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Birmingham's Victories at Sea , play large scale electro indie rock that is not shy. Their single "Future Gold" points to a grim, distant existence, but something that commands our attention. The synth line is aggressive, and the track overall is a glorious slice of ethereal goodness.

Sound of Guns have announced their biggest tour to date, touring many venues in the UK and Ireland in support of their upcoming album 'Angles and Enemies' which is due to be released on the 5th of March. Tickets are on sale now. Tuesday 6th March 2012 - Newcastle Academy 2 Wednesday 7th March 2012 - Glasgow King Tuts Thursday 8th March 2012 - Inverness Ironworks Friday 9th March 2012 - Aberdeen Tunnels Saturday 10th March 2012 - [...]

Peace are a 4-piece band from Birmingham and bring with them a sound that has a resemblance to the mysteries of what WU LYF have accomplished. You can hear a haunting effect in their single 'Bblood' that makes you want to search out the band and really figure out who they are. Their dark demeanor mixed with their soothing sounds makes for some real excitement in an up and coming band. So lets ditch all the Foals and WU LYF comparisons and take a step back. We don't know a [...]

Tribes will be touring the UK and Ireland in April and May. Tickets are on sale now. Saturday 21st April 2012 - Brighton Haunt Sunday 22nd April 2012 - Norwich Arts Centre Tuesday 24th April 2012 - Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms Wednesday 25th April 2012 - Bristol Thekla Friday 27th April 2012 - London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire Sunday 29th April 2012 - Leeds Cockpit Monday 30th [...]

Hailing from the mighty fine city of Wolverhampton (no bias here at all, honest) teamABC make hectic, enthusiastic indie-rock similar to that of Los Campesinos! or fellow-Midlanders Johnny Foreigner . The band is the brainchild of frontman Steff, who is currently hard at work on the follow up to last years rather-charming debut Complaints EP. We caught up with Steff for a chat about how the forthcoming debut album is coming along, the bands high-point thus far and the Wolverhampton music scene... Good day! How is 2012 treating, anything exciting happened so far? [...]

Welsh noise pop band Islet will be touring the UK in late May into early June, right before festival time kicks into high gear. 'Illuminated People', their debut album, came out last week and my review of it can be read here. Friday 25th May 2012 - Liverpool Kazimier Saturday 26th May 2012 - Glasgow Captain's Rest Sunday 27th May 2012 - Newcastle Cluny 2 Monday 28th May 2012 - Leeds Brudenell Social Club [...]

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From: Birmingham, UK. Lazy equation: (Knuckdust + Napalm Death) x one third of Fukpig. URL: Facebook // Reverbnation Thrash Hits Verdict: There can be little doubt that the Midlands are the crucible that created heavy metal - forget the fact that it's the birthplace of Black Sabbath - it's where Napalm Death and a whole host of extreme and grind bands first played louder, faster, and noisier than anyone else in the UK. To this day, the region continues [...]

THE ENDZ - FROM THE ENDZ (KNICKER BOCKER COREY'S FRONT TING REMIX) by Knicker Bocker Corey

Sorry Brummies, but Birmingham isn't exactly the first place I'd look to for the latest indie-pop tracks. Newcomers Swim Deep , however, have other ideas, and one listen to "King City" will undoubtedly make you see why. continue reading >>

Juan Zelada is heading out on a massive UK tour in March and April. Tickets go on sale on Friday. Wednesday 28th March 2012 - Northampton Roadmender Thursday 29th March 2012 - Milton Keynes Craufurd Arms, Wolverton Friday 30th March 2012 - London Bush Hall @ Shepherd's Bush Saturday 31st March 2012 - Cambridge Cornerhouse Monday 2nd April 2012 - Sheffield Soyo Tuesday 3rd April 2012 - Nottingham Bodega [...]

