD OF THE LADS CHRISTMAS EVE IN THE ROCK CAFE LICHFIELD WITH A SET 13 STRONG.THE FOLLOW UP GIG AT THE CANNOCK ROCK CAFE ON THE 28TH OF DECEMBER WITH A CUT DOWN SET OF 8, A CLEAR IMPROVEMENT WAS SEEN AND THERE FIRST HEADLINE GIG WAS OFFERED THAT NIGHT FOR THE 25TH OF JAN 2008, 1 MONTH FROM THERE FIRST.THE ORDERS PACKED THE PLACE OUT WITH FAMILY FRIENDS AND A GROWING FAN BASE AND NAILED IT CLEAN KNOWING THATS WHERE THEY BELONGED.

THERE FIRST RECORDING WAS BOOKED IN THE LIVE ROOMS OF UNIVIBE STUDIOS WALSALL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING THE 2ND OF FEB 2008 AND 18 SONGS WERE PUT DOWN AS A LIVE DEMO TO USE AS A REFERENCE TO THE SOUND THE ORDERS WERE GETTING A REPUTATION FOR........

Venue: The Old Wharf, Oxford Street, Digbeth, B5 5NR
Time: 8pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/thegoclubmusic
http://www.myspace.com/golfsaleband
http://www.myspace.com/thelovejonesband
http://www.myspace.com/theloworders

Coming Up ..... Friday 1st August
Punk_Ska_Reggae_Oi!_2tone



Back in 2005/6 DJ Adam started off ‘Punk & Ska @ the Gallows’(John Bright St, Birmingham) as a weekly night playing the best in ska, punk and reggae. DJ Adam, shared the decks with the impecciably mannered DJ SMIJ . Together they took over Wednesday nights and soon began putting on shows featuring bands such as Mouthguard, Drongos For Europe, Self inflicted, The Cunts, Vigilante, Kamikaze Sperm, Jessi Eastfield to name but a few.However, in November 2006, something inexplicably terrible happened. Edwards No 8/Gallows fell victim to an arsonist attack rendering the night obsolete.
Things lay dormant until May 2007 when Mark Detrimental (pushed on by the brainpower that is the lovely Mel aka Miss Siren) decided to do what hadn't been done before - restart the night!
Starting at the end of Summer 2007, the new night – ‘PUNK & SKA AT SCRUFFYS’ is now held downstairs at Scruffy Murphys every month.

DJ SMIJ will be playing Punk (everything from OI to Pop), Ska, Rockabilly/Psychobilly, Reggae and if your bloody lucky some hip hop. They also like to play small and local bands. And if you want anything played, bring your CDs along.

Venue: Scruffy Murphys, Dale End, City Centre
Time: 8pm (approx)
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/punk_skabrum

Coming Up ..... Friday 1st August
Rock_Indie_Punk_ALternative



Humbucker presents Friday Night Live – Reluctant Hereos + Underclass + Burning Thirteen

Venue: The Sound Bar, Corporation Street, B4 6SE (Nxt 2 Childrens Hospital)
Time: Doors 8.15pm – bar to 2am
Cost: £3
Links:
www.myspace.com/theiconspresentsoundbar
www.myspace.com/underclass1
www.myspace.com/reluctantheroes
www.myspace.com/burningxiii

Coming Up ..... Thursday 26th June
Retro_1920’s-1960’s_Beats

Sugarfoot Stomp + Party Peoples party

The Sugarfoot Stomp night is now into it's 4th year. DJ's Doris, Daisy, Deloros, Delphi, Dorothy and Dakota (that's alot of D's - I'm suspicious) run the monthly night at the Bulls Head in Moseley.

The music is from the 1920's to the 1960's and you'll hear artists like Patsy Cline, Benny Goodman, Billie Holiday, Elvis, Bessie Smith, Doris Day, Duke Ellington, Ray Charles, Joe Turner, The Ronettes, Slim and Slam, Wynonie Harris, , Ken Snakehipps Johnson, Buddy Holly, The Dominoes, Fats Waller, Ella Fitzgerald, Sandie Shaw, Nina Simone, Johnny Cash, Louis Jordan.

Hip Hop_Funk_Reggae

Also in the venue is Party Peoples Party with Munchbreaks Feva and Mister Muz.

Feva is a dj, mc and beatmaker from Birmingham UK. He has been djing for over 10 years but as more and more wackness has infested hiphop he has been forced to step it up and start representing first on the mic and now increasingly with beats as well. He has respect for all mcs who spit from the heart and with the same voice they talk with, all producers who are doing something different and all scratch djs who are not just cut copy cats. Feva lives in Birmingham. He teaches aspiring young criminals how to become aspiring young djs. He drives a leaky squeaky golf. He does not eat pork, beef or tomatoes (unless chopped or pureed). He listens to white people’s music too. He has a sebaceous cist on his head that he is waiting to have removed so that he can shave his hair more easily. He likes sunsets (everyone does). His daughter claims his favourite colour is yellow but it is actually dark blue.

