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LeftLion Magazine #4

Featuring Bent, Amusement Parks on Fire, Transit Mafia (Detonate), Paper Lace, Hunter S Thompson, Gotham in Nottingham, Miles Hunt (The Wonder Stuff) and the History of music in Nottingham...

A History of Music in Nottingham (1100 - 2005)

The official LeftLion History of Nottingham music from 1100AD - 2005AD...

What happened to the Bomb?

"It's a very special atmosphere at the moment with people comng down not really sure what to expect"

Interview: Francois K

"There's tons of incredible stuff out there, it is just having the time to ferret it out"

Demo February

Miles Hunt on Damien Dempsey

If you're fortunate, you'll find an artist, during your lifetime, who tunes into your thoughts and experiences and sings about them...

Scorzayzee: The First LeftLion Interview

"I wanted to do something about the corruption that Great Britain is involved in. We spend so many billions on war weapons"

Save The Maze Campaign

The last gig has been played at The Maze and the last of the real ales drawn from the sandstone cellar. Or has it?

Interview: Bonobo

With the average copulation lasting 13 seconds, sexual contact in bonobos is rather quick by human standards

Toby Kebbell Dead Mans Shoes Interview

Notts actor Toby Kebbell has got a lot to be proud of. His first major part, as Anthony  in Shane Meadow's influencial Dead Man's Shoes earned him a Most Promising Newcomer nomination (British Independent Film Awards).Since then he's landed parts in Oliver Stone's Alexander and Woody Allen's newest project. He writes books and plays and on the side, he's studying plumbing. And, ladies and gentlemen, he is still just 22 years young.

An Interview with Popx: The Stop Wars Artist

We had a chat with the artist behind the Stop Wars! piece found in Notts

LeftLion Magazine #3

Featuring Scorzayzee, Sticky (Jump Nottingham), Dilk, Toby Kebbell, Lo-Ego, Miles Hunt (The Wonderstuff), A Drop In The Ocean and more...

An Interview With Dilk of Coverage Nottingham

"I've visited a lot of galleries and I appreciate that kind of art, but it doesn't really give me the buzz of going to Paris and finding the Hall of Fame"

Miles Hunt: The Donkey Jackets

The £7.99 that my Donkey Jacket cost was the best I'd ever spent. The Army and Navy store in Dale End, Birmingham had shit piles of them

Drop in the Ocean 2005 - Old Angel

Drop in the Ocean 2005 - The Social

Drop in the Ocean 2005 - THE SAMBA BAND

Eleven acts you must see at A Drop In the Ocean Festival

With a festival of quality local music such as A Drop In The Ocean, we found it hard to pick out a selection from the vast quantity of talented acts on display. But we had a go...

Nottingham set for new arts centre

There has been much speculation about plans for a new contemporary art centre and performance space in Nottingham's fastest growing cultural quarter, The Lace Market.

Interview: The Killers

"We are a whole different thing live than on record. We bring a load of energy and try to make every performance something special"

What Happened to Whycliffe?

"There was so much happening to me at such a young age that I couldn't quite cope with it all. It's one of dem ting innit!"

The Curse of the New Year's Resolution

It's that time of the year again, post New Year's Eve, where we imagine ourselves to be reborn...

Interview: James Ford of House Gymnastics

Post-uni blues can lead to many people climbing the walls, but Nottingham duo James Ford and Spencer Harrison took this literally

Jump Nottingham: Interview With A Freerunner

Anyone who watched Channel Four's Jump Britain can't fail to have been impressed by the spectacle they saw...

LeftLion Magazine #2

Featuring Styly Cee (aka Pitman), Miles Hunt (The Wonder Stuff), Toby Litt, DJ Klute, Steve Scoffham and What Happened to Whycliffe?