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5 Albums to Listen to This May

Featuring Soft Girls & Boys Club, Theorist, Reckless and more...

W. H. Lung on taking their debut album Incidental Music from studio to stage

Hotly-tipped, supposedly 'enigmatic' Manchester band W. H. Lung had been causing quite a stir on the scene, long before their debut album was released. It dropped last month, has been yielding critical acclaim, and has got everyone eagerly awaiting their first full UK tour. We chatted to the not-so-mysterious Joseph E, Tom P and Tom S ahead of their show at The Bodega next week...

5 Nottingham Albums to Listen to This Month

Featuring Ty Healy, Dad Nap, Origin One and more... 

Singer-Songwriter Tilly Greentree on Noise from the Next Generation and the Nottingham Music Scene

The Notts singer-songwriter is this year’s Audience Award winner from Nottingham Music Hub's Noise from the Next Generation. She sits down with Fashion Editor, Anna Murphy, to talk sound, musical style and being sixteen. 

Pattern: One Big Party Family

We chat party packs and family feelings with Ryan Newell of Pattern, ahead of the night this Saturday...

Splendour 2019: Ones to Watch

Last week the brilliant boggers behind Splendour announced the full-line up for this year’s Wollo Park summer festival. Here are the acts our Music Editors will be jostling their way to the front to see…

5 Nottingham Albums to Listen to This Month

Featuring The Five Hundred, Shxdow, Dog Explosion, Garry Perkins and Pete Beardsworth...

Notts-based Metal Band The Five Hundred on Personal Demons, Moscow and Their Debut Album

Since forming in 2014, devastatingly heavy Notts-based metal outfit The Five Hundred are making their mark on the UK scene, with their unholy blend of crushing eight-string guitar breakdowns, soaring yet haunting vocal melodies and pummelling drums. Following the release of their EP, Mirrors, in 2015 and their debut album, Bleed Red, last year, the band have been picking up some serious momentum. We spoke to bassist Andy Crawford discuss their bleak lyrics, the current Nottingham metal scene and their plans for the future….

Small Food Bakery Source All Their Ingredients From Local Suppliers

Based inside Primary Studios, Small Food Bakery sells artisan produce to the Hoodtown masses. All ingredients that go into their loaves, pastries and treats are bought directly from local farmers, ensuring both small food chains and good community vibes. Our Alex Kuster had a word with chief baker and maker, Kimberley Bell…  

LeftLion Film Podcast #13 - LIVE* from the Oscars 2019

In a very special episode of the LeftLion Film Podcast, Ashley Carter & Derry Shillitto are live* at the 2019 Academy Awards ceremony, running down the entire event from start to finish. 

*not live. 

Sleaford Mods' Jason Williamson on New Album Eton Alive

It’s set to be another big year for Sleaford Mods, with new album Eton Alive due to drop on Friday 22 February and a nationwide tour kicking off in the spring. We met up with Jason Williamson in a bustling cafe on Bread and Lard Island to catch up on the original Austerity Dog’s views on Brexit, eighties r’n’b and, erm, Shane Richie…

5 Nottingham Music Albums to Listen to This February

Featuring Sleaford Mods, Primal, BossMagnet, My Pet Fauxes, and Sundaze...

Interview: Trekkah Benjamin Introduces us to ONEAM

Many might know local creative Trekkah Benjamin for his label, Phlexx records, but he’s recently announced his latest musical project that has got us pretty excited.

Foodprint Nottingham are Saving Produce from Going to Waste

Tackling food poverty on the front line is Foodprint, a social supermarket run by students from the University of Nottingham. Not only does their Sneinton-based store provide vital produce to local residents in need, but each week they stop a significant amount of waste from clogging up landfills...

Save Stonebridge City Farm from Closure

Started by local residents four decades ago, Stonebridge City Farm in St Ann’s is a well-loved part of Nottingham life. But with their future in doubt, this community charity has launched an urgent fundraising appeal...

Left Brian: Notes from the Virtual Dugout

It’s been the best part of two decades since I last played Championship Manager (or Football Manager as it’s now known) but recent events at Nottingham Forest have rekindled boyhood memories of the classic management simulation computer game.

5 Nottingham Albums to Listen to in 2019

All the good stuff for your tabs from some cracking Notts musicians...

Broken Witt Rebels Talk Recording Albums and Gigging in Nottingham

We spoke to Brummie band Broken Witt Rebels about making music and gigging in Nottingham...

LeftLion Film Podcast #11 - Best and Worst Films of 2018 Part One

Ashley Carter and Derry Shillitto are joined by Daniel Turner for a two-part episode on the best and worst films of 2018. In Part One, they discuss their favourite films released this year...

5 Albums to Listen to This Christmas Holiday

All the good stuff for your tabs from some cracking Notts musicians...

4 Books From Notts Authors to Read This Christmas Holiday

There’s no time like Crimbo to get stuck into the printed pages of a new novel or poetry collection. The turkey’s roasting, the fire’s crackling and the wine’s mulling, giving you plenty of time to curl up in your stretchy trousers and prepare yourself for a feast of literary goodness…

The Nottingham Hidden History Team Have Saved Many a Cave From Destruction

The Nottingham Hidden History Team, fittingly, have been around for yonks. Uncovering all sorts of tales about this city of ours, the organisation has saved caves from being destroyed in local redevelopment, and has held the torch up to many-a past goings-on. LeftLion Street Tales columnist and current member of the organisation, Joe Earp, gives us a little look-in to the origins of the team, and what’s driven them to lift the lid on Notts, for the past fifty years...

10 Times Nottingham Folk Made National News for Stupid Reasons

Look, we love the people of Notts. But even your lot can't deny your stupidity sometimes...

Kagoule Talk New Album Strange Entertainment

Kagoule released a new album, so we asked what’s up…

Express Yourself in Notts: We Made a Zine with Hannah Whitlow and Dizzy Ink

We visited Nottingham Zine Library down at Nottingham Contemporary, to get inspired by the city in a zine workshop put together by Express Yourself...