Jack Smiddy

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...

This December 1st, as with every December 1st since 2009, welcomed a new LP from Essex’s finest alternative folkie Beans on Toast. On his current tour, promoting this latest release, Rolling Up That Hill, we caught up with Jay for a chat about rowdy live performances, his job as a bin man,...

The innovative and amusing folk troubadour Beans on Toast passed through Nottingham on Saturday night with a fun, quirky set that involved and thoroughly entertained the crowd. Jay McAllister (Beans on Toast) started the night by addressing the many concerning issues that have been so ubiquitous the news recently before...

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...

Indie rock icons The Maccabees took the scene by storm with their forth album Marks To Prove It, IMPACT spoke to them on their return to Nottingham First of all, congratulations on the number one album, must be nice to get a bit of recognition? Yeah definitely, something to...

The London Indie rockers kicked off their headline UK tour promoting their fourth album, Marks to Prove It, in great fashion at Rock City on Wednesday night. A highly energetic set delivered plenty of entertainment for the sold out crowd who were left eager for more as the 10pm curfew...

The California surf rockers Wavves are back with a feisty fifth effort ingeniously entitled V. The band’s latest offering veers away from the pop-punk crossover that Warner Bros may have wanted from them and could have been the cause of their conflict. The whole public debacle that unfolded earlier...