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Interview: Kogumaza

Wed 18 Jun 2014

Our music is about finding patterns, bending and pulling, twisting, distorting and invertingWith a name that roughly translates from Japanese in to English as Ursa Minor, a constellation in the Northern Sky, it’s apt that Kogumaza have spent the best part of five years creating hypnotic, beguiling music that can often feel otherworldly. Between them Chris, Katy, Mark and Neil have been involved in the local music scene for twenty years, from playing in numerous bands, putting on shows, designing posters, and even hosting a show on Radio Trent. On the eve of the release of their second full length album, three of the band speak to LeftLion...

The Sneinton Art Scene

Tue 17 Jun 2014

Nottingham will never be mistaken for Paris but it is slowly being reorganised into French-style ‘quarters.’ In April the city council approved plans for Royal, Canal and Castle quarters to go with the business-orientated Creative Quarter that is based in and around Hockley. While LeftLion understand that there are as yet no plans to actually reorganise residential areas of Nottingham into arrondissements, readers may be wondering if there are also plans afoot to create the equivalent of Paris’ bohemian Left Bank.

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

Tue 17 Jun 2014

French Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet's first English language film since Alien: Resurrection in 1997.

The Sparrows' Nest: An Anarchist Library

Sat 14 Jun 2014

Unbeknown to many, there's a hidden gem of a place for people to binge on books... In a house in St. Ann's

LeftLion World Cup T-shirts - SOLD OUT

Fri 13 Jun 2014

Get three Left Lions on your shirt, youth - now in red AND white

Poddingham Teaser: Adam Peter Smith

Fri 13 Jun 2014

A cheeky taster of what's to come in the next Poddingham session

Six Brazilian Artists to Watch Out For

Fri 13 Jun 2014

Forget the cheesy tunes you're offered up over the course of the World Cup, we've picked out six amazing artists in Brazil

Review: Sat & Sun Southwell Folk Festival 2014

Fri 13 Jun 2014

"For a brief moment it was like the eighties again, with Michael Praed swishing his hair fetchingly back and forth as Robin and Ray Winstone as Will Scarlett"

Live: Mannequin and Bus Stop Madonnas

Thu 12 Jun 2014

The newly established Fuzzbox clubnight featured live perfomances, accompanied by DJs spinning the best surf, NY punk and garage rock and punk tunes

FSN 2014: Oscar Speed

Thu 12 Jun 2014

"I really wanted to do something that everybody could have fun with, a happy, forget-everything-and-dance sorta song"

Look Back in Anger: The Miners Strike in Nottinghamshire 30 Years On

Wed 11 Jun 2014

A corrupt lying government, mass unemployment, a rigged energy market, police brutality and a country in the throes of civil war. Sound familiar? Harry Paterson takes us back to 1984 and unpacks the myths of the Miners’ Strike.

FSN 2014: Field Studies

Tue 10 Jun 2014

"We were very happy that the judges reacted to our music so positively, to get through on our music alone was a great feeling for us"

Review: Opening of Southwell Folk Festival 2014

Mon 09 Jun 2014

An opera set in England during WWI on the eve of the 70th anniversary of D-Day landings sets the tone for an incredible weekend

Future Session 62 - George Holroyd

Sat 07 Jun 2014

New music, live in session, from Nottingham. The latest artist in the Nusic studio is

Sound of the Lion #28,Sound of The Lion

Sat 07 Jun 2014

Ronika, Grey Hairs, Michael A Grammar, Opie Deino, Garton, Simon Waldram, Privateers, Kundalini, Ryan Thomas, Bru-C, Timothy J Simpson & The Monstrous Dead and Sleaford Mods.

The End of the Gate to Southwell Morris Dancers Procession

Thu 05 Jun 2014

We lament the end of a quirky, 900-year-old Nottingham tradition…

Grand Theft Audio

Wed 04 Jun 2014

This June sees a secret collaboration between some of the coolest kids in Nottingham. From hip hop beats to visual treats, Flouche have pulled together the best in the businesses for two days of shenanigans. We tried to wangle our way behind the scenes with Flouche founder Kelham Stevenson, as well as NG64’s Rob Freeman and Phlexx Records’ Bru-C, who also have a hand in the weekend of madness…