- When an album leaks online before it arrives in stores
- Birmingham based Death Punk. Like a demonic Black Bloc storming the stock exchange with baseball bats, this album belts out of the speakers and storms around the room taking no prisoners
- An interesting site to find out more about underground bands. it's more a discography site but useful if you want more information about a band.
- DJ at MWR – www.musicworldradio.com – usually spinning weird punk, psychobilly & odd indie stuff mixed with some outragious 80s synth… Originally danish, living in Spain ( Javea ).
Anyone with a taste for weird tunes and rotten relics. Bands wanting some airplay, grooving venues or what not…get in touch
- Jay Reatard : Since the release of the debut album from his first band, The Reatards, back when he was only seventeen, Jay (from Memphis, Tennessee) has redefined the word prolific by clocking up fifteen further album releases with various bands as well as one solo album, the mind-blowing ‘Blood Visions’ (In The Red, 2006). In spite of the long string of dead punk band carcasses, people are only starting to notice Jay’s insane talent. Hot shit in his homeland, expectation for his forthcoming European tour is close to fever pitch and he’s recently just signed a long-term deal with Matador Records who released six 7” singles in quick succession through the summer of 2008 and for those not hung up on collecting, a compilation release of them followed later in the year.
- Burn fm is holding a BOTB with a few other societies (Rock Society, Band Society) and Vale Fest, a charity festival entirely run by students. Any profits from the £5 ticket price will go towards the Vale Festival charities.
- Magick Temple. You may know him from Dogfood, The Old Railway, Discordian Promotions. He has a page on Last.fm and a radio show on www.musicworldradio.com
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- Police Bastard Tour April 2009
12.04. [Sat] Gent? tbc
13.04. [Sun] Hamburg? tbc
14.04. [Tue] Magdeburg or other between Hamburg and Berlin(working on it, tbc)
15.04. [Wed] Berlin TOMMY-HAUS. confirmed with LAZY SLOBS (Berlin)
16.04. [Thu] Leipzig ZORO tbc
17.04. [Fri] Frankfurt am Main AU confirmed
18.04. [Sat] Köln tbc or maybe Liege/FranceThe band are in the studio this week recording new material for release later this year so keep an eye on the website for more information.
- The Music Network meeting is open to all on Thursday 26th February 2009 4pm til 6pm
at Technology and Innovation Centre(TIC), Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG.
Come and talk about music and what you’re up to and meet some new people. Here’s a video from last month.
- The Music Network organises a NETWORKING EVENT on the last Thursday of each month, 4-6pm
The Music Network meeting is open to all on Thursday 26th February 2009 4pm til 6pm
at Technology and Innovation Centre(TIC), Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG.
Come and talk about music and what you’re up to and meet some new people, Trust me it's a STINKAH!!
- The Music Network organises a NETWORKING EVENT on the last Thursday of each month, 4-6pm
The Music Network meeting is open to all on Thursday 26th February 2009 4pm til 6pm
at Technology and Innovation Centre(TIC), Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG.
Come and talk about music and what you’re up to and meet some new people, it's a stinker.
The Music Network organises a NETWORKING EVENT on the last Thursday of each month, 4-6pm
The Music Network meeting is open to all on Thursday 26th February 2009 4pm til 6pm
at Technology and Innovation Centre(TIC), Millennium Point, Curzon Street, Birmingham, B4 7XG.
Come and talk about music and what you’re up to and meet some new people. Here’s a video from last month.
The Music Network organises the meeting for the benefit of music related businesses in the West Midlands region.
If you are a musician, work with musicians, represent musicians, have involvement with the music industry, or are looking to make new contacts the meeting will be useful to you.
If you have news to report, a presentation to give, an event to promote, any new points for discussion, a pitch to make, business cards or flyers to hand round, an appeal for help, advice or guidance or even if you just want the free tea and biscuits and some quality entertainment…you are all invited.
You can also post in by email any news or gig dates or press release information for inclusion on the website and for distribution through the mailing list and RSS feed. More details on the website.
There will be luxury chocolate biscuits and good coffee for all. There’s food and drink afterwards supplied by the creative networks too. Please pass this invite on to Musicians you know or anyone else who you think may benefit.
https://birminghammusicnetwork.com
Jokers or time wasters who play on the internet all day and don’t actually do anything else other than talk about what cake they’re eating or how they are so successful and amazing all the time or whatever need not apply. Go and play on twitter.
- A NIGHT OF PUNK ROCK ANARCHY IN BIRMINGHAM
The Wagon and Horses, Digbeth, Birmingham
Saturday 14th march
8pm
Door tax: £6
Paranoid Visions, The Restarts, Poundaflesh - I’m not going to go through a list of ALL of them and neither am I detail how to apply, the list & links should basically inspire to check them out, do some research and apply if your music would be suitable for the said festival. Some won’t have formal ways of applying so you’ll have to ask nicely for the promoters contact details and send them some music along with an early Easter egg or something, they’ll remember & thank you for it. Despite it being only January, your already running late to apply to some, others haven’t opened for submission yet either. Okay so here goes and good luck, If I’ve missed any out, spread the love a bit and comment them so everyone can check them out. One last thing, if you know of anyone who’s in a band or anyone who would find this list useful, please link them up to it!
- Approaching a music company, be it a label, publisher, agent, whatever is like applying for a job, so treat it like one. Below I’ve listed some points, which if you abide by them, should yield greater results.
- Anthony Herron digital music consultant & workaholic, based in Birmingham UK
- Andy Derrick shares an opinion on the funding of Creative industries in Birmingham and the surrounding Midlands region.
- A response to Rory Cellan Jones’ article ‘Has MySpace lost its cool’ by Andy Derrick
- Punk Record label and Distro:
Epistrophy, PO Box 312, 30003 Hannover, Germany
Mail: info@epistrophy.de