• A Personal Look At The Boston Iconic Group: The New Edition

    Chris Robinson directs, to an astonishingly personal degree, this biopic that chronicles the ups and downs of the legendary Boston music group in The New Edition Story. If any of you have read any of my journalistic work (wow that sounds really arrogant but let me land), you’ll know...
  • The month in albums: January 2017

    Exams have rendered us out of action for a good month or so, but that time has now (finally) come to an end (until May). Wonder no more, Impact Music are back with a bang! To kick things off, here’s our round-up of the most popular and prolific albums...
  • Impact Magazine: Person of the Year 2016

    Time named Donald Trump as their Person of the Year for 2016, in a sequence of events even more inevitable than the post-Brexit spike in hate crime. Here at Impact, Time’s leading competitor in the magazine industry, we have compiled our own shortlist of candidates more deserving of the title...
  • Albums of the Year: 2016

    Often, turbulent times can produce the best art. Needless to say, 2016 has been an excellent year for music… Presenting Impact Music’s favourite albums (and mixtapes) of the past twelve months, as voted for by our writers and editors.  15. Frankie Cosmos – Next Thing “Is it cool when I...
  • What I’ve Been Listening To (Album Watch, 05/12/16)

    The deadlines are piling up but don’t worry, I’m still here to give you the albums worth listening to this week so you don’t have to sift through them. Without further ado, here are the projects I’ve been listening to over the weekend. Childish Gambino – “Awaken, My Love!”...
  • Album Watch: Bruno Mars, The Weeknd and more

    A lot of music comes out weekly, so over here at Impact we have given everything a listen so you don’t have to. Here are our top picks out of some of the recently released albums. Bruno Mars – 24K Magic While I’m sure this album was more of a...
  • The Week In Gigs: Courteeners, Anne-Marie and White Lies

    Who’s visited Nottingham this week? Here’s our take on the most memorable live music of the last seven days… Annie-Marie, Rescue Rooms (22/11/2016) Anne Marie was phenomenally honest. It’s often quite obvious when certain artists aren’t enjoying a tour; doing the exact same set over and over can become...