Freya Richards

As Walking On Cars prepared backstage for their debut performance at Nottingham’s Rock City last Monday, Impact was allowed access to their dressing room to meet the band. We caught up with lead singer Patrick, pianist Sorcha, bassist Paul, drummer Evan and lead guitarist Dan for a chat about...

Valentine’s Day is upon us. If words alone can’t conceivably hope to covey the depths of your passion, if you hope to woo a potential valentine, or even if you’re sacking off the whole thing as a bad job – compile the following playlist and all of your appropriately seasonal fancies and...

It’s been eight months since Zayn upped sticks and abandoned the other four members of One Direction, mid-way through the tour for their prophetically-titled album ‘Four’. What followed was textbook boyband, well, kind of; a social media reaction of apocalyptic scale, petty twitter spats between the current and former...

Before their third studio album, Surrender, you’d be forgiven for thinking synthpop duo Hurts had fallen through a time rift in the 80s and emerged, hands poised over the keyboard, into the 21st century. With their clear Depeche Mode and Tears for Fears influences and aesthetics, Hurts have forged...

It’s only been two years since Turner’s last release – the downbeat, heartbreak-scarred Tape Deck Heart – yet the change between it and Positive Songs for Negative People could not be more palpable. If the former is a sub-zero December day then the latter is the sweltering crescendo of...

Despite appearing to only have burst onto the music scene two years ago with their popular folk album In a Perfect World, Irish band Kodaline, formerly known as 21 Demands, have actually been together for over nine years. Now, finally playing to the larger audiences they deserve with a...

MissImp’s website states that “Comedy improv is the fusion of sketch and theatre, with the script lying ignored on the floor. We’ll take you to places you’ve never been”, and they certainly didn’t disappoint. The show was a whirlwind of different locations and characters, with funny and gloriously bizarre...