Author: Andy Thorley

REVIEW: Matt Schofield – As Far As I Can See (2014)

Brit bluesman chucks it all in the melting pot for album number five Isn't it good to know that even in these in uncertain...

ALESTORM, Lagerstein, Red Rum @Academy2, Birmingham 9/10/14

A bottle of rum and a yo-ho-ho but did Alestorm really plunder tonight Pirate metal, then. Of all the genres that will get you funny...

SUPERSUCKERS, The Trews, Deadcuts @Academy 3, Birmingham 8/10/14

27 shows in 27 days - bring it on, say Eddie and his cohorts "Can we have the house lights down?" Enquires Deadcuts singer...

Maximum Volume Meets – Machines Dream (Again)

In the second part of our interview with Machine Dream singer and bass player Craig West, we talk about funding records in the downloading...

REVIEW: Alunah – Awakening The Forest (2014)

Brum doom metal with a difference as Alunah make major label debut It's probably three and a half years since MVM walked into Birmingham's tiny...

REVIEW: Guerrilla Monsoon – Big City Plans (2014)

Birmingham's hardest working band? Maybe. Anyway, they've got Big Plans You have to admire the "can do" spirit in the Punk Scene. Take Guerrilla Monsoon...

GUERRILLA MONSOON, Masts, Maycomb @Bulls Head, Moseley, 2/10/14

Birmingham Punks launch new mini album with a little help from their friends Wolverhampton's Maycomb are probably not being entirely serious when they claim...

Review: Obzidian – Concrete Psychosis 2014

Stafford groove metal quartet show their anger in monstrous fashion This is an album that let's you know what you are in for literally...

ALUNAH, Lonely Kamel, Nat Bite, The Order Of Israfel @Scruffy Murphy’s, Birmingham 1/10/14

Alunah launch Awakening The Forest with hometown headlining show Sweden's The Order Of Israfel weren't supposed to be on this bill originally. That the...

REVIEW: Virgil And The Accelerators – Army Of Three

Brit blues trio ready their troops for album number two What is it about Blues that makes stars of the so very young? Joe Bonamassa...

URBAN VOODOO MACHINE, Captain Jeffery, Brothers Of Caedmon @Birmingham Academy 2, 28/9/14

One of Britain's most unique bands play an incredible show in Birmingham On an evening that defied convention so many times it seems entirely...

REVIEW: Audrey Horne – Pure Heavy

Norway's born again classic rockers release new album There is a moment on "Pure Heavy" where it all makes sense. That is to say, everything...

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