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Circle of Light and Hockley Hustle are Putting on a Livestream Music Bonanza
Tue 24 Mar 2020Light Hustle – a marvellous collab between the Circle of Light and Hockley Hustle – was gonna take place on Saturday 4 April as part of the Youth Music Give a Gig Week initiative. However, it’s now going digital…
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Live Music Review: Exodus x Death Angel at Rescue Rooms
Fri 13 Mar 2020As darkness falls upon the streets of Nottingham, the rain soon follows. Many seek refuge in the comfort of their homes following yet another gruelling Monday, but us metalheads have different plans...
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Live Music Review: Big Thief at Rock City
Sun 01 Mar 2020Beloved Brooklyn quartet Big Thief invited us into their inner circle this weekend, bringing all the makings of an intimate jam session to Rock City…
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Live Music Review: Boy & Bear at Rescue Rooms
Sat 29 Feb 2020Award-winning Sydney folk-rockers Boy & Bear played their debut Nottingham show in a triumphant return to the international music scene…
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Live Music Review: Fatoumata Diawara’s Nottingham Debut at Rescue Rooms
Sun 16 Feb 2020Our Addie looks back on a Sunday evening show that she won't be forgetting in a hurry...
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Live Music Review: Oh Wonder at Metronome
Sat 15 Feb 2020Alt-pop duo and couple Anthony West and Josephine Vander Gucht, AKA Oh Wonder, gave a performance at Nottingham’s Metronome this week that can only be described as magical....
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Escapologic Have Collaborated with Warhammer to Create the World’s First Warhammer 40,000 Live-Action Escape Room
Fri 14 Feb 2020What happens when you combine the biggest name in miniature wargames with one of the country’s leading escape room creators? Immaterium: the world’s first Warhammer 40,000 live-action escape room. Here’s everything you need to know about the brand-new immersive entertainment collaboration from Games Workshop and Escapologic…
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Live Music Review: Church of the Cosmic Skull at The Level
Mon 10 Feb 2020Church of the Cosmic Skull are the Nottingham-based seven-piece that answers the question: “What if ABBA did guitar shredding and was actually an occult?” The answer is pleasing to say the least...
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The Festival of Science and Curiosity is Back for 2020 with a Live Heart Dissection and Much More
Sun 09 Feb 2020The term science might throw up images of luminous test tubes and crazy-haired Einsteins, but that’s a microscopic portion of it all. To get you in the know, Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity is back, bringing a whole galaxy of knowledge and excitement into streets, universities, community centres and more. We chatted with producer Megan Shore about what’ll be occurring this year and why you should go along..
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Live Music Review: Slipknot at Motorpoint Arena
Thu 23 Jan 2020When Slipknot first emerged like a chip pan fire in 1995, they had clearly set their stall out to shock the world into submission. Fast-forward over twenty years, and their success in that mission is brazen; they are making a fiercely anticipated return to Motorpoint Arena following the release of their sixth studio album We Are Not Your Kind last year – an album which tore its way to Number One on the Billboard Album Chart…
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Film Review: Live Twice, Love Once
Wed 22 Jan 2020This emotional, award-winning Spanish drama takes a real and honest look at the importance of love...
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Live Music Review: The Big Moon at Rough Trade
Sun 19 Jan 2020London’s kick-ass indie rockers The Big Moon were back in Nottingham to debut their sleeker, stripped back second album Walking Like We Do at an exclusive in-store gig at Rough Trade...
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Review: Abstract Orchestra plays MF Doom live
Wed 08 Jan 2020An unmissable event for fans of the genre, the live rendition of one icon’s hip hop classics all night long was an exciting prospect. Nick Strang shares his take on it all following the mid-week winter jam...
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Live Music Review: The Abstract Orchestra plays MF Doom at Rescue Rooms
Sat 07 Dec 2019This December, Hip Hop legends The Abstract Orchestra treated us to a night of classics by an icon of the genre, blended with a few surprises of their own...
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Live Music Photos: George Gretton at The Bodega
Wed 27 Nov 2019George Gretton played his first hometown headline show at The Bodega, supported by Different Life Collective.
Live Music Photos: Do Nothing at Rescue Rooms
Fri 22 Nov 2019In what was one of the most anticipated shows of the year, Do Nothing took Rescue Rooms by absolute storm on the home leg of their headline tour last night...
Live Music Review: Metronomy at Rock City
Tue 19 Nov 2019The lead singer's parents met in Nottingham. They've penned an album called Love Letters. Metronomy ticket holders were always going to be in for a romantic night at the band's Rock City date this month...
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Notts Author Darren Simpson is Inspiring Children to Love Reading
Tue 19 Nov 2019We had a natter with him about his new project with the National Literacy Trust...
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Live Music Review: Hockley Hustle 2019
Mon 04 Nov 2019Hockley was certainly Hustlin' this year, as the beloved festival took over the streets of our city for a thirteenth year...
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Live Music Review: Hot Chip at Rock City
Tue 29 Oct 2019Hot Chip put a smile on our face and springs in our knees as they took their latest album tour to the city
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Review: Nottdance Festival, Part 3
Mon 28 Oct 2019The biennial festival, now in its 25th edition, returned to Nottingham to captivate us all. The official Nottdance 2019 reviewer, Maud Lannen, has her say...
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Review: NottDance Festival, Part 2
Wed 23 Oct 2019The biennial festival, now in its 25th edition, returned to Nottingham to captivate us all. The official Nottdance 2019 reviewer, Maud Lannen, has her say...
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Live Music Review: Melt Yourself Down at Metronome
Mon 21 Oct 2019There ain't no better venue than Metronome for a Friday night encounter with purveyors of avant-garde funk jazz, Melt Yourself Down...
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Live Music Photos: Circle of Light Album Launch
Sat 12 Oct 2019The Circle of Light project pulled off the mammoth task of recording an entire album in just three weeks. Browse our pics from the launch show at Metronome, which took place on World Mental Health Day.
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Live Music Review: Reflekter at The Bodega
Fri 11 Oct 2019Local indie grunge quartet Reflekter brought foot-tapping solos aplenty to the intimate stage of The Bodega as they showed off their new single earlier this month…
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