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Brum Notes Magazine: Issue 7, April 2010 Brum Notes Magazine The Moseley Exchange 149-153 Alcester Road Moseley Birmingham B13 8JP info@brumnotes.com To advertise contact: advertising@ brumnotes.com Editor: Sean O’Muir Contributors Words: Tom Pell, James Collins, Vyvian Raoul, Latti Bamisedun, Adam Smith, Rashad Gregory, Lauren Massey Pictures: Katja Ogrin, Jemma Dodd, Mark Allen, DRW Images Design: Ryan Killeen, Andy Aitken, Kris Jones All content © Brum Notes Magazine. Views expressed are those of the author, not necessarily Brum Notes Magazine.

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contents NEWS 4-6: Line-up for the Moseley Folk Festival revealed, plus details of MAC reopening.

FEATURES 6-7: Profile Our monthly series gets a closer look at experimental promoters Colour.

8: Sea Fields Wolverhampton indie popsters on their reinvention and hype.

9: Beardyman Dance music pioneer doesn’t talk beards, but does talk about mixing it up through Twitter.

10-11: The Temper Trap Australia’s latest stars on their whirlwind few months.

12-15: Peter Hook Legendary bassist and notso-legendary club owner shares his rock and roll memories.

16-18: 1 Day We go behind the scenes of the Birmingham gang film with two of its musical stars.

REVIEWS 20-22: Live Exclusive pictures and reviews of gigs including The xx, Vijay Kishore, The Courteeners, Four Tet and more.

FOOD & DRINK 23: Gin’ll fix it Go beyond the gin and tonic with some tasty recipes.

Plus, ever wondered where drinks get their names? No? Well, whether you have or you haven’t, enjoy this quick history lesson.

LISTINGS 26-30: Gig Guide Your comprehensive guide to gigs taking place across the region throughout the month ahead. Plus, make your decisions easier on where to spend your hard-earned cash with our top tips.

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news

FOLK FESTIVAL LINE-UP REVEALED Donovan, Turin Brakes and The Divine Comedy to top the bill in Moseley

The line-up has been revealed for the fifth annual Moseley Folk Festival.

The popular three-day event returns to the leafy surrounds of Moseley Park in September with a typically eclectic collection of established folk stars and exciting emerging talent, as well as some more leftfield choices.

Songwriting legend Donovan will headline the main stage on the Saturday night of the festival.

The original Hurdy Gurdy Man is expected to deliver a range of his top 40 hits as well as some surprises. He will be supported on the Saturday

by Americana cult stars The Low Anthem, Johnny Flynn, The High Llamas, Spider John Koerner, Alasdair Roberts and Lisa Knapp.

One of the more unique attractions will show off their skills on the Sunday, when the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain take to the stage. Supporting them on the main stage will be The Unthanks, John Renbourn, Martin Simpson, The Destroyers, Urban Folk Quartet and Bella Hardy.

The tradition of an eclectic folk-influenced Friday continues this year with double headliners The Divine Comedy and The Turin Brakes. Support on the main stage comes from local hero Fyfe Dangerfield, rising star Beth Jeans Houghton, Erland and the Carnival and Sparrow and the Workshop.

The festival takes place from September 3 to 5 in the hidden 11-acre park off Alcester Road in Mose-

HOME OF METAL

A new ‘digital archive’ has been launched to celebrate the West Midlands origins of heavy metal music. The Home of Metal project wants people to share their own passion for the genre at www.homeofmetal.com.

Turin brakes

ley, just two miles from the centre of Birmingham.

Drinks will once again be provided by Warwickshire brewers Purity Brewing Company, with local ales and imported lagers, while a range of international cuisine will also be on offer at various stalls.

A range of ticket options are available, including single day, two-day and three-day tickets. Adult day tickets cost £28 for the Friday or £37 for Saturday or Sunday, with two-day tickets £60 and £65 or £77 for a pass to cover all three days.

Tickets for 12 to 16-year-olds range from £12 to £35, with under-12s going free if accompanied by a paying adult.

Tickets are available from various outlets. For details of where to buy visit www.moseleyfolk.co.uk.

ASSEMBLY AWARD CREATE IN WOLVO The Assembly in Leamington Spa has been shortlisted for the Music Week Award for Best Venue, alongside four other venues around the country. The winner will be announced on April 15.

Fashion design social enterprise We Create has set up a new home in Wolverhampton. The shop and design studio is now open in Victoria Street in the city centre.

Visit www.wecreate.org.uk.

INSIDE EASTSIDE

A new digital and print guide to Birmingham’s creative heartland has now been launched. We Are Eastside showcases the various businesses and creative enterprises set up in the Eastside area of the city.

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RETURN OF THE MAC The landmark Midlands Arts Centre will open its doors again next month following a £15 million revamp.

The centre, better know as MAC, has been closed for two years to allow the refurbishment and rebuilding programme to go ahead, which it is hoped will provide a drastically improved facility for both artists and audiences.

It will reopen on May 1 with a packed weekend of activities and entertainment to celebrate its rebirth. Work includes

MAC’s first ever purpose-built gallery, a new visual arts education suite and a dedicated audio and visual media studio with the capacity for live transmission to any other space in the building.

All existing visual arts, crafts and performing arts

studios have also been fully refurbished.

The current theatre has been stripped out and seating replaced with retractable seating, while the new Foyle Studio is equipped with seating for up to 150 people.

Opening weekend

anniversary for the adam Digbeth boozer The Adam & Eve celebrates its 20th anniversary this month with a series of free gigs and one-off special shows.

The family run pub and music venue has been pulling in the crowds since April 1990 with a variety of music.

From its corner spot in Bradford Street, The Adam & Eve hosts live music most nights covering everything from punk to reggae to progressive dance nights.

Highlights of the anniversary month include a solo performance from Mark

SIGN OF THE TIMES City art gallery IKON is hosting the first European exhibition by acclaimed Canadian artist Ron Terada.

Running from March 31 to May 16, Who I

Morriss, better known as frontman from British indie stalwarts The Bluetones, taking to the stage on April 5 as part of the weekly acoustic night Broken Amp. On April 11, the pub stages its official 20th anniversary party with an all-dayer, featuring live music from The Elements, Ross Lydon and Hot Monocles, as well as DJs, break dancers, magicians and some tasty treats in the form of jerk chicken and anniversary punch.

