Ian Fillingham

The Flaming Lips have never been a band to shy away from ambitious cover projects. From Kylie Minogue to Led Zeppelin, MGMT to Madonna, the group have revelled in spinning their signature psychedelic rock all over your favourite popular songs. No matter how successful a band, however, it is...

It’s mid-Movember and the ‘staches are starting to come through full and thick. What better way to celebrate the fruition of facial hair than with some moustache related music? Jimi Hendrix – ‘Machine Gun’ Whilst this twelve-and-a-half-minute epic starts with clean, whooshing guitar effects, Hendrix still brings the fuzz...

            ‘When we started the project it wasn’t intended to be a live thing, we wrote some electronic music and then it was like, ‘how do you interpret that live?”’ Intentional or not, April Towers are now a fully fabricated live act. Following a string of supporting tour dates...

Nick Mulvey stakes his claim as a rival to the acoustic juggernauts of Ben Howard and Ed Sheeran in this ethereal evening of soothing songs and sweet melodies. While there wasn’t an abundance of difference between his live set and the album, this didn’t detract much from Nick’s overall...

Laurie’s jumping on the table playing his bass while Isaac and another man are sat, seemingly chanting at him. You can’t help but feel boring, walking in to their dressing room, announcing you’ve come in to do the interview, and they probably need to stop. Laurie leaves the room to...

While the prospect of seeing the Pop Group alone seemed enticing enough, the announcement that the ‘Mods were taking the support slot for their show at Nottingham’s Bodega made it a night that was far too exciting to miss. The Sleaford Mods have a reputation that predeces them, with...

Nottingham three-piece, The Wharves, continue the current golden era of music in the city with their outstanding debut record, At Bay. Having been recorded in Rory Atwell’s Lightship 95 studio, At Bay does seem fittingly nautical, not just by name but in the ebb and flow of its sound. It’s...