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Guy Oddy

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Sananda Maitreya, Town Hall, Birmingham review - 80s megastar still has the chops

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Pop Will Eat Itself, O2 Institute, Birmingham review - Poppies are back on patrol

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Solar Eyes, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham review - local lads lay down some new tunes for a home crowd

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The Lemonheads' 'Love Chant' is a fine return to form

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Soulwax’s 'All Systems Are Lying' lays down some tasty yet gritty electro-pop

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Album: Solar Eyes - Live Freaky! Die Freaky!

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Album: The Divine Comedy - Rainy Sunday Afternoon

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Supersonic Festival 2025, Birmingham review - a deep dive into the spectacularly weird and very wonderful

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Album: The Hives - The Hives Forever, Forever The Hives

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Gibby Haynes, O2 Academy 2, Birmingham review - ex-Butthole Surfer goes School of Rock

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Album: Adrian Sherwood - The Collapse of Everything

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Album: Rise Against - Ricochet

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Album: Alice Cooper - The Revenge of Alice Cooper

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Album: The Near Jazz Experience - Tritone

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Album: Yungblud - Idols

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Album: The Young Gods - Appear Disappear

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