This month Capsule present Eric Isaacson of Mississippi Records, Portland, USA who’ll be dropping in to Vivid Projects Birmingham with archival film, images and stories spanning 1890 to the present day, illustrating his own special history of underground music movements and bonafide individuals.
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Tom Tom Club were formed by Chris Franz and Tina Weymouth in 1981, off the back of their other band Talking Heads, which featured guitarist and singer David Bryne. This project was on hiatus at the time, and so Tom Tom Club was born. Their funky music style provided a landmark to the dance music scene, while first single Wordy Rappinghood contained an unusual mix of schoolyard rap over a funky groove. Topping the charts in over 17 countries, the single brought mainstream attention to the new spirit of hip-hop. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >

Bjork unveils a brand new music and multimedia residency at Manchester International Festival. The festival welcomes the Icelandic icon to Manchester, who will present her most ambitious and exciting work to date, answering the question, ‘Where do music, nature and technology meet?’.
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Even before this Easter Sunday gig the crowd are buoyed by the tracks in between the support act of Ocean Colour Scene guitarist Steve Cradock’s solo outing and the anticipation of Beady Eye’s first Wolves appearance. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >

On Saturday the 13th June the Love Music Hate Racism arrives in Wolverhampton for its first ever airing in the city. At the head of this worthy cause is one of the best things to catapult out of Birmingham, the Scarlet Harlots. CONTINUE READING THIS POST >