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Live Music Review: Blast Off Festival Day Four at Rough Trade

Mon 13 Nov 2017

The final day of the Blast Off Festival saw the action relocating back to Rough Trade. A very tired Gav headed down to hear Thee Girl Fridays and The Launderettes.

Sex, Drugs, and Rolling On: An evening with Lee Stuart Evans

Mon 13 Nov 2017

With a novel under his belt and years of TV experience to his name, comedic heavy-hitter Lee Stuart Evans is fast becoming a staple of Nottingham's literature scene. We decided to pop down to Five Leaves Bookshop for a reading of his latest novel Words Best Sung, and were treated to a night of rock and roll and rampant laughs.

David Thomas Broughton Interview

Mon 13 Nov 2017

The unique and beguiling musician talks living in Korea, awkwardness and what it's like to have a documentary made about you ahead of his forthcoming show at The Maze...

Live Music Review: Blast Off Festival Day Three at The Irish Centre

Sun 12 Nov 2017

Day three of the Blast Off Festival unleashed the big guns - The Courettes, Hangee V, Muck & The Mires and The Pretty Things.

Live Music Review: Blast Off Festival Day Two at The Irish Centre

Sat 11 Nov 2017

The second day of the Blast Off Festival saw it move across town to The Irish Centre. Gav followed them to check out Thee Eviltones, The Fuzillis and Kaleidoscope...

Live Music Review: Blast Off! Festival Day One at Rough Trade

Fri 10 Nov 2017

The four day Blast Off Festival started on Thursday at Rough Trade, bringing garage-rock bands from all over the world. Our Gav went to check out Leadfoot Tea, Kings Of Hong Kong and The Hipshakes...

The Community Recording Studio

Fri 10 Nov 2017

St Ann’s Community Recording Studio (CRS) is a legendary Nottingham institution lighting fires in the bellies of the city’s young people. After setting up in 1991, the facilities have seen the creation of local music legends like Scorzayzee, Lee Ramsey and Nina Smith, as well as today’s rising talent in the form of Young T and Bugsey, Jamal Sterrett and Nartz, to name but a few. Beyond musical projects, the registered charity acts as a source of support and guidance for youths, whacks on theatre productions, makes feature-length films, and has recently started to dabble in the fashion world. We thought it was high time we delved into the history of the organisation, and found out what’s buzzing in and “out da ville” these days…

King of the Hill: Talking Strange Weather and Spooky Stories with Joe Hill

Fri 10 Nov 2017

A descendant of horror fiction royalty, Joe Hill is a best-selling author of novels, short stories, comic books and graphic novels. His latest book, Strange Weather, brings together four stories of strangeness and surreality that are bound to chill to the bone. With an international book-tour underway, we caught up with him ahead of his appearance at Waterstones to chat about his influences, creative process, and the book itself.

Never Mind the Court Case - A Look Back at the Sex Pistols' Obscenity Trial in Nottingham

Thu 09 Nov 2017

Did you know that Nottingham was at the centre of a court case that saw punk rock standing up to the establishment over freedom of expression and the meaning of a certain word? On the 40th anniversary of the release of the offending album we look back at the case of the state vs Searle, a time when, to paraphrase The Clash, punk fought the law and punk won...

Some Poems from Dave Bishop of the Millitant Elvis Anti-HS2 Party

Thu 09 Nov 2017

Here's our Dave with the latest. Down with high-speed travel. Bring back Rudolph!

Interview: Jack Delaney - Simply Thrilled

Thu 09 Nov 2017

Nottingham-based production team Simply Thrilled are offering any company with charitable status a free stand-out live-action promo film of up to 90 seconds...

Art Works: Adam Brett

Thu 09 Nov 2017

Toy Photography

Theatre Review: The Little Mermaid

Wed 08 Nov 2017

Forget Disney, this is much darker and full of despair and longing. It was fabulous.

A Second Home in Nottingham: Stories of Immigration to Hoodtown

Wed 08 Nov 2017

What’s life like for immigrants Nottingham? Caroline Barry asked a load of Notts residents to tell of their relocation tales...

Art Review: Sounds Like Her at New Art Exchange

Wed 08 Nov 2017

Seven women, from a variety of different backgrounds, have brought their work together to create Sounds Like Her the New Art Exchange. They’re using their voices, language, noise, textures, music, sonic structures and non-sonic materialisations of sound all to grab your attention and make you think about things from new perspectives...

Boilermaker's Manager Makes Final of Gabriel Boudier Liqueur Competition

Wed 08 Nov 2017

Turns out Nottingham has a secret cocktail wizard who has created the next best thing in flavoured booze...

Music Video: Re Teu - Darling

Wed 08 Nov 2017

The artist formerly known as Sawyer gives us a taster of his forthcoming EP A Thawing Wind with this haunting autumnal track...

Live Music Review: Kagoule, Catholic Action and Do Nothing at The Bodega

Wed 08 Nov 2017

On a night when it seemed every band in Nottingham was hitting the town to play, we headed to The Bodega to see the return of the mighty Kagoule with touring buddies Catholic Action and mates Do Nothing...

Adam Peter Smith Talks Being a Musician in Nottingham

Tue 07 Nov 2017

Active on the local music scene for a while now, we put some questions to the rootsy singer-songwriter as he releases his latest EP...

Film Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Tue 07 Nov 2017

Yorgos Lanthimos and Colin Farrell have teamed up again for the follow-up to 2015's The Lobster...

The Botanist

Tue 07 Nov 2017

This has nowt to do with plant science, but they do mek a banging scotch egg...

Live Music Review: Fuzzbox at The Chameleon

Mon 06 Nov 2017

The Chameleon holds its second event after re-opening following a major refurbishment as it hosts I'm Not From London's Fuzzbox night, with live music from Nervous Twitch, Diablo Furs, Bus Stop Madonnas and Those Howlin Sounds...

Happy 40th Birthday to City Arts Nottingham

Mon 06 Nov 2017

City Arts is a community arts organisation based at the bottom of Hockley that’s done nowt but good for local people. The creative boggers turned forty in September, and are celebrating their anniversary with a year-long series of events for everyone to get stuck into. We delved into a bit of their history, had a chat with a few of the organisers, stuck our party hats on, and did a little dance...

Former Captain Beefheart Drummer John “Drumbo” French Talks The Magic Band Reunion Tour

Sun 05 Nov 2017

Having survived Captain Beefheart, John “Drumbo” French is ready to rev up The Magic Band for a farewell tour at Nottingham’s Rescue Rooms, and here spills the stolen soya beans to John Martin…

Advertising Sectioned: The Store in Which We Both Enjoy Shopping: Pearson Bros

Sun 05 Nov 2017

Local adverts, ripped from the pages of history...

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