Live Review

  • Live Review: Swim Deep, Rough Trade (07/10/15)

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    October 9, 2015 16:13
    Promoting the release of their second LP, Mothers, Swim Deep treated the bar at Rough Trade in Hockley to a brief and intimate set of new tracks from the album, as well as a few old favourites from Where The Heaven Are We. Building on a foundation of catchy,...

  • Live Review: Grant Nicholas, The Bodega (20/02/15)

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    April 29, 2015 16:09
    Front man of Feeder, Grant Nicholas has gone solo. Following the success from his stripped back debut album ‘Yorktown Heights’, Nicholas embarked on his first UK tour as a solo artist. The Bodega was completely sold out with fans of Grant Nicholas’ new found acoustic sound and those curious to hear his new...

  • Live Review: Royal Blood / Mini Mansions, Rock City (11/03/15)

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    April 24, 2015 15:07
    Royal Blood took their energetic, moody set to Nottingham’s Rock City. The band have shot to fame this year and for all the right reasons. They have a tremendous amount of talent. The jam packed crowd eagerly awaited the duo, not before being treated to support band Mini Mansions....

  • Live Review: Wolf Alice, Rescue Rooms (24/03/15)

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    April 19, 2015 21:06
    Wolf Alice played to the indie youth of Nottingham and brought the half-way house down.  My expectations going to see NME’s wet dream of 2014 were, to be honest, not that high to begin with. They’re the kind of band that as a music writer and avid fan of...

  • Live Review: Marika Hackman, The Bodega (28/03/15)

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    April 9, 2015 17:50
    If there’s any justice in the world, Marika Hackman would be playing on your radio, and you would be basking in perpetual awe at the power of her captivating dark-folk songs. As it is though, it was The Bodega, not Madison Square Garden that Hackman was booked to play...

  • Live Review: Dry the River, The Bodega (22/02/2015)

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    March 11, 2015 16:47
    Dry The River hit Nottingham’s Bodega to promote their new single: ‘Roller-skate’ and in their words, to catch “all the towns and cities we missed on our UK and US tours in September and October”. Nottingham seemed very glad to not be missed this time. Support band, Blaenavon have...

  • Live Review: Kate Tempest @ Rescue Rooms 17/02/14

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    February 25, 2015 13:34
    “More empathy, less greed. More empathy, less greed. More empathy, less greed.” A beautiful sentiment but you would be forgiven for rolling your eyes. However, Kate Tempest’s sincere words were rather more compelling than pretentious. A set intermittent with such emotive monologues enthralled Kate’s Nottingham faithful. Tempest’s political and social angst didn’t sidetrack...