fat white family

A wasted frontman, a dig at Nottingham duo Sleaford Mods, a song for Joseph Goebbels, and half the band abandoning ship half an hour early – it’s all in a day’s work for the notorious, provocative, delightfully irreverent Fat White Family.  On the road promoting their second full-length release, Songs...

If the Fat White Family are anything like The Fall (and the comparison is prevalent everywhere you look on the internet) then band members will be discarded and replaced like spent cartridges and their album count will rise precipitously as the years roll on. The Fat Whites have already...

IMPACT brings you the unmissable live performances this month, highlighting the best talent stopping off at Nottingham throughout February. Tuesday 2nd – NME Awards Tour // Rock City The NME Awards Tour returns to Nottingham’s Rock City with a variety of established acts and new names to discover. This...

Unclassifiable Californian twins The Garden arrive at Nottingham’s Bodega as part of a tour in support of recently-released second album haha, bringing young Brixton punks Shame as support. Wyatt and Fletcher Shears, the Orange County identical twins who make up The Garden, have termed their punk / rap hybrid...

Another year, another set of releases, another day of early alarm clocks (or trips to no avail). Now in its 8th year, Record Store Day brought a wave of limited releases to Britain’s stores along with a range of gigs taking place up and down the country. Impact takes a look at...

The annual NME Awards Tour has rolled around again, this year showcasing a decidedly more angsty and abrasive line-up than usual. Tour has previously given artists such as Arctic Monkeys, Bombay Bicycle Club, and The Killers the limelight as they burst into the mainstream. This year Palma Violets, Fat...