The Paris riots of 1968 have remained iconic in no small part to the driving force of French intellectualism that powered them, the sight of students and workers embracing Marxist, Anarchist and Communist ideologies whilst building barricades and pushing the state to the edge of collapse sent shockwaves throughout the world. The soundtrack to this era was just as potent, experimental and genre defying, let Wax Truths feed your mind and soul with an eclectic taster of the artistic explosion that almost brought capitalism to its knees. Il est interdit d’interdire.

Fri 18 May 8.30pm at The Sunflower Lounge, 76 Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham B5 4EG www.facebook.com