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You hear a lot about artists in varying genres truly taking their sound or their area of music to a whole other level. Be it through lyrical meaning, album structure or perhaps just their exceptional execution, artists like Kendrick Lamar (for hip hop) or Ed Sheeran (for pop) are...

The hip-hop musical about an American politician has gained international recognition and it’s notoriously impossible to get a Broadway seat. Fans across the UK scrambled for tickets when the West End production, opening later this year, was announced – but if you’re left wondering what’s so special about it,...

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...

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...

Happy International Women’s Day! The Impact Music team are celebrating by listening to their favourite songs by women, for women. Here’s a selection from our playlist along with some lyrical highlights… (to listen to the full thing, head to our Spotify!). Your Best American Girl – Mitski “Your mother...

For a band who have won numerous awards, sold millions of records and have a fairly dedicated fan-base, there are a lot of people who have made it quite plain that they do not like Mumford & Sons. From their apparent pretentious and pseudo-folk image and sound to their...

Honestly, I don’t care and neither should you. At one of our weekly Impact Music section meetings, we decided to join forces with our lovely friends over at the Comment Section. During our meeting, our Comment editor asked whether we were covering the BRITs. My thought was that we probably should,...