Ryan's Gig Guide - February 2019

www.surgemusic.com  EXOTIC PETS Friday 15th February Hare & Hounds, Kings Heath The brilliant local ‘ponk’ trio, Exotic Pets (DaveWilkins,AdamWilliams & Becky Kelly) have bagged a support slot with Berlin based art-rock legends ART BRUT. This gig is likely to sell out so don’t hang about!  www.ex0ticpets.bandcamp.com BENEFIT SHOW FOR STUDIO  HIT BY FIRE Saturday 9th February, - Muthers Studio, Birmingham Join DIE DAS DER for a special evening of entertainment as they raise funds for the rebuilding of the Black Country Recording Company . Thanks to the generosity of hosts Muthers Studio , every penny collected will go straight to the studio fund and to help bands who lost gear in the fire. On the bill are Youth Man , The Double Happy , A Pig Called Eggs, Modern Literature & Tomorrow ComeTheWolves  wearediedasder.co.uk  www.facebook.com/blkcorecco  BIG BREN’S COMBO Sunday 10th February - Centrala, Digbeth The first Sunday Express gig of 2019 is the launch of Big Bren’s Combo’s double live CD. Two gigs appear on these discs.The first one is in glorious hi-fidelity at Miss Halliwell’s ‘The City Tavern Experiment’ event in 2013. The second one was captured on Bren’s dictaphone at the last Sunday Xpress at the Adam and Eve in 2015. Both recordings fea- ture crack teams of stalwarts of the Midlands jazz scenes (line-ups to follow) and a fab array of friends and wander- ing minstrels. Saxes, double basses, drums and even a theremin are pulverised as a backing to the True Bard of Brum’s belligerent pub poetry, and of course fan favourite ‘Shopping Shopping Shopping’ makes an appearance.  ww.facebook.com/centralaspace 18 rgg Feb 2019 www.ryansgigguide.com