The latest addition to the Supersonic Festival is none other than American sludge drone outfit Sunn 0))).
This will be the second time that Stephen O'Malley and his two cohorts have played at the Custard Factory and they really are something to be experienced.
Dressed in long druid capes, they use two guitars and a Moog monosynthesiser to conjure up megalithic and unfeasibly loud drones that massage your inner organs and make the inside of your cranium itch. The only way to get shot of the feeling is to think really hard about sandpaper.
The band's name is pronounced simply Sunn, the 0))) part represents the radiation coming from our solar system's most important star.
You may as well make a weekend of it. Tickets for the full event are available at £35 from 08707 544445.
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An episode of Channel 4's late night music show, Transmissions, was filmed in Birmingham this week and it sounds like a chaotic affair. It was well past our bedtime but we've managed to glean a few globbets of gossip.
Apparently, the Klaxons spent the afternoon bowling with Bloc Party. Bloc Party won, but the Klaxons spent the night whinging about how Bloc Party cheated and want a re-match. Kele from Bloc Party performed while still wearing his bowling shoes.
In an interview, Stephen Graham (star of This Is England) told how he took a golf cart for a spin with Leonardo Di Caprio whilst on the set of Gangs of New York. He bet Leo that he could tip it.
As they drove at an eye-watering ten miles an hour, Leo pulled the handbrake and Stephen locked the wheel full-turn. Only after the cart toppled did they realise what a silly thing it was to do.
Best of all, Kimberley Stewart talked about giving her breast implants to Jack Osbourne and revealed they now hang above his toilet. She also talked about how Rod, being a really chilled out dad, asked her inappropriate questions like: “Did you shag him?”
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Birmingham's Electric Cinema has come up with a novel and innovative idea.
It's gone and formed its own in-house eight-piece orchestra to play classic songs from the movies in the venue's comfortable ambience.
In a unique twist on cinema organists from the silent movie era, the Electric Cinema Film Orchestra play live music along to specially edited highlights from some of the world's greatest films.
Cinema owner and professional soundtrack composer, Tom Lawes came up with the idea when he discovered most of his staff were professionally-trained musicians.
"I always knew my staff were talented but when I found out that we had, amongst other things, a drummer, bass guitarist and saxophonist working here I decided to create the country's first in-house film orchestra," he said.
"As I also run a recording and editing studio from our second screen, we came up with the idea of playing songs from famous movies along to clips from the films."
Now the band are looking forward to their first public gig at the cinema on Friday, April 20, where customers will be able to come a late party to watch and hear songs from Apocalypse Now (The Doors), Walk The Line (Johnny Cash), The Wall (Pink Floyd), Pulp Fiction (Chuck Berry) and The Blues Brothers (Ray Charles).
More info on www.electricsoundstudios.co.uk.