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Chickenhawk (Hawk Eyes) Birmingham Flapper & Firkin, 24th March 2010.

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Hawk Eyes (Nee Chickenhawk at time of original publication) - Birmingham Flapper & Firkin, 2010. Full Review, Click Here. Chickenhawk - Kerosene (Nottingham Rock City) Chickenhawk - My Name Is Egg (Nottingham Rock City) Chickenhawk - I Hate This, Do You Like It (Nottingham Rock City)

Public Image Limited - Birmingham Academy, 15 Dec 2009.

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Public Image Limited - Birmingham Academy, 2009. Full Review, Click Here. Watch PiL - Birmingham Academy Highlights.

Marilyn Manson - Birmingham Academy, 12th Dec 2009.

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Marilyn Manson - Birmingham Academy, 2009. Full Review, Click Here.

Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Re:United - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall 24th May 2009.

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Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Re:United - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall 2009. Full Review, Click Here.

Senser - Wolverhampton Little Civic, 8th June 2008.

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Senser - Wolverhampton Little Civic, 2008. Full Review, Click Here. Watch 'Resistance Now' (Wolverhampton Slade Rooms)

Miles Hunt - Wolverhampton Little Civic, 6th June 2008.

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Miles Hunt - Wolverhampton Little Civic, 2008.

Chilly Gonzales & Le Together Ensemble - London ICA, 28th April 2008.

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Chilly Gonzales & Le Together Ensemble - London ICA, 2008. Full Review, Click Here. Watch Gonzales ICA Gig Highlights Here.

Portishead - Wolverhampton Civic Hall 13th April 2008.

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Portishead - Wolverhampton Civic Hall 2008. Full Review, Here. Watch Portishead Wolverhampton Highlights Here.

Gary Numan - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall, 10th March 2008.

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Gary Numan - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall, 2008. Full Review, Click Here

The Cribs - Wolverhampton Civic Hall 8th June 2008 (Fictitiously written As Bernard Cribbins.)

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The Cribs - Wolverhampton Civic Hall 2008 (Fictitiously written As Bernard Cribbins.) Full Review, Click Here.

Miles Hunt, Vileevils, PWEI - Stourbridge, 1st June 2007.

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Miles Hunt, Vileevils, Pop Will Eat Itself - Stourbridge, June 2007.

Modest Mouse - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall, 26th may 2007.

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Modest Mouse - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall, 2007. Full Review, Click Here.

The Pet Shop Boys - Wolverhampton Civic Hall, 25th May 2007.

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The Pet Shop Boys - Wolverhampton Civic Hall, 2007.

Manic Street Preachers - Wolverhampton Civic Hall, 21st May 2007.

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Manic Street Preachers - Wolverhampton Civic Hall, 21st May 2007.

Brett Anderson - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall, 9th May 2007.

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Brett Anderson - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall, 2007. Full Review, Click Here.

Derren Brown - Birmingham Hippodrome, 2nd May 2007.

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Derren Brown - Birmingham Hippodrome, 2007.

Kaiser Chiefs - Wolverhampton Civic Hall 25th Feb 2007, Reviewed by my daughter Kirsty.

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Kaiser Chiefs - Wolverhampton Civic Hall 2007, Reviewed by my daughter Kirsty.

Matt Berry - Wolverhampton Civic Bar, 17 feb 2007

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Matt Berry - Wolverhampton Civic Bar, 2008. Full Review, Click Here.

The Noisettes - Wolverhampton Little Civic, 15th Feb 2007.

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The Noisettes - Wolverhampton Little Civic, 2008. Full Review, Click Here.

Klaxons / CSS - Wolverhampton Civic Hall, 12th Feb 2007.

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Klaxons / CSS - Wolverhampton Civic Hall, 2007. Full Review, Click Here.

Ned's Emerge From Hibernation - Drownedinsound, May 2006

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Full Article Here. Early 90s indie stalwarts  Ned’s Atomic Dustbin  return on June 5th, with their first single in ten years,  'Hibernation'  (geddit?). Ned’s were huge around the time of Bermuda Shorts and Graham Taylor - along with fellow scenesters  Pop will eat itself , and  The Wonderstuff  - and were responsible for the non-infamous chant  "Nicky Campbell is a wanker" . They also ensured that people like me had no sex life by designing stupidly sized shorts with lots of daft pictures on them, guaranteeing sneers in the high street from the opposite sex. That was my excuse, anyhow. But, to the present: pop to the band's  MySpace  page to sample the new stuff, and then to www.nedsatomicdustbin.com, 7digital.com, and backstreetmerch.com to pre-order the download single. Old-timers like me will have to drive to a faceless warehouse music megastore on June 5th, when the ‘conventional’ proper CD single of  'Hibernation' ...

Lou Barlow - Oxford Zodiac, 28th May 2005.

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Lou Barlow - Oxford Zodiac, 2005. Full Review, Click Here.