Supersonic Festival – Digbeth Birmingham – 2nd September 2023 2023 marks ’20 years since the first Supersonic with an ambitious programme of mind bending music, sense shifting art and life altering experiences. Nowhere else will you find a festival experience… Continue Reading
Supersonic Kids Gig – Festival Special – Shovel Dance Collective – Anna Palmer – Symphony Hall Birmingham – 2nd September 2023 ‘Created by the UK’s premiere experimental music festival, Supersonic Kids Gigs are designed for families as a way of… Continue Reading
It’s time for the eight instalment of Fighting Boredom singles review in the pub page. Another pub and the weakest beer plus for this time only, well, he may crop up again, we are joined by John Wilcox, who you… Continue Reading
This time on the Fighting Boredom album review page you get the ‘bluesy, dark, and psychedelic numbers’ of Wizard Master, the Avon Terror Corps compilation in support of trans rights, Boris & Uniform with ‘the sound of frustration, .. founded… Continue Reading
In one of our almost regular features Fighting Boredom have been catching up with the eclectic mix of releases from the cassette label Cruel Nature, there will be more to follow but for now we give you the ‘immersive sensory… Continue Reading
This time in the album reviews we have the bright soulful folk of the Downtown Merrylegs, the ‘weird-on-purpose rock’ of Sunshine Frisbee Laserbeam, the clear vision of love from Oxbow’s new record and a remix of a classic slice of… Continue Reading
This time on the Fighting Boredom Singles Review From The Pub we headed to a new venue, along the way meeting up with Roger the cyclist and Mark the happy cyclist who gave a couple of comments when they weren’t… Continue Reading
This time the album reviews page has the exceptional collab record from Galician drone/ambient duo trajedesaliva and Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter and pianist Maud the moth. Senestra recreating in sound the experience of the now notoriuos Stanford Prison Experiment. The emotional and… Continue Reading
Spasms and Savagery : 30 Years of Downwards – Russell Haswell – Slow White Fall – Non Existent – Fret – Halt – Antonym – Centrala Birmingham 10th June 2023 As Regis’ Downwards Records reaches thrity years of releases this… Continue Reading
Melvins – Taipei Houston – O2 Institute 2 – Birmingham 5th June 2023 Last Monday there was a choice of gigs in Birmingham, mainly between the Fortieth Anniversary tour by the brilliant Melvins and the End Of The Road or… Continue Reading