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LeftLion's Latest Listens #16: Notts music we're currently spinning

In this edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, our music team reviews new releases from Otala, Sam Shaw & The Real Eyes, Green Grango, Fallowed and Divorce...

Art works: Brendan O’Melia, aka Metempsychosis Lights

Hailing from Leeds and having made his name in Nottingham art and music, Brendan O’Melia, aka Metempsychosis Lights, is one of our city’s most creative minds in stage lighting and visual art. His work has featured in live music shows of many genres, from trance to space rock, in venues from Liquid Light to The Angel. Here he speaks on how he built himself such a unique career. 

LeftLion Magazine Issue #181 March 2025

This month's edition of LeftLion features Fisher Gate Point, Marcus Garvey Centre, Doves, playwright Jane Upton, A Foster Carer in Notts, wild swimming at Colwick Park, Ay-Up Market, The Lace Market Theatre, Bulwell Forest Garden, Sister Midnight and much more...

Akimbo Theatre Workshop

Akimbo Theatre Company Little Lotte

The Five Hundred

The Futureheads

Hidden History Tour

Katherine Priddy

Natalie Duncan Quartet [soul]

Theatre Review: The Shark is Broken

Going in deep to the cabin fever of the Jaws set

The Thompsons on Cinemas, the NHS and Candlemas Day

The Animator

Orsino Ensemble

Dave Hause

Heroes and Villains With the Ntu Concert Band, Brass Ensemble & Drumline

Hidden History Tour

Tour Of Nottinghamshire Archives

Film Review: The Monkey

If the villain in Final Destination was a toy monkey...

Film Review: Heart Eyes

A horror comedy that slices into your brain right from the opening scene…

Gig review: PENGSHUi at Rough Trade

More often seen on large festival stages, PENGSHUi's visit to the cosy environs of the upper room at Rough Trade was a show we could not miss. Matt Pratt braved the noise - and darkness - as the band, with no less than four support acts, did their best to bring the house down...

Gig review: Bilk at Rescue Rooms

Bilk don’t mess around when it comes to smack-you-in-the-face instrumentation and brutally honest lyricism. Their anthemic agenda arrived in Nottingham, bringing with them joyous debauchery and an instant mosh pit...

Music Reviews: February 2025

NTU Brackenhurst

Cecille Grey + Huw Costin (Torn Sail)