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The Horne Section came to the Nottingham Playhouse on 22nd November, bringing their show Four Great Songs, and Eight More Songs. No doubt, it’s a great title for a show. Unfortunately, it was also rather an accurate one. There was never going to be a through-line to tie the...

November 10th was the day Taylor Swift debuted her highly anticipated pop album, Reputation. As an album, Reputation embodies Taylor Swift’s typical artful musical composition, creative lyricism and use of narrative mystery. Yet, Taylor’s swift breakaway album suffers at the cost of experimentation, but deserves plenty of credit. There’s...

After putting out their incredible fifth album ‘The Spark,’ Enter Shikari returned to the first arena they ever headlined to put on a stellar performance of raw emotion, brute force, and mesmerising showmanship. Very few bands can build a sense of connected-ness between six thousand people under one roof the...

As one of the rising stars of the indie-rock scene, Wolf Alice have been on quite the journey. With their new album, The Visions of a Life, recently debuting, the band were quick to get back on tour and make their presence felt. Having interviewed the band several hours...

Following the release of their seminal breakthrough record Songs About Jane, Maroon 5’s career has been a mixed bag. For every major hit (‘Moves Like Jagger’), there’d be forgettable filler (‘Daylight’), and some of their best songs (‘Payphone’) have been marred by unnecessary rap sections. And as the band...

Blondie is undoubtedly one of the most influential rock bands of the last century. Their first album was released all the way back in 1976, when lead singer Debbie Harry was only twenty two years old. Time has no effect on the band it seems, with Debbie Harry at...

With a double platinum certified debut album already under their belts and their most recent album, ‘Truth is a Beautiful Thing’ having debuted at number one in the UK Albums Chart, elegantly minimalist trio London Grammar have certainly come a long way from writing music in Lenton. Since meeting...