Delighted that we came across Birmingham's Swim Deep this morning. The relatively unknown trio (especially here in the States) has loads of potential. Their song "King City" sounds like something The Naked And Famous would write near a lake, just after sunset, in the depths of an enchanted forest. Hear for yourself: King City by SWIM DEEP

Have you even *started* to think about gigs this autumn? Evidently Ed Sheeran has. 'The A Team' man has already announced a significant tour for October and November. Tickets are on sale now. Saturday 13th October 2012 - London HMV Hammersmith Apollo Tuesday 16th October 2012 – London HMV Hammersmith Apollo Saturday 20th October 2012 - Newport Newport Centre Sunday 21st October 2012 - Bournemouth Windsor Hall at BIC Monday 22nd October 2012 [...]

Lostprophets have announced details of a May and June UK tour. These tickets go on sale this Friday (27 January) at 9 AM. Monday 16th April 2012 - Belfast Ulster Hall Wednesday 18th April 2012 - Liverpool O2 Academy Thursday 19th April 2012 - Liverpool O2 Academy Friday 20th April 2012 - Manchester O2 Academy Saturday 21st April 2012 - Leeds O2 Academy Monday 23rd April 2012 - Birmingham O2 Academy [...]

Welsh band Los Campesinos! have announced a UK tour for this March. Tickets are on general sale now. Tuesday 20th March 2012 - Exeter Phoenix Wednesday 21st March 2012 - Bristol Thekla Thursday 22nd March 2012 - London Electric Ballroom Friday 23rd March 2012 - Oxford Academy Saturday 24th March 2012 - Birmingham Rainbow Monday 26th March 2012 - Manchester Academy 3 Tuesday 27th March 2012 - [...]

The Big Pink will be going out on the road next month in support of their new album, 'Future This' (out today on 4AD). We procured a pair each to their Bristol Thekla (8th of February), Manchester Academy 3 (15th of February) and Birmingham Library at HMV Institute (16th of February) gigs and would very much like to give it away to some lucky music fans just like you. For those of you who are keen TGTF readers, you'll recall we ran this contest in October for the band's December dates, which were summarily [...]

Detroit singer Alex Winston will be playing a list of short dates in the UK in March and April. Her debut album 'King Con' drops on the 5th of March in the UK (one week earlier in the U.S.) Tuesday 20th March 2012 - Manchester Deaf Institute Wednesday 21th March 2012 - Glasgow King Tut's Thursday 22th March 2012 - Birmingham Hare and Hounds Friday 23th March 2012 - Bristol Thekla Wednesday 4th April [...]

We Have Band will be touring the UK and Ireland in February. Tickets are on sale now. Have a listen to the track 'Watertight' (appearing on their forthcoming second album 'Ternion') in the stream below. Wednesday 15th February 2012 - London Cargo Thursday 16th February 2012 - Birmingham HMV Institute Friday 17th February 2012 - Manchester Ruby Lounge Saturday 18th February 2012 - Dublin Academy 2 Wednesday 22th February 2012 - Glasgow Captains Rest [...]

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Orion, the owners of BRMB in Birmingham, have decided to change the station's name . To Free Radio Birmingham. God help us all. {Phil] Riley, the chief executive of Orion Media, said: "The decision to change the name of our stations after each one has been broadcasting in their areas under their original names for so long has not been easy or one that we have taken lightly. "We have given this a great deal of consideration and undertaken detailed research. The original on air names of each station means a [...]

The Twilight Sad will be touring the UK in February. Get your tickets now. Read my review of their third album 'No One Can Ever Know' here ; it will be out on the 6th of February on Fat Cat. Thursday 9th February 2012 - Glasgow Grand Ole Opry Friday 10th February 2012 - Manchester Ruby Lounge Saturday 11th February 2012 - Sheffield Queens Social Club Sunday 12th February 2012 - Birmingham Hare and Hounds [...]

Manchester's the Whip are playing a couple English gigs in February. Support will be from the Good Natured. Tickets to the below dates are available now. The Whip are also making an appearance at Snowbombing 2012 in April in Mayrhofen, Austria. Friday 24th February 2012 - Newcastle Riverside Saturday 25th February 2012 - Leeds Cockpit Sunday 26th February 2012 - Birmingham Rainbow Monday 27th February 2012 - Brighton Green Door Store [...]