For the benefit of all those Birmingham-based, gig-going, uplifting gormandizers out there (Heyyy now, Daddy-O…), The Courtesy Group – Al Hutchins’ awesome band of Scrotnig noizemeisters who’ve been mentioned here on many an occasion – are supporting London-based up-and-comers XX Teens at The Rainbow in Digbeth tomorrow evening. XX Teens sound like a lot of [...]
For the benefit of those who live in and around Birmingham, Al Hutchins and the Courtesy Group are hosting a Curate’s Egg night with Blurt at the Hare & Hounds this Thursday. Here’s the flyer: I hadn’t heard of Blurt before, but their Wikipedia entry intrigues me: Blurt’s compositions are based around repetitive minimalistic guitar [...]
Last night I went with my pal and gig-pimp Pete Ashton to see Damo Suzuki – former member of legendary krautrock band Can – perform at my erstwhile local muso boozer, the Hare & Hounds in Kings Heath. Frankly, I’m still trying to process the evening’s events through my caffeine- and stress-addled synapses. It was, [...]