Coming Up ..... Wednesday 15th October
Indie_New Wave_Alt._Rock

This is Tomorrow present Yelps! + The Scarlet Harlots + The Traps

Venue: The Yardbird, Paradise Place, City Centre
Time: 8pm
Cost: £3
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/thisistomorrowuk
http://www.myspace.com/yelps
http://www.myspace.com/thescarletharlots
http://www.myspace.com/thetrapsofficial

Coming Up ..... Wednesday 15th October
Post/Math Rock_Noise Rock

It’s Just Noise presents Lite + 54-71 + Calvados

LITE (Japan, Transduction Records)
mind-bending post/math-rock instrumentalists return to the UK in support of new album 'Phantasia'. expect an emotional polyrhythmic jazz-rock guitar assault of epic proportions
Listen: www.myspace.com/liteband

54-71 (Japan, Transduction Records)
heralded as one of the most groundbreaking bands to ever come out of Japan, 54-71 blend distinctively stoic yet juicy beats, w/ hip hop, soul, funk, noise rock & intense blasts of rapping, which flip between thrilling tension & sly humour. recently produced by Steve Albini & toured with the likes of Battles & Deerhoof
Listen: www.myspace.com/fiftyfourseventyone

CALVADOS (UK)
Birmingham's finest purveyors of math rock mastery treat us to a very rare live performance
www.myspace.com/calvadosbeamtrio

Venue: The Factory Club, Gibb St, Digbeth, B9 4AA
Time: 8pm
Cost: £6 adv
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/itsjustnoise
www.myspace.com/liteband
www.myspace.com/fiftyfourseventyone
www.myspace.com/calvadosbeamtrio

Coming Up ..... Wednesday 15th October
Acoustic_Folk Rock_Folk

The Secret Music Club runs every Wednesday night at Nicole's, 18 Hall St, Hockley, Birmingham. B18 6BS (about midway between St Paul's Square and the Chamberlain Clock).It includes one or two featured acts each week, together with an open mic session which begins around 8.30pm. So: Bring instruments, voices, songs, poems...etc. Free pint for any performers

This week Elliot Hall + Open Mic

Elliot Hall:
if someone else will blow your trumpet for you the lease you can do is mic it up so here's a few things people have said.
"remember the first time you heard Tom Waits and you thought no bloody way? It's like that with Elliot Hall. All is shot through with a rare honesty. he is heroic and compelling" venue magazine
'A rough, gruff and tumble voice that pulls away at lyrics this good is the kind of daydream we need in England to reignite a spark for credible new songwriters' alex lee thompson, music journalist

Venue: Nicoles, 18 Hall Street, Hockley, B18 6BS
Time: 8pm
Cost: £FREE ENTRY
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/secretmusicclub
http://www.myspace.com/elliothallmusic

Coming Up ..... Wednesday 3rd September
Acoustic_Eclectic_Open Mic

The Secret Music Club runs every Wednesday night at Nicole's, 18 Hall St, Hockley, Birmingham. B18 6BS (about midway between St Paul's Square and the Chamberlain Clock).It includes one or two featured acts each week, together with an open mic session which begins around 8.30pm. So: Bring instruments, voices, songs, poems...etc. Free pint for any performers

This week Mike Falzon + Open Mic

Venue: Nicoles, 18 Hall Street, Hockley, B18 6BS
Time: 8pm
Cost: FREE ENTRY
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/secretmusicclub

Coming Up ..... Thursday 4th September
Indie_Punk_Pop Experimental_Alt

The Catapult Club presents Gay Gay Gay Gay Gay Gay Not Gay + The Mallory Heart + The Manhattan Project + Hoodoo Fifties

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 in return, the Mallory ranks were recruited into an awe inspiring joint venture with Miss Halliwell. One or the other coming to a venue near you soon.

The Mallory Heart bring you a mixture of grunge and lo fi punk with a feminine, intellectual twist.

The Manhattan Project:

Potent four piece formed in Leicester at the tail end of 2004. They have channelled their influences and fervent passion for noise into a powerful and intense rock n roll stew. Blistering live shows in the city have garnered them the reputation of a band to watch...

Support slots with the likes of Arctic Monkeys and The Enemy amongst others have whetted their appetite. Now, with new material and an unshakeable sense of self belief they are ready to undertake the next stage of their manifesto. To realise that potential and unleash the glorious, visceral beast within them and join the lineage of truly great bands…

Hoodoo Fifties:

Who the hell are Hoodoo Fifties I hear you scream! Well they are a brand new band formed from the ashes of faded dreams, a collaboration in admiration and a fantasists wet dream. Put simply they are an Indie Band, cobbled together by overtly sexual beasts of the night, playing their stringed tools with skill and passion. Their songs neatly crafted through bizarre rhetoric and keen observation, produced by a wizard to create a tasty Indie Pop soup as catchy as a knobbled stick.

Sounds too good to be true I know, but such dreamy pleasures do await you upon introduction to this group of cunning songsmiths. The world has seen so many breakthrough acts, but in such a world does the Indie Pop band ever fade? I think not, and here we see a band shining brightly, filling the lives of those involved with love and heartfelt genius.

Venue: The Hare and Hounds, High Street, Kings Heath
Time: 8pm
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/thecatapultclub
http://www.myspace.com/gaygaynotgay
http://www.myspace.com/themalloryheart
http://www.myspace.com/themanhattanprojectuk
http://www.myspace.com/hoodoofifties

Coming Up ..... Wednesday 20th August
Funk_Reggae_Soul

The Secret Music Club present Little Game + open mic session at their mid-week, weekly night. As always if you’re interested in the open mic session please bring along instruments, songs and poems.

Venue: Nicole’s, 18 Hall Street, Hockley, B18 6BS
Time: from 8.30pm
Cost: £FREE
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/secretmusicclub
http://www.myspace.com/littlegamemusic