Mike & Solveig | Tue 24 Jul | Hare & Hounds | £8.80
The experimental psych folk duo of Mike Hastings and Solveig Askvik recall The Incredible String Band, Syd Barrett and even Ivor Cutler. Beautifully intricate melodies married to wistful harmonies that combines exquisitely their Norwegian and Scottish musical backgrounds. Support comes from Jim McAteer and Katherine Priddy, ticket holders to the forthcoming Lunar Festival can get free entry if they show their ticket on the door. www.skiddle.com

Graham Nash | Thu 26 Jul | Town Hall | £37.50
The lad from Blackpool has had an incredibly fruitful career, a founding member of The Hollies before becoming a part of folk supergroup Crosby, Stills and Nash, he has been inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame, Grammy award winner and a humble recipient of an OBE. That’s some CV and we’ve only scratched the surface, Nash will be dipping into his legendary back catalogue and sharing stories from his extraordinary career. www.thsh.co.uk

Elizabete Balčus & Kamura Obscura | Fri 27 Jul | ORT | £6
We have some great venues in the city exploring the wild frontiers of musical expression and this event at Cafe ORT is a real sonic doozy. Latvian artist Elizabete Balčus threads together minutiae symphonies of sound using disparate mediums that are then layered with one of the most haunting voices you will ever hear, her music is lush, deep and profound. An incredibile bill is completed by Kamura Obscura, an experience that features Atsuko Kamura, one half of legendary Japanese popsters and John Peel favourites Frank Chickens, and Birmingham’s own Lai Power.  www.skiddle.com

Riot Grrrl Night | Sat 28 Jul | Sunflower Lounge | £6
It’s going to get very raucous downstairs at The Sunflower Lounge as Killer BOB unleash an evening of pure Riot Grrrl noise. The self-proclaimed aggro grunge of Killer BOB will be joined by Vertigo Violet, ahead of their appearance at the legendary Rebellion Festival in Blackpool next month, and the DIY stripped back hardcore and biting political message of Dream Nails. www.skiddle.com

Brain Food | Sat 28 Jul | Night Owl | £5
Rejoice. Our own psychedelic overlords Brain Food finally get round to releasing their debut EP and you’re all invited to the launch party. Joining them are Moseley prog rockers Nonsuch, the sartorially elegant noise duo Cave Girl and the sonic adventurers Kaleidoscope will be spinning tunes throughout. Come and Get One On. www.skiddle.com

Palm Reader | Sun 29 Jul | Asylum | £7
On the back of the critically well received album Braille, Palm Reader are finally moving out from being perennially branded as underrated and coming into their own. Pile driving riffs and raw emotional power drive this hardcore juggernaut from the East Midlands. www.eventbrite.co.uk

Earthless | Sun 29 Jul | Hare & Hounds | £14.85
Hailing from San Diego the trippy psychedelic monsters Earthless trade in huge meandering instrumental slabs of switched on noise that recalls The Sabs, Zep and Amon Duul. It’s thunderous simplicity is beguiling and stands head and shoulders above the Stoner Rock contemporaries with which Earthless are sometimes lazily grouped. www.seetickets.com