Archive for May, 2010

We’ve consulted the weather man he’s assured us there will be more sun for this week including bank holiday weekend… So come and take advantage of the beautiful sunshine and unmissable music we have for you this week.

Also we have Soul Food Project Launching THIS Friday!! They have promised to ‘inject some fun into the Birmingham food scene’ so expect some flavoursome delights, to see what tasty treats the guys have lined up, visit their group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=111806592193957&v=info

Read on for more details of this week’s events, don’t forget to subscribe to our mailing list on the website and twitter feed!

Monday
CANCELLED – SPC Live presents: Baby Monster / Isolated Atoms / This/Broadcast / Anarchist Cookbook
Tonight’s gig has been cancelled due to a power cut on York Road. Apologies to anyone coming to this event, refunds will be available at point of purchase.

~ Back Bar quiz – don’t be a loser…be a winner!!

Tuesday
~ World Unlimited presents: Nell Bryden & support
Sings from the heart and shoots from the hip. The blonde bombshell from Brooklyn has the urban lifestyle in her blood, the country/folk spirit of Americana in her soul, and the great American songbook in her head. Love and loss are the fuel that lights her songwriting fire…

~ Stitches and Ho’s!
Another edition of our monthly knitting hootenanny!! sounds to stitch to provided by Clare and Dave, wool and needles provided, all are welcome – you don’t even have to be good

Wednesday
~ Birmingham Promoters presents: Jim Bob (Carter USM) / Burnside
In Carter USM Jim Bob had 14 top 40 singles, one number 1 album and played over 800 gigs all over the world. Since Carter USM, Jim Bob has released two albums and three singles with his disco-pop-punk group Jim’s Super Stereoworld, three solo albums as Jim Bob and played various live shows both with his band and solo!! For lovers of Indie / acoustic / alternative music, message back for limited cheap list x

~ Capsule presents: Acid Mothers Temple / Gum Takes Tooth
Japanese psychedelic band founded by members of the Acid Mothers Temple soul-collective. They have a reputation for phenomenal live shows and releasing frequent albums on a number of international record labels. Led by guitarist Kawabata Makoto, early in their career featured many musicians but by 2004 the line-up had coalesced with 4 core members and frequent vocal guests.

~ Back Bar quiz – come win some prizes at our midweek quiz!!

Thursday
~ This is Tomorrow & Speech Fewepy presents: Casio Kids / Tantrums / Greg Bird
Fresh from touring up and down the country with Hot Chip will be bringing their unique blend of trashy analogue dance music to Kings Heath. Those of you who have caught them live before will know that they are one of the best live bands around at the moment…

~ Miss Perry & Birmingham Promoters presents: Dan Sartain / The Rivers Presley Set
American rock and roll musician from Birmingham, Alabama. His music encompasses a variety of genres including rockabilly and blues. NME – “Sartain is a genius. His songs fly me to the moon.”
Dont miss out on this very special night with Support from AMAZING band The Rivers Presley set as well as Kerrang! DJs to get the crowd rollin’, Message back for limited cheap list x

Friday
~ MC Guru (Gangstarr/Jazzmatazz) Tribute – Fund Raiser for Cancer Charities
“Instead of preaching death in my songs I breathe life.” The legendary hip hop MC, Guru (Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal) died last month aged 43, following a battle with cancer. His work with Gangstarr, Jazzmatazz and later as a solo artist was revered around the world by fans and musicians from all backgrounds. Musicians and Dj’s will be grouping together to pay respects to MC Guru with all proceeds of this event going cancer charities.

~ Leftfoot & Mostly Jazz Festival presents: Bonobo & Lizzy Parks
This event is Sold Out now but to see what other 10th Anniversary treats Leftfoot have to bring you make sure you visit our website AND join our mailing list in order to win tickets for upcoming gigs.
More Leftfoot events tickets are available through https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/buy_tickets/venues/?id=685

Saturday
~ FaceBoot presents: The 80’s Clothing Sale
Get your crimpers out and flash your cash at the retro 80s clothing sale – no bad copies or jumble here, just pure 80’s trash and glitz. Nu wave, electro, goth, hip hop – it’s all here at bargain prices!