Details at www.theadam.co.uk.

Think I Am will explore the underbelly of popular culture, dissecting the authoritative language of street signage, advertising and contemporary music before reassembling to produce subtly subversive messages. Terada, who

also designed IKON’s Las Vegas style entrance sign at the Oozells Square gallery, uses promotional material, instead of more conventional media, to circumnavigate the art world. Details on www.ikon-gallery.co.uk.

includes performances from singer Vijay Kishore and experimental band Misty’s Big Adventure, while United Colours of Dance will perform as part the Birmingham International Dance Festival.

Visit www.macarts.co.uk.

HOBBS AT THE HARE Groundbreaking Radio 1 DJ Mary Anne Hobbs will be in control of the decks at the Hare & Hounds in Kings Heath this month.

She headlines a club night from promoters Faux Real on April 9.

Tickers cost £6 early

bird or £8 in advance.

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profile

Exploring the people and places that make up Birmingham’s alternative underbelly.

This month, epic-obsessed gig promoters Colour.

Even if you’ve never been to a show put on by pioneering promoters Colour, the chances are you’ve seen their posters. The consistently eye-catching design is at the heart of the Colour aesthetic, with live shows showcasing leftfield musical talent alongside stunning visuals and unique backdrops. After just four years, the three-pronged team of Matthew and Katie Andrews and Rob Glover have quickly become established as one of the most unique promoting teams in the Midlands.

So, who are you and why should we care?

We are Colour, a live music organisation based in Birmingham.

We only book musicians we love, and organise carefully planned events that hopefully give people a memorable experience, something different to a normal gig.

We started out four years ago, DJing indie, electronica and folk for a small crowd of like-minded people in Wolverhampton, which grew into putting on the odd gig.

We didn’t really know what we were doing, but packing a venue full of people to see amazing independent artists a few times was addictive so eventually that became our focus, especially after moving to Birmingham where we’ve had a great reception so far.

What’s next on the agenda?

We’ve got a couple of amazing shows in April, the first being on the 15th, featuring a Swedish songwriter called Tula.

She’s relatively unknown but her songs are amazing, somewhere between Laura Marling and Elliott Smith.

She has a record coming out on Birmingham’s wonderful Static

Yula

Caravan label soon.

On the 29th we’ve managed to get three of our very favourite bands together, Epic45, July Skies and Avrocar, who all make amazing experimental and ambient music with a pop song sensibility, creating stunning, evocative soundscapes.

What have been the highlights for you so far?

Booking Willy Vlautin of Americana band Richmond Fontaine was awesome, we’ve loved his songs for a long time and it was special to see him do such an intimate show.

Plus, you couldn’t meet a nicer guy.

What has got you salivating with excitement over the coming months?

We are off to ATP festival curated

by Pavement in May. They’re one

of the bands we all love, so it’ll be great to see them play alongside such a broad range of exciting, unusual acts.

Also looking forward to new records by The National, Band of Horses and The Hold Steady - it’s shaping up to be a great year for music already.

Who are your inspirations?

We’re definitely inspired by people who’ve took a chance and done things off their own back that have really benefited Birmingham, like 7 Inch Cinema with Flatpack and Capsule with Supersonic and the Home of Metal project.

Further afield, we love how the organisers of End of the Road and Green Man put on fantastic weekend events that draw thousands of people but manage to keep that intimate, curated feel.

What are your hopes, dreams and fears?

In these uncertain times, where independent promoters seem to be suffering from the recession, we hope to be able to continue to draw crowds for our events and to build on the loyal crowd we have. We’re also working on a project entitled Cities Under Glass, which will see us move in a new, more conceptual direction, combining visual arts, music and moving image.

How important are the visuals and graphics for the overall feel of Colour nights?* Designing print and selecting visuals is one of the most enjoyable aspects to what we do. We always make sure they complement the music and try to keep them consistent so that people recognise our events immediately from the branding.

COLOUR WHAT: Live music promoters, focusing on indie, Americana and electronica.

WHERE: Various venues, most commonly The Victoria or Island Bar in Birmingham.

HIGHLIGHTS: Stunning posters and eye-catching visuals back up consistently strong line-ups.

DETAILS: Website and blog at ww.wearecolour.com

Epic45

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FIELDS OF DREAMS Wolverhampton’s epic indie popsters SEA FIELDS are riding on the crest of a wave of fresh hype, after changing their name and securing a high profile management deal from the team behind fellow Black Country songbird Scott Matthews. After being tipped by the likes of Steve Lamacq among others, could this be the year that Sea Fields really set sail for success? We catch up with frontman Kris Jones for a quickfire introduction to one of the Black Country’s brightest hopes.

Sea Fields play The Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton, on April 23.

So, first of all, how would you describe Sea Fields to someone who’s never heard of you?

Ahh…..this is always so tough…Erm...Bitter sweet, honest songs of woe.

The songs are all big on atmosphere and sonic soundscapes, is that difficult to recreate live?

No, not really. We have invested a lot of time recently into perfecting our live shows. It’s something we are pretty proud of.

There seems to be some 80s influence creeping in, but not in an obvious La Roux kind of way.

Who would you say are your main influences?

There is an influence, but I would say its more of an 80s guitar sound influence, we are all huge fans of that era but it doesn’t end there. We listen to everything from Japanese pop, Shoegaze, postrock to electronica.

You’ve recently undergone a name change, what was behind that? Did you change anything else about the band and your approach?

We decided to change the name to couple with our new direction, Kid Captain had been something we lived with for a long time it just felt the right time to try something different.

You’ve been getting a lot of support in Wolverhampton and I gather you’ve now got some representation. Are things starting to move

quickly for you?

We have always had a great amount of support from people in Wolverhampton, and yes we are currently working with a management team, who have had some great success with other artists.

I wouldn’t say “quickly” but things are definitely moving in the right direction now.

So, what’s next on the agenda? Any plans for releases soon?

Yes! By late summer we will have our first ever, official EP for sale! It’s very exciting times.

You must be looking forward to the Slade Rooms gig? Will the spirit of Noddy Holder be with you?

He’s always with us. We were lucky enough to meet him once, he gave us a few words of encouragement.

What’s been the highlight so far for you guys?

To be honest there isn’t just one. Playing live is always a highlight for us. Playing in front of 400 people who are there to see you is, well, pretty humbling.

