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Live Music Review: Soft Girls & Boys Club at The Bodega

Local lads Soft Girls & Boys Club launched their EP in epic fashion at The Bodega this weekend...

Live Music Review: Red Rum Club at Rough Trade

Red Rum Club blew our Tina Sherwood’s socks off at their sell-out Rough Trade gig…

Live Music Review: dodie at Rock City

Singer-songwriter dodie brought smiles, tears and excitement to Rock City this week...

Live Music Review: Deaf Havana at Rock City

Taking to the Rock City, four-piece Deaf Havana further established their place in mainstream music with an impressive performance...

Live Music Review: Blue Planet II Live in Concert at Motorpoint Arena

Blue Planet II Live in Concert offered the opportunity for viewers to see some spectacular scenes from the show accompanied by a full orchestra and choir...

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

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...

Live Music Review: Fantastic Worlds

A thrilling film score binge from a top orchestra

Live Music Review: Self Esteem at The Bodega

The people flocked down to The Bodega last week for Self Esteem's inaugural tour. Here's what our Emily reckoned..

Live Music Review: James at Royal Concert Hall

We got our glad rags on and hot footed down to the Concert Hall for Manchester alt rock icons James…

Live Music Photos: BBC Introducing at Metronome

Y'all know the drill. The best local music, hand picked by BBC Introducing and Confetti. This edition featured Don’t Forget Rupert, Soft Girls and Boys Club, Nactus Kunan and BRIA, down at Metronome...

Live Music Review: LANY at Rock City

Our Sam got down to Rock City for a night of serious dream pop from LANY. We hear there were even rose petals...

Live Music Review: Queen Zee at The Bodega

Friday nights were made for dancing, so we got down to The Bodega for genre-defying powerhouse Queen Zee...

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. 

Self Esteem is bursting onto the scene with personal songwriting and a big live show

Relatability is having a moment. But artist and musician Rebecca Taylor doesn’t even need to try. Going under the name of Self Esteem and with her debut album Compliments Please out on in March, we caught up with Rebecca to talk touring, Instagram and Kanye…

Live Music Photos: The Orielles at Rescue Rooms

Drawing inspiration from an eclectic range of sources, from '60s surf rock to Turkish folk, The Orielles are forging a sound that is audacious, uncommon, and hugely funky. Needless to say, we were on the front row for their packed-out show at Rescue Rooms...

Nottingham Zero Waste Collective Provide Cupboard Essentials Without Plastic Packaging

The rise of the zero-waste lifestyle has seen local folk crying out for a place where they can buy all their cupboard essentials, like pasta, lentils, oats and tea, without that pesky plastic ending up in their waste bins. Enter Sarah Maloy, and the Nottingham Zero Waste Collective…  

Live Music Photos: The Struts at Rock City

With roots in the East Midlands, glam rockers The Struts are renowned for impassioned glitter-drenched shows. So we had to hotfoot down to Rock City to snap them...

Live Music Photos: The Joy Formidable at Rescue Rooms

We got down to Rescue Rooms this February to snap Welsh trio The Joy Formidable and their expansive indie sound...

Live Music Review: The Dead South at Rock City

The Dead South popped into town on Friday 8 February...

Live Music Review: White Lies at Rock City

We got down to Rock City for a night of big tunes from established trio White Lies on this, their tenth anniversary…

Live Music Photos: Spotlight Kid at The Maze

After a three year break, Spotlight Kid returned to their home from home, The Maze.

Live Music Review and Photos: The Dead South at Rescue Rooms

We headed down to Rock City to watch out Del Suelo and The Hooten Hallers support The Dead South...

Live Music Review: Don Broco at Motorpoint Arena

We got down to Motorpoint Arena to catch some massive guitar rock from Don Broco...

Live Music Review and Photos: The Rumjacks and The Silk Road at Rescue Rooms

We got down to Rescue Rooms to check out The Rumjacks and Silk Road...

Live Music Review: Parkway Drive and Killswitch Engage at Motorpoint Arena Nottingham

We got down to Motorpoint Arena Nottingham to check out Parkway Drive...