The Bodega

  • Graduate Reflections #2: Highlights of UoN

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    August 30, 2018 15:31
    The University of Nottingham has been three years of highlights and memories, and there are many things that have made it such a distinctive place. Having studied English Literature, I found the course to be really varied and there was a chance to do everything: I’ve been on trips...

  • Sam Fender @ The Bodega

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    February 26, 2018 17:39
    Bringing both his music and the cold Northern air with him, Sam Fender, supported by fellow Geordie Brooke Bentham, was a delight to watch. With a strong and diverse crowd sporting everything from puffer jackets and silver hoops to white shirts and trench coats before her, Brooke Bentham took...

  • Live Review: HÆLOS, Bodega (02/05/2016)

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    May 20, 2016 18:01
    HÆLOS are the furthest thing from the characterless contrived creatives that come to mind when you think about an experimental electronic trio hailing from Hackney. Neither the venue’s intimacy nor relative emptiness on a bank holiday Monday discouraged them. “It almost feels like our studio that we’re inviting you...

  • Live Review: MONEY, The Bodega (11/02/16)

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    February 17, 2016 15:39
    Manchester-based champions of melancholy, MONEY, kicked off their latest UK tour at The Bodega last Thursday to promote the  recent release of their acclaimed sophomore LP Suicide Songs. From mysterious beginnings (and a fair amount of moniker-altering) on the Manchester circuit a few years ago, MONEY have come to establish a...

  • 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: D.I.D., The Bodega (1/12/14)

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    January 12, 2015 15:23
    The newly renamed D.I.D. (formerly Dog Is Dead) made their return to playing live music where they last left off, selling out gigs in their hometown. With the energy we have come to expect from them, they played through their old material and gave us a sample of their...