Hey You!
‘The news is a lie’ Words you don’t want to hear when we have, for generations, settled down in front of the television and absorbed every item on the six o’clock menu. Now it is everywhere and available at every...
Author: Azra Pathan
Pijn For Me Birmingham!
I am so very sorry to you all, the bands especially for the delay in publishing this piece, life threw me a curveball that was unexpected.It’s my second time seeing Death Goals, first was at Supersonic earlier this year and...
Colour Me Conjured.
Again, I apologise profusely for the delay here, life just likes to mess with us all sometimes. For me, Conjurer bring us a musical tear and share menu, all the artists here represent care and kindness, they bring love and...
Death On The Birmingham Nile
And why not? We are surrounded by water, we have a glorious array of Death Metal waiting to be chivvied on stage, we are blessed. In fact, I’d say we are blessed to death. From behind God’s muzzle, we hear...
Rhapsody In Violet
‘We wrote these songs when we were 17 and very angry’ And a few years later, maybe a little less angry, three ladies gathered in the ever so sweet and cosy Rock & Roll BrewHouse to play a few tunes...
A Storm In A Coffee Cup
‘They built skyscrapers where we used to play’ I just wanna scream, I am so utterly fed up and dispirited with this industry at times, but it is the music, the artistry that keeps me going.My friends 50 Year Storm...
Daydream Believer
‘Grip your heart, shine always, write your tale, free’ Psychonaut: someone who intentionally uses mind altering methods to explore and investigate the human psyche. They hope to attain spiritual growth, embark on a journey of self-discovery and understand ...
The Conjuring – Part Three
‘As you rip the aid from their hands, because no coin ever crossed your palm’ The night before last I was banished to the naughty step, it is from these barren lands that I write this. My crime is one...
Breaking Bands (and Ubers) Part Two
I was availed a brief chat backstage with Rooted, and where other writers would be ready to pounce, we gleefully exchanged tales of Ubers losing their minds, nepotism, out of control moshpits and comparing our war wounds. We cynically agreed...
Breaking Bands (and Ubers – almost)
Breaking Bands (and Ubers – almost) They say that when the team works then the dream works and it perfectly describes the night of Friday 3rd October when Birmingham’s premiere promotions agency, The Catapult Club joined forces with local legend,...