And finally, why should we come and see you live?

We like to pride ourselves on our live performances, hopefully people will leave feeling they have experienced something pretty cool.

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WICKED WHISKERS From beatboxing to writing symphonies, remix mash-ups to fancy dress costumes and viral videos, Beardyman with his variety of electronic toys has never been short of ideas. So why is he asking Beardyman is at the Hare & Hounds, the audience what he should do next? Adam Smith talks to Darren Foreman, aka Beardyman, as Kings Heath, on April 28. he prepares to bring his unique Open Sauce tour to Birmingham.

If social networking sites have brought musicians and their fans closer together, then dance pioneer Beardyman is taking things one step further. His next tour sees him inviting his audiences to send him their own ideas over Twitter for what they would like to see him do. A clever idea in more ways than one, it would seem.

“I just ran out of ideas,” admits the 27-year-old Londoner.

“I’ve done a lot of things in the past year which have been a little bit, not theatrical as such, but with seated audiences in theatres, different groups of people.

“I feel like I’ve got more to offer basically than literally just doing dance music. So this is just like a real exploration of how far we can push these things. Take requests from the audience, say give us a genre, give us another genre, give us another genre and we’ll mash them all together. Give me something to do a song about and I’ll make a song up. It’s just so much fun, because you see it all happening and they love what comes out because it’s their idea and it’s just proper random.

“It’s really weird but loads of fun.

People have sort of done it before, like there’s an improvised musical that’s always at Edinburgh and there so good because you just never know what’s going to happen.”

Beardyman has never been shy of embracing new technology, making

the most of established tricks like live loops for his stage shows. But his first for the new shows no sign of abating.

“There’s things I want to do with music which are not possible, literally impossible,” he says.

“But occasionally someone invents something which makes it slightly more possible to do the kind of things I want to do and I just want to get involved with it.

“Basically improvisation is, for me, the key to making things which people really want to hear and which you really want to do, I think too much deliberation can lead to artistic self-indulgence.

“If I’m doing things in the moment it seems just better generally. That’s really hard to do with regards to other people.

“But very often that’s impossible to do. I mean with the music I make, dance music primarily, the more people you get involved the harder it is. But if you want to improvise music, like completely improvise it you either have to have the tightest improvisers in the world or the technology

to loop yourself. That to me is the massive gap between wanting to improvise everything and then having a sound which is really tight and cohesive and not to lose and the only way to do that is looping technology. That’s why, I buy whatever I have to and develop whatever I have to get more stuff on the market.

“This tour I don’t know what people expect because it’s my first tour where its just me. I just thought seeing as there’s Twitter and there’s Facebook we’ve got this amazing two way communication between an artist and the fans so why not just make use of it?”

Trappings of success

Aussie rockers THE TEMPER TRAP graced the pages of the first ever Brum Notes Magazine last October following a triumphant set at the Hare & Hounds.

Now, seven months on they are preparing for their biggest ever headline tour. We catch up with guitarist Lorenzo to find out how life has changed.

quite mind boggling. Well they The last time we chatted Lorenzo, It seems you’ve got a pretty hectic have gone pretty fast, but it has you were about to do some washschedule lined up again this year, been sweet. ing up but in more general terms that seems to put you up there with you were due to play the Hare & You made it back to Australia for the hardest working bands around.

Hounds pub in Kings Heath for the second time. Now just a few months Christmas, that must have been nice How is life on the road, a hard slog, to get back? or do you enjoy it? later you’re due to embark on your It was great to go home for sumIt can be a hard slog at times, but biggest UK tour playing venues to be honest I think that it’s getmore than 10 times the size, you’ve mer to be with our family and ting easier. We have a already sold out three few extra crew that help nights at Shepherds We actually rate festivals by the us when we are on the Bush Empire and standard of catering.” road which makes life a you’ve also done lot easier. some of the biggest shows of your careers in the last few friends. But we did spend most Are you setting up base in London months. How the heck does that feel? of time out there playing which was amazing, we were playing in again this year?

Well it seems a little more over whelming when you put it like front of the biggest crowds that we Yeah, I think that we are all planning to stay in London for the time that, but in short it feels very good. had ever experienced. We kind of The last year has been a great ride thought that they may have forgot- being. It is a great geographical ten about us at home or that we place for us to be in and allows us for all of us and to see how much we have progressed since we first were yesterday’s news but fortuto be close to Europe and America.

Not only that but we live with played the Hare and Hounds is nately it wasn’t like that.

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page eleven some of our partners whom are working in London. And I really like the area we live in.

The festival circuit served you well last year and you seem to be hitting them hard again this year. What’s the best thing about festivals compared to your own gigs?

The best thing about festivals would have to be the catering, we dig food.

I would even go as far as saying that it could be one of our vices.

We actually rate festivals by the standard of catering. A little sad I know but its nice to be fed. And fed well.

You managed to supply one of the anthems of the summer last year with Sweet Disposition. Any chance you’ll get sick of playing it?

At the moment I am enjoying playing the song more than during the festival season last year. The song has done a lot of things since then and the response is pretty cool.

But it comes down to the fact that I am playing it better than ever which makes me rest easy at night.

What would be your tip for an anthem for this summer?

Maybe Islands by the XX, it is a really catchy breezy song, even though they probably would disagree. I’m not too sure, I haven’t heard much new stuff this year. I have my head in the sand.

There must be a wealth of musical talent down under that we never hear about in the UK – who would you recommend as essential listening in your homeland at the moment?

Well the essential Australian band would be INXS and Nic Cave and the Bad Seeds. But some bands that you may not have heard of are The Drones, Sarah Blasko who is actually supporting us on this upcoming tour and a new band from Townsville called The Middle East.

They are some great acts to look out for.

Have you found any time for writing in the last few months? Have you got a time in mind for releasing new material or a new album, or are you still enjoying Conditions?

There are some ideas flying around and I think we are all looking forward to writing for the new record.

But at the moment we are concentrating on this album and touring.

We haven’t set a date yet as we just want to concentrate on writing the best songs we can.

What can we expect from any new material when it starts to appear?

I’m not too sure, we have started to play a new song called Rabbit Hole which is a little slower than some of our stuff but carries more emotion. But as I said I’m not to sure.

New single Science of Fear released on April 12 on Infectious Music.

The Temper Trap play at the O2 Academy, Birmingham, on May 4.

