indie rock

Blog-favourite Kentucky indie rock band Cage The Elephant speak to IMPACT Music about festivals, producers, and their fourth LP Tell Me I’m Pretty.  The new album, Tell Me I’m Pretty, was produced by Dan Auberbach from the Black Keys. What was his influence on it? We met Dan when we were...

‘Maybe you’re just sending lots of love, there’s a lovely vibe in here’ murmurs bassist Jack Flanagan to the intimate crowd of Rough Trade. And he’s not wrong; the crowd treats the band like old school friends, chatting away with them like they’ve known each other for years. And, in...

25 years after their first appearance at Rock City, The Charlatans showed that they still have the mainstream impact to fill venues as a packed out Rock City were treated to a spectacular two hour set. A throwback, bursting with 90’s classics that reminded the crowd why this band...

After somehow unpretentiously claiming the hipster triangle as their “favourite shape”, band name and emblem; Alt-J blew us all away back in 2012 with their perfectly controlled hall room harmonies: “Three points where two lines meet, toe to toe, back to back, let’s go, my love; it’s very late.’Til...

The Bohicas stopped off at Bodega on Sunday night on the tour for their debut album The Making Of. The small intimate setting seemed to disagree slightly with their riff filled, rip roaring rock; however it still made for an exciting live set from one of the most energetic...

Currently on tour up and down the UK, Bodega was the fortunate location able to host British duo Honne during their time in Nottingham. Although their success has continued to climb over the past year, after being signed to the same record label as AlunaGeorge and Bondax, and with...

Spector’s set began with ‘Lately It’s You’, which was a fantastic choice. Within the first few minutes there were plenty of sonic delights, from the ominous pulsing which opens the track, to a guitar that sounds like a synth, and even vocals run through a vocoder. Next was a...