• Live Review: Eagulls, The Cookie (14/10/14)

    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...
  • Interview: Woman’s Hour

    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...
  • Live Review: Andrew Jackson Jihad, Deaf Institute (02/10/14)

    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...
  • Live Review: Perry Louis / Matt King / Willow, Bar Eleven (3/10/14)

    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...
  • Live Review: Kagoule / God Damn, The Bodega (08/10/14)

    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...
  • Interview: Jeff Wayne

    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....
  • The Twilight Sad, The Bodega (07/10/14)

    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...