• Miles Kane @ Rock City

    Arriving in Nottingham for the penultimate leg of a thirteen-stage UK tour, Indie rock troubadour Miles Kane shimmered in front of a raucous sold-out crowd spanning the generations. Having first tasted success playing lead guitar on Arctic Monkeys’ iconic 505, Miles Kane’s career has rocketed to incredible heights. The...
  • Album Review: Troye Sivan – Bloom

    Although Bloom was released at the tail end of August, it has continued to receive praise and deserves to be reviewed, especially in the run-up to the Christmas season. “He has proved himself to be a confident, liberated, and exciting performer” From humble beginnings on YouTube, Troye Sivan has...
  • Holy Moly and The Crackers @ Bodega

    Never having previously heard of Holy Moly and The Crackers or any of their music, the only knowledge I had of the band is that they are a ‘gypsy folk group’ and incorporate a wide range of musical instruments. Fearing such variation would clash too much with the other...
  • Danny Howard @ Stealth

    Dance/Electronic DJ Danny Howard came down to Stealth on Saturday as part of his ‘Nothing Else Matters’ tour – Nothing Else Matters is a new project owned by Danny, which seeks to showcase up and coming musicians in the dance music genre, including his support acts. Howard is a...
  • Mumford & Sons @ Motorpoint

    Supported by Maggie Rogers, Mumford & Sons graced Nottingham with their self-confessed ‘ground-breaking’ new tour. Indeed, on the back of their newly released album, Delta, Mumford & Sons’ new tour takes place in the round, with it being ‘by far the most ambitious show we’ve had to put together...
  • Clean Cut Kid @ Bodega

    Four-piece indie band Clean Cut Kid returned to Nottingham as part of their Give Love tour, taking to The Bodega’s stage for one night only. Comparable to bands like Fleetwood Mac and Fickle Friends, Clean Cut Kid proved they have a bright future ahead of them. “Playing in Nottingham...
  • Peach Fuzz @ Box

    Seeing Yak was coming to Nottingham reminded me of the years before when my friends and I would happily nod and grin along to the Swamp 81 rinse FM shows, tensely awaiting our names on the shout-outs and grooving to tracks from the likes of Paleman, Nuvaman, Benton and...