AU-Squat-Festival Frankfurt, Germany- squatted for 25 years

May 25, 2008

Birmingham based band Police Bastard have been invited to Frankfurt, Germany.

On the 7 and 8th of June 2008 the autonomous cultural and living project and oldest squat in Germany, the AU in Frankfurt/Main, celebrates the 25th aniversary of the squatting.

The AU can look back on 25 years of non-profit DIY concerts, soup/people’s kitchen and many other great cultural and political events. The area offers a self-organized living space for a lot of different people.The AU is a political space which positions itself against each way of racism, nationalism, antisemitism and sexism.

Sat 07.06. Open-Air Festival (AU-Fest)
Bands playing are

LIFE BUT HOW TO LIVE IT! (Norway), 1982 (Germany), POLICE BASTARD (UK), CHARGE 69 (France), NOISE ANNOYS (Germany)

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Sophie Lancaster Campaign

May 25, 2008

Message from Zak:

The correct link for Sophie Lancaster, is http://www.myspace.com/inmemoryofsophie

Sorry I didn’t let you know sooner.

I have also attached a flyer for the S.o.p.h.i.e gig @ JBs gig on the 25th May 08.

You can also find the JBs flyer by visiting http://www.myspace.com/miss_higher

Cheers Zak.
Sophie lancaster GIG flyer 2

The Curate’s Egg: Look like Hippies - Play like Bailiffs

May 25, 2008

Thursday May 29th, from Austin,Texas
Scott H.Biram www.myspace.com/scotthbiram
in support
Honkeyfinger(LONDINIUM) www.myspace.com/honkeyfinger
+ The Courtesy Group (Smethwick, Louisiana, Kings Norton, Alabama) www.myspace.com/thecourtesygroup
8 till late: £5 Advance ..£7 Door!
Hare and Hounds, High St., Kings Heath, Birmingham. B14 7JZ
Tickets from Swordfish, Jibbering Records or online at Ticketweb

Monday June 16th, garage guru gal and ex headcoattee
Holly Golightly and the brokeoffs www.myspace.com/hollygolightlyandthebrokeoffs
in support
Ted Edwards (The Music Lovers) www.myspace.com/themusiclovers

+ The Courtesy Group www.myspace.com/thecourtesygroup
& D.J set from CARMEN
8 till late: £8.50 Advance ..£10 Door!
Hare and Hounds, High St., Kings Heath, Birmingham. B14 7JZ
Tickets from Swordfish, Jibbering Records or online at Ticketweb

Look like Hippies - Play like Bailiffs : If it ain’t Fixed - Break it!
SPACE THIS WATCH: www.myspace.com/thecuratesegg

hollygolightly

Volume Magazine wants you

May 25, 2008

Words from Volume Magazine:”Hi,  My name is Ruby Ocean and I run Volume Magazine, a quarterly London-based publication geared towards the promotion of new art, music and writing. We are currently in Birmingham researching and sourcing for our next issue which will be totally dedicated to the arts and music in the city.

I wondered if you would like to get involved in any way?

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CUBANS / MUSOPLEX / RAVEN – 22nd May 2008

May 25, 2008

The Cubans Release New AA single and Remastered Album on RAVEN:

Wolverhampton’s brightest independents The Cubans release a new AA single and remastered album through our friends at Musoplex (the new home of the legendary Framework studios and top producer Si Reeves).

The single, released on 24th May, has received a warm preliminary reception and got its first airing on the BBC WM Introducing show with Daz Hale.

The band and Si were interviewed by Central TV last week.
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Gig Listings supplied by Live Brum

May 13, 2008

Live Brum have just Launched the most comprehensive listings site in Birmingham and the RSS feed provided is now embedded in The Music Network site, you can embed it in your site too. Live Brum aims to list every live performance event at every venue in Birmingham UK. You can find events by genre, venue, date or keyword search and comment on any event.

Live Brum is editorially independent from all venues, organisations, bands, & promoters except where explicitly stated otherwise.

Harmonising event data across Birmingham

More than just a website, the Live Brum plan is to accept data in any format (web, email, flyers, word of mouth, etc) and then publish it in a range of standard formats that others can do new exciting things with. Options include:

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