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Music Reviews: December 2014 - January 2015

Tue 20 Jan 2015

With Lviv, Apalusa, Beth Frisby, Blue Vulture, Cecil Chamberlain, Ear Vings, Ivory Serfs, Jamie Moon, Karhide, Lois and Reckless

Book Reviews: December 2014 - January 2015

Fri 16 Jan 2015

With Kim Slater, Andrew Graves, Matt Haig, Al Needham, Rikki Marr, Jai Verna, and Andy Croft

Music Reviews: November 2014

Thu 20 Nov 2014

With Amber Run, Origin One, Separation Anxiety, Trekkah, The Madeline Rust, Rattle, Merrick's Trust, and The Wild Man of Europe

Book Reviews: November 2014

Sat 15 Nov 2014

With The Esplanade, Celeste, Duke and Disorderly, Nottingham: From Old Photographs, and more

INJ Culbard has drawn Sherlock Holmes, the unknowable and unnameable horrors of HP Lovecraft, clockwork universes, medieval mercenaries battling horrors, animals fighting aliens, Japanese Oni demons on the rampage and a crime fighting Edwardian vampire. Intrigued, we sat down with him for a cuppa and a chat...

Music Reviews: October 2014

Sat 18 Oct 2014

With Indiana, The Hip Priests, Can B, Electric Baths, Neil Ward, Cappo, Gold Codes and White Finger

Interview: Alex from Ideas on Paper

Tue 14 Oct 2014

Despite the digital revolution, reading a magazine on a device is never quite as good as the real thing. It’s not all nostalgia - although yes, there is something wonderful about flicking through pages at leisure while getting a hit of the distinctive smell of ink and paper - physical print is actually easier to read. We spoke to Alex Smith, the man behind the independent magazine shop Ideas On Paper, about why print is here to stay...

Book Reviews: October 2014

Fri 10 Oct 2014

This month's review featuring Hunted by Hawks, DH Lawrence: Zombie Hunter, Influence and A Brief History of Whistling

Music Reviews: August - September 2014

Thu 11 Sep 2014

With 1st Blood, Joel Baker, Nadir, Flaming Fields, Lone, The Idolins, Frazer Lowrie, Mannequin and more

Book Reviews August - September 2014

Wed 27 Aug 2014

Featuring conditional love, a retiring detective, a ramshackle package of poems, a literary Frankenstein, and more

Interview: Comic Artist D'Israeli

Tue 12 Aug 2014

Comic book artist Matt Brooker, aka D’Israeli, is equally at home drawing a Victorian London gothic horror as he is a science fiction action thriller starring a tramp and a businessman with a shark’s head. He sat down with us for a chat about his new book Ordinary...

Music Reviews: June - July 2014

Tue 24 Jun 2014

With Bru-C, Michael A Grammar, Ryan Thomas, Garton, Opie Deino, Simon Waldram, Grey Hairs, Privateers and more

Book Reviews: June - July 2014

Fri 20 Jun 2014

A corrupt detective inspector, a post-war love affair, a cub who can't sleep in the dark, and more

Winner of the 2014 East Midlands Book Award

Tue 03 Jun 2014

"It’s important that we highlight the value of storytelling in an increasingly fragmented, technology-driven society." Alison McQueen

Onlion Book Reviews

Mon 21 Apr 2014

With Ross Bradshaw's collection of essays surrounding crime, The Artist and The Engineer, Seven Daze and more

Authors Favourite Kids Books

Tue 04 Mar 2014

"Which books rocked your world growing up?"

Katie Half-Price: Issue 56

Fri 10 Jan 2014

"I can summarise it in five words: don’t believe other people’s shite. Bit like meh reviews"

Music Reviews: December 2013 - January 2014

Tue 17 Dec 2013

Jake Bugg, Alright The Captain, Bru-C, Euler, Amber Run, Chloe McShane, Ashmore, Bus Stop Madonnas, Rue Royale, Baby Godzilla and more

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.