Maddy Hay

Often, turbulent times can produce the best art. Needless to say, 2016 has been an excellent year for music… Presenting Impact Music’s favourite albums (and mixtapes) of the past twelve months, as voted for by our writers and editors.  15. Frankie Cosmos – Next Thing “Is it cool when I...

Anyone who has seen The Empire Strikes Back will be all too aware that it is the fantasy of so many to have Lando Calrissian serenade them with sweet R ‘n’ B. Well, here’s your chance. “”Awaken, My Love!” picks up the legacy of Prince and runs with it”...

Straight off the back of the release of their fifth studio album The Last Hero, Alter Bridge are touring worldwide showcasing their American hard rock style. Like A Storm did a superb job of kicking the evening off, doing what every good support band should do: get you absolutely...

After the release of their second album Everything You’ve Come to Expect and the world tour which followed, The Last Shadow Puppets return with The Dream Synopsis EP. Featuring reworked album tracks and covers alike, the EP presumably acts as a parting gift from the band. “Alex Turner’s French...

Another week, another string of gigs for Notts music fans to get stuck into. Here, Impact Music takes a look at the highs – and lows – of the past seven days. TOY, Rock City Basement (28/11/2016) Following a somber performance from support act Prince Vaseline, the psyche quartet from Brighton...

During the lead up to the release of album number eight, A Spanner in the Works (listen here), Impact Music decided to give Jay, better known as “drunk folk singer” Beans On Toast, an interrogation about his musical career so far… Impact: So, to begin, why did you write a...

It is easy to associate the sounds of Peter Doherty to the anarchic, chaotic and albeit mesmerising unit that is The Libertines. However, his second solo outing Hamburg Demonstrations couldn’t be any further from it. Released December 2nd, Doherty’s latest project encompasses a classy amalgamation of instruments; arguably his...