• Album Review: Neil Young and Bluenote Café – Bluenote Café

    Since Bob Dylan’s ‘Bootleg Series’ popularised the format, any artist sufficient in stature and back catalogue is now almost obligated to author an archival series of rarities and live tracks. Young’s variant, the appropriately monikered Neil Young Archives Performance Series, has been kicking around since 2006 and so far...
  • Live Review: Ferocious Dog, Rock City (28/11/15)

    Opening their homecoming gig at Nottingham’s Rock City on the last leg of their UK tour, the six man folk band and their joy-filled audience were in high spirits. The reason why wasn’t hard to discern – they’d sold out the venue, a feat unheard of for an unsigned...
  • Live Review: Krept and Konan, Rescue Rooms (27/11/15)

    “The train now departing is the play dirty service taking the long way home. Calling at Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, London and Nottingham”. Having sold out in August, it is needless to say that this show was highly anticipated. Krept and Konan not only delivered on this hype,...
  • Live Review: The Prodigy, Capital FM Arena (24/11/15)

    Not many people expect a commercial arena to be their local stomping ground. But when a band like The Prodigy kick off their UK tour at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, they were sure to bring together a medley of generations for a triumphant evening of alternative dance in the city’s...
  • Playlist: Deadline De-Stress

    With only a few weeks left of term, we’ve generously gone and collated a selection of soothing, inspiring, or angst-ridden tracks into our Deadline De-Stress playlist, so as to help you overcome any stage of your coursework-related agonies. Whether you need to cool down after a particularly laborious session,...
  • Live Review: Clutch, Rock City (24/11/15)

    Walking past the venue a few hours before Clutch’s set, a huge line of dedicated fans are queued up the street, eager to secure their place on the front row in Rock City to see a band renowned as one of the titans of contemporary American rock music. Since...
  • Live Review: The Maccabees, Rock City (18/11/2015)

    The London Indie rockers kicked off their headline UK tour promoting their fourth album, Marks to Prove It, in great fashion at Rock City on Wednesday night. A highly energetic set delivered plenty of entertainment for the sold out crowd who were left eager for more as the 10pm curfew...