Yr Poetry Lost Boys DL Out Now Yr Poetry are a Birmingham based duo who play highly energetic punk with very infectious pop hooks bubbling just under the surface. Fighting Boredom have caught them a few times and we like… Continue Reading
Colossloth – Heathen Needles Cold Spring Records CD / DL Out Now Colossloth released his second album late last year, the record ‘continues his esoteric sonic crusade of volatile yet absorbing audio textures. Cold electronica, with swathes of rhythmic power… Continue Reading
We posted the first half of Fighting Boredom’s review of 2017, the photographer’s view, yesterday. Today it’s Adrian Bloxham’s turn, the writer. You get exactly the same as the last page with his top ten albums and comments and then… Continue Reading
It’s the end of a brilliant year for music and for our website so we have decided this year to post up our top tens of the year, starting with Martin Ward the photographer’s lists. He has given us his… Continue Reading
Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds Black Mekon Rhino and the Ranters The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham 8th December 2017 What better way to round off 2017 for Fighting Boredom than to see a bona fide original. Kid Congo Powers… Continue Reading
Noamm – Black Waves Bass Agenda Recordings DL Out Now Following on from his Entering Darkness album back in 2016 ‘Greek weaver of Darkness’ Noamm has a new album out on Bass Agenda Recordings. It’s as good if not better… Continue Reading
Godflesh – Post Self Avalanche Recordings LP/ CD/ CASSETTE/ DL Out Now Justin K. Broadrick and G. C. Green are back as Industrial Metal Originals Godflesh with the new album Post Self. It’s not an easy listen but even so… Continue Reading
Scattering Ashes – The Gift CD /DL Out Now Coventry Metalists Scattering Ashes were on stage at Download Festival last year and have just released their third album The Gift, Fighting Boredom’s Adrian Bloxham has a soft spot for a… Continue Reading
Husker Du Savage Young Du Numero Group 4 x LP – 3 x CD – DL Out 10th November 2017 An authoritative collection of remastered tapes, demos and session masters, this is the beginning of Husker Du, who paved the… Continue Reading
An Ig Ma and Ellipse present – Suns of Rest The Institutes Holy Thief Drapers Coventry 28/10/2017 Every now and again people get in touch and ask us at Fighting Boredom to come and review a show, if we can… Continue Reading