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Interview: Sleaford Mods on Divide and Exit
Mon 08 Sept 2014Sleaford Mods have been playing Notts for the best part of a decade in one form or another. But after releasing their new album Divide and Exit, the rest of the world started to take notice. We caught up with frontman Jason Williamson for a celebratory beer...
Interview: Gallery 47
Mon 25 Aug 2014Three years ago, a singer-songwriter called Jack Peachey – with the stage name of Gallery 47 – released his debut album, Fate is the Law, and looked set to be the city’s next breakthrough star. A health scare dented his momentum, but over the last eighteen months things have been going from strength to strength: label interest and a tour with Paul Weller have made 2014 a great year, and his second album, All Will Be Well, is released in September…
Paul Kaye on his love for Sid Vicious
Wed 05 Feb 2014Sid Vicious was a sneering, violent, charismatic icon of an era of music that spoke to a disaffected generation. One of those he shouted loudly at was Paul Kaye, an actor and comedian who has graced our screens with his own alter-egos, including Dennis Pennis and Mike Strutter, as well as in dramas such as Game of Thrones and Waking The Dead. As the 35th anniversary of Vicious’ death approaches, he muses on the man and the legend...
Interview: Derren Brown
Mon 21 May 2012Master of magic, mind control and manipulation; Derren Brown has made an international career of persuading people to think and do things they otherwise would not. So when we asked him if he fancied an interview with LeftLion, before the Notts leg of his Svengali tour, we were elated and yet filled with trepidation when he said “yes”…
A Canadian On Cycling
Sat 24 Mar 2012Think once, think twice, think Rob Cutforth in tight fluorescent lycra…
Nottingham Gig Poster Designers Talk About The Art
Mon 26 Dec 2011The finest artworks that have ever blown down a street in Notts
LeftLion Photographer teams up with Paul Smith
Mon 05 Dec 2011Our boy David Baird creates limited edition series of music prints to be sold on the Paul Smith website in aid of The Music Exchange
Interview: The Money
Wed 17 Aug 2011"Having a festival main stage slot under our belts isn’t going to hurt at all"
Nottdance 2011
Sun 27 Feb 2011Nottdance, run by terpsichorean titans Dance4, is one of the longest-running dance festivals in the UK. To celebrate the festival's 21st birthday, Dance4 is laying out the biggest series of events yet and, according to Chief Executive and Artistic Director Paul Russ, nowhere is off-limits...
P Brothers
Mon 01 Dec 2008"You have to have a strong reason for putting any kind of music out there, don’t just dash it out for the sake of it!"
Interview: Cappo
Sat 05 Jan 2008"There are always hurdles to overcome, but this album has been in the pipeline for two years. I’ve been making beats and filing them away"
Interview: Paul Kaye and Jonathan Glazer
Thu 08 Nov 2007"We just had the time of our lives. Studying art here was amazing in every respect, creatively, sexually and alcoholically"
Interview: Sir Paul Smith
Fri 02 Feb 2007"If I was a real typical fashion person, I would take myself too seriously, have a strong ego, go to all the openings and parties and pander to the press all the time."
Interview: The Magic Heroes
Sat 30 Jul 2005"We can't go anywhere without someone commenting on our afros. If we go near Flares, some girl will always try to rip our scalps off."
Interview: Cappo
Wed 31 Mar 2004They say that Cappo is heavy, that if he was on a graph he would be off the scale. Jared Wilson