Author: Steve Brain

The Dregs/Bite Back/The Gakk – The Swinging Arm, Birkenhead 27th November 2022

This is a gem of a place dedicated to live music and the staff were great. It made we wish I had visited sooner,...

REVIEW: DC Spectres – Volume 4 – 2022

It seems a long time since those gigs at the Wagon with DC Spectres and they have come a long way, still gigging regularly...

Dead Hombres and Year Zero – Tower of Song, Birmingham,16th October 2022

This is the first time I have visited this Venue which until recently was a folk club but now revamped as a great intimate...

COCKNEY REJECTS, KNOCK OFF, THE DREGS @ QUEEN’S HALL, NUNEATON 24/06/2022

This is a great venue with a wonderful set up in terms of facilities, sound and the staff are first class. This is the...

Album Review – Year Zero – Brace for Impact – 2021

This one almost passed me by and is the debut album from midlands based punk band Year Zero and builds on their excellent EP...

Review – Alice’s Ants, You Want Fox, Diablo Furs, Jades @ Percy’s Café Bar – Whitchurch – 19th November 2021

I must admit I think this place is a hidden gem and should be an example to other venues for their commitment to live...

Q AND A WITH: TOM SPENCER FROM THE PROFESSIONALS

The Professionals recently released "Snafu" - an album our Andy reckoned made them sound "like the last gang in town". Here, Steve catches up...

Ruts DC/Year Zero, Nuneaton Queens Hall – 12th September 2021

Year Zero First up tonight are midlands based old style punk band Year Zero. As far as I understand this is their first time out...

LONDON CALLING, BORROWED TIME @ HARE AND HOUNDS 14/03/2020

I first saw borrowed time at Rebellion a few years ago and was impressed with their energy and great set so it was a...

REVIEW: WIRE – MIND HIVE (2020)

The is a strong well produced album and to be honest I haven’t been able to stop listening to it. Wire have been challenging...

WIRE @ HARE AND HOUNDS, BIRMINGHAM 29/01/2020

As I enter the packed room I am immediately confronted by Graham Duff who I know has done many things in his career but...

REVIEW: KILLING JOKE – MALICIOUS DAMAGE LIVE AT THE ASTORIA (2019)

Having first seen Killing Joke in 1980 at the Cedar Club in Birmingham and then seeing then on their recent tour at the Institute...

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