Live Highlights of 2007

Heavy Trash / Copter / The Micragirls
The Hare and Hounds, Birmingham, UK
By Guy Oddy

South Birmingham seems to have become the home of some fine garage rock of late, with local bands like the Courtesy Group, The Big Bang and Mills and Boon flying the freak flag for high octane rock ‘n’ roll with a distinctly raw taste. It seemed only fitting, therefore, when Jon Spencer (of Pussy Galore, Boss Hog and the Blues Explosion) turned up to play some tunes with his latest outfit, Heavy Trash, and to check out the scene. (more…)