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With their tour fully underway, Eagulls take on the crammed basement of The Cookie; making for an intimate, intense and– above all else- sweaty live show. Stevenage four-piece, Bad Breeding, fully fulfilled their role as support; going through all known measures to get the crowd going. Stripping, screaming in...
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Woman’s Hour’s released their debut album, Conversations, earlier this year to critical acclaim. Now on tour, Fiona pauses to chat to Impact. You’ve had a pretty hectic year, your new album is out, you played festivals for the first time this summer- what was your favourite festival? We performed at loads...
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Mavericks of anti-folk, Andrew Jackson Jihad, kicked off their tour with an energetic and career-spanning performance, in all their jet-lagged glory. The set was opened with ‘Temple Grandin’, telling listeners to ‘Cut the world in half, I bet that you will go and find a sleeping giant’. Just one...
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808 managed to put on a cracking night, with Perry Louis stepping up to the plate in Ron Morelli’s absence. Bar Eleven seemed an ideal venue for this event; the dancefloor stayed packed all night, with a really playful atmosphere which is often lost in larger clubs. Willow, 808’s resident, played...
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Following a summer of recording and touring, including a gig at Worthy Farm, Kagoule return to the city which spawned them. Once Band of Jackals brash, heavy sound had warmed the crowd, Kagoule and co-headliners, God Damn, seized the stage. To call God Damn ‘another duo’ would unfairly pile...
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Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds combines H.G. Wells’ science fiction narrative with obliterating every single convention of popular music. Opening the record with the steady pound of Disco, a symphonic orchestra, elongated guitar solos and mind-bending sound effects: it could only have come from the madness of the 70’s....
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Tonight is only the third night of The Twilight Sad’s extensive tour, with some dates in the UK followed by a number in the US. It’s also been a long time since the band has played Nottingham. Starting off the night was fellow Glaswegians, the three-piece Errors who warmed...