• Interview: Gengahr

    One year on from Gengahr’s hugely successful debut album, A Dream Outside, Impact had the pleasure of catching up with Felix Bushe, frontman of the London-based psychedelic-indie band. Impact: Hi Felix, how are things? Felix: I’m a bit under the weather but I’m doing very well otherwise! We’re glad...
  • EP Review: The Japanese House – Swim Against the Tide

    Following on from the success of ‘Pools to Bathe In’ and ‘Clean’, The Japanese House complement their beautiful melancholic sound with an equally eerie yet infectious EP. Indeed, Swim Against the Tide embraces the use of harmonies, by adding layer upon layer of vocals to create a sound that...
  • Live Review: The Japanese House, Rescue Rooms (01/11/2016)

    The day after Halloween, the crowds descended upon Rescue Rooms to hear the Japanese House’s outer-worldly take on pop. Amber Bain’s project initially gained some following after being associated with littered comparisons to The 1975. This was not totally incorrect. ‘Still’ was produced by Matty Healy and George Daniel,...
  • Album Review: Common – Black America Again

    Common is a proven rapper and Chicago-native who has seen success both in music and on the big screen. With this latest project he shows that he is still very able to excel in the craft that brought him success. “What I love about Common is that he raps...
  • Live Review: Clean Cut Kid (28/10/2016)

    Fresh off the back of their show at London’s Dingwells, Clean Cut Kid hit Nottingham last week and delivered an electric set at the Bodega. Though the band have played a number of gigs in the past few years, on October 28th, IMPACT found them in the midst of their...
  • Live Review: Whitney + Julia Jacklin, Bodega (4/11/2016)

    There’s something about Whitney that draws the hipsters in their masses. Most probably it’s a feeling of kinship: if not for the raised stage it would have been impossible to discern the band from their audience. This is not a criticism – just an observation about the overwhelming majority...
  • Live Review: Bring Me The Horizon, Motorpoint Arena (02/11/2016)

    It would be something of an understatement to say that Sheffield-based Bring Me The Horizon have divided opinion over the years. Outspoken frontman Oli Sykes has provoked adoration and derision in equal measure, and had to battle his own well-documented personal demons. Yet on their current arena tour, the...