Venue: Bulls Head, 23 St Mary Row, Moseley
Time: 8pm
Cost: £1.50 (Sugarfoot Stomp) FREE bar downstairs
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/thesugarfootstomp
http://www.myspace.com/thepartypeoplesparty
http://www.myspace.com/munchbreak

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Coming Up ..... Thursday 26th June
Punk_Ska

Back in 2005/6 DJ Adam started off ‘Punk & Ska @ the Gallows’(John Bright St, Birmingham) as a weekly night playing the best in ska, punk and reggae. DJ Adam, shared the decks with the impeccably mannered DJ SMIJ . Together they took over Wednesday nights and soon began putting on shows featuring bands such as Mouthguard, Drongos For Europe, Self inflicted, The Cunts, Vigilante, Kamikaze Sperm, Jessi Eastfield to name but a few. However, in November 2006, something inexplicably terrible happened. Edwards No 8/Gallows fell victim to an arsonist attack rendering the night obsolete.
Things lay dormant until May 2007 when Mark Detrimental (pushed on by the brainpower that is the lovely Mel aka Miss Siren) decided to do what hadn't been done before - restart the night!
Starting at the end of Summer 2007, the new night – ‘PUNK & SKA AT SCRUFFYS’ is now held downstairs at Scruffy Murphys every month.

DJ SMIJ will be playing Punk (everything from OI to Pop), Ska, Rockabilly/Psychobilly, Reggae and if you’re bloody lucky some hip hop. They also like to play small and local bands. And if you want anything played, bring your CDs along.

Venue: Scruffy Murphy’s, Dale End, City Centre
Time: 8pm (approx)
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/punk_skabrum

Coming Up .....Friday 30th May
Soul_Punk_DJ’s

Kasanova presents Vic Goddard and the Subway sect + The Leaking Machine + Soul Punk DJ’s

Venue: The Hare and Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath
Time: 9pm til late
Cost: £7 adv

Coming Up .....Friday 30th May
Punk_Ska




Back in 2005/6 DJ Adam started off ‘Punk & Ska @ the Gallows’(John Bright St, Birmingham) as a weekly night playing the best in ska, punk and reggae. DJ Adam, shared the decks with the impecciably mannered DJ SMIJ . Together they took over Wednesday nights and soon began putting on shows featuring bands such as Mouthguard, Drongos For Europe, Self inflicted, The Cunts, Vigilante, Kamikaze Sperm, Jessi Eastfield to name but a few.However, in November 2006, something inexplicably terrible happened. Edwards No 8/Gallows fell victim to an arsonist attack rendering the night obsolete.
Things lay dormant until May 2007 when Mark Detrimental (pushed on by the brainpower that is the lovely Mel aka Miss Siren) decided to do what hadn't been done before - restart the night!
Starting at the end of Summer 2007, the new night – ‘PUNK & SKA AT SCRUFFYS’ is now held downstairs at Scruffy Murphys every month.

DJ SMIJ will be playing Punk (everything from OI to Pop), Ska, Rockabilly/Psychobilly, Reggae and if your bloody lucky some hip hop. They also like to play small and local bands. And if you want anything played, bring your CDs along.

Venue: Scruffy Murphys, Dale End, City Centre
Time: 8pm (approx)
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/punk_skabrum


Coming Up .....Friday 30th May
Burlesque_Lounge_Rock n Roll




Fey Tish invites you to join her in an evening of merriment and madness, where Burlesque rocks with girls with red locks.

Red Rocks is Birmingham’s only all red headed burlesque night. The night will debut at Island Bar (next to the Alexandra Theatre, on the other side of the road to the Mailbox) with a superb line up of all red headed burlesque performers that will captivate you throughout the course of the evening with a wide variety of burlesque styles.

There is no strict dress code for the night, but it is recommended that an effort is made.

The music for the evening will progress from Lounge, Swing and Jazz, through to Bif Band, Rock and Roll and more modern music with a rock vibe.

Venue: Island Bar, next to the Alexandra Theatre, Smallbrook, Queensway
Cost: Tickets/Entry £7

Tickets are available now at Vanity Hair, Level 5, Oasis Market, Birmingham or if you are unable to make it to the salon drop me a message and the can be bought via paypal. All ticket holders will be entered into a prize draw for a special treat at Vanity Hair. Ticket holders will also receive special goodies as an aditional bonus!

Non-tickets holders can pay on the door but you will not have entry into the prize draw.
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/feytishpresents