• Album Review: Pope Francis – Wake Up

    Yes, you read that correctly. The Pope just dropped an album. The real one. Like, the actual Pope has released a musical album in 2015. In HMV (other music retailers are available) right now you can buy the Pope’s new album. It’s even on Spotify if that’s your thing....
  • Live Review: Duran Duran, Capital FM Arena (11/12/2015)

    Duran Duran returned to Nottingham 35 years into their career to prove that they were not Paper Gods. The band played an incredibly successful show to a mostly full arena, despite the fact that this was one of the smallest arenas on the tour. The gaps in the crowd...
  • Live Review: Benjamin Clementine, St John at Hackney (07/12/15)

    Awarded with The Mercury Prize last month, Benjamin Clementine has made tangible steps forward since his days of sleeping rough and busking in Paris – the humble young artist dedicated his award to the victims of the city’s attacks in early November, overcome with sentiment at his win –...
  • Album Review: Coldplay – A Head Full Of Dreams

    A Head Full of Dreams is far from a disappointment, even if it isn’t a magnificent triumph. Coldplay seem to be reborn with this album, that rejoices in the sheer pleasure of being alive. Like its heady artwork, the album is psychedelic and rousing. The title track, which is also the...
  • Interview: Flight Brigade

    They’ve been heralded the “ones to watch in 2016”. Impact Music sat down with lead singer Ollie Baines, bassist Tom Clay, violinist Dorry Macaulay and guitarist Thomas Pink in Nottingham’s finest noodle venue, Wok & Go, to find out what makes Flight Brigade so special.  So welcome to Nottingham! How’s...
  • How Music Through The Years Has Charted Our Repetitious Foreign Policy Mistakes

    The House of Commons is an institution unique in its ability to be at once perplexing, and resolutely predictable. What’s unique about this fresh war is the manner in which, for everyone of an age old enough to read this article, this has already happened more than once in...
  • Playlist: Deadline De-Stress

    With only a few weeks left of term, we’ve generously gone and collated a selection of soothing, inspiring, or angst-ridden tracks into our Deadline De-Stress playlist, so as to help you overcome any stage of your coursework-related agonies. Whether you need to cool down after a particularly laborious session,...