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Gigbeth 2008:another failure or another success?Was it both?What are your thoughts a few months on?

February 3, 2009 in Other, Reviews by Mark Badger

I have resisted the temptation to put my thoughts on Gigbeth 2008 down as I didn’t attend any part of it. I was hoping to hear all the stories, read up on the reviews and look at the pictures but to be honest there hasn’t been much to look at. Perhaps I haven’t looked very far.

Was it a another failure or another success, how do you define failure, how do you define success? Was it a failure and also a success? How was Gigbeth for you? What impact has Gigbeth had? How do you measure an event’s success?

photo

This is the only photo sent in to the Music Network during the event from a member of the public, was it really all that bad?

I don’t think it was. Have a look at this http://www.davepiper.org.uk/music/gigbeth08/gigbethmainlogotilt/

There is a flickr group that people have contributed to here:
http://flickr.com/search/?q=gigbeth&s=rec

Gigbeth Reviews:

4 Talent Magazine http://www.4talentmagazine.com/2008/11/11/4talent-gigbeth-stage-round-up

Birmingham Post  http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/music-in-birmingham/2008/11/10/guillemots-provide-value-for-month-at-gigbeth-festival-65233-22216579/

Rhubarb Radio http://www.rhubarbradio.com/live/events/archive.aspx

Gigbeth PO Box 14386
Birmingham
B25 9EL
www.gigbeth.com
www.gigbethconference.com

Please send  in your links, photos, reviews and comments on your Gigbeth experience and any suggestions for the future would be most welcome, i feel some evaluation of past events and hopes for future ones may be useful. Your comments please…..

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ORGAN: THIS WEEK’S ISSUE, WHO GOT REVIEWED

January 19, 2009 in Reviews by Mark Badger

Well we’ve hit the year running, second 2009 issue of ORGAN is up on
line, an issue goes on line every Thursday afternoon over at
www.organart.com

Already a good year for albums…

This week’s album of the week is from Canada’s rather impressive WOMEN
(Jagjaguwar)

We also have reviews of the following albums…

MAEGASHIRA – The Stark Arctic (Spare Change)
DANKO JONES – Never Too Loud (Bad Taste)
JACK SHIRT – Silent Beef (Scratch My Back)
FEN – The Malediction Fields (Code 666)
LOW BUDGET ORCHESTRA – The Second Best (Low Budget Music)
MEN OF UNITUS – Gland Of Hope And Glory (No Lite)
GRAHAM REYNOLDS AND THE GOLDEN ARM TRIO – Cult Of Colour (Shamrock)

Two singles of the week, told you we were off to a good start this
year….
OH, ATOMS – Sugar Mouse (Lucky Motel)
DENNIS HOPPER CHOPPERS – Smart Ones Always Lose (D Wink)

Plus…
THE WOE BETIDES – Play Dead EP (Songs In The Dark)
DEVOTCHKA – How It Ends (Anti)
THE SOCIAL – A Call To Arms EP (Divided London)

Demo of the week is from
AWESOME WELLS
Plus LITHURGY and SUNDAY SCHOOL

And all the other bits of downloads and news and bits and oh go have a
look… www.organart.com

DAILY NEWS PAGES are rolling as always… TO ARMS ETC, GOODBYE TO THE
ASTORIA, THE BRUTE CHORUS, THE BOXER REBELLION, ZERO CIPER…SOULFLY….
all your news and such should go to organzine @ aol.com

And yes, talk to us about COMPETITIONS, REVIEWS, GIGS, INTERVIEWS, AD
SPACE or anything else that’s on you mind, up to you how you make use of
ORGAN and what we do, we’re not going to chase you…

Your on this list because you’ve contact us, you sent e.mails to us, you
might have even sent in review material and we figure you want to know
what we’re covering – you should have us bookmarked and drop in once a
day of course, but hey… Anyway if you don’t want to be on this mailing
list and you’re not interested in what we’re doing then just ask nicely
and we’ll remove you…

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Review of forthcoming NIGHTINGALES album

January 19, 2009 in Artists, Releases, Reviews by Mark Badger

(Skug magazine by Heinrich Deisl)):

The Nightingales, follow-up project of Birminghams first legendary punkband the Prefects around Robert Lloyd, that supported acts like Nico or Bo Diddley, are back with a nonchalant noisy album. While we’re in history: Lloyd, in his various incarnations, has been a regular guest at John Peels, only outplayed by the Fall. Lloyd, Alan apperley, Daren Garrett and young Matt Wood drone themselves through 12 rocknumbers, containing Avantgarde, Punk and borrowings to große kosmische musik – (annotation: i like that one) there are two guest appearances by Faust bass player Andreas Schmid (he he) – held together by Lloyds grumbly(?) singing, that sometimes sounds like Iggy Pop. Rock&Roll and Surf also consistently look around the corner: not for nothing the ‘gales dedicate “insult to injury” to Bo Diddley and Link Wray. This record scores with bulkiness, lots of bittersweet (there’s no way to translate Hinterfotzigkeiten… backc..tness? something like sneakyness) and pop-down to earth melancholy. A tour is coming up in spring 2009. Don’t miss it.

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Gigbeth 2008 Reviewed on Twitter

November 9, 2008 in Artists, Reviews by Mark Badger

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Nightingales – Pigs on Purpose Blog reviews

October 27, 2008 in Other, Reviews by Mark Badger

Monday, October 13, 2008

The Nightingales – Pigs On Purpose

On this date in 1982, The Nightingales released their debut album, Pigs On Purpose. It contained the single, “Use Your Loaf”. The Birmingham, England post punk band rose from the ashes of The Prefects, a punk band that included original Nightingales members Robert Lloyd, Paul Apperley, Eamonn Duffy and Joe Crow. Nightingales disbanded in 1986 after three albums and numerous lineup changes. They have reunited and released new material.

http://thep5.blogspot.com/2008/10/nightingales-pigs-on-purpose.html

The Nightingales – Pigs On Purpose

Did you hear about the Irishman who opened a tandoori restaurant?

http://suckingicecubes.blogspot.com/2007/10/did-you-hear-about-irishman-who-opened.html

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