Ian Fillingham

Holding up the philosophy that Christmas music should not only be festive, but diverse, Impact has compiled a list of 25 ‘Christmas songs’ to take you through advent. Including not only songs which are indisputably part of the Christmas canon, but also straying into areas of music which holds looser links...

Think how much courage it must take to be a musician, to stand on a stage and put your entire self out there, to be judged every second for the way you stand and what you play or don’t play, the notes you hit or miss. Then think of...

Holding up the philosophy that Christmas music should not only be festive, but diverse, Impact has compiled a list of 25 ‘Christmas songs’ to take you through advent. Including not only songs which are indisputably part of the Christmas canon, but also straying into areas of music which holds looser links...

We were lucky enough to have a sit down with Taylor Momsen and Ben Phillips from The Pretty Reckless, who after just arriving from New York that day  were set to play a sold out Rock City. Is it good to be back in the U.K? Taylor: It’s awesome, I f***ing...

Currently undergoing a headline tour of the UK,  22 year-old folk singer-songwriter, Marika Hackman arrived in  Nottingham for her show at the Bodega. She played an enchanting set, with songs from her previous EPs like ‘Bath Is Black’ and ‘You Come Down’ that the audience seemed to know very...

Last Wednesday, Thurston Moore culminated his most recent UK tour, where he played a pulsating, energetic, feedback drenched set to a sold out Bodega. The solitary support act for the evening was Ride guitarist and vocalist, Mark Gardener, who played an acoustic set of solo material, along with some...

Ben Howard’s back, but his upbeat, chirpy self isn’t. I Forget Where We Were is darker, more melancholic… but still well worth a listen. Gone are the upbeat acoustic melodies featured in Howard’s singles The Wolves and Only Love. The album is considerably darker sounding with the chilled acoustic...