Visit www.brumnotes.com for tickets.

And finally, did you finish the washing up?

Yes I did and they where spotless!

COMPETITION >

We have a pair of tickets to see the temper trap live at the 02 academy, birmingham, on may 4.

For your chance to win, simply tell us the name of their debut album: Email all answers to competitions@brumnotes.com by april 30.

HOOKED ON MUSIC

From forming some of the country’s most iconic bands to running one of the country’s most iconic nightclubs, it’s fair to say Peter Hook has a lot to talk about.

It’s time to sit back and listen.

Peter Hook is a busy man. A man, with so many fingers in so many pies, that Fray Bentos must be worried about his share of the takings.

Hooky’s CV reads as so: Joy Division, New Order, club owner, Ad Infinitum, Monaco, DJ, author, Freebass - more on that later. At 54, the man still has as much enthusiasm for life and music as the day he formed Joy Division with Bernard Sumner in 1976.

Fresh from last year’s book, The Hacienda – How Not to Run a Club, Hooky is now about to unravel his tales of debauchery, drugs at said Hacienda, the infamous Manchester nightclub with which he was heavily involved, within the slightly more sedate surroundings of Birmingham’s Glee Club, kicking off a nationwide spoken word, memorabilia and musical mish-mash tour.

“When you get to a certain age, everybody likes hearing about what happened in the past,” says Hooky.

“It was a very influential period in a lot of people’s lives, and I’m very lucky in that I went through punk, post-punk, acid house, ‘Madchester’, Hacienda and Factory. But I never thought I’d get a future in talking about the past.

I’m part of a museum now, whether I like it or not.” The tour posters offer the promise of music, multimedia, memorabilia and memories, so pretty much all you’d need on a night out, short of cheesy chips and a fight on the way home.

“I love the memorabilia. I’ve got the Joy Division bass guitar, and the jacket, and all these things that I like to look at,” he explains.

“No one ever sees them because they’re just locked in my warehouse, so the idea is to bring this stuff out so people can appreciate it. Things like my guitar that I wrote the last two New Order records on. I bought it off John Entwistle at an auction after he died, and it just makes me go ‘Wow’. As long as I can find a way to display everything, it’ll be there. Rather than have a support act, the idea is to have people up on stage so they can have a walk around, rather than there being a divide.”

Keeping up this family environment, a section of the evening will be a no-holds-barred Q & A session. “It’s not scripted,” he insists, “I never know what people are going to ask me. It does leave you unguarded but the interesting part of it to me was this grittiness, and catching someone off-guard, otherwise it just gets a bit X Factor doesn’t it? If it catches me on the hop, good for them.”

“I’m part of a museum now, whether I ----------- Peter Hook like it or not.”

As a cherry on the top of this gluttonous, boozy cake, the whole thing will be compered by Howard Marks. Yes, that Howard Marks, Mr Nice, of drug smuggling fame – Google him, you’ll love it.

“He’s a friend of mine and he’d been trying to talk me into it. So I said why don’t you come with me, with the idea being he’d prompt me on stage. We’d also just written a track with Howard as Freebass which we’ll do on the night, and I’ll do a couple of instrumentals as well.”

Sounds, well, exciting.

Like Michael Jackson’s recent exhibition at the 02 Bubble, only with more old school music memorabilia on show as opposed to toys from multi-million dollar sex theme parks.

Not content with all this music, touring and writing business, Hooky has also recently combined with Stone Roses and The Smiths bassists Mani and Andy Rourke, to form Freebass. Supergroup? We think so.

“Hopefully we’ll be doing some gigs around June or July, but Mani will probably be off with Primal Scream by then, so we’ll just have to keep our fingers crossed.” The mind boggles. The Glee Club, April 11. Not going to be dull, is it?

Peter Hook: An Evening of Unknown Pleasures is at The Glee Club on April11.

Visit www.glee.co.uk for ticket details.

Words by Tom Pell.

Designed by Ryan Killeen

TAKING THE RAP

Controversial gang drama 1 Day is out on DVD this month. We catch up with two of the film’s stars Yohance Watson and Justice Inniss to find out what all the fuss is about. Interviews by Latti Bamisedun.

Hailed as the UK’s first hip hop musical by its supporters, dismissed as glamorisation of gang culture by its critics, it’s fair to say Birmingham made film 1 Day polarised opinion before it was even released. If you’ve not seen it yet that is hardly surprising - the film was avoided by most local cinemas on “unofficial” police advice when it was launched on the big screen last November. But with the movie ready to reach a wider audience with its DVD release this month, its cast, plucked from the streets of Handsworth, hope it can become better known for showcasing the wealth of talent emerging from Birmingham’s urban music scene.

A film shot entirely on the streets of Birmingham, showcasing raw, local musical and acting talent sounds like something to be celebrated. But with the sex, drugs and violence of city gangs at its core, the almost inevitable controversy surrounding 1 Day threatened to bury it before it even saw the light of day. Predictions that it would cause tensions among real-life gangs or spark violence in the aisles were enough to deter mainstream cinemas from screening it in the city where it was made.

With high octane action scenes, gun-toting drug-pushers and violent set-pieces, judgemental shakes of the head were bound to come from some quarters.

Writer-director Penny Woolcock has always insisted the film achieves the opposite of glamorising gangs, clearly spelling out the consequences of death or prison. But worthy messages or controversial content aside, 1 Day has another unique feature which makes it essential viewing

– the music. The relentless grime and hip-hop soundtrack is a focal point of the whole movie, made even more meaningful by the fact that many of the tracks were written and performed by the locally-sourced cast. With several of the film’s stars pursuing their

own musical careers, the hope is that viewers can look beyond the negative publicity and focus on the talent that still shines through.

The DVD release will help those who haven’t seen it make their own minds up, but for the stars of 1 Day, the attempts to block it reaching a wider audience were hard to take.

“First off, the public and the people in charge, help to set the

page seventeen mind state,” says Yohance Watson, aka 33, who plays the unerringly intimidating character of Angel, who on his release from prison pursues money owed to him by his running partner Flash in the film’s central narrative.

“If people say that the film would cause tension before the film is released, then everyone thinks of the film that way. I think the police exaggerated the negativity of the film, so because the police speculated I think it limited the success of the film.”

