Baboon Backbar Sessions with DJ Marc Reck & Visuals from VJ Blendstate
June 23rd, 2009 | Published in Listings
Everybody Loves The Sunshine!
June 2nd, 2009 | Published in News
We thought it would be a good day to let you all know that the legendary Roy Ayers will be returning to the venue on Fri 24th July. The last show was voted “Best Live Gig of 2008″ by the Night Times and this promises to be another special night.
Full details will appear on the listings page in the next few days. As before, there will be 2 shows and we’ll be offering some very limited £12 early bird tickets from next week.
You really don’t want to miss this one…
Peatbog Faeries
May 28th, 2009 | Published in Listings
The Peatbog Faeries; gloriously unpredicatable, a band to treasure” fRoots “The Peatbog Faeries’ increasingly adventurous melting pot of fragmented fiddle and pipe tunes, deep dub bass lines and all-round spacy electronica comprehensively rocked the house.” The Scotsman “Imagine The Orb meeting a ceilidh band in the mind of Irvine Welsh. This is it! Billy Nasty may have mixed pipes and dance on the decks but the Peatbog Faeries can play it live and it blew the audience away.” Edinburgh Evening News
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble on Jools Holland tonight!
May 19th, 2009 | Published in News
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble are on Later With Jools Holland tonight.
And then catch them in Kings Heath on sunday. This promises to be another big bank holiday at the H&H so make sure you get involved.
We’ve also got Son Of Dave playing live on wednesday (with the Frimp collective hosting Venue 2) and Sublime Frequencies with Omar Souleyman on thursday.
More info on the bank holiday weekend in tomorrow’s blog.
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Manchester Orchestra Announce Special Show!
May 18th, 2009 | Published in News
Manchester Orchestra announce exclusive 4 date UK tour in July and they come to Birmingham and the Hare & Hounds on July 18th… tickets available now!
Shonen Knife + support Poppy & The Jezebels
May 13th, 2009 | Published in Listings
- Shonen Knife
Shonen Knife are a super influential all-female Japanese pop-punk band formed in Osaka, in 1981, by sisters Naoko Yamano and Atsuko Yamano and their friend Atsuko Yamano. The Ramones, loving food obsessed trio effortlessly created kooky songs with upbeat infectious melodies and exuberant lyrics often about sweets and animals. The bands twenty-seven-year career has seem them tour the world with Nirvana (on the Nevermind tour), Sonic Youth, the BMX Bandits, and as part of Lollapolooza. They also recorded sessions for John Peel, appeared on MTV’s Beavis and Butthead, 120 minutes, and the Conan O’Brian show. They even wrote “Buttercup (I’m a Supergirl)” for that for the hugely popular cartoon ‘The Powerpuff Girls’. In October 2008, Shonen Knife announced that Ritsuko Taneda, (from the band Denki Candy-named after a Shonen Knife album) who had been the band’s touring bass player for two years, had been promoted to full member and so they made a new album called ‘super group’ and decided it was time to embark on a world tour! “When I finally got to see them live, I was transformed into a hysterical nine-year-old girl at a Beatles concert.” Kurt Cobain
Dreadzone live + DJs
April 27th, 2009 | Published in Listings
Fusing technology with human rhythms, dub bass collides with dance beats, live guitar and bubbling electronics, all united by energetic MCing and sweet reggae vocals. “In the tradition of Lee Perry and Holgar Czukay” The Times
“Witty, inspired soundscapes” The Guardian
“British dub-tech pioneers“The Age
Transglobal Underground + DJ Marc Reck
April 27th, 2009 | Published in Listings
2008 started with a bang by winning the ‘Best Club Global Artist’ at the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards and saw them having another very busy year on the road with over 65 shows worldwide including notable performances at WOMAD, Beautiful Days and Bestival.The Music Room with Sam Sallon, Matt Tyler, Ben Drummond
April 17th, 2009 | Published in Listings
The Music Room, last Sunday of the month with the best local and touring acoustic, singer-songwriters and folk/roots artists, another great bill this month with
Peter Conway, Sam Sallon, Ben Drummond
Recent confirmations
April 16th, 2009 | Published in News
After another great weekend of music at the Hare & Hounds, we thought we’d let you know about some recent confirmations. The legendary DJ / producer Andrew Weatherall will be launching a new night called ” An Evening With…” He’s influenced so many of todays house and techno DJ’s and this promises to be a roadblock (more info will appear in the listings very soon).
Capsule continue their run of ground-breaking live shows with the inimitable Chromehoof. Prepare yourself for an audio visual treat from this astonishing band.
Leftfoot & Funkbox join forces to bring you the mighty Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. Having recently been confirmed as the main support for Blur in Hyde Park, this promises to be a memeorable evening. Support comes from the DJ / Vocalist Ben Westbeech.
World Unlimited take a different route for their next live show, with James Taylor Quartet playing their contagious brand of hammond-led funk (including their memorable cover of the Starsky & Hutch theme).