~ House of God presents: House of God Residents Special.
In room 1, the mighty Surgeon, Sir Real and Paul Damage have been with the club since day 1 and were joined a few years later by Harvey Lane and Nicky B who have all delivered their trademark take on techno and house to audiences across the world but always return to their beloved Birmingham when the HoG calls…

In room 2, drum + bass veteran DJ-X has provided the darkness to HoG`s 2nd room for 15 years now and is joined for this Bank Holiday by old skool hero and HoG regular, Gershwin (The Source, Pandemonium) alongside breaks and electro-meisters – Deadbeat and Sean Tighe.
All this for a fiver…. on a Bank Holiday Saturday? What more could you want…..

Sunday
~ Freestyle presents: DJ Cash Money (Philadelphia, USA) with Sam Redmore (Leftfoot) & Funkbox Allstars – Inducted into the DMC hall of fame as “The World’s Greatest DJ”, without doubt one of the most influential and gifted DJs of all time. DMC World Champion back in 1988, Cash Money was banned from re-entering the competition in order to give the rest of the field a chance. One of the most entertaining live DJs on the planet, Cash Money’s sets incorporate hip hop, funk, breaks, disco, reggae, electro and more, all stitched together with mind-blowing technical finesse. A true legend of the turntable – an event not to be missed!

~ Chicks Dig Jerks VS ColdRice
The one everyone has been waiting for, the biggest showdown since: Luke Skywalker vs Darth Vader, George Foreman vs Muhammad Ali, Godzilla vs Mothra, Freddy vs Jason, Alien vs Predator, Mods vs Rockers, Rocky IV vs Drago and now…. CHICKS DIG JERKS vs COLDRICE. Also performing live at this prestigious event…Black Mekon/Youves/Vinny & The Curse/Barge Pole (ex Bee Stung Lips)…

TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR 2010:
Acid Mothers Temple / H.O.G / DJ Cash Money / Dead Meadow / Habit / Phosphorescent / Bunka&Cog / Jazzie B (Soul II Soul ) / Breakestra & Chali 2NA (J5) / Bentley Rythm Ace / Gilles Peterson & Earl Zinger / Headzfest / Jim Bob (Carter (USM) / Dan Sartain / The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster / John Fairhurst / Jonah Matranga / Jeff Klien / Finley Quaye / The Features

To get cheaper tickets in advance buy online:
http://www.seetickets.com/?p=6807
https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/buy_tickets/venues/?id=685

Come say Hi!

xH&Hx

Again another fun filled week at The Hare & Hounds! Hope you’ve all added us on twitter and facebook! That way you can get our daily tweets and special deals for the week! You can also check out our listings on the site and keep an eye on newly announced gigs/events!

Also, not long now to our new kitchen opens where Soul Food Project will be arriving shortly to spice up and inject some fun into the Birmingham food scene! Here’s a link to their facebook group where you can have a look at the menu and start planning future din dins at the Hare & Hounds!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=111806592193957&v=info

Read on for more details of this week’s events, don’t forget to subscribe to our mailing list on the website!

Monday
~ Back Bar quiz – don’t be a loser…be a winner!!

Tuesday
~ Birmingham Promoters presents: A Place To Bury Strangers / Crocodiles / The Megaphonic Thrift + Guile DJs – affectionately lauded as New York City’s “loudest band” by various reviewers and bloggers, as well as “the most ear-shatteringly loud garage/shoegaze band you’ll ever hear” by The Washington Post. The New York Times applauded their revival of “the ominous, feedback-drenched drones of the 1980s”! Message back for Rachel’s special cheap list! X

Wednesday
~ World Unlimited presents: Jace Everett + support Dan Whitehouse
Jace Everett’s song “Bad Things” was chosen as the theme for the HBO series True Blood, he combines the depth of traditional country song writing with a fusion of powerful rock, Americana and blues.

~ Back Bar quiz – come win some prizes at our midweek quiz!!

