• Interview: Babe Punch

    Five-piece alt-punk outfit Babe Punch have been making waves in Nottingham and beyond, having tirelessly performed around the city over the past couple of years. Their releases on Soundcloud – ‘Fixation’ and ‘Snake Tongue’ – have attracted praise from NME, as well as fellow grungy, fuzz-heavy bands like Drenge...
  • Live Review: Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Bodega (24/04/2016)

    Climbing the sacred steps of The Bodega, for possibly the final time, set the tone for an emotionally charged and intimately open night. A rapidly growing crowd greeted Sam Airey with great delight as he graced the stage. Quickly gaining the respectful audience’s full attention Airey impressed from the...
  • Interview: Benjamin Francis Leftwich

    Announcing his second album After The Rain, soulful singer-songwriter Benjamin Francis Leftwich has returned from a three year hiatus with a massive nationwide tour, most of which has already sold out. We managed to catch up with him before his fantastic headline set at Nottingham’s Bodega at the start...
  • Live Review: Natty, The Bodega (14/03/16)

    With a gradual layering of heavy bass beats and rippling symbols, the adrenaline was already pulsing hard through The Bodega before reggae and soul artist Natty had even shown his face. It was a somewhat unsurprising anticipation as, since the release of his debut album Man Like I in...
  • Live Review: Will Varley, Bodega (20/02/2016)

    There are very few musicians that can capture and critique the human condition in such a sublimely nuanced manner as Will Varley. It has become apparent that once people become aware of the Folk hero they immediately become fans, hence the sold out nature of Varley’s Nottingham show. Having...
  • Interview: Will Varley

    Will Varley returns to Nottingham’s Bodega on 20th February in support of his recent release Postcards from Ursa Minor. Having recently touched base here in November to triumphantly support Frank Turner at his Rock City Double Header, Varley has a reputation for the wit woven throughout his light hearted...
  • Live Review: Kitty, Daisy and Lewis, Bodega (03/02/2016)

    Following our interview with Kitty Durham from the sibling rockabilly trio Kitty, Daisy and Lewis, we saw the band in concert at The Bodega, where they played their latest album at the end of their UK tour. The group, as expected, came onto the stage in an array of...