We’re delighted to announce that we’ll be bringing Childhood back the H&H on Thursday 9th October.
The London based band will be doing a short run of dates across the UK before heading out on tour with Johnny Marr later in the year. Check out their latest single ‘As I Am’ below. Tickets go on sale this Friday 18th July at 9am.
Next Thursday we welcome Manchester’s KULT COUNTRY for their debut Birmingham show at Bulls Head in Moseley. Fellow crusaders of the much lauded Salford based Sways Records cultural regeneration which blessed the world with MONEY and GREATWAVES, these are an absolute must-not-miss for all the dreamers and admirers of soaring spectral songs oozing ambience, and intoxicating ideology. The blood lust distorted lullabies of a new preacher in part, wall of psychedelic sound the rest, going by the last time we saw them in Manchester this is going to be very very loud and very energetic. Musically akin to their former Sways’ labelmates with the addition of elements of SLOWDIVE, MY BLOODY VALENTINE and SPIRITUALIZED it’s going to be hopefully the start of your love affair with them and theirs with you. This all comes with support from distorted newcomers CURB and a solo show from RICK WELLINGS plus a DJ set from VICTORIES AT SEA’s Steve Edgehill. Check out the new single Trembling Moon out this week on No Self Records:
Words: JP WHITE
Introducing: THE GARDEN (BURGER RECORDS)
The Garden is a constantly evolving, conceptual punk band based in Orange County, California. Established in in 2011 by twin brothers Wyatt and Fletcher Shears, the band consistently defies categorization and continues to break ground in their self inflicted ‘Vada Vada’ genre. They are the auditory invaders of the new world; borderless, informed and decentralized, slick sound released from constraint and old ideologies.
The twins draw inspiration from a background in punk classicism but remain unfettered and unselfconscious enough to infuse elements of 90s hip hop and big beat electronica. The Garden is the intellectual refute to critics of the post modern, pantheistic generation of music listener with an equal dose of punk irreverence and undistilled fury.
Their two-piece bass and drums essence is dirty, raw and very immediate but equally nuanced with echoes of the hive mind of the Vadaverse, the ephemeral architecture that exists both inside and outside of the duo that the listener enters and never quite escapes. Together the twins are an acidic concoction; unstable, sexy and probably toxic.
The Garden’s shows are experiential, as powerful and philosophically confounding as they are glib and tricksy. There never is any time for explanations, only a sense of urgency and a rapid spiral into their parallel world. To be seduced and ensnared by mirror-image raconteurs, operating an addictive carnival ride of sound and movement that stops as abruptly as it starts, is a close approximation of The Garden experience.
The Garden play their first Birmingham headline show for This is Tmrw at The Sunflower Lounge on Friday August 15th.
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We’re delighted to announce the first line up announcements for 2014′s All Years Leaving. Last years Inaugural year saw performances by Dutch Uncles, Yuck, Sky Larkin, His Clancyness, Best Friends and many more…
This year is set to be even bigger with some of the brands favourite acts / DJs coming together for 2 days of madness at the Hare and Hounds on Friday 24th & Saturday 25th October. The stables will house Street Food, pop up bar, live art and beyond, whereas the main room will feature all the live acts and DJs from some of the top club brands.
The first line up announcements have been made with EAGULLS & GOD DAMN! playing the Friday and CHARLIE BOYER AND THE VOYEURS set to play the Saturday. Check out the video for Eagulls single ‘Tough Luck’ below;
Advanced tickets are on sale now with Friday & Saturday tickets priced at £13 and limited weekend tickets at £20. Find them on the links below;
FRIDAY//WEEKEND TICKETS: HERE
SATURDAY//WEEKEND TICKETS: HERE
OR AVAILABLE IN PERSON FROM THE HARE AND HOUNDS
Delighted to announce that we’ll be bringing METZ to the Hare & Hounds on Monday 11th August
The 3 piece noise rock band from Toronto, Canada consists of guitarist/vocalist Alex Edkins, bassist Chris Slorach and drummer Hayden Menzies. Check out the video for their single ‘Wet Blanket’ below. Advanced £10 tickets go on sale this Friday at 9am.
We’re delighted to announce that we’ll be joining forces with the team behind Moseley Folk Festival to bring Sylvan Esso the the Hare & Hounds on Wednesday 1st October.
Sylvan Essso is comprised of Amelia Meath, one third of indie accapella folksters Mountain Man, and Nick Sanborn, an electronic producer working under the name Made of Oak. The duo joined forces in 2013 and began work on the 10 tracks that eventually become their recently released self titled debut album. Check out the video for their single ‘Coffee’ below. Advanced £7 Tickets go on sale this Friday 23rd May at 9am.
We’re delighted to announce that we will be bringing Simian Mobile Disco to the Hare & Hounds on Friday 5th September.
The London based electronic/house music duo and production team, comprised of James Ford & Jas Shaw, announced in late April that they will begin the recording of a new album using only one synthesizer and one sequencer each. Check out the video for their single ‘Hustler’ below;
We’re pleased to announce a new show with Manchester’s 17 year old wonder kid Kiran Leonard….The multi instrumentalist draws influence from the likes of Frank Zappa, Sufjan Stevens, Deerhoof and Beach Boys and this will be his debut Birmingham headline show.
We’ve spoke about putting together a mix of some of our favourite African tracks for ages now and have finally got around to it….Dusty Psych, Blues, Afro, Highlife, disco all feature and it opens with an extract of a live Fela tune and ends with a track from his son Seun Kuti’s latest LP. Stream the mix below and leave any feedback 
After last year’s inaugural festival we’re pleased to announce details for the second All Years Leaving Festival, taking place at The Hare and Hounds on 24th / 25th / 26th October.
Expect a line up worthy of venues twice the size of The Hare, art installations, pop up bars, street food, signings, DJs, after show parties and many more….
Check out this video from last year..
Announcements coming very soon.