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Summer Sundae 2011 in photos

Mon 15 Aug 2011

Photos from the weekend festival including Manière des Bohémiens, Fists, Hhymn, Gallery 47, Graham Coxon, the Maccabees and Warpaint

Left Brian: 2011/12 Season Preview

Fri 05 Aug 2011

Forest failed to get out of the playoffs. Again. Old manager dumped, new manager promises better. Again. Initial foot-dragging over new signings. Again. Can Forest break the cycle this season?

Left Magpie: 2011-12 Notts County Season Preview

Fri 05 Aug 2011

The good news: the Pies reached some kind of stability in 2011. The bad news: it was in the shape of a record-breaking losing streak. Can Martin Allen keep them up, or is it back to the basement?

Future Session 4 - The Afterdark Movement

Thu 28 Jul 2011

The Afterdark Movement, a hip hop/funk band so diverse they even get AC/DC fans rocking out to them at acoustic shows

Splendour 2011 in photos

Tue 26 Jul 2011

Pics from Sunday at Wollaton Park with Blondie, Scissor Sisters, Eliza Doolittle, Cast, Feeder and some great Notts bands

Splendour: A day-long chunk of festie goodness, without the massive mobile phone adverts. And tents left behind by gormless students that blow across a field and upset some cows. And being in a different postcode to the nearest decent bog. Our Music Editor marks your card for this year’s event…

Captain Dangerous - Forgive