• Interview: Cage The Elephant

    Blog-favourite Kentucky indie rock band Cage The Elephant speak to IMPACT Music about festivals, producers, and their fourth LP Tell Me I’m Pretty.  The new album, Tell Me I’m Pretty, was produced by Dan Auberbach from the Black Keys. What was his influence on it? We met Dan when we were...
  • Live Review: Loyle Carner, Rescue Rooms (12/02/2016)

    Loyle Carner has performed at Glastonbury and supported MF Doom and Joey Bada$$, so one would expect him to carry the air of an emerging but relatively experienced artist – yet he retains the nervous excitement of an individual performing live for the first time. The venue is small,...
  • Live Review: Public Service Broadcasting, Rock City (11/02/016)

    A packed Rock City provided the duo of J. Willgoose Esq. and Wrigglesworth, collectively known as Public Service Broadcasting (PSB), with their largest headline show outside of their home city of London. An amusing and playful informational piece created by the band warning against the overuse of phones set...
  • Album Review: Kanye West – The Life of Pablo

    Kanye West has always been about pushing boundaries. For several LPs it was about stretching the outer-limits of what a hip-hop record could be: recording with live instrumentation at Abbey Road, sampling King Crimson and making soulful R&B records in spite of the fact he can’t sing a note....
  • Live Review: Gabrielle Aplin, Rock City (05/02/16)

    It is only four months since Gabrielle Aplin graced the Nottingham stage but the crowd seemed still to have missed her. Since she played at Rescue Rooms in October, her second album Light Up The Dark has only got more popular and she clearly enjoyed being back in front...
  • Live Review: Mayday Parade, Rock City (04/02/2016)

    Mayday Parade are a band originating from Virginia, and are currently touring Europe and the US with their new album ‘Black Lines’, which was released in November of last year. Like other fans I couldn’t wait to see this new album live. The new album contains songs with a much...
  • Live Review: Drenge//Rat Boy//Bloc Party – Rock City (02/02/2016)

    Rat Boy The last twelve months can only be described as absurd for Rat Boy. From making songs in his own bedroom to playing in relatively large venues across the country, one can only ponder what 2016 holds for the Essex teenager. Their set at this years NME Awards...