• Live Review: The Coronas, Rescue Rooms (02/11/2015)

    Irish indie band, The Coronas, returned to Nottingham last week to promote their fourth album, The Long Way. Opening their UK tour, an intimate audience at Rescue Rooms were treated to a powerful performance of songs from previous albums such as Heroes and Ghosts and Closer to You. Following...
  • Interview: The Coronas

    With a platinum album and a meteor award (beating the likes of Snow Patrol, U2 and The Script) under their belts, IMPACT speaks to proclaimed ‘people’s band’ The Coronas as they come to Nottingham.  Hello Danny, it’s Katy from Impact Magazine, is this a good time? It’s fine yeah!...
  • Live Review: Imagine Dragons, Capital FM Arena (06/11/2015)

    Arriving somewhat flustered to the Capital FM Arena to collect my ticket, purchased very last minute from a kindly person on eBay, I was surprised at just how quickly the queues were managed, and in no time at all I was dead centre of the standing area, swamped by...
  • Live Review: The Staves, O2 Institute Birmingham (01/11/2015)

    Watford sisters Emily, Jessica and Camilla Staveley-Taylor, known as The Staves, are yet to find the fame they undeniably deserve. The family trio have been touring almost non-stop since If I Was, their second album, was released in March 2014 and recently finished supporting Florence & The Machine on...
  • Live Review: Foals, Rock City (05/11/2015)

    When Foals released their fourth album What Went Down, they staked their claim amongst the greats who manage to master the most impressive feat; longevity. Impressively, they have managed to maintain their individuality when they could easily have tired out and faded into obscurity. Their live sets are famously full...
  • Album Review: The Game – The Documentary 2

    The decade long sequel to The Game’s breakthrough 2003 album The Documentary has been well appreciated by many critics but is it all it’s cracked up to be? Is it on the same level as his previous works such as the original Documentary album or even the 2012 tape...
  • Live Review: The Garden / Shame, Bodega (01/11/2015)

    Unclassifiable Californian twins The Garden arrive at Nottingham’s Bodega as part of a tour in support of recently-released second album haha, bringing young Brixton punks Shame as support. Wyatt and Fletcher Shears, the Orange County identical twins who make up The Garden, have termed their punk / rap hybrid...