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Nusic's Future Sound of Nottingham 2017: The Dandylions

Thu 04 May 2017

Meet The Dandylions, one of the semi-finalists of Nusic's FSN 2017...

I Keep My Antidepressants in a Batman-Shaped Pez Dispenser

Thu 04 May 2017

Abigail Fish reckons comedy and a sense of humour is a pretty good healer. We tend to agree. Here she is to tell us all exactly why laughing matters...

Poets Phlexx Their Muscles at Suede

Thu 04 May 2017

Phlexx Records put on a hell of a show down at Suede Bar last week: 24 Poets, four heats, one final. With some seriously sick prizes up for grabs.

I Got an A at the Nottingham Jewellery School

Wed 03 May 2017

Or I would have, if they were giving out grades. I did make an awesome ring though...

Nusic Future Session: Issaka

Wed 03 May 2017

One of Nottingham's finest up-and-comers did a music with the organisation championing the newbies. Here, Issaka performs Cruising and Easy...

Nusic's Future Sound of Nottingham 2017: Brotherhood

Wed 03 May 2017

Meet Brotherhood, one of the semi-finalists of Nusic's FSN 2017...

Nusic's Future Sound of Nottingham 2017: Roe Green

Wed 03 May 2017

Meet Roe Green, one of the semi-finalists of Nusic's FSN 2017...

An Ode to the Nottingham Poetry Festival

Wed 03 May 2017

Bringing poetry to the masses, one week at a time...

Nusic's Future Sound of Nottingham 2017: Hashtagobi

Tue 02 May 2017

Meet Hashtagobi, one of the semi-finalists of Nusic's FSN 2017...

A Nottingham Football Coach in Micronesia: First Impressions

Tue 02 May 2017

Nottingham-based football coach, Chris Smith, has landed in Micronesia. But what does he make of the islands?

The 8 Judges for Nusic Future Sound of Nottingham 2017

Mon 01 May 2017

Music industry experts and the public have decided the six finalists for the Future Sound of Nottingham, taking place on Sunday 7 May. Hashtagobi, Roe Green, Brotherhood, The DandyLions, One Giant Causeway and Kelsey Shaw will perform in a showcase of new, Notts music, hoping to be crowned the winner. The experts will form a score, alongside the points collected from the audience vote, and will send one of the acts to open the Splendour main stage...

DJ Format and Abdominal Interview

Mon 01 May 2017

Fourteen years ago, the rapper and DJ were guilty of Ill Culinary Behaviour on Format's debut album, Music For The Mature B-Boy. After years of featuring on each other's solo albums, they're now back with a full album made together called Still Hungry. Before their gig at Rescue Rooms on 11 May we sat down with Abdominal and Format to chew the fat...

10 Things To Do in Nottingham This Week

Sun 30 Apr 2017

Socks up, shoes on. Plenty to be getting on with...

NRG Prepare for the 2017 Louisey Rider Cup

Thu 20 Apr 2017

Following the untimely death of Louise Wright in 2014, Nottingham Roller Derby set up a tournament in her honour last year to celebrate one of her passions while raising cash for the road safety charity, Brake. It’s back again this year, we spoke to one of the event's organisers, Hannah Larham, about what the day involves...

Find Out What's Happening In Nottingham For Record Store Day 2017

Wed 19 Apr 2017

Marking ten years of celebrating independent record stores, there's plenty going on this Saturday...

Nyasha at Dizzy Ink Risograph Printing Workshop

Tue 18 Apr 2017

Nottingham's risograph specialists, Dizzy Ink, spent the day in Primary Studios letting people unleash their creativity on their printing machines. Our vlogger Nyasha went along to have a go...

Notts Coach Takes Over World’s Worst International Football Team

Tue 18 Apr 2017

Chris Smith, a Nottingham-based football coach, who has worked previously with the likes of Nottingham Forest and Lincoln City, is picking up his passport this month to head to Micronesia, a country spread over 600 islands off the Western Pacific Ocean, to embark on one spectacular footballing journey...

Rapper Scorzayzee on Gangsta Wraps, New EP Illa Scorz, and Nottingham Hip Hop

Mon 17 Apr 2017

Rap’s Robin Hood is back with new EP Illa Scorz, and a ton of new merch designed by his eleven-year-old son to boot. We caught up with Scorzayzee for the lowdown on his latest release, plus the burning question of who’d win in a fight between the most famous fast food mascots…

I'm Not From London On A Decade Of Distortion

Mon 17 Apr 2017

It's been two years in the making, but INFL are finally ready to unleash the beast...

200 Degrees Coffee Shops

Mon 17 Apr 2017

On a wander through town, or on your way past the train station, you may have had a little chortle at the witty A-boards decorating the pavements of Flying Horse Walk and Carrington Street. These are the siren song of 200° Coffee shops, a major player to emerge on the Nottingham coffee scene over the last few years, opening not one, but two cafes within a mile of one another...