Thursday
~ Birmingham Promoters presents: Wax Fang
Wax Fang is a band from Louisville, KY. Originally a solo project of lead singer and frontman Scott Carney, in 2005 the band was fleshed out by drummer Kevin Ratterman and bassist Jake Heustis. The band came to prominence in 2006 when they opened for fellow Louisvillians My Morning Jacket.

~ Capsule presents: Chrome Hoof + guests
Doom metal, disco, acid house and Donna Summer had a car crash on the highway to oblivion. Chrome Hoof emerged from the wreckage, grooving. Somewhere between 10 and 14 members, depending on who turns up. A combination of primal feeling, virtuosity, theatre, brooding menace, late 70s glamour and large monsters made out of chromed titanium, Chrome Hoof should not really make any sense whatsoever — but they do.

Friday
~ Friendly Fire Sessions presents: Friendly Fire Band feat. Bongo Chilli
One of the UK’s hottest dancehall artists who mixes humour with consciousness, and has recorded with many UK urban producers. Chili has mashed up the Friendly Fire Sessions last year with his “peppery!” DJ style and explosive stage presence, and this month, he will be performing an exclusive set backed by the Friendly Fire Band alongside Lion Art, Pablo Rider and Natural Mystic.

~ Sugarfoot Stomp May Day Special
Well it’s that time of year when we return to nature and embrace the great outdoors- like a favourite uncle who only visits once-annually bearing treats. The theme for this month’s ‘Stomp is inspired by May Day festivals but rather than just crowning a May Queen we will be inventing the May King too. Whoever this happens to be will win some goodies!

Saturday
~ Capsule presents: Wolves in the Throne Room + Tweak Bird
It has been five years since Wolves in the Throne Room emerged from the rain-soaked Cascadian underground with a singular musical alchemy. Characterized by a heavy and powerful analog sound and a deft touch with songwriting and arrangement. The crumbling roar of decidedly old-school tube amps unite with layers of mossy analog synthesizer and cataclysmic percussion.

~ George Powell and Friendly Fire Music present: Back To The Future
A night of Reggae, Revival and Rub a Dub classics in the Hare and Hounds, with some of Birmingham’s finest selectas featuring Special Guests from www.stingdem.com Little Richie
Doco Ranks, Supported by Residents Jam Jah Family.

~ Organic presents: Eddie Piller
Come and catch Eddie playing a very rare Birmingham set, covering many decades and styles of music, that will be sure to have the floor rocking start to finish. Starting his career in the 1980s as part of the English mod revival, Piller launched underground fanzine Extraordinary Sensations and operated as a DJ and concert promoter. Piller has continued to be influential in the underground dance music scene due to many live DJ appearances and his evening radio show on BBC Radio 6.

Sunday
~ Oya batucada presents “Take me to Brazil!”- samba percussion workshop, led by Mestre John Richards, informal learning styles, all welcome, instruments provided, 12.15 til 3 pm!!!

TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR 2010:
The Correspondents / Chrome Hoof / Bonobo / Jazzie B (Soul II Soul ) / A Place To Bury Strangers / Wax Fang / Richard James / Jim Bob (Carter (USM) / Dan Sartain / The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster / John Fairhurst / Jonah Matranga / The Black Atlantic / Jeff Klien / Finley Quaye / The Features

To get cheaper tickets in advance buy online:
http://www.seetickets.com/?p=6807
https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/buy_tickets/venues/?id=685

Come say Hi!

xH&Hx

REAL ESTATE (US) play the Hare & Hounds this Sunday night and we have another exclusive cheap list for you! If you send us your full names you can get into the gig on the ‘Birmingham Promoters £5 List’

Email: Carlo@birminghampromoters.com or facebook me… Spread the word! Its £12 on the door so this is a complete bargain!

This Is Tomorrow DJ’s kick of the DJ’in at 7.30pm and Old School Tie open up the bill at 8.15pm!

Real Estate are a psychedelic pop band from New Jersey, United States. They are on a European tour and this will their last Birmingham show this year! Main Support comes from Frontier Ruckus from Michigan – these are also brilliant!

