• Chvrches @ Rock City

    For fans of Chvrches, their headline set at Rock City last night had been a long time coming. Indeed, in addition to singer Lauren Mayberry herself admitting that it had “been a long time since we’ve been in Nottingham”, Chvrches’ last album, Love is Dead, came out last year, with the band...
  • Mumford & Sons @ Motorpoint

    Supported by Maggie Rogers, Mumford & Sons graced Nottingham with their self-confessed ‘ground-breaking’ new tour. Indeed, on the back of their newly released album, Delta, Mumford & Sons’ new tour takes place in the round, with it being ‘by far the most ambitious show we’ve had to put together...
  • Sara Pascoe: Lads Lads Lads @ Nottingham Playhouse

    Unlike the conventional connotations of the phrase, Lads Lads Lads is the single woman’s Bible. Indeed, the show addresses Sara Pascoe’s attempts to navigate the world as a thirty-something single woman. Full of introspective gags and light-hearted monologues, Pascoe is endearingly unfiltered. It’s safe to say that the word...
  • Preview: Nick Mulvey

    On the back of the release of his second solo album, ‘Wake Up Now’, in 2018, Nick Mulvey is set to embark on an 18 date UK wide tour, with 14th October marking his long-awaited return to none other than the Rescue Rooms. With his folk infused songs, Mulvey’s...
  • The best and worst things about going home for the holidays

    Coming home from university during the holidays is a bit weird, let’s be honest. Unpacking is too much effort, but at the same time living out of a suitcase is not a way to live. You feel like you are a stranger having been away for so long, yet...
  • George Ezra @ Rock City

    As someone who loves being known for being punctual, if not early, to literally everything, arriving 20 minutes early to Rock City and having to queue around the corner and into the adjacent car park, even I was shocked by Notts’ love for George Ezra. With 2 hours to...
  • Preview – The Wombats

    Unless you’ve had your head in the sand for the past decade and have somehow managed to exclude them from the narrative of your teenage years, it’s pretty unlikely that you won’t have heard of The Wombats. Having racked up an impressive discography, with four albums no less, and...