Meltdown Records proudly presents it's sixth……..YES SIXTH!!!!!!! Consecutive annual MELTDOWN FESTIVAL!!

This years special event is the biggest and best Fest yet.Again taking place at Birminghams premier rock/metal venue – The Asylum – a fantastic family run venue looking to serve it metal community to the max.

This years event is our first 2 day event!!!!!!!!!!

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MEANS TO AN END Festival Day 1
Friday, 15 October 2010, 19:00

DOOM

EXTINCTION OF MANKIND

CROWSKIN: Heavy, heavy crust doom metal in the vein of SAINT VITUS/BLACK SABBATH/EYE HATE GOD

HAMMERS: One of the most active bands out there…crushing HC with influences from TRAGEDY, KYLESA. Rocking live

THE LEAGUE OF MENTALMEN

(HOOKER) Raw, dynamic all female punk trio likened to GOSSIP!

Doors 7pm. £5 members / £6 guests. Sleepover in the cafe for those travelling…

Saturday, 16 October 2010, 16:00 – 17:00

MEANS TO AN END day 2:

DESTINO FINAL

SHITTY LIMITS

AFTERNOON GENTLEMEN

FIRMEZA 10

AFTERBIRTH:

THE WANKYS

YOUTH AVOIDERS

TORN APART

TRENCHES

CLOSURE

4pm start: £7 members, £8 guests… sleepover again available…

The debate 'Art fairs are about money not art' took place at the Saatchi Gallery 2010.

Speakers: Matthew Slotover, Simon de Pury, Sir Norman Rosenthal, Jasper Joffe, Matthew Collings, Louisa Buck

Art fairs, scoff the critics, have become shopping malls for the super-rich. They are giant marketplaces for the wealthy to buy, invest and speculate on the commodity of art. Galleries pressure artists to churn out 'safe', sellable works, which are not so much looked at as bought in bulk. As the critic Jerry Saltz put it, 'art fairs are perfect storms of money, marketability, and instant gratification'. Is this criticism justified? Or are art fairs in fact the perfect format for visitors to see art from all over the world which they wouldn't otherwise see? And by allowing artists to show their work to potential buyers en masse are these shows a crucial lifeline for artists today?

Punk Britannia is the Internet radio show that brings you all that is new from unsigned UK Punk and Ska bands. Show 24 will stream this week on Californian Internet Radio Station punkrockdemo.com:
California Time Tuesday 12th October Noon to 1pm
Repeated Thursday 14th October 11pm to Midnight

**UK Time: Tuesday 12th October 8pm to 9pm**

Repeated Friday 15th October 7am to 8am

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Last Under The Sun are on this weeks Brumcast! The No.1 show for midlands underground sounds, Please promote/plug/publicise it! Brumcast will be broadcast live on http://www.rhubarbradio.com on Monday 11th October at 8pm GMT. Please tune in! The podcast of the show will be online at http://brumcast.podomatic.com on Tuesday
Cheers
Chris
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XOVA (Pronounced Cross Over) are the latest STREET REGGAE BAND to come out of the UK this year with their unique ability to produce stunning tracks that are not only hard hitting Reggae but truly cross over to capture the RNB market as well.

Coming out of Birmingham UK the home of such legends as Steel Pulse, UB40, Apache Indian, Pato Banton, Musical Youth and Bitty Mclean they follow in a long and fine tradition in Reggae music taken from the streets of this multi-cultural city.

The differences being that XOVA now fuse in their flavours from the streets of living in an urban city such as Birmingham in this new millenium.