Check out some music here!

http://www.myspace.com/realestate

http://www.myspace.com/frontierruckus

http://www.myspace.com/oldschooltie

Hope you can make it down! Get in touch!
Birmingham Promoters x

Hello H&H friends! Hope you all enjoyed everything the Hare & Hounds had to offer last week! And as usual we have another fun filled week coming up so make sure you have a gander!

ALSO extremely good news for those of you are hungry and/or enjoy tasty food!! Soul Food Project will be arriving shortly to spice up and inject some fun into the Birmingham food scene! Launching May 28th so you’ll have to keep your taste buds and bellies entertained until then, in the meantime the guys have been lovely enough to start a facebook group and have listed a few mouth watering dishes to expect at the launch! Here’s the link: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=111806592193957&v=info

Read on for more details of this week’s events, don’t forget to subscribe to our mailing list on the website and twitter feed!

Monday
- Access To Music – live music showcase for access to music students. A chance for the students to show off their talents in a live music venue. Come and show your support for the young and talented of Birmingham maybe pick up on some new favourite acts!

- Back Bar quiz – don’t be a loser…be a winner!!

Tuesday
- Birmingham Promoters presents: Best Coast
The new beach blanket lo-fi pop solo project of former Pocahaunted member Bethany Cosentino, sprung forth during her first days back in California. Songs about summer and the sun and the ocean and being a lazy creep, with drums, beach boys bass lines, and other amazing things…

Wednesday
- Capsule presents: Grails
evocative, sinuous and unpredictable . Nearly everything written about the instrumental band’s music expounds on how much it reminds listeners of particular experiences, sights, moods or dreams. People react emotionally to the Portland, Oregon quintet’s powerfully evocative songs because they compel us to fill the gap between music and language…

- World Unlimited presents: Trembling Bells + support Henrys Children
Glasgow band mixing traditional folk with psychedelia and, in lead singer Lavinia Blackwall, have someone with one of the most sweeping, soaring voices imaginable. ‘Brilliant…concise, deeply romantic, totally original 4*s’ (Mojo), ‘freewheeling and delightfully quirky 4*s’ (The Guardian)…

- Back Bar quiz – come win some prizes at our midweek quiz!!

Thursday
- Birmingham Promoters & Kilimanjaro presents: Stornoway / Tom Williams & The Boat / Mr Bones & The Dreamers – The band consists of an ornithologist, a rusty russian translator, and a South African brotherhood. They were first united in a snow-encrusted garage in Oxford, where they instantly attracted the attention of Dr & Mrs Killjoy the neighbours… ‘The songs are uniformly beautiful, and the lyrics have a disconcerting habit of winding you emotionally…Strident, celebratory and roof-raising.’ 4*s (The Guardian)…

Friday
- Bob’s Yer Uncle Disco presents: Bob’s Yer Uncle
The dark and cold days have past! Bob’s Yer Uncle returns to bring you a Springtime, heady mix of jackin’ beats, deep funk,cosmic disco, hypnotic house, beeps, bleeps and everything in between. Expect ass-shaking,hands-in-the-air carnival madnes, all served up by your resident DJs; Richard Reubens, Bonobos & DJ Raah.

- 5th Element presents: The Correspondents
MC Mr Bruce and DJ/Producer Mr Chuckles collaborate to make Hip Hop for the 1930’s, Big Band music for the 00’s. Splicing swing samples with squelchy synths over dusty drum loops they’ve depicted a modern day journey into time of rogue’s, lust, affordable clowns and foot-tapping toe curling “get your brogues on” dance floor swing beat, do not miss this rare opportunity to see The Correspondents here in Birmingham!

Saturday
- Jibbering presents: The Nextmen
AKA Brad Baloo & Dom Search, strive to join the dots between music they love be it dancehall, drum’n’bass, hip hop, soul, funk, dubstep, indie, leftfield, ambient, pop or straight-up, hands-in-the-air, party jacking pleasers! Their legendary, explosive and eclectic 4 turntable DJ sets masterfully weave their way through myriad styles, beats and treats always focussed strictly on the dancefloor and laced with their own sought after mash-ups, edits, bootlegs and specials!!

