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The Scots have had a busy old year. The vote for Scottish independence divided the country and everything got a wee bit serious. As the dust settles around Alex Salmond’s feet it seems an appropriate time to join in unison and party. What better excuse to join a nation...

Beardyman has been on our radar for quite some time now. He reminded us of the kid in the playground that could make machine gun sounds with their voice, or the popular Donald Duck impersonator at the back of class. As far as artists go, we were intrigued. Being...

Currently undergoing a headline tour of the UK,  22 year-old folk singer-songwriter, Marika Hackman arrived in  Nottingham for her show at the Bodega. She played an enchanting set, with songs from her previous EPs like ‘Bath Is Black’ and ‘You Come Down’ that the audience seemed to know very...

Last Wednesday, Thurston Moore culminated his most recent UK tour, where he played a pulsating, energetic, feedback drenched set to a sold out Bodega. The solitary support act for the evening was Ride guitarist and vocalist, Mark Gardener, who played an acoustic set of solo material, along with some...

Ben Howard’s back, but his upbeat, chirpy self isn’t. I Forget Where We Were is darker, more melancholic… but still well worth a listen. Gone are the upbeat acoustic melodies featured in Howard’s singles The Wolves and Only Love. The album is considerably darker sounding with the chilled acoustic...

The Flaming Lips have never been a band to shy away from ambitious cover projects. From Kylie Minogue to Led Zeppelin, MGMT to Madonna, the group have revelled in spinning their signature psychedelic rock all over your favourite popular songs. No matter how successful a band, however, it is...

The story of Messers Barrett, Waters, Mason, Wright and Gilmour is almost the archetypal tale of victory through defeat; of innovative, legendary sound through adverse circumstances. Despite a mentally ill leader and inter-personal strife the band produced some of the most memorable and resonant music of the last century....