This last week has been a veritable musical adventure - from installation to emo via ebm and noize. Oh yes - and some snuffling - but that's not very musical at all.

Neither kantti or I knew quite what to expect from the Laibach premiere/exhibition last Friday. but we set off with an open mind and vague incredulity that such a thing could happen in ( Read more... )

I just had a press release in the email that talked about "the bohemian Moseley Village in Birmingham". Perhaps they're talking about Birmingham, AL.

It's Thursday, so it's time for me to commit to memory what happened last weekend before I forget - or at least am imprisoned for possessing a collection of violent pr0n ( Read more... )

This is one of the last things I expected to see happen in Birmingham. Anyone interested ( Read more... )

I like to try and be a man of realistic expectations. Hence after hearing Apop's most recent album I wasn't expecting to particularly enjoy the gig or the music. Couple this with a pretty crappy venue and it would have been counted a victory on points if the ceiling hadn't fallen in or I hadn't got run over by a bus ( Read more... )

Earlier this week I had a jolly good time seeing Apoptygma Berzerk at Edwards in Birmingham, which actually nearly restored my faith in the place, even if it did make me wonder how terrible the attendance was considering the size of the city. A couple of weeks ago I had a rather poorer experience seeing Covenant plus friends who brought a less- ( Read more... )

When I was a student you could pretty much guarantee that ever weekend I'd be playing LRP linears; every day I'd be socialising at the university Student's Union and every evening I'd be eating junk food and chewing the fat with the same people. Eventually my LRP drifted into other places and my enthusiasm for badly written, badly costumed cross ( Read more... )

Include just having been into Birmingham to Edwards. Dear oh dear. Rather a waste of time with a complete lack of atmosphere and music to dance to.

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It's classic rawk hour on Kerrang - I only turned it on to catch up with what the kids are listening to these days and get subjected to Def Leppard and antique Chilli Peppers ( Read more... )