Birmingham Rocks! is a space to bring together bands, artists, promoters, venues, music photographers, magazines, recording studios and other people involved in the music scene in Birmingham, England and the surrounding areas.
Use this space to promote your music, make useful contacts, advertise your gigs or check out other bands in the area.
You need to be involved in the Birmingham music scene in some way to be added. If you are, tell us how and we'll be happy to add you to the Friends Space.
Please note, we will not be adding bands or artists from outside the West Midlands.
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Bands, promoters, producers, venue managers, photographers, record labels, DJs, designers, music shops and anyone working in the music scene in the Birmingham area.
Free Entry Gig Monday the 24th of March(Bank Holiday) at Katie Fitzgeralds in Stourbridge brought to you by Porchlight records! www. myspace. com/porchlightrecords And us
Featuring the following bands
THE DEFEAT (Like Fugazi mixed with Sigur Ros)
THE ARCANE PARADE (Clever agressive and engaging alternative rock music)
MISS HALLIWELL (For fans of the Fall,Billy Childish)
KIDNAPPER BELL (Q and not U for the Bloc Party generation)
THE VELVET ORCHESTRA (like a hardcore Mars Volta with a twist)
THE SOUTHERN CRADLE (a rich texture of guitar plucking,Jetplane landing meets the Get up Kids)
Friday 21st March - upstairs @ Island Bar, Birmingham
Live electronica from Calika and Scrubber Fox as well as DJs playing top electronic tunes from the likes of aphex twin, autechre, battles, boards of canada, the books, broadcast, cylob, the flashbulb, four tet, germlin, holy fuck, hood, kid 606, matmos, max tundra, mouse on mars, polysics, the postal service, prefuse 73, squarepusher, stereolab, amon tobin, tortoise, venetian snares, luke vibert, xiu xiu, susumu yokota and many more..!
Entry is £3, or £2 if dressed as a robot or dinosaur! Free badge on entry! Full cocktail menu! Doors open at 8:30.
We are just preparing to go out and play live after almost a year long break. Has anyone got any support slots or anything. I'm sick of badgering promoters and them not getting back to me! By the way check out our 3rd EP on our homepage.
Drugmule's 6 track EP "Turn Your Back" is now available to download on ITunes. Please click below to buy your copy.
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Little Chris at Brumcast has featured every artist playing at Connect 4 #2 on his latest show - Brumcast 84 ‘The Idiots Are Winning’. It’s ready for listening and FREE download. Visit www.myspace.com/brumcastbirmingham. Streams & Downloads can be accessed by going to http://brumcast.podomatic.com/ or by clicking the badge below. Remember, Connect 4 #2 is on Friday 25th at the Cross in Moseley, Birmingham.
Heres this weeks playlist :- 1. The $hit - The Idiots are Winning (4:07) 2. FD - The Highway (2:54) 3. Distinct.Radi0 - luna invidia (5:06) 4. Johnny Normal - Hate (3:54) 5. Codette - Just Another Day (4:35) 6. Wonderful Life – I don't know (3:33) 7. The Arquettes - Talking to Myself (3:01) 8. The Baps - Irie Bell (mash Badley Mix) (3:13) 9. Mellow Peaches - Run Paddy Run (5:26) 10. DRAG - Jeffree Star (1:08) 11. Perry Common - where we lay (4:05) 12. Birmingham Bertie - Is it Ethical? (5:06) 13. Bruno Gallone - Different Story (3:46) 14. Concrete Belly - infinite irony (2:54) 15. Try and the Bomb - Mysteron (3:11) 16. Gemma Quarterman - Hush (3:53) 17. Before I Explode - this can't be good (4:44) 18. The Archer Home - There's a Mr Ripper online (2:57) 19. Contempt - War for Oil (3:52) 20. Beth Willis - Locked Away (4:18) 21. Fade To Sepia - Nacht Vision (2:30)
Enjoy the show and we look forward to seeing you next week. Jacob
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Brumcast 81 ‘Bloodknot’ is now ready for listening and FREE download. New show every weekend, subscribe to my blog at www.myspace.com/brumcastbirmingham to be notified of the new playlist and when the show has been uploaded. Streams & Downloads can be accessed by going to http://mc1.ipodnetworks.com/caster/363/audio.php or by clicking the banner, Banner & Brumcast audio player codes available from my homepage. Heres this weeks playlist :- 1. Wurlitztraction - Kairos Call To Angels (3:58) 2. Your Biggest Fanclub - Paper Bags (2:59) 3. Alien Dread - Bloodknot (3:44) 4. Timothy Parkes - witchcraft (7:29) 5. Silentspace - Loops (6:14) 6. The Bourgeois Four - I Can't Wait (1:25) 7. Alba Beat - Regenerate the Love (Radio Edit) (2:56) 8. Timedivers - Face East (3:32) 9. Wrapped in Plastic - Family Meal (2:56) 10. Phluxm - Santa's Bells (6:34) 11. Gojo' Music - Distant Friend (4:25) 12. Future Daze - Standing Stones (4:23) 13. Windscale - 2 times 2 (6:01) 14. Young Runaways - George & Eileen (3:36) 15. Headless Art Critic - Skin Touch (2:16) 16. Anola Gray - Untitled (3:59) 17. The Black Velvet Band - Manchester - Writing My List (3:09) 18. 2nd Vision - 7 Days (4:54) 19. Meg - Another Merry Christmas (4:11) Enjoy! Little Chris Brumcast!! The Sound of the UK Midlands!
Brumcast 80 ‘Cadillac Ass’ featuring the best new music from the midlands is now ready for listening and FREE download. Go to the myspace or click the banner below for download & audio stream links Here's this week’s playlist :- 1. The Brascoes - Private March (3:28) 2. Dastards - Lonely Inbetween (6:22) 3. Floorshow - Mirror Mirror (4:04) 4. Elmo Sexwhistle vs Neverbloom - Amen, Motherfucker! (5:44) 5. Before I Explode - Everything & Nothing (6:06) 6. Jazz Thrash Assassin - Black Boots (3:24) 7. The Barrel O'Baddies - Johnny Jump Up (3:00) 8. i-replicant - fracture (6:05) 9. AUDIO BAIT - Collect the pieces (3:21) 10. Violet Beauregarde - Paint It Red (3:58) 11. Lemonade Kid - Kites (4:36) 12. The Abbots - Back To The Real Life (3:55) 13. Interstellar burst - fatal error (3:10) 14. Flesh Eating Foundation - One Minute (1:00) 15. Dale Perry - Say a Prayer (3:54) 16. The Voluntary Butler Scheme - Trading Things In (2:32) 17. Science Will Save Us - The Ignorance Of The Blind (4:33) 18. Jesus wasn’t made of fish - Whiteout (5:01) 19. The New Jerusalem - Cadillac Ass (5:43) Enjoy! Little Chris Brumcast!! The Sound of the UK Midlands!
