Updates from Provide — music

Thanks to everyone who braved the rain to come out for Kouben's release last week. Here's a little clip of people drinking beer and getting their copies of the mixtape and T-shirt.

PROVIDE x Kouben On Another Planet launch party:6-9pm, Friday 1st AugustPROVIDE, The Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Birmingham B9 4ATKouben is a Birmingham-born producer and close friend of PROVIDE. Over the past few months he's been working on a mixtape of new tunes for us, and this Friday August 1st we're hosting a little launch party in the shop to celebrate the release of On Another Planet.Cassettes (painstakingly recorded by Kouben one at a time) will be available in the shop from Friday, priced at £5 and will also be available on his Bandcamp page. Each cassette will come with a one-time...

After taking a break over Christmas, our gig night Greetings From returns to the Bristol Pear in Selly Oak at the end of this month. We've got three bands that we're really excited about and Jacky P will be keeping the vibes going afterwards.First up is Foes, who describe themselves as dirty, garage rock 'n roll, which we wholeheartedly agree with and can't wait to see kick start the night.   Milk Teeth are coming up from Bristol and will be bringing a ton of their grungy, heavy, riffy goodness with them. <a href="http://milkteethpunx.bandcamp.com/album/smiling-politely">Smiling Politely by MILK TEETH</a> Our headliners are...

The hangover has finally gone. Our first Greetings From night went off with a bang two Fridays ago, thanks to The Scribers, Germ, Curb and Birmingham's finest iPhone DJ, Jacky P. We had a great night, so thank you all for coming out to party with us, and make sure you keep an eye on the Greetings From Facebook and Twitter profiles for news of our next show, on January 31st. We were joined on the night by the guys and girls from Counteract Magazine, who said lots of nice things about the launch which you can read here. All photos...

As you know, we're all about pushing exciting new talent. With the amount of bands and artists that pass through the shop, we decided to bring together some of the most exciting new bands from Birmingham and beyond in a new night we're calling Greetings From. The concept is simple; we find bands we love and put three of them on the same bill on the last Friday of the month for as cheap as possible. Check out the Facebook page for more information, and give our first three bands a listen below. Curb:Soundcloud Germ: <a href="http://wearegerm.bandcamp.com/album/soak">Soak. by Germ</a> Scribers <a...