- Die Disko Damen presents: Jugend Klub Live Special – Waler / Is I cinema / Benjamin Blower & The Army Of The Broken Hearted
Waler: Post post modern cut & paste pop theorists. Is I Cinema: An electrically amplified focus group. Progressive science fiction music. Benjamin Blower & The Army Of The Broken Hearted: Apocalyptic sandwich-board musical aggitation movement. Music policy: Italo, new wave, post punk, disco, E.B.M and other guilty pleasures.

Sunday
- Birmingham Promoters presents: Real Estate / Frontier Ruckus / Old School Tie
Real Estate is a psychedelic surf pop band hailing from New Jersey, now based in Brooklyn, N.Y. The band has roots in the Garden State. Think sundrenched, think sentimental, and—yes—think subtle. On Real Estate’s eponymous debut album, fittingly released by buzz label Woodsist, the songs are in no rush. The hooks are there—and enough “uh oh” choruses to have you singing along—but they take their time.

- World Unlimited presents: The Music Room – Stylus Boy / Kevin James Hadley (Yeah Sparrow) / Louise Kilbride
If you want meaningful and poignant song writing without being preached at then look to Stylusboy. It is a renewed innocence filled with hope and light during a dark and hopeless day. Snapshots of one moment in time, some are about a collection of different moments. Stylusboy’s songs are heartfelt, delicate and full of hope…

TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR 2010:
Best Coast / Real Estate / Grails / The Correspondents / Chrome Hoof / Bonobo / Jazzie B (Soul II Soul ) / A Place To Bury Strangers / Wax Fang / Richard James / Jim Bob (Carter (USM) / Dan Sartain / The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster / John Fairhurst / Jonah Matranga / The Black Atlantic / Jeff Klien / Finley Quaye / The Features

To get cheaper tickets in advance buy online:
http://www.seetickets.com/?p=6807
https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/buy_tickets/venues/?id=685

Come say Hi!

xH&Hx

This Sunday @ Hare & Hounds we have a very special show!

Birmingham Management Company ‘Zoot Management’ who look after EDITORS and THE TWANG bring their brand new band AIRSHIP to the venue!

This really is an opportunity to see AIRSHIP in an intimate venue at a very early stage… Airship have just come of a full European tour with Editors and all reviews have pointed to a band with huge potential!

I’ve seen them live a couple of times now and they are definitely ones to watch…

You can have a look at the videos and hear the tracks here!

http://www.myspace.com/airshiptheband

We really want to make this show as busy as possible so we’re going to put out a VIP free entry guestlist for all members of the Hare & Hounds and Birmingham Promoters groups! All you need to do is email carlo@birminghampromoters.com with your full name and invite who you like!

Main support comes from one of our best local Indie bands The Vehicles and an exclusive opening slot for a new discovery on the Birmingham Promoters books… Philly-G who is tipped for big things this year. All details on www.birminghampromoters.com!

Tickets are £6adv / £8door so snap this free offer up! Tickets are limited on a first come first serve basis but once your name is down your guaranteed entry!

Many Thanks for all your support!
Carlo & Birmingham Promoters

Anyone feeling the Monday blues… of course not! Thank god for bank holiday Mondays ay! And what a way to start the week (or carry on with the weekend for most of us!!) with fantastic live music and club nights all week!
Read on for more details of this week’s events, don’t forget to subscribe to our mailing list on the website and twitter feed!

Monday
- Birmingham Promoters presents: Wintersleep / The Scholars / Yellow Killer Cowards -
Rooted in indie rock and has ambient and occasional shoegaze elements. Performances have been described as “entirely honest” and “deeply moving” with “captivating ambiance”. Can’t think of a better way to spend a bank holiday evening!

- Back Bar quiz – don’t be a loser…be a winner!!