“I think it’s really silly,” agrees fellow star Justice Inniss, who plays the acid-tongued Ashanti. “We were given very pathetic reasons. The level of sabotage was tremendous.”

Justice, who shortly releases her own mixtape Wonder Woman, insists the film should be celebrated for showing off the wealth of musical talent of Birmingham’s hip-hop and urban scenes, something which, somewhat surprisingly for a city of such size and musical diversity, has never earned much widespread attention.

“I don’t think we are getting as good a shot as other places,” continues Justice.

“I think we are getting there now, I think 1 Day has shown people the talent that you have in Birmingham. There are a lot of good artists in Birmingham, they just need to be seen.

“With my lyrics, I try to channel messages which are encouraging to people. This may be a hin-

drance, to me because I talk about empowerment. I come at music from social aspects, and there isn’t a lot of support for artists like me who want to talk about good things.”

For Yohance, himself a performing artist who is now working with the likes of Wiley, Birmingham’s hip-hop scene needs more ‘togetherness’ if it is to truly succeed.

“At the moment, it’s quite divided,” he says.

“It needs to come together, there is a lot of politics. It has to do with different area codes.

If we worked together we could get a wider scene and audience.

It’s a mixture of the area codes, and conscious level of the mind. You will have an artist, talking about shooting guns, and other artists who want to talk about empowerment. So this one of the reason for such a small music scene.”

For both Justice and Yohance, who both wrote songs for the film, the content of the lyrics is

crucial to the meaning of their music and the messages the movie itself it conveying.

“The lyrics tell a true story, of what happens,” explains Yohance.

“Hip-hop is not violent, it’s a story of what happens, we are stuck in a violent area of people that are deprived. This is what hip-hop does, it sends out emotions.”

“I think our music, is trying to change the way black people, are portrayed our music is trying to change media perception,” continues Justice.

“Our music is saying we are human beings, and we should be treated as normal.

“I run a course for women called Supporting Our Sisters, this is helping women who are faced by domestic violence. They turn their pain and stories into music and beats in my studio. I use music as a tool to turn things around. I think my music should be therapy for myself and other people.”

Far from glamorising violence, the artists behind 1 Day are more concerned with the power of their

music to inspire and empower, a point underlined

by Yohance.

“As an artist, I try to inspire 100 per cent, as I inspire myself, I inspire other people as well. Some people don’t have the will power to do so, I see myself as a pioneer, even if I get slated for it. I do what I feel is right.”

COMPETITION>

We have five copies of 1 Day on DVD to give away. For your chance to win, simply tell us: which area of Birmingham was used to shoot the film?

Email all answers to competitions@brumnotes.com by april 30

1 Day is out on Blu-ray and DVD 12 April, courtesy of Momentum Pictures

THE ADAM & EVE Bradford Street, Digbeth, Birmingham B12 0JD 0121 6931500

APRIL LISTINGS: The Adam & Eve celebrates it’s 20th birthday by hosting a number of spectacular events and one-off gigs.

April 1990, The Adam & Eve was born and so began a venue musicians and music lovers could call their own.

A family-run business that has been more than a job, a love of real, raw live music has seen old school Birmingham legends to fresh-faced progressive talent playing nightly. The times have changed, the music has evolved but one thing has always remained - free entry to most gigs.

So, if you have not already experienced the magic of The A & E, catch one of our gigs this month, you won’t be disappointed. Guaranteed.

Every Monday is ‘Broken Amp’.

Weekly Acoustic night showcasing local talent.

Email richieandhisbanjo@yahoo.co.uk for bookings.

Thursday 1st: April Fools Day fancy dress band battle with: Optical Drop + Deceptions Pocket + Slipstream + more bands tbc DJs: Slime +Dizzy + Santino + Ben Dunn.

Friday 2nd: ‘Pressure Drop’ - Tempting Rosie Club night #3 Tempting Rosie + Reuben James.

Tempting Rosie Tropical punch for sale - guaranteed to put hairs on your chest!

Saturday 3rd: Cracked Actors + Skew Whiff + The Graham Parsnip Liquidizer Torture Think Tank. A night of Ska, Punk and Dub. DJs till 4am.

Monday 5th: Best known as the frontman in The Bluetones, Mark Morriss releases his debut solo album Memory Muscle. Ahead of a nationwide tour with The Bluetones, Mark Morriss will be playing his solo album as part of The Adam & Eve’s weekly acoustic night `Broken Amp`.

Thursday 15th: Greenwood Park + The Cosmics + The Ideals + Only Shadows Friday 16th: ‘The Little Hut Club’ presents Youves + more tbc Saturday 17th: The Coopers. Mod/Soul Scooter band.

Sunday 18th: Sunday Xpress Open Poetry afternoon hosted by the infamous Big Bren. 4pm-7pm.

8pm onwards Punkybeats presents The Carpels (Indie/ New Wave) Thursday 22nd: Noir Vendetta + Imprint Zero Friday 23rd: Mr Elephant presents ‘Live & Free @ The Adam and Eve’ Saturday 24th:

BIRMINGHAM PUNK LEGENDS GBH! Support from Segismundo Toxicamo (Spain) + External Menace (Scotland) Tickets available for £5 online at www.ticketsellers.co.uk Sunday 25th: Dirty Score + tbc

Thursday 8th: ’Incoming’ Monthly Student band showcasing night.

Friday 30th April: Adam and Eve favorites 360 !

Friday 9th: Whomanity sound meets Jam Jah sound Djs, MCs and singers playing Reggae-Roots-Hip-Hop & Dub.

Djs Tony Reynolds and Kev Richie playing all your favorite scooter sounds.

Saturday 10th: Punkybeats presents The Heels (8 piece Ska band) + Mr. Shankly. Dub/Punk DJs till 4am.

Upcoming events :

Saturday 1st May: The Mini Scooter Do!

May 29th: Zion Train Sunday 11th:

OFFICIAL 20th ANNIVERSARY ALL DAYER

July 16th: An audience with Howard Marks Tickets available online at www.ticketsellers.co.uk

All musicians, customers and new comers are invited to celebrate our birthday. 3pm start.

Jerk Chicken, Anniversary punch, break dancers and magicians!

Live music with: The Elements / Ross Lydon / Hot Monocles DJs: Cass (Other Womens Club), Enicma, Santino and Dizzy.

