Rock City

Ahead of the release of Beabadoobee’s new album Beatopia, Impact’s music editor Emily Campbell caught up with the young star to find out more about her rise to fame, her unique sound and her festival filled summer. ...

The Dot to Dot festival 2022 was a very well-organised live event that showcased the very best live music, with stellar shows from local bands, up-and-coming performers, and established acts alike. Alex Tearle reviews......

Originating in the late noughties, Alt-J are synonymous with early indie music. Their organisation of different sounds have become a well-known, almost cult--like motif, winning the group the prominent Mercury Prize for their first album, 'The Awesome Wave'. The release of new album, 'The Dream', sees Alt-J maintain...

Touring their sixth studio album, 'Alpha Games', Bloc Party returned this year with their first live performances of new material since 2016. With the band being known for stellar live gigs, but the new album receiving mixed reviews from listeners, the tour begged the question of how the new...

Enter Shikari - a band with a weird name, weird style of music, and weird song names. They are also one of the best live acts in Britain, with a command over the stage and the crowd that even the largest bands on the planet would struggle to replicate....

Tim Ovenden returns for his third (and final?) Impact article reviewing Charli XCX. He swears he’s not obsessed. After less-than favourable opinions on her new album ‘CRASH’, would Tim be turned around by Charli’s CRASH tour? It all culminates at Rock City…...

Music phenomenon Jake Bugg has come home to Nottingham to take Rock City by storm with his new album, "Saturday Night, Sunday Morning". Ten years after the release of his debut album, Jake Bugg’s latest performance displayed how he has managed to make such an imprint onto the British...