Sam Lambeth

The New Consistent is hardly new these days. The rapper (real name Benjamin Ramsay) has been around for a few years now, ever since rising to prominence as a prodigy of fellow Brum icon, Austin Williams (Swim […]

Jay Tennant takes us back to early 00s anthemic rock with sublime new single ‘Spectre’.

There is a rumour going round that Jay Tennant actually intended his new single to be the theme to the James Bond mov […]

“What you gonna do when the party’s over?” It’s a question that will ring true for many people of a certain age. All of a sudden, the hangover lasts longer than a concert by The Cure. Joints ache instead of being […]

Paul Nixon, one of the unsigned world’s most promising songwriters, returns with a majestic hymn and a voice that could stop traffic.

There are moments in life where you’re hit with a sudden loss for wor […]

Let’s face it, these days most people turn their sheds into, well, something other than a shed. Whether it’s a cool outdoor bar or even a sauna, it’s fair to say most millennials don’t use their outhouse to store […]

With the news of hit sitcom Frasier getting the revival treatment, we’ve compiled ten things that we hope will happen to the Crane brothers and their chums.

Frasier is one of the world’s finest comedies. Mix […]

Forget everything you know about Five O Fives. It’s obvious that they aren’t going to play the game.

Their first single, ‘Through the Darkness’, was tense and dramatic. The lyrics told of alienation and […]

Richard Morgan should start betting on the gee gees. As the head honcho behind management company Indie Midlands, every artist he has signed has turned out to be unique, engaging and electifying. Graywave is one […]

Grassroots music has never sounded good. With a host of creatives – from radio DJs and vloggers to photographers and, yep, musicians – 2021 looks set to be another eclectic, exciting year for underground sou […]

Table Scraps are having us on, right? They release a single called ‘Doom Generation’ during the most devastating period in our recent history…and they say it was written before Covid-19? Well, talk about timing […]

Redwood, one of the West Midlands’ most riveting exports, is back with the tender and terrific ‘Honey Sauce’. Move over garlic mayo, there’s a better juice in town…

On name alone, you would think ‘Honey […]

In a parallel universe, John Sessions would be occupying the same widespread reverence reserved for Stephen Fry. Sessions possessed the same unquenchable thirst for knowledge, piercing intellectual wit and a […]

Part fiction, part fact, part history and all Birmingham, Gangsters, Geezers & Mods by Stephen Pennell intertwines one man’s story with a host of astonishingly colourful characters and an equally evocative s […]

Q Magazine has closed its doors after 30 years of service, due to the ongoing effects of COVID-19 and the ailing print media industry.

The music mag has produced in-depth interviews with some of rock’s most e […]

Kasabian’s sacking of singer Tom Meighan for assault is sensible and respectful. Their flimsy statement, produced 24 hours before Meighan’s conviction, is something else entirely…

The old adage ‘one phone […]

The date is Sunday, March 22nd in the year 2020. 

The parks of Wolverhampton paint a placid, bucolic landscape. The smoothed pavements intertwine with lush, undulating pockets of freshly-mown grass, […]

While it is not an American custom for television shows to end at their peak (perhaps Arrested Development and Freaks and Geeks are exceptions, although they were as a result of then-poor ratings), The Simpsons […]

If Top Gear truly wants to topple The Grand Tour, it could win if it decides to progress.

It seemed inevitable that the new, revamped series of Top Gear would fail. And, in comparison, The Grand Tour – which s […]

There are two schools of thought when it comes to Lisa Simpson – some see her episodes and character as an intellectually enhanced, and socially shunned, creative thinker. Others, however, view her as a […]

When Birmingham last enjoyed a cultural cacophony, thanks to the rhythmic renaissance of Peace, Swim Deep and Superfood, it wasn’t entirely to the enhancement of the city – for as good as those bands’ […]