Hi there, welcome to my blog. Having reviewed gigs around Birmingham for the past couple of years I thought it’d be a good idea to have somewhere to deposit all the good stuff I’ve been churning out. I’m also planning to use this as somewhere to jot down what happens outside the focus of the […]
Author Archives: Chris Unitt
Gallows @ Birmingham Academy, 16/02/08
Frank Carter can rail all he likes against fans making idols of bands but if he’s a subject of adulation it’s no doubt a result of his thrillingly visceral and menacingly charismatic performances. If there’s a single reason why Gallows have been embraced (if a little cautiously) by mainstream indie and won plays on Radio […]
Los Campesinos @ Birmingham Academy 2, 13/02/08
The show ended as it started – from ‘Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats’ with it’s shouty count-in to the final unaccompanied, shouted chorus of ‘Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks’. It set the tone for the whole of the show quite succinctly too, with all seven members involved at high volume in a slightly quirky, unabashed and […]