Wednesday
- The Catapult Club presents: Misty’s Big Adventure / Brute Force! – Those of you who know Mistys Big Adventure know they never fail to deliver not only excellent music but an all out entertaining show! They will perform separate sets and then join together to play a number of Brute Force classics, including The Tapeworm of Love!

- Back Bar quiz – come win some prizes at our midweek quiz!!

Thursday
- Wacky Weird & Wonderful presents: Crevecoeur / Horse Feathers / Dark Hearts & Visuals by Films Ficciones – French three-piece Crevecoeur (‘broken heart’) produce a cinematic soundscape. Instrumental from start to finish (with the exception of a few lines from a Speak and Spell toy) there are no obvious signs of ‘Frenchness’ but a definite tilt towards dusty roads, spaghetti westerns and Mariachi music.

- World Unlimited and Birmingham Promoters presents: Gloria Cycles – The utterly intriguing Gloria Cycles, A gloriously quirky collection of songs oozing with wit and charm, meaningful lyrics and blissful melodies, which twist and turn throughout, accompanied by blustery guitars and upbeat bassline

Friday
- Moseley Folk Festival’s Lunar Society and The Magpie’s Nest presents: The Long Notes / Plaster of Paris / Little Sister – The trio formed amongst the constantly shifting Camden music scene and have become a powerhouse of jigs, reels, heart warming airs from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, Canada as well as performing their own compositions.

- The Source presents: 2 Bad Mice – This is a rare chance to catch one of the most influential and groundbreaking old skool production outfits for the first time in Bham, Responsible for some of the biggest and most memorable tunes from 1991-92 can only be described as legends of the old skool hardcore scene!

Saturday
- Faceboot presents: Bar Boot Sale – or those of us who cannot be bothered with learning how to use ebay or with getting up at the crack of dawn on a Sunday… vintage clothes and accessories, books, toys, homemade goods, local art… Pop in, quench your thirst, buy a cake, and have a mooch…

- OYA- batucada presents: !!VIVA BRAZIL !!- live music samba party – A heady mix of heavy beats, powerful horns, honey-sweet vocals, ecstatic dancing and martial arts- a tribute to Salvador- Brazil. >live bateria –oya batucada play afrobeat, samba ,maracatu, reggae samba and more, featuring The sons and daughters of xango horn section in full effect. DJ Diablo keeping it rolling on the night

- Matrix and SubGuests presents: Construct – you can be assured an eclectic and uplifting journey through minimal, tech house, techno and breaks. During the night we will be showcasing some of the freshest local DJ talent and electronic music from unsigned producers such as the SubGuests own Zero1.

Sunday
- Hilarious Comedy presents: The XXXX Comedy Cabaret – a whole new generation of comics to make you laugh…Resident JAMES COOK who will be funny at the start, the end and in between the acts. Confirmed acts that James will be introducing at this show include…Adam Chivers, Rob Coleman, Darren Harriott, Lovdev Barpaga And circuit headliner Sean Percival!

- Birmingham Promoters presents: Airship / The Vehicles – “Manchester’s best-kept secret.” Like M83, they’re taking the hidden melancholia of the ’80s with shivering Morten Harket style vocals…and a collection of catchy hooks mix beautifully with the guitar work reminiscent of Modest Mouse and the Pixies. With a Mercury Rev tinged rock sound expect anthemic choruses, and a fair degree of thrashing about.

- Oya batucada presents “Take me to Brazil !”- samba percussion workshop, led by Mestre John Richards, informal learning styles, all welcome, instruments provided, 12.15 til 3 pm!!!

TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR 2010:
Best Coast / Wintersleep / Airship / Real Estate / A Place To Bury Strangers / Wax Fang / Richard James / Jim Bob (Carter (USM) / Dan Sartain / The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster / John Fairhurst / Jonah Matranga / The Black Atlantic / Jeff Klien / Finley Quaye / The Features

To get cheaper tickets in advance buy online:
http://www.seetickets.com/?p=6807
https://www.theticketsellers.co.uk/buy_tickets/venues/?id=685

Come say Hi!

xH&Hx