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...
Category: Live Reviews
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...
A Festive Spectacle: for KING + COUNTRY’s Spellbinding UK Debut at Indigo at The O2, London
It’s mid-december, exactly 12 days until Christmas Eve – and I couldn’t be more in the festive spirit. This is all thanks to for KING + COUNTRY, who made a spellbinding UK live debut at the Indigo at O2 in...
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,...
The Hour Of Our Lord
I arrived at the venue tonight, not knowing the kick off times and much to my disappointment, Heriot had already settled in nicely. In my defence I was going by the times for the previous night, and didn’t have time...
Earth To Az, Are You Receiving?
After a belter of an instore at HMV Vault recently, I was here tonight to witness a spectacle unlike any other. My friend Rick, who travelled from Dorset to Bristol to see the show and is a veteran on the...
Black As Cole
With those massive wagon wheels rolling into Birmingham, we get a couple of ruffians along for the ride. The job of opening the evening was handed to Cam Cole, a new name to me but scratch the surface and he...