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We Chat to Surf Pop Sextet Midnight Rodeo Before Their Dot To Dot Debut
Fri 19 May 2023Midnight Rodeo, Nottingham’s genre-bending, boundary-pushing “woozy surf pop sextet” (as they put it), are debuting Dot To Dot Festival as a band this year. We catch up with them ahead of their sure-to-be-a-sell-out show…
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Interview: Nottingham’s Bored Marsh On Their Debut Single ‘The Grind’
Fri 12 May 2023We sat down with the four-piece alternative rock band in the studio to find out more about their debut single, the band's name, and what’s to expect this year...
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Interview: The bEAT
Mon 08 May 2023Lawrence Poole interviewed The bEAT's Dave Wakeling ahead of their Rock City gig...
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We Catch Up With Scott Matthews Ahead Of His Show At Metronome
Mon 08 May 2023With a UK tour underway, including a date at Nottingham’s swish Metronome later this month, LeftLion caught up with the West Midlands songwriter in his man cave adorned with string instruments of every variety…
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Interview: Underground House Legend Grace Sands
Wed 26 Apr 2023We chat to underground house legend and co-founder of Nottingham’s DiY Soundsystem Grace Sands, ahead of her headline performance alongside Bustawidemove, Gyals in Notts and fellow globally renowned house DJ and producer Andy Riley...
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We Chat To Kultur Shock Ahead Of Their Show At The Bodega
Wed 26 Apr 2023Kultur Shock's bass player Guy M. Davis tells LeftLion a bit more about what to expect from the band’s show at The Bodega tonight…
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Find Out More About The Hollow Man, a Nottingham-Based Music and Film Project
Sat 22 Apr 2023We chat to LeftLion contributor Bassey to learn more about his collaborative film and music project, 'The Hollow Man' and how you can get involved…
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hidingthehurt on Authenticity, New Beginnings and 'Under The City Lights'
Fri 21 Apr 2023hidingthehurt talks us through his new EP 'Under The City Lights' and the new era of his music that he will embark on later this year…
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Meet Liam Mills and Ellie Sharp, the Creators of Trash Fic
Tue 18 Apr 2023Ian C Douglas interviews Liam Mill and Ellie Sharp, pioneers of Nottingham's fan fiction scene...
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Meet Sad Boys Club Ahead of Their Show at The Bodega
Mon 17 Apr 2023Ahead of the release of their debut full-length Lullabies From the Lightening Tree, Maddie Dinnage catches up with Sad Boys Club’s frontman Jacob to learn about the ins and outs of tour life and talk all things inspiration, pre-show anxiety, and sushi...
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Barker Studios’ Dan Barker Chats Us Through New Short Film Beautiful Meadow
Tue 11 Apr 2023Ahead of its proposed premiere at Broadway Cinema later this year, we hear all about psychological thriller Beautiful Meadows...
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Selectors: James Fox
Fri 07 Apr 2023In the next installment of this video interview series, Nick Strang (Spore Print Productions and Plates) speaks to Nottingham-based DJs. Up this time it's James Fox (aka Night Loving Music)...
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Interview: Niki Harman
Fri 07 Apr 2023We sat down with Nottingham Contemporary's film programmer Niki Harman to talk about their latest film noir season...
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Interview: Lilac Grove
Sun 02 Apr 2023Bassey caught up with Beeston-based, four-piece alt rock band, Lilac Grove…
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Bella Ramsey, Nottingham-Born Star of The Last of Us, Visits LeftLion to Chat Projects, Platforms and Perfecting Performances
Fri 31 Mar 2023Cool. Calm. Composed. The LeftLion team were none of these things when Bella Ramsey, the Nottingham-born star of global HBO sensation The Last of Us, swung by the office recently. Yet all three of these words perfectly describe the nineteen-year-old, who chats openly about fame versus celebrity, taking on beloved characters, and choosing the right projects. Here’s what the super-talented Television Workshopper had to say during an hour-long interview in Sneinton Market…
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Interview: FAT BAMBOO
Tue 28 Mar 2023Phil Taylor caught up with local psychedelic rockers FAT BAMBOO ahead of the release of a new single and their biggest headline show to date.
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Interview: Jiminil
Tue 21 Mar 2023Freya Saulsbury Martin had a chat with Nottingham's Jiminil around the release of his debut album...
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Interview: Joey Collins - The Yin and the Yang
Tue 07 Mar 2023Phil Taylor interviews Nottingham based singer-songwriter Joey Collins...
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We Catch Up With Larkins Ahead of Their Rescue Rooms Show
Thu 02 Mar 2023We chat to Manchester indie outfit Larkins ahead of their Rescue Rooms show in April...
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We Chat with Third Mill3nnium About Their Upcoming Event at Rough Trade
Thu 02 Mar 2023We chat with Third Mill3nnium, a group of music business students who have launched their own events company here in Notts...
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Selectors: Mark Rayner aka Mighty Clouds of Harmony
Thu 02 Mar 2023In the third installment of this new video interview series, Nick Strang (Spore Print Productions and Plates) speaks to Nottingham-based DJs. Up this time it's Mark Rayner aka Mighty Clouds of Harmony...
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Interview: Tim Heidecker
Sat 25 Feb 2023Lawrence Poole interviews Tim Heidecker ahead of his first UK tour...
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We Catch Up With Midge Ure Ahead of His Rock City Show
Sun 19 Feb 2023After a lengthy hiatus, Midge Ure is back on the road to celebrate forty years of Rage In Eden and Quartet. The tour lands at Rock City in May, so we talked all things Nottingham, Yamaha and almost ‘being’ Johnny Rotten…
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We Chat to Corey Deshon, Director of Mysterious Thriller 'Daughter'
Fri 17 Feb 2023Daughter is a 2023 thriller that navigates the looming cultural anxieties of religious reformation against the backdrop of the kidnapping of a new ‘surrogate’ daughter into a cultish family. We speak to director Corey Deshon about the creative construction of the project…
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Notts Artist, Tattooist and Musician Gerry Carnelly Tells Us All About His New Zine
Fri 17 Feb 2023Gerry Carnelly is a tattooist, artist, musician and all-round creative based in Nottingham and has just released the first edition of his new art zine Fuck That Weak Shit. We manage to stop his crazy world for a minute and ask him about his journey so far....
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