Category Archives: Birds of Hell

BC Camplight + Birds of Hell @ NAC 27 January 2020

Posted on January 31, 2020 by

It appears to be an annual tradition for me that January is all about re-charging followed by the slow process of emergence from hibernation and so for only my second gig night of the year, fittingly during Independent Venue Week, … Continue reading →

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The Neutrinos + Birds of Hell @ NAC 12 December 2019

Posted on December 15, 2019 by

Having previously played in all manner of venues, locations and buildings with inventive set-ups turning gig expectations on their head this Neutrinos double-header with their friends Birds of Hell at Norwich Arts Centre was perhaps by their standards one of … Continue reading →

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Butcher Day @ KlangHaus 10 November 2018

Posted on November 20, 2018 by

  To commemorate the 10th birthday of ‘The Butcher of Common Sense’ The Neutrinos held a special anniversary Butcher Day at Dove Street Studios, above Tesco no less, with plenty of noise, creativity (and destruction). I could quickly feel the … Continue reading →

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Ideal Surreal 3-floor Takedown @ Karma Kafe 9 November 2018

Posted on November 20, 2018 by

As the title suggests, Ideal Surreal occupied three floors of Karma with live music running right though from 8pm until about midnight. It felt like a micro indoor festival with much dashing up and down stairs to catch as much … Continue reading →

Posted in Bag of Cans, Birds of Hell, Bobby Sherwood, ideal surreal, Joe Quinn and the Family Plans, live music and dance, Niamh, Our Quiet Friends, Painted Heathers, Skinny Rodgers, the black sharks | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

New releases round-up

Posted on July 31, 2018 by

There’s been a huge number of new releases in recent months from Norwich and Norfolk bands and artists and those with a strong connection to the region and I’m lucky enough to have been given copies of some of them … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexander Carson, All My Youth, Bag of Cans, bands and new releases, Billy Lubach, Birds of Hell, Blues Situation, Broads, Butterflies on Pins, Days To, Gladboy, Grifter Kid and the Midnight Raiders, HANK, Hot Raisin, Jess Morgan, Jim Niven, Joe Quinn and the New Lunarians, Laura Goldthorp, let's eat grandma, Lily-Ann, Lucy Grubb, Maya Law, Niamh, Nic Norton and the County Band, Of the Clay, Painted Heathers, Peach Club, Penguins Go Pop, Planet Neil, playhouse, Ravenous Hounds, Sharks Can't Hold Hands, Simon Tall, sink ya teeth, Skinny Rodgers, st benedicts, Sunda Arc, The Infinite Trip, The Lost Levels, The Piratones, The Renadeans, the thinking men, The Vagaband, The Wolf Number, True Adventures, We'll Be Detectives, Yellowlees | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Birds of Hell single launch with Ben C. Winn + Gladboy @ The Crypt 20 April 2018

Posted on April 21, 2018 by

All the gigs I have been to at Bedfords Crypt seem to have been brilliant in this highly atmospheric and intimate space and this Birds of Hell single release party was the latest one to add to that long list, … Continue reading →

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Recent releases: Organisms – Mollusk LP + The Wolf Number – The Bunker Sessions EP, plus more…

Posted on September 21, 2017 by

    A couple of local releases to catch up on now the festival season is over.  During the summer Organisms released a highly impressive debut album – Mollusk – on Tontena Records. Former Grazing Saint Joe Quinn’s latest venture, … Continue reading →

Posted in bands and new releases, Birds of Hell, graceland, Hot Raisin, howtocuredyslexiaband, Jay Ducker, Jaztec, Mammal Hands, morganway, Organisms, Peach Club, Planet Neil, sink ya teeth, soyuz rats, The Revelation Brothers, The Vagaband, The Wolf Number, Turfclub Racebook, Wooden Arms, Yve Mary B / Morganway | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Harlequin Fayre 2017, 3-6 August

Posted on August 8, 2017 by

For one reason and another I was unable to get to Harlequin last year, nor indeed the previous year so this was my first visit to the new site. I must admit I was quite surprised at how much it … Continue reading →

Posted in Alden, Patterson & Dashwood, Birds of Hell, Dr Clyde, Feral Mouth, Festival, Georgia King, HANK, Hot Raisin, Jay Ducker, King Kiwanda, Loose Leaf Drifters, Mari Joyce, Maya Law, Mel Pout, miniature universe, moxy garbanzo, O'Linski, Of the Clay, Organisms, Peter T, Phoebe Troup, Rebel Lion, Robyn Astrid, Shane O' Linski, woodland creatures, Yve Mary B, Yve Mary B / Morganway | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Birdcage 10th Birthday Party Festival All-dayer 24 September 2016

Posted on September 26, 2016 by

Our much-loved Birdcage celebrated its 10th birthday this weekend with an all-day festival of music on Saturday with stages in the ballroom and the courtyard and djs til the early hours. I saw great sets by Hot Raisin, Dazy Crown, … Continue reading →

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Outline’s 15th Birthday Party @ The Owl Sanctuary 23 July 2016

Posted on July 24, 2016 by

What a deservedly top-drawer line up and celebration for the indispensable Norwich Bible, Outline. Every act a revelation for the uninitiated. I had seen most of them before and although we sadly lost Milly Hirst from the bill to heat … Continue reading →

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