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Live: The Gorgeous Chans
Wed 16 Apr 2014"When your heart beats faster and you breathe a little deeper, you know that the music you're listening to is affecting your very soul"
Live: Indiana
Mon 14 Apr 2014"It’s the sound of the lass from Long Eaton now ready to take on the world"
Interview: George Akins of Rock City
Thu 16 Jan 2014George Akins lived the dream of every music-loving teenager when he was given the keys to Rock City as his eighteenth birthday present. Since then he’s taken it up a notch by adding more venues, a national promotions company and a roster of acts to his empire. By George, hasn’t he done well?
Music Reviews: December 2013 - January 2014
Tue 17 Dec 2013Jake Bugg, Alright The Captain, Bru-C, Euler, Amber Run, Chloe McShane, Ashmore, Bus Stop Madonnas, Rue Royale, Baby Godzilla and more
Interview: Charles Webster, House Music Legend
Sun 06 Oct 2013He’s got thirty-odd aliases and done umpteen squared remixes and cubed productions. After 25 years making electronic soul, Charles Webster is a bona fide legend of the deep house music for which Nottingham was once world-famous. We dropped in on him to chat about where he’s at, how he got there, and where he’s heading.
Interview: JT Soar
Mon 15 Jul 2013Using a DIY ethos, Joe, Phil and Nick from Nottingham punk band Plaids have turned an old fruit and veg warehouse at the back of Sneinton Market into a music and arts space. Run as a co-operative, together they’ve created a one-of-a-kind venue that’s already hosted bands from all over Europe and the US of A.
LIVE: Kagoule
Sat 23 Feb 2013The three piece grunge outfit play The Chameleon with support from White Finger and Bilge Pump
Review: An Audience with Carl Froch
Mon 20 Aug 2012"He moved to Newark and discovered that the locals would rather steal his bike or jump him on his way home than face up to him in the ring"
LIVE: Captain Dangerous album launch
Tue 05 Jun 2012The string section opened with a spine tingling beautiful chord progression, before bursting into Eye Of The Tiger (aka the theme from Rocky)
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning: The Musical
Fri 11 May 2012Everything you fear it might be, that’s what it’s not...
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning the Musical
Wed 09 May 2012This May at the Playhouse, Alan Sillitoe’s definitive Nottingham novel gets the musical theatre treatment courtesy of local charity Musicworks, lyricist Catherine Spoors, and composer Stephen Williams…
The Music Exchange
Sat 21 Apr 2012Our music editor has a word with Andrew Thompson, manager of The Music Exchange in West End Arcade...
Interview: Fists
Fri 20 Apr 2012The on-their-own-terms, no-compromise, if-you-want-something-done-properly-do-it-yourself attitude of Fists has made them one of the most respected bands in town. We asked James Findlay and Angi Fletcher why it took ‘em so long to play a gig, and in which decade we could expect an LP...
LeftLion Music Exchange Takeover in photos
Sun 01 Apr 2012LeftLion took over a record shop in town for a day and put on some of the best bands and acts from our local scene
Final Cut Pros: Music Video Director Round Table Discussion
Thu 08 Mar 2012When the cream of Nottingham’s music scene need their work immortalised on video, they talk to Tom Walsh, Michael Holyk and Junglewire. But only when we’ve finished talking to them for this special round table interview...
The Maze's Gaz Peacham on Running an Independent Music Venue
Sun 22 Jan 2012"Yes, I meet absolute idols of mine now and then, but I also have to clean sick out of radiators"
Nick Turner from The Chameleon on Running an Independent Music Venue
Sat 21 Jan 2012"The Chameleon is a launch pad for bands. Most of them aren’t going to make it... but they’ve got their mates to come down"
Women in Nottingham Music
Sun 11 Dec 2011Lou Barnell from Royal Gala takes us through some of the female musical talent in Nottingham...
SOLD OUT: The Notts Music Photo
Fri 09 Dec 2011Your chance to buy a 16 x 12 inch high-quality copy of the LeftLion Notts Music Photo that adorns the cover of Issue 44
Sounddhism at the Bodega
Wed 09 Nov 2011Photos from live performances by Zero DB, Harleighblu, Kirk Spencer and more
Interview: The Nusic Team
Thu 16 Jun 2011Mark Del used to fly the flag for the Nottingham music scene with Trent FM, but now him and his team - including Arielle Bosworth and Liz Riordan - have linked up with LeftLion to drop Nusic, help take the local scene to the next level and - maybe, just maybe - get your band on the main stage at Splendour...
LIVE: Liam Bailey
Mon 14 Mar 2011A Sunday afternoon in mid-March and a busking session on Chapel Bar
AFI live at Rock City
Fri 07 May 2010Alt-punk-hardcore band AFI were in Nottingham on their comeback tour, check out the photos