THE ADAM & EVE Bradford Street, Digbeth, Birmingham B12 0JD 0121 6931500

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The xx, live at the O2 Academy 2, Birmingham, March 5.

Pic by Drw-Images.

Brum Notes Magazine and Speech Fewapy Records presents Live at the Plough, Harborne, March 25, featuring VIJAY KISHORE, BOAT TO ROW AND JAMES REA. Pics by Mark Allen.

FOUR TET The Factory Club Digbeth Mar 19

Three years ago Four Tet took to this same stage under somewhat different circumstances.

The Factory Club was at the forefront of the national rave scene, and he showed up with a jazz drummer to play artful, experimental noises to a handful of nodding, beard-stroking enthusiasts. Fast forward to 2010 and the Factory Club is closing down, but Four Tet has returned and ironically discovered how to party.

The step-up in tempo of latest album There is

Love in You is taken to another level live, and the crowd shows its appreciation through sweat and euphoria. Four Tet creates thumping yet beguiling sonic landscapes from a vast collection of digital gadgetry on stage, and resembles more of a superstar DJ than an unassuming laptop fiddler, as he works the packed out mosh into frenzy. The Factory Club looks, smells and feels like its time is up, but by the time the show closes with revamped classics from Rounds, the ecstatic crowd proves the scene is as strong as ever.

Words by Rashad Gregory

KILLA KELA O2 Academy 3, Birmingham Mar 12

Uber trendy hiphoppers Full English were something of an unknown commodity to most of the crowd as they supported beat box supremo Killa Kela.

But the tailored show, showed the versatility and showmanship of the band. I’m A Geezer caught the attention and new member Samara Potter, making her debut, was a great addition, with a smile that warms hearts and an intense stage presence.

Killa Kela himself was breathtaking, with his

almost unbelievable beat boxing causing jaws to drop.

Performing unique renditions of songs from the likes of Beyonce, Justin Timberlake and others, he was aided by the skills of ex-Franz Ferdinand drummer, Andy Knowles. Andy, armed with a banana and some funny gestures, was a spectacle to watch in himself. Not very rock and roll but managed to pull it off.

His drumming technicalities, craftsmanship complemented the main man Killa Kela and sometimes even stole the show.

Words: Latti Bamisedun

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Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton Mar 6

Success can be a fickle mistress. Charming folk outfit Mumford & Sons have become a staple ingredient of the Radio 1 setlist with their pleasant, if derivative, brand of harmonious melodies. But despite their authentic origins, it is probably only a matter of time before the bitter backbiting begins.

But for now, they are

THE COURTEENERS O2 Academy, Birmingham

LOS CAMPESINOS! The Rainbow Digbeth

Even before The Courteeners stepped onstage, the importance of their musical heritage was laid bare as a soundtrack of Manchester’s finest played, including The Smiths, New Order and Oasis. The influence of Johnny Marr’s upbeat guitar riffs was obvious to hear live, frontman Liam Fray credited The Smiths with ‘changing’ his life and the touching eulogy to Manchester, The Opener, only hammered this home further. However, Liam’s ramblings between songs were cut short by a heckling crowd, reflective of the drunken, testosterone

Touring a new album can be tricky. Even the most ardent fans can find new material difficult on the first listen. But Los Campesinos! arrived in Birmingham on the day the weather broke for the better and their latest album, Romance is Boring, sat in the set list seamlessly. Indeed, when lead singer, Gareth announced “it’s just hits from here on in, I promise”, it seemed nobody had really noticed it hadn’t been.

Good sign that.

Los Camps could be characterised as slightly schizophrenic, sometimes coming on like a rampage through the Early Learning

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fuelled audience.

Despite the recent release of album Falcon, the crowd still sung every word, with Cross My Heart And Hope To Fly evidently a favourite already. Liam performed a mini acoustic set which provided a breather from what was an otherwise relentless performance.

When the full band returned, they launched into an uproarious crescendo of current single You Overdid It Doll, followed by the classic crowd-pleasers Not Nineteen Forever and What Took You So Long?

Words by Lauren Massey Pic by Jemma Dodd

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revelling in mainstream glory and it is refreshing to watch a band enjoying themselves so much Stunning support act Fanfarlo proved that Mumford & Sons aren’t the only ones who can blend infectious melodies with folk sensibilities with a spellbinding performance, before the stars of the night stole the show. The barn-like Wulfrun Hall was perfect for a hoedown and so it proved.

Words: James Collins Centre after way too many Smarties, sometimes more subtle, more serene, more strings. This musical madness was most manifest in You! Me! Dancing!, introduced with the warning, “it’s going get emotional.”

It certainly started out emotional but finished up sweaty, by way of dancey and its good friend sing-along-atthe-top-of-your-voicey.

Los Camps are the band that just keep giving; Gareth leaping off stage and finishing with Death to Los Campesinos! out on the floor, with arms around some very smiley people.

We can say he killed it, romance may indeed be boring, but a man who is bored with Los Campesinos! is bored with life.

Words: Vyvian Raoul

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food & drink A Toast to Immortality

The next time you prop up your local watering hole, enjoying your favourite tipple you may well be saluting a worldwide legacy. A drink created by the person or for this person.

Although maybe not famous in the traditional way, the drink has been replicated in bars around the world and thus has immortalised the inventor or customer, raise a glass to: Dom Perignon - a blind French Benedictine monk, expert winemaker and developer of the first true champagne in the late 17th century.

Shirley Temple - the classic children’s cocktail of club soda, grenadine, and a maraschino cherry was invented in the late 1930’s at Hollywood’s Chasen’s restaurant for the child star.

Margarita - has many stories about who the muse for the Tequila libation was Enrique Bastate Gutierrez claimed he invented it in Tijuana in the 1940’s for Rita Hayworth, her real name Margarita Cansino.

John Collins - a head waiter at Limmers Hotel in late 1800’s, a great balance of fresh lemon juice, sugar and gin topped with soda water.

Ramos Gin Fizz - Henry C. Ramos, New Orleans bartender, created this famous cocktail c. 1888, at either Meyer’s Restaurant or the Imperial Cabinet Saloon, and named it after himself.

Negroni - made by Fosco Scarselli at Cafe Casoni (now Giacosa) in Florence for an Italian Count Camillo Negroni who wanted an Americano cocktail with a kick.

