This Sunday Cub Primative bring The Cheating Hearts and The Terrorsaurs to the H&H for an evening of killer garage & surf rock.

The Cheating Hearts are a brand new boy/girl garage-punk duo from St.Pauli, Germany. Starting up in 2012, they have already played shows from Poland to Portugal for some ass-kickin´ gigs with VivaValli pounding the Drums and Stu Black working the strings to hook up a hard driving beat and edgy strummed riffs, so get ready for some raw, dirty and wild tunes! Coming straight from the wedding chapel. Check out the video for their single ‘Another Lover’ below;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkuna3uXbdE

Support on the night comes from the The Terrorsaurs and their savage guitar driven surf rock n’ roll. It all kicks off at 8pm this Sunday 1st Feb with tickets available on the door.

This Saturday Circles bring Fabio & Grooverider to the H&H for an evening of classic Drum’n’Bass

We’ve got two pairs of tickets and a £20 bar tab up for grabs, for your chance to get your hands on the prize all you on have to do is join the event page as coming HERE, and post up your favourite d’n’b tune from the last 5 years, and tell us why! The winner will be picked at random and announced in the group TONIGHT. Good Luck!

This Friday Killerwave bring two of Birmingham’s finest Swampmeat and Dong Fang to the H&H

Originally a duo, Swampmeat are now a quartet with booty king Richard ‘The Marshall’ March on upright bass and Tommy ‘Castro’ Hughes on telecaster now joining  T Bird and Danny C on stage. Check out their single ‘Stupid Kid’ below;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpljyscklv8

Support on the night comes from Dong Fang with their  whirling truckin’ behemoth of riffs, licks and woops and featuring some of the finest new musical blood of Birmingham. Then after the bands the Killer Wave resident DJs will be jumping on the decks to see you through to the early hours. It all kicks off at 8pm and is free entry all night long.

Pietanic lands at the H&H this Thursday for the last in the January series of our pop up kitchen takeovers. The finest purveyors of  homemade pie from Birmingham’s Eastside will be taking over our back bar for a 3 course set meal which includes Quails egg Scotch egg, Baby Haggis and Mushroom & Stilton Puff & Venison, Chorizo and Butter Bean Pie. There’s a limited amount of £15 tickets still available which you can find here, with the full menu below;

Starter

Quails Egg Scotch Egg, Baby Haggis and Mushroom & Stilton Puff

Deep South Scotch Egg, Baby Haggis and Mushroom & Stilton Puff (v)

Main Course

Venison, Chorizo and Butter Bean Pie

Four Cheese, Broccoli and Roast Potato Pie (v)

Served with creamy mash and braised red cabbage

Dessert

Salted Caramel Cheesecake Shooter

This Is Tmrw host their first show of the year at the H&H with Leeds based five piece Menace Beach.

Named after an old Nintendo game they were formed out of the ashes of a band called Komakino alongside Nestor Matthews of Sky Larkin, Matt Spalding of You Animals and MJ of Hookworms, who also produces the band. Check out the video for the bands singe ‘Drop Outs’ which was animated by Tom Hudson of Pulled Apart By Horses below;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_NFXwjzRSI

Support on the night comes from two of Birmingham’s most exciting new bands Elephantine & Chartreuse. Doors are at 8pm with advanced £7 tickets available here.

We’re pleased to announce that Freestyle & Soul Food Project are joining forces to bring remix master The Reflex to the H&H this April

Nile Rodgers is a fan. Kid Creole is a fan. Disclosure, Jazzy Jeff, and Joris Voorn are all fans. From house music royalty Joey Negro, Dimitri from Paris and Mousse T, to the original DJ – remix pioneers John Morales, Greg Wilson, Danny Krivit, and Nicky Siano, all the way to Aeroplane, DJ Marky, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Horse Meat Disco, J.Rocc, Nic Fanciulli, Jazzie B, Cut Killer, Rainer Truby, Acid Arab, Nightmares on Wax… They are all fans of The Reflex.

Fascinated by the remix from an early age, London-based French native Nicolas Laugier, aka The Reflex, takes his cue from the first wave of disco remixers by using only the original sounds from the master tapes (or stems) to breathe new life into soul, pop and disco classics. Imaginative arrangements, boxfresh sonics and intricate editing make The Reflex Revisions rocket fuel for every DJ set.

