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Ayup Duck: The Latest Nottingham News

Mon 01 Jul 2019

What's been gooin' off?

Review: A DnB Newbie Goes to Detonate Festival 2019

Sun 16 Jun 2019

Our music editor went to one of the city's biggest festivals, for the very first time...

Socks and Robbers: David Lilley, Kel Webster and AJ Stevenson on the Groundbreaking New Nottingham Short Film

Mon 10 Jun 2019

After over two years in production, the highly anticipated Socks and Robbers, a Notts’ short film about a gang of sock-headed bank robbers, is almost ready to be released into the world. We caught up with director David Lilley, producer Kel Webster and actor AJ Stevenson to find out how they managed to pull it all off…

Cinema Gold: Hopeful and Hallucinatory New Sounds

Fri 31 May 2019

Cinema Gold have been intriguing audiences with their psychedelic lo-fi sounds since forming earlier this year. Our Lily sat down with them for a chat about making music, their ambitions for the band, and what might happen in Room 101...

Ayup Duck: The Latest Nottingham News

Fri 31 May 2019

What's been gooin' off?

Ayup Duck: The Latest Nottingham News

Thu 09 May 2019

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Nottingham Forest winning the European Cup, we’ve had a root around the archives to see what our feathered-friend about town was saying back in May 1979....

Art Review: Paint a Poppy Challenge and Open Day at The Society of All Artists in Newark

Thu 11 Apr 2019

Newark holds the space used by the Society of All Artists, a cultural hub bringing creative people together to work, inspire and promote themselves both nationally and internationally. We headed down for their Open Day, to check out the society’s new group exhibition Paint a Poppy...

The Harley Gallery Announces Two New Exhibitions

Tue 02 Apr 2019

From Punk Tapestry to Anglo-Saxon Jewellery- The Harley Gallery, one of the region’s leading contemporary art spaces, announces two major new exhibitions for April.

Ayup Duck: The Latest Nottingham News

Fri 29 Mar 2019

What's ruffled his feathers this month?

Theatre Review: Brave New World at The Television Workshop

Sat 23 Mar 2019

Written by award-winning playwright Dawn King, Brave New World is the theatre adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel of the same name. We got down to The Television Workshop, to see the performance as part of their 2019 Play Season..

DiY Collective's Pete Woosh on His Battle With Cancer and His New Musical Project The 52 Card Trick

Wed 20 Mar 2019

As a founder member of the DiY collective, one of Britain's first house sound-systems, Pete Woosh has been a leading figure in the UK counter-culture for almost thirty years. Whether DJing solo or with his long-time DiY sidekick, Digs, he has performed everywhere from Glastonbury to Dismaland, Banksy’s apocalyptic theme park style art exhibition. But after being diagnosed with highly aggressive head and neck cancer in December of 2015, he decided to take a natural approach to treatment, and is about to launch The 52 Card Trick project to give something back to everyone that helped him...

Soft Girls & Boys Club Are Releasing New Tunes

Sun 17 Mar 2019

Addie Kenogbon has a chat with Soft Girls & Boys Club as they prepare to launch their latest EP with a knees-up this March.

Ayup Duck: The Latest Nottingham News

Sat 02 Mar 2019

Our feathered friend has gorra thing or two to say...

The Colour of Love at New Art Exchange

Thu 28 Feb 2019

Contributors from The Colour of Love project came together to share their photographs of life and love as Black African-Caribbean and White British people in mixed-race relationships through times of resentment and hardship. We went along to the launch event of the new exhibition to celebrate a significantly important and moving local heritage community project...

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

Wed 27 Feb 2019

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….

Sleaford Mods' Jason Williamson on New Album Eton Alive

Mon 18 Feb 2019

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…

Nusic Podcast #197: The People's New Music Podcast

Wed 06 Feb 2019

Our annual People’s New Music Podcast, where you make your predictions of which local artists will realise their musical dreams in the coming year.

The Podcast may contain some fruity language. Sensitive ears – you have been warned.

Ayup Duck: The Latest Nottingham News

Mon 04 Feb 2019

What's been rufflin' Ayup Duck's feathers this month?

LeftLion Magazine Appoints Ashley Carter as New Editor

Thu 31 Jan 2019

That’s right readers. As from next month we are having a bit of a shuffle around…

Paranoid Picnic at NAE

Tue 22 Jan 2019

Paranoid Picnic: The Phantom BAME is a solo exhibition from Hardeep Pandhal taking place at the New Art Exchange from the 19th of January to the 17th of March. This is an exhibition of two halves, with one half in the NAE and the other taking place in Primary. We got trusty Caroline down to check it out...