25ml Gin (Your choice) 25ml Martini Rosso (Carpano Antica for deluxe edge) 25ml Campari ( use Aperol to make less bitter) Garnish with Orange Skin A perfect marriage that can be replicated in any bar.

“As the Midlands’ only dedicated Gin Bar we have a few good gin cocktails created by bartenders or patrons,” explains Carl Hawkins, manager of The Jeckyll & Hyde in Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, which last year opened it’s Gin Parlour upstairs.

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gig guide THE REGION’S MOST COMPREHENSIVE MONTHLY GUIDE TO GIGS OF ALL SIZES

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GIGS 1. KING ADORA, April 7, Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath Iconic Birmingham rock band return to the stage five years after their split at the height of their powers. Tickets £10 adv, www.birminghampromoters.com.

2. Chapel Club, April 13, Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton Intelligent, life-affirming gloom rock from much-hyped five-piece in the White Lies and Editors ilk.

Tickets £6 , www.wolvescivic.co.uk.

3. YOUVES, April 16, The Adam & Eve, Digbeth The third instalment of the Little Hut Club, with punk quartet Youves and support from Your Biggest Fanclub and Greatest Hits. Free entry to help mark the venue’s 20th anniversary.

4. ANGUS & JULIA STONE , April 20, The Glee Club, Birmingham Delicate acoustic melodies from Australian brother and sister duo, in a suitably intimate setting.

Tickets £10, www.glee.co.uk.

5. FOOL’S GOLD, April 27, The Rainbow, Digbeth Structured, Californian calypso pop from the latest indie/world music fusion act, following in the footsteps of Vampire Weekend. Tickets £6, www.birminghampromoters.com.

CLUB NIGHTS 1. HOSPITALITY Apr 3, Custard Factory Closing party for the Factory Club continues, with Goldie and more.

Tickets £12-16.50.

2. MARY ANNE HOBBS Apr 9, Hare & Hounds Radio 1 DJ headlines Faux Real club night.

Tickets £6/£8

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3. BLAST OFF Saturdays, Wolves Civic Semi-legendary, messy, indierock club night.

Entry £5 /£4.

BOOKING AHEAD TIMES NEW VIKING May 1, The Victoria £8, www.seetickets.com THE TEMPER TRAP

May 4, O2 Academy £13.50, www.ticketweb.co.uk.

DOVES May 5, Wolves Civic

£18.50, www.wolvescivic.co.uk

YOUR BIGGEST FANCLUB May 21, The Slade Rooms £4, www.wolvescivic.co.uk

THURSDAY, APR 1 THE CASINO ZONE, O2 Academy 3, Birmingham BAD COMPANY, LG Arena, Birmingham RHESUS, The Actress & Bishop, Birmingham OPTICAL DROP, DECEPTIONS POCKET, SLIPSTREAM, The Adam & Eve, Digbeth PETER ANDRE, The Civic Hall, Wolverhampton

& Bishop, Birmingham EL TORO, VINNY & THE CURSE, The Victoria, Birmingham MINNAARS, The Rainbow, Digbeth CRACKED ACTORS, The Adam & Eve, Digbeth BLAK CAN, The Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton THE LINES, Newhampton Arts Centre, Wolverhampton

FRIDAY, APR 2 STAR WARS IN CONCERT, LG Arena, Birmingham ROBOTS IN DISGUISE, O2 Academy 3, Birmingham THE COYOTES, The Actress & Bishop, Birmingham MAN OVER BOARD, The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham BARRY’S ATTIC, Island Bar, Birmingham CROMWELL’S LEAGUE, The Rainbow, Digbeth MANNA, Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath THE LINES, Newhampton Arts Centre, Wolverhampton

SUNDAY, APR 4 THE MOLOTOVS, The Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton AMY MACDONALD, Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton WARRIOR SOUL, O2 Academy 2, Birmingham THE PADDINGTONS, O2 Academy 3, Birmingham

SATURDAY, APR 3 R O M A N C E, The Flapper, Birmingham JEWELS, The Actress

DAVY KNOWLES, BACK DOOR SLAM, O2 Academy 3, Birmingham THEORY OF A DEADMAN, Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton THERE FOR TOMORROW, THE FRIDAY NIGHT BOYS, The Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton

MONDAY, APR 5 MARK MORRISS (THE BLUETONES), The Adam & Eve, Digbeth

WEDNESDAY, APR 7 THE SOLDIERS, Symphony Hall, Birmingham N-DUBZ, O2 Academy, Birmingham KING ADORA, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham THE BROADCAST, O2 Academy 3, Birmingham BOWLING FOR SOUP - AN ACOUSTIC EVENING WITH JARET & ERIK, O2 Academy 2, Birmingham AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR, The Rainbow, Birmingham

TUESDAY, APR 6 CERYS MATTHEWS, The Glee Club, Birmingham ULTRAVOX, Symphony Hall, Birmingham SONIC BOOM SIX, O2 Academy 2, Birmingham

THURSDAY, APR 8 JOHN SMITH, The Glee Club, Birmingham THE RAZORBAX, O2 Academy 3, Birmingham OCTOPLEDROP, The Actress & Bishop, Birmingham

DECADES, The Rainbow, Digbeth ROSE MCDOWALL/ SIEBEN/SONVER (JOANNA QUAIL SOLO), Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath FRIDAY, APR 9 PANIC CELL, O2 Academy 3, Birmingham THE LEAN YELLOWS, The Actress & Bishop, Birmingham COHERE, The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham BROKENCYDE & JEFFREE STAR, The Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton LARM, BANJO DAVE, BECKY ROSE, The Public, West Bromwich SATURDAY, APR 10 GO WEST, Symphony Hall, Birmingham PLAN B, O2 Academy 2, Birmingham THE CROOKES, The Flapper, Birmingham, CORELLI, The Actress & Bishop, Birmingham SOUND OF CONFUSION, The Victoria, Birmingham THE HEELS, The Adam & Eve, Digbeth KING CREOSOTE, JOHN FELL, Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath AIRBOURNE, Civic Hall Bar,

Wolverhampton SUNDAY, APR 11 PETER HOOK: AN EVENING OF UNKNOWN PLEASURES, The Glee Club, Birmingham 20TH ANNIVERSARY ALL DAYER, The Adam & Eve, Digbeth MONDAY, APR 12 AFI, O2 Academy Birmingham JOSHUA RADIN, O2 Academy 2, Birmingham GAVIN MEDZA, The Victoria, Birmingham DOGAN MEHMET, Kitchen Garden Cafe, Kings Heath

& THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE, The Flapper, Birmingham BIRTHRITE, The Actress & Bishop, Birmingham TULA, CATGREENBIKE, The Victoria, Birmingham GREENWOOD PARK, The Adam & Eve, Digbeth LABRASSBANDA, Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath PHIL KING, Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath

FRIDAY, APR 16 LAURA MARLING, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham TINY TIN LADY, The Glee Club, Birmingham TUESDAY, APR 13 DROPKICK WHITNEY MURPHYS, O2 HOUSTON, LG Arena, Academy, Birmingham Birmingham THE DUKE AND THE DECEPTIONS KING, O2 Academy POCKET, YOUNG 3, Birmingham REBEL SET, The THE FAIRYTALE, Rainbow, Digbeth The Actress & Bishop, CHAPEL CLUB, Birmingham The Slade Rooms, JUPITER ATE, The Wolverhampton Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham WEDNESDAY, APR 14 CHE, THE ELLIOT MINOR, ELECTRILICKERS, O2 Academy 2, ABIE BUDGEN, The Birmingham Victoria, Birmingham YOUVES, The Adam THURSDAY, APR 15 & Eve, Digbeth GLAMOUR OF THE NATIONS KILL, O2 Academy 3, WAITING, The Birmingham Rainbow, Digbeth POLLY MACKEY THE UNION,

The Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton SPLYCE, CAMILA KILL, THE ARCADIAN KICKS, The Public, West Bromwich SATURDAY, APR 17 ALESANA, O2 Academy, Birmingham THIS BEAUTIFUL THIEF, O2 Academy 3, Birmingham HOODOO FIFTIES, The Actress & Bishop, Birmingham THE COOPERS, The Adam & Eve, Digbeth SUNDAY, APR 18 ROBYN HITCHCOCK, O2 Academy 2, Birmingham THE STRANGE BOYS, O2 Academy 3, Birmingham ADRIAN EDMONDSON & THE BAD SHEPHERDS, The Glee Club, Birmingham HORACE ANDY, The Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton MONDAY, APR 19 THE RED CHORD, O2 Academy 3, Birmingham LIAM FROST, The Glee Club, Birmingham ROLO TOMASSI, TRASH TALK, The Flapper, Birmingham

AN EVENING WITH JINDER, TERRY EMM & ALEX HALL, Kitchen Garden Cafe, Kings Heath TUESDAY, APR 20 REEF, O2 Academy, Birmingham AUDIO BULLYS, O2 Academy 2, Birmingham THE INSPECTOR CLUZO, O2 Academy 3, Birmingham ANGUS & JULIA STONE, The Glee Club, Birmingham RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, Symphony Hall, Birmingham PAUL BRADY AND BAND, Town Hall, Birmingham THE FEATURES, Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath WEDNESDAY, APR 21 SHAKESPEARS SISTER, O2 Academy 2, Birmingham OH SLEEPER, HASTE THE DAY, O2 Academy 3, Birmingham THE COLOURS, The Flapper, Birmingham SWEET SWEET LIES, Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath THE ALARM, JBs, Dudley CHANTELLE MCGREGOR BAND, The Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton

THURSDAY, APR 22 RED LIGHT ROOM, O2 Academy 3, Birmingham DECORUM, The Actress & Bishop, Birmingham STEREO DECADE, Sound Bar, Birmingham NOIR VENDETTA, The Adam & Eve, Digbeth MUCHUU, Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath PATRICK DUFF, Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath IDLEWILD, The Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton N-DUBZ, Kasbah, Coventry FRIDAY, APR 23 ASH, The Irish Centre, Birmingham BRIGADE, O2 Academy 3 Birmingham BLACK DOLLAR BILLS, The Actress & Bishop, Birmingham SO CALLED ENEMY, The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham SEA FIELDS, The Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton WE WERE FRIENDS, The Public, West Bromwich SATURDAY, APR 24 KARMA TO BURN, O2 Academy 2, Birmingham

THE PRIMITIVES, O2 Academy 3, Birmingham LUCKY SOUL, The Flapper, Birmingham SOLDIER, The Actress & Bishop, Birmingham GBH, The Adam & Eve, Digbeth JILTED GENERATION, The Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton SUNDAY, APR 25 THE KING BLUES, O2 Academy 2, Birmingham THE PRIMITIVES, The Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton MONDAY, APR 26 LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, O2 Academy, Birmingham POWDERFINGER, O2 Academy 2, Birmingham LAUREN PRITCHARD, Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath BLACK SPIDERS, The Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton TUESDAY, APR 27 GOOD SHOES, The Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton ARCH ENEMY, Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton MEGSON, Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath FOOL’S GOLD, The Rainbow, Digbeth

BRANDI CARLILE, The Glee Club, Birmingham THE SWELLERS, O2 Academy 2, Birmingham THE LINES, THE ARCADIAN KICKS, O2 Academy 3, Birmingham WEDNESDAY, APR 28 BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB, Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton ROSE ELINOR DOUGALL, Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath BEARDYMAN - THE OPEN SAUCE TOUR, Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath THURSDAY, APR 29 DANCE GAVIN DANCE, O2 Academy 2, Birmingham ANTI-NOWHERE LEAGUE, O2 Academy 3, Birmingham LYREBIRDS, The Flapper, Birmingham THEE DEADTIME PHILHARMONIC, The Actress & Bishop, Birmingham EPIC 45, The Victoria, Birmingham JAMES GRANT, Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath DARWIN DEEZ, Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath JOHN SMITH, Warwick Arts Centre,

Coventry FRIDAY, APR 30 SCOUTING FOR GIRLS, O2 Academy, Birmingham THRASH AND BURN, O2 Academy 2, Birmingham THE RIMES, O2 Academy 3, Birmingham CODE 64, Eddies Rock Club, Birmingham GLEN CAMPBELL, Symphony Hall, Birmingham KAID, The Actress & Bishop, Birmingham TIGNES, The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham BASIA BULAT, The Glee Club, Birmingham HIJAK OSCAR, The Flapper, Birmingham 360, The Adam & Eve, Digbeth LEVELLERS, Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton THE STACKS, THE A TRAIN, THE LIBRAS, The Public, West Bromwich

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