Six Dinner Sid
Well, I caught four of the six bands, – unlike the character in the book I named this piece after – close enough on this Saturday night, where I found myself in deepest, darkest Digbeth, the famous Arts quarter in...
Author: Azra Pathan
Interview: Amongst Liars
Five Without An Alibi Marching up from the south coast with ginger beer and picnic blankets we have our very own Infamous Five, well three this evening, but Ross and Adam were with us in spirit. Amongst Liars are one...
Finger Lickin’ Good
Happy New Year my friends, well we made it out of 2024, ruptured and ravaged by the year’s menace and mayhem, and I’d like to celebrate this new start with my friend Mike Milan Dedic. I’m a little late with...
Eve
Curb your enthusiasm on Christmas EveGotta check my ammunition, I’ll take my leaveThrough the silenceThrough the violenceYou’ll hear my roarAll the time asking what the red button’s for.Smiling, shiningNight sky illuminationIt’s the wrong place, wrong ...
Caravan Of Love
‘You will not remember where my body can be found’ On Friday 20th December Guy B packed away his headphones and locked the door on his caravan, to close a chapter on what has been a magnificent run of shows...
Castles In The Air
Flesh Creep ‘You gotta hold onto your dreams, because once in a while they come true’ The words of Birmingham legend Ozzy Osbourne rang true on the night of 19th December as we descended on the renowned establishment The Castle...
Reign On Me
Toranaga UK ‘Roar of the greasepaint, smell of the crowd’ When I were a tiddler, I came across the name Acid Reign in my old Kerrang and Metal Hammer magazines. I used to see interviews with Thrash/ Death metal bands...
The Thrasher Games
Thrashead So, the evenings runners and riders were looking pretty sharp and in shape as the fans descended on The Rainbow for what would be an historic occasion. Before I start just an honorary mention for local legends Blue Nation...
Come Up For Air
First off, apologies I’m late with this piece, been busy with gigs and work, so I waltzed up to The Night Owl, a cheeky little venue, on Lower Trinity Street, known for its vast array of haunts, in the heart...
Nurse, Scalpel Please!
We march onwards for next up tonight we have the mighty Sylosis, my second time seeing them and they had those blinding lights again, bloody annoying. Sylosis have not been on my radar that much, not in a bad way,...