Maddy Hay

The lights are dimmed to a neon-blue. The crowd fall silent, awaiting the entrance of New York’s 70s-inspired band, The Lemon Twigs. Having appeared on The Late Show, The Tonight Show and Conan in the star spangled states, on Friday 24th of March, they made their biggest appearance to...

K. Dot returns to perform lyrical feats unimaginable to many other MCs, to once again prove that he has earned the title of ‘King Kendrick Lamar’. It’s been just under a week since Drake unmasked his long-awaited and hyped More Life after months of publicity and delays. After days...

Metalheads of Nottingham were in for a treat when one of progressive metal’s biggest names descended upon the stage of Rock City for a night of headbanging fun. Despite the drizzle, it did nothing to dampen the spirits of hundreds of fans that showed up to catch HevyDevy himself...

On Tuesday 14th March, The Bodega in Hockley was rammed full of bassheads cutting shapes and throwing limbs to the sounds of bassline and drum and bass at the University of Nottingham Bass Society’s event. After months of planning and promoting, students representing the society took to the stage...

Ed Sheeran has made an incredible come back, breaking chart records with 16 songs in UK Top 20, but is his album Divide really worthy of the hype?   Perhaps not. The album starts with ‘Eraser’, an interesting choice considering Ed is not best known for his rap skills....

As the gig of the year approaches (Sounds Against Slavery at Rough Trade Nottingham on 14th March, in case you hadn’t heard), Impact Music looks back at some of our favourite gigs of the last week. We ventured to London, but (of course) we still had time to check out...

Babe Punch, Super Furniture and more to play at Rough Trade Nottingham on Tuesday 14th March in aid of Anti-Slavery International. Join Impact Music and the University of Nottingham’s Anti Slavery Society for a spectacular evening of live, local music to launch Nottingham’s student Anti-Slavery movement! ALL proceeds go...