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As the gig of the year approaches (Sounds Against Slavery at Rough Trade Nottingham on 14th March, in case you hadn’t heard), Impact Music looks back at some of our favourite gigs of the last week. We ventured to London, but (of course) we still had time to check out...

Laura Marling’s sixth album is here – Semper Femina, and it’s easily the album of the year so far. Given that Marling has only fairly recently turned 27, having six albums under the belt is staggering in itself – but there’s no sign of her running out of ideas....

March is upon us and spring (finally) approaches! With sunny evenings just around the corner, Nottingham was treated to a healthy dose of luminous Chamber-Pop, in the form of visits from Laurel and Toothless (of Bombay Bicycle Club fame). Here’s what Impact Music thought… Laurel, Rescue Rooms Red Room...

You’ve seen it on the backs of buses; the brash talking bass thumping Nottingham bred duo Sleaford Mods have returned with album number four – English Tapas, and they’ve only gone and teamed up with Rough Trade to produce it! If I’m being honest, I stuck the album on...

Phenomenal. I didn’t think Stormzy would let me down or anything, but I didn’t expect this level of excellence. Gang Signs & Prayer is a masterpiece, possibly the best UK album I’ve heard in the past 5 years, I haven’t felt this strong about an album since To Pimp...

Not much seems to happen in February. As part of the student calendar, it’s sort of a non-month that flies by so quickly that we’ve barely recovered from January exams before we have to wake up, smell the pancakes and ready ourselves for March deadlines. However, living in Nottingham...

Canadian rapper Drake’s highly anticipated world tour has finally begun. After selling out most of his UK dates within minutes, he added numerous extra dates between January and February. Despite many of those dates being rescheduled for the second time, Drake was sure not to disappoint UK fans. In...