Very few editors out there put as much time and detail into their work as The Reflex and the results speak for themselves: heavily championed by BBC6 Music’s Craig Charles, The Reflex Revisions have amassed over 50 weeks of radio play in just two years on this number one rated show. They have also found their way onto the playlists of tastemakers like Rob Da Bank, and Gilles Peterson, who last year sent the Michael Jackson ‘Rock With You’ Revision spinning around the globe.

But it’s not all about the past for The Reflex; Nicolas has also been applying his stems-only formula to contemporary tracks, showing off the strength of his ‘less is more’ approach on production to a wider audience. Having clearly established himself as one of the best in the remix field, with two official compilations of revisions in the works and gigs lined up all over the planet, now is the time to sit up and take notice of this French DJ / producer doing it his way.

There are edits, many of them. Then there are The Reflex Revisions – quite simply… next level.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZxA6fHnnpU

The Reflex comes to the the H&H on Friday 24th April with support from Sam Redmore, Rick Shaw & Soul Food Soundsystem. Advanced £10 tickets are on sale now, you can find them HERE.

We’re delighted to announce that This Is Tmrw will be bringing legendary guitarist/Sonic Youth front man Thurston Moore and his band to the H&H on Tuesday 19th May.

Thurston Moore moved to NYC at 18 in 1976 to play punk and started Sonic Youth in 1980 since then he has worked collaboratively with the likes of  Yoko Ono, Merce Cunningham, Cecil Taylor, Rhys Chatham, Lydia Lunch, John Zorn, Takehisa Kosugi and Glenn Branca. He has composed music for films by Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, and Allison Anders. Check out the video for his single ‘Speak to the Wild’  below;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0bsQ-rqsxc

Advanced £15 tickets go on sale this Friday at 9am, you can find them here.

This Thursday Jazzlines in association with THSH bring In Bed With to the Hare & Hounds.

In Bed With are a new Anglo-French trio led by drummer Sylvain Darrifourcq and featuring Julien Desprez on guitar and Kit Downes on keys. Their music touches many bases, from rock and contemporary jazz to electronica. The trio had its own style and its own compositions developed over an intensive three day period with and are  supported by Jazz Shuttle, a scheme that enables creative collaborations between French and British jazz musicians. Check them out performing live below;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-t2h3Mf7UY

Doors are at 8:30pm with advanced £10 tickets on sale now, you can find them here.

This Thursday 22nd January we welcome Savanna Grill to our back bar for the second installment of our pop up kitchen series that we’ll hosting throughout January.

The South African food specialists have put together a three course menu which includes Crocodile Spring Rolls, Springbok Chilli Dogs, Bunny Chow and much more. You can check out the full set menu below with £15 per tickets to the evening available HERE.

Starters

Crocodile spring roll, peach chutney

or

Peri-Peri chicken wings

or

Vetkoek with Chakalaka

Mains

Bunny chow – Durban lamb curry

Or BBQ beans with spinach and Rooibos smoked feta

served in a mini loaf of bread

Or

Springbok chilli dog – Boerewors sausage, brioche roll, springbok chilli, cheese, Mrs H.S. Ball’s chilli chutney and sour cream

Or

Monkey gland Burger – 1/4 lb steak burger, brioche bun, lettuce, pickles, topped with American cheese, ‘biltong cured’ bacon and smothered in Monkey gland sauce

Desserts

Peppermint crisp tart

Or

Amarula cheesecake

Or

Melktert

£15 – 3 course set menu

Soulvation’s “Out On The Floor” event returns to to the Hare & Hounds on Friday January 23  for what promises to be a cracking night of Vintage Northern Soul.

Joining residents Neil Rushton, Clive Jones and Lil’ Scotty is the legendary Russ Winstanley. Way back in 1973 Russ persuaded a originally reluctant night club owner to try a Northern Soul All-Nighter at his venue. Nobody knew quite to expect, but the result was Wigan Casino, Northern Soul’s very own super club which ran from 1973 until 1981. And a very happy club owner.

Russ DJ’d at the “Heart Of Soul” for the whole of the period and is the veteran of an incredible 546 All-Nighters at the Casino. He is is now behind the hugely popuar annual Northern Soul weekender at Butlin’s in Skegness which attracts over 6,000 followers and is busy as ever DJ’ing all over the UK and the rest of the World.

The in-vogue film  “Northern Soul” is centred around Wigan Casino and Russ has become synonomous with the venue, so all is set a
night of nostalgia and Casino Classics from the man behind Northern Soul’s most iconic All-Nighter. Advanced £5 tickets are on sale now, you can find them here.