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The Archives for Wednesday 23 June 2010

Francesqa – Birmingham Academy

Francesqa Birmingham Academy 3 20th June 2010 Local (ish) boys From The Get Go opened the show and whilst I have to give them credit for being full of energy their set wasn’t anything out of the ordinary, just your average pop

Saturday 01 May 2010

The Swellers – Birmingham Academy

Give It A Name Introduces 2010 Birmingham Academy 2, 27th April 2010 The Dangerous Summer opened to a practically empty venue, which unfortunately was the case for most of the night. Unsurprisingly the band seemed nervous and although their songs sounded sincere they didn’t have that edge to

Saturday 10 April 2010

The Broadcast – Birmingham Academy

The Broadcast. Birmingham Academy 3, April 7th 2010 I have two words about the first act Octane Ok and those words are auto-tune. As much as I hope they weren’t using it I have it on good authority that they were, and from where

Wednesday 31 March 2010

Motion City Soundtrack – Birmingham Academy

Motion City Soundtrack. Birmingham Academy 2, 28.03.10 I’m not sure it’s even worth talking about the opening acts for MCS tonight. Neither Jenny Owen Youngs or Free Energy did much to warm up the crowd. Neither said much, you couldn’t hear the vocals and they

Saturday 27 March 2010

Zebrahead – Birmingham Academy

Zebrahead. Birmingham Academy 2. 23 March 2010 There was a clear divide at the gig tonight, young people at the front, older people at the back, as much as this is normally the case it was really evident at this gig. Orange were up

Thursday 11 March 2010

A Loss For Words – Birmingham Academy

A Loss for Words. Sound Bar, Birmingham. 8th March 2010. I hope you’re sitting comfortably, this could be a long one. What I thought was a 3 band line up turned out to be 5. There may have even been 6 bands, as when I

Sunday 14 February 2010

Twin Atlantic – Birmingham Academy

was really looking forward to tonight’s all British line up especially having seen and enjoyed all of the bands before. First up were Kyoto Drive who although playing a hometown show didn’t seem to have much support in the audience. The first thing

Friday 22 January 2010

Breathe Carolina – Birmingham Academy

Breathe Carolina Birmingham Academy 3. 20 January 2010 Lights and Sounds are up first and they’re the sort of band I love – they feel like summer and make you smile from ear to ear. The venue was almost full by the time these guys

Thursday 17 December 2009

Your Demise – Birmingham Academy

Santa Slaughter Tour – Eddies Friday 16th December 2009 Eddies is the new home to the former Edwards Number 8 Club which before being destroyed by fire, was once a haven for all brummies seeking something a little less mainstream and an alternative to the Academy. After trying

Friday 27 November 2009

We Are The Ocean – Birmingham Academy

All Forgotten opened the show and I’m afraid to say they weren’t really memorable. There was a lot of running around the stage and grungy screaming vocals over heavy bass. There was even a faceless guitarist, who was bent in such a position that his