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NG83 - Rock City Crew

Wed 19 Mar 2014

Nottingham was pretty ace at breaking back in the day, so we're chuffed there's a documentary being made about it

Interview: Ross Bradshaw from Five Leaves Bookshop

Thu 12 Dec 2013

We’re in the middle of a recession. People can barely afford to put on their heating let alone buy something as luxurious as a book. Yet Five Leaves publisher Ross Bradshaw has taken the brave decision to open an independent bookshop. Thank goodness someone has got some balls… and books.

Interview: Adam Dixon and Harry Martin from Beeston Hockey Club

Wed 11 Dec 2013

Local lad Adam Dixon and Ipswich import Harry Martin are midfield partners for current national champions Beeston Hockey Club, as well as international regulars for both Great Britain and England. We popped along to discuss nights out in Nottingham, the highs and lows of the Olympics, and those pesky Panthers...

Interview: Charles Webster, House Music Legend

Sun 06 Oct 2013

He’s got thirty-odd aliases and done umpteen squared remixes and cubed productions. After 25 years making electronic soul, Charles Webster is a bona fide legend of the deep house music for which Nottingham was once world-famous. We dropped in on him to chat about where he’s at, how he got there, and where he’s heading.

From The Archive: Dale Winton (1955 - 2018)

Thu 19 Sep 2013

"You learn all aspects of the industry - it taught me how to write, how to prepare. I wouldn’t be doing what I’m doing now had it not been for radio"

Interview: Kris from Macmillan Fest

Thu 05 Sep 2013

The annual charity rock and metal festival returns to Stealth and the Rescue Rooms for its fourth year. We spoke to organiser and founder Kris Davis about his choice of charity and which bands you can expect to see on the day...

Interview: Andre Adams

Mon 08 Jul 2013

"I have received some vigorous dressings-down, yes. You get them when you deserve them. And if you think you don't deserve it, then you're wrong."

Interview: MulletProofPoet

Wed 24 Oct 2012

"I started when I was about thirteen or fourteen; I was writing lyrics for a band that didn’t actually exist"

Interview: Sleaford Mods

Thu 16 Aug 2012

Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn: two small-town Lincolnshire lads who fuse blistering lyrics to brutalist loops, bolt on an uncompromising stage presence, and call it Sleaford Mods.

Stories From The Raleigh Factory

Wed 01 Aug 2012

Walking straight out of school on Friday and into work on Monday. Grafting in a building the size of a small town. Workmates walking around with their giant appendages hanging out near machinery that could rip an arm off. Suicidal staff members helping themselves to cyanide. Mass copulation in the Pump Shop. Your workplace having its
own fishing pond and ballroom. If you weren’t around when Britain was the workshop of the world instead of its pound shop, only one word springs to mind when you read the tales of those who worked at Nottingham's iconic bicycle factory; Raleigh.

Team NG: When To See Notts Olympians on TV

Sat 28 Jul 2012

Notts athletes in the Olympics: when and where they'll be getting all sporteh...

I'm Not From London goes to London

Thu 12 Apr 2012

Ten Notts bands went to The Smoke for the day, took over a pub in Dalson, and tried to break everything

Interview: Dom Flynn from Navigation Brewery

Tue 13 Mar 2012

"I tell my mates I’m going in to sample the brews in the morning, and their faces light up - but if I’ve had a proper night out, it’s not nice"

Final Cut Pros: Music Video Director Round Table Discussion

Thu 08 Mar 2012

When the cream of Nottingham’s music scene need their work immortalised on video, they talk to Tom Walsh, Michael Holyk and Junglewire. But only when we’ve finished talking to them for this special round table interview...

The Maze's Gaz Peacham on Running an Independent Music Venue

Sun 22 Jan 2012

"Yes, I meet absolute idols of mine now and then, but I also have to clean sick out of radiators"

Nick Turner from The Chameleon on Running an Independent Music Venue

Sat 21 Jan 2012

"The Chameleon is a launch pad for bands. Most of them aren’t going to make it... but they’ve got their mates to come down"

Interview: Captain Dangerous

Tue 27 Dec 2011

"I made the mistake of getting drunk and inviting the whole bar back to mine. I hadn’t told my girlfriend and she was upstairs in tears being comforted by Dick Venom"

Bantum TV: With Will of I'm Not From London

Fri 09 Dec 2011

Our cheeky roving reporter Simeon catches Will Robinson with his trousers down

Bantum TV: With Nina Smith and Lou from Royal Gala

Thu 08 Dec 2011

What happens when Simeon Bantum, Jared LeftLion, Lou from Royal Gala and Nina Smith all get together in a girls toilet?

Interview: Will Robinson of I'm Not From London

Wed 07 Dec 2011

Riots, cagefighting, Hollywood actresses, ghost buses, Mexican wrestling and contracts signed in blood. It's all in a night's work for promoter Will Robinson and the three bands signed to his I'm Not From London Label...

I'm Not From London Photoshoot

Tue 06 Dec 2011

Ralph Barklam went on the buses with Will Robinson and the three bands signed to his I'm Not From London label

Interview: Alan Fletcher aka Dr Karl Kennedy from Neighbours

Sun 28 Nov 2010

He’s played the world’s favourite doctor for the past sixteen years, been the front man and singer in The Waiting Room for the past five, and would do almost anything for his legions of almost obsessive fans. When we heard that we was heading to The Walkabout in Nottingham as part of a UK tour, we called up Alan Fletcher, AKA Neighbour’s Dr Karl Kennedy, for a quick chat about music, his fans and being referred to as a DILF...

Interview: Terry Taylor from Programme World

Mon 09 Aug 2010

For nearly forty years, Terry Taylor has held the keys to Aladdins Cave – assuming that Aladdin was a rabid Notts County supporter and Forest memorabilia hoarder. His shop, Programme World, on Arkwright Street, is still a beacon of footballing archaeology…