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Guy Oddy

Articles By Guy Oddy

Black Sabbath: The Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Birmingham Hippodrome review - two very different art forms merge

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Album: Animal Collective - Isn't It Now?

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Album: Kylie Minogue - Tension

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Album: Corinne Bailey Rae - Black Rainbows

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Supersonic Festival 2023, Birmingham review - musical eccentrics battle the odds and come out on top

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Album: Frankie & the Witch Fingers - Data Doom

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Album: Ratboys - The Window

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Album: The Hives - The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons

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Album: Aphex Twin - Blackbox Life Recorder 21f

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Tinariwen, O2 Institute 2, Birmingham review - desert superstars raise the roof

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Album: Kool & the Gang - People Just Wanna Have Fun

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Album: Skids - Destination Düsseldorf

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Siouxsie, The Halls, Wolverhampton review - former Banshee brings the house down

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Album: Swans - The Beggar

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Album: Queens of the Stone Age - In Times New Roman…

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Jim Jones Allstars, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham review - veteran garage punkers turn up the soul

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