the first store opened in 1988 in Birmingham, Alabama, bringing a massive selection of athletic shoes at deeply-discounted prices. The brand began to expand like wildfire. Just for Feet wasnamed America’s sixth-fastest-growing companyby Fortune magazine in 1997. In 1999, Ruttenberg scored...
Speaking about Popfests, both Madrid and Birmingham have ace lineups. Many Cloudberry bands will be joining these festivals. Only yesterday Lost Tapes was announced for Madrid! How I wish I could attend. But that’s what happens when you live in the wrong continent. But I’ll stop complainin...
I never met the manager. At the time Baz was acting very strange, because he had contact with a manager,I don’t know which one,but he got invited to a gig of ours in Snobs Birmingham and after that Baz called the band meeting and wanted us out. ++ Are there more recordings by th...
The Pale Kings: this Birmingham band have released a very interesting 3 songs. They are jangly, very 80s sounding, and I must say that they leave me intrigued. The songs are “Poison Darling”, “Happy Birthday” and “Roll Call”. There is no information about who are behind the band ...
band. When Iinterviewed the Subtonicsmany many years ago, I asked them for any bands that they liked. They mentioned Sons of Shane. They say they hailed from Stafford. That is not close to Bearwood. That is even much further north of Birmingham, actually in between Birmingham and Stoke....
Finlay Hatton: one more. “Far Apart” is the last digital single by Finlay Hatton from Birmingham. This is shoegaze. This song will be included in “A Silver Lining” which will be the project’s second album. Smol Fish: and we end this Wednesday review with this Melbourne four piece....
They also lived in Birmingham and, though not part of my band, were very encouraging. ++ Of course something I’ve been curious for a long time is the name of the band, why did you name it Mary Queen of Scots? I vaguely knew Jo (from riot grrrl band Huggy Bear) and she told me...
The only other sort of clue is that they hailed from Moseley in Birmingham. I’ve never been there but I’ve read both The Rotter’s Club and The Closed Circle by Jonathan Coe, so it is kind of familiar to me. And that’s really all I could find about them. I often ask myself...