Monthly Archives: October, 2014

THE HOLD STEADY, The So So Glo’s @Academy2, Birmingham 13/10/14

Staying Positive in the Unified Scene with America's best bar room rockers Brooklyn's So So Glo's are concerned about our toilet habits. "Why's no one standing...

ETERNAL FEAR, Gods Of Hellfire, The Black Hounds, Cause To Effect @Fixxion Warehouse, Wolverhampton 12/10/14

Swedish Heavy Metal meets comfy chairs in Wolverhampton Now this has the potential to be odd. A superb new venue, complete with leather chairs to...

Vashti Bunyan / Katherine Priddy – MAC Birmingham 07/10/2014

MVM's newest contributor gives us an account of his evening of folk music last week Having wanted to see Vashti Bunyan for some time,...

REVIEW: Matt Schofield – As Far As I Can See (2014)

Brit bluesman chucks it all in the melting pot for album number five Isn't it good to know that even in these in uncertain...

ALESTORM, Lagerstein, Red Rum @Academy2, Birmingham 9/10/14

A bottle of rum and a yo-ho-ho but did Alestorm really plunder tonight Pirate metal, then. Of all the genres that will get you funny...

SUPERSUCKERS, The Trews, Deadcuts @Academy 3, Birmingham 8/10/14

27 shows in 27 days - bring it on, say Eddie and his cohorts "Can we have the house lights down?" Enquires Deadcuts singer...

Maximum Volume Meets – Machines Dream (Again)

In the second part of our interview with Machine Dream singer and bass player Craig West, we talk about funding records in the downloading...

Maximum Volume Meets………ARTHUR BROWN

  Donnie gets an audience with the god of hellfire himself as Arthur Brown stops by for a chat. “It’s like a community” muses theatrical rock...

Review: I, The Reverend – Hands of Mercy (EP)

Donnie has found some new extreme sounds to check out - he likes this! Thanks to the band for sending it to us There is...

REVIEW: Alunah – Awakening The Forest (2014)

Brum doom metal with a difference as Alunah make major label debut It's probably three and a half years since MVM walked into Birmingham's tiny...

HAWKWIND & The Crazy World of Arthur Brown @ Rock City, Nottingham 03/10/2014

Two legends - one night, and guess what? We were there Rock City has played host to several big names in the world of...

REVIEW: Guerrilla Monsoon – Big City Plans (2014)

Birmingham's hardest working band? Maybe. Anyway, they've got Big Plans You have to admire the "can do" spirit in the Punk Scene. Take Guerrilla Monsoon...

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