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Gig Review: The Silver Lines at The Chameleon
Mon 11 Dec 2023On a wet and windy Thursday evening there was no better place to retreat to than The Chameleon, to see exactly what a line-up of new and local artists had to offer...
Gig Review: James Yorkston & Nina Persson at The Bodega
Mon 11 Dec 2023A Swedish pop star and a Scottish folk singer were an unlikely pair to find in The Bodega. Differing from the usual punk and rock music, Nina Persson and James Yorkston created a beautiful atmosphere with their folk performance...
Gig Review: Gogol Bordello at Rock City
Mon 11 Dec 2023Formed in New York in 1999 from an eclectic collection of musicians from all over the world, this was Gogol Bordello's first show in Nottingham in five years, yet they have lost none of their anarchic fervour, dynamism and sweaty energy in the intervening period...
Gig Review: The Amity Affliction at Rock City
Mon 11 Dec 2023This Australian Metalcore outfit showed that their twenty years of experience was not to be messed with. Rock City and its crowd moshed and crowd-surfed their hearts out...
Gig Review: Cucamaras at The Carousel
Mon 11 Dec 2023Nottingham’s very own Cucamaras return home for two intimate, back-to-back shows at The Carousel…
Theatre Review: Hansel and Gretel at Nottingham Playhouse
Sat 09 Dec 2023Dave Kingsbury visits the gingerbread house in Hansel and Gretel at the Playhouse...
Gig Review: DMA'S at Rock City
Fri 08 Dec 2023There is quite simply nothing better than a packed Rock City crowd, singing together at the top of their lungs. It doesn’t always happen but when it does, you’ll find yourself at a mighty special gig. Having already caught Australian indie heroes DMA’S a few times previously, including one time on their home turf in Australia, our Karl Blakesley had good inkling this could have been one of those magical nights. So, we headed down to Rock City to see if our assumptions were correct…
Gig Review: SOFY at The Bodega
Thu 07 Dec 2023Leicester lass SOFY returns to Notts after a stellar set at this year’s Dot-to-Dot. With her impressive repertoire of propa' Bri'ish indie-pop bangers, the singer is a frontrunner in a new wave of up-and-coming voices. Trust us, she’s mega...
Gig Review: Withered Hand & Darren Hayman at JT Soar
Thu 07 Dec 2023Alternating headliners throughout the tour, Edinburgh based cult-indie songwriter Withered Hand (aka Dan Wilson) and Darren Hayman (formerly of Hefner) joined forces at Nottingham's JT Soar...
Gig Review: Madness at Motorpoint Arena
Thu 07 Dec 2023Hailing from NW5, London’s iconic Madness turned up to Nottingham to show us all how ska can be done. With the Lightning Seeds in tow, it was a small line-up but full of large songs, big sounds, and of course some rather baggy trousers. The Motorpoint Arena was prepped for a slightly lower capacity than usual, but Madness managed to absolutely pack out every single seat and each iota of standing room was crammed with fez wearing fans...
Theatre Review: Outlawed at Nonsuch Studios
Wed 06 Dec 2023Our Sharon Stevens reviews an adult panto at Nonsuch...
Gig Review: Against The Current at Rock City
Wed 06 Dec 2023Returning to Nottingham for their first headline show here since 2016, Against the Current brought their Nightmares & Daydreams tour to Rock City…
Music Review: The Hallé at Royal Concert Hall
Wed 06 Dec 2023Our Kevin Stanley reviews the Hallé at the Royal Concert Hall...
Theatre Review: Cinderella at Nottingham Playhouse
Tue 05 Dec 2023Our Tanya Louise joined in the magic at Cinderella, this year's panto at the Nottingham Playhouse...
Gig Review: Billy Bragg at Rock City
Tue 05 Dec 2023Billy Bragg is perhaps Britain’s most intelligent and well-loved protest singer. He’s been unapologetically mixing pop and politics since 1983. He’s currently on his Roaring Forty tour across the UK and just in case we were feeling lonely in Nottingham the Milkman of Human Kindness makes a stop at Rock City to offer up his poetry...
Gig Review: Devon at The Bodega
Tue 05 Dec 2023Hailing from a sleepy town in the South-West of England, indie-pop songwriter Devon brings his dreamy tracks to The Bodega for a warming winter’s set…
Comedy Review: Club Wormhole - ‘A Very 1984 Christmas’
Tue 05 Dec 2023Becki Crossley falls down the wormhole at a new venue for alternative comedy...
Gig Review: Mosh Against Cancer at The Old Salutation Inn
Mon 04 Dec 2023Every once in a while, a gig comes along that offers both the chance to listen to some awesome East Midlands-based bands and the chance to give back. This November, Mosh Against Cancer offered just this...
Gig Review: Green Lung at Rescue Rooms
Mon 04 Dec 2023Rescue Rooms is always a phenomenal venue - having never had a bad gig there, it was all but a guarantee that Green Lung and Boss Keloid would be excellent, even before taking into account their respective live pedigrees...
Gig Review: Stuart Pearce at The Chameleon
Mon 04 Dec 2023On a bitterly cold Thursday night, at a venue that has recently delivered the sad news of closing down in early 2024, and with the fresh news that Shane MacGowan had passed away, I needed something to cheer me up. Three bands and a packed room at The Chameleon would certainly help...
Gig Review: Baba Ali at The Bodega
Sun 03 Dec 2023With support from Vanity Fairy and Arch Femmesis, American performer and musician Baba Doherty and British guitarist Nik Balchin, who together make up Baba Ali, brought their captivating and seductive presence to The Bodega, filling the room with infectious raw energy and groove that made standing still impossible...
Food Review: Pizzamisú
Sat 02 Dec 2023When asked the much-anticipated question of ‘Now,what would you like to have for dinner?’ after a long day, the answer is a no-brainer. From a quick meal out of the freezer, to a big family take-out to watch the soaps, or a romantic date night plan, pizza is the fan-favourite go-to for most of us. And when pitching the question to someone who has lived and studied in Nottingham for two years, the answer is most definitely Pizzamisú…
Gig Review: VÄLVĒ at The Chameleon
Fri 01 Dec 2023It was a big night at The Chameleon for folktronica act VÄLVĒ. The BBC Radio 6 Music endorsed band, fronted by Wiltshire-based musician and composer Chloe Herington, had returned to Chloe’s hometown of Nottingham for their first ever headline gig in the city, to celebrate the release of Tiny Pilots, their second studio album...
Gig Review: George Gadd + The Aftermath at The Bodega
Fri 01 Dec 2023This time last year, local Notts heroes George Gadd + The Aftermath gathered their friends for an evening celebrating the music of Weezer, performing their first two albums in full at The Bodega. The evening was such a success, it seems they’re now looking to make their end of November covers night an annual tradition. This year’s edition saw them join forces with Weird Elements and Los Fatso Libres for a Saturday night of pop punk nostalgia, as they played through the greatest hits of The Offspring, Blink-182 and Green Day. Here’s what went down…