Maddy Hay

Recent news that MP and former Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, is to become the Editor for the London Evening Standard has been met with a mixture of shock and shuddering acquiescence. Considering the current state of fake news and twisted politics, perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised. Satire...

Babe Punch, Super Furniture and more to play at Rough Trade Nottingham on Tuesday 14th March in aid of Anti-Slavery International. Join Impact Music and the University of Nottingham’s Anti Slavery Society for a spectacular evening of live, local music to launch Nottingham’s student Anti-Slavery movement! ALL proceeds go...

Not much seems to happen in February. As part of the student calendar, it’s sort of a non-month that flies by so quickly that we’ve barely recovered from January exams before we have to wake up, smell the pancakes and ready ourselves for March deadlines. However, living in Nottingham...

We’re halfway through LBGT History Month AND it’s Valentine’s Day! However you choose to spend this month of love (and this day of love and buying things), the Impact Music gang are here to make sure you have a gay old time. Below is a selection of our favourite LGBT+ related songs… Make...

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...

There’s something about Whitney that draws the hipsters in their masses. Most probably it’s a feeling of kinship: if not for the raised stage it would have been impossible to discern the band from their audience. This is not a criticism – just an observation about the overwhelming majority...

To begin with, attention must be paid to Soft Hair’s glorious album artwork. I’m still not quite sure how to articulate the mixture of repulsion and attraction that I experience whilst gazing upon this work. It just about reflects how I feel about the album itself. This listener-reaction is...