Ian Fillingham

Scrap the bookies, scrap album sales; on basic critical grounds – or perhaps even moral grounds – who should win the BRITs? Impact writers take a rummage through this year’s categories to pick out who deserves to win. British Video https://soundcloud.com/mmmusic/mark-ronson-uptown-funk Out of the five nominees there are three distinct categories. There...

Supporting Hudson Taylor on their UK tour, the Belfast sibling duo kickstart their set with ‘Shout It’, an energetic track immediately showcasing their intricate vocal harmonies and accomplished instrumental work. Punctuated with Blues-style guitar riffs and solos redolent of The White Stripes, the pair deftly catch the crowds’ attention...

‘Look at us, do we look like we’ve ever been late for anything in our lives?’. An hour after they were meant to, the band take to the stage guilt free. In their defence they have a point, a punctual Pond would have come as a shock. Although they’re...

Brighton four-piece Black Honey kick their UK tour off in Nottingham with unsurpassable confidence and songs that speak to every dissatisfied 20 something living in Britain today. Aside from having the most fabulous hair in rock since Robert Smith, lead singer Izzy Bee is one of the most exciting...

To inherit the crown of Brit folk-rock in a world after Mumford and Sons revivalism is a big burden to carry. The Staves return from a stay in the United States and kick off a new tour in our very own Nottingham, they don’t just emulate what they heard out there but...

The B’town band Peace are touring the country playing intimate shows, and with 3 sold out nights at Nottingham’s own Bodega, Impact magazine went to experience some of those famous Peace vibes. Coming onto stage to meet a packed out Bodega, Peace opened with ‘Higher than the sun’ from...

To an excited response from their followers, alternative duo Drenge announced that their hotly anticipated second LP will be released in April this year. We could tell the Loveless brothers had something stashed up their respective sleeves when it was announced that the pair would make their US TV...