Supersonic Festival 2018 Birmingham, The Custard Factory June 24th 2018 The sunshine is blinding, it’s a beautiful day. Fighting Boredom are at the last day of Supersonic Festival 2018. As usual we are questioning how today can be as good… Continue Reading
Supersonic Festival Birmingham, The Custard Factory 23rd June 2018 Fighting Boredom’s Adrian Bloxham and Martin Ward are back at the second day of this years wonderful Supersonic Festival. Already we are thinking that it’ll be hard to top Friday night… Continue Reading
Supersonic Festival Birmingham Custard Factory Friday 22nd June 2018 Fighting Boredom’s favourite festival is here again. Set in the Custard Factory in Birmingham, Supersonic festival is where we come to hear old favourites, discover new inspiration and immerse ourselves in… Continue Reading
Swervedriver Dryden Street Social, Leicester May 19th 2018 Swervedriver were on Creation records, had a big fan in Bob Mould and created feedback drenched, drum roll embelleshed anthems for kids with Doc martins on sticky pub floors, hair too long… Continue Reading
IDLES Coventry Central Library 14th April 2018 Coventry’s central library building has a musical history, from Chuck Berry recording there to the Specials triumphing in front of home crowds it’s had its share of history. But to read that… Continue Reading
Thee Hypnotics Hare and Hounds Birmingham April 6th 2018 The Crauford Arms Milton Keynes April 11th 2018 Thee Hypnotics were among the fuzziest, nastiest and loudest bunch of Stooges loving hooligans you could ever meet, a mixture of heavy as… Continue Reading
JK Flesh Whirling Hall Of Knives The Workman’s Club, Dublin 17th February 2018 Justin Broadrick has been a part of the music Fighting Boredom loves for as long as we can remember. From Godflesh to Jesu, Techno Animal to Council… Continue Reading
Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds Black Mekon Rhino and the Ranters The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham 8th December 2017 What better way to round off 2017 for Fighting Boredom than to see a bona fide original. Kid Congo Powers… Continue Reading
An Ig Ma and Ellipse present – Suns of Rest The Institutes Holy Thief Drapers Coventry 28/10/2017 Every now and again people get in touch and ask us at Fighting Boredom to come and review a show, if we can… Continue Reading
Melvins Redd Kross Birmingham O2 Institute October 13th 2017 Fighting Boredom like Melvins, we like the noise, the attitude and the hair, we also like Redd Kross. So when the two bands announced a tour together we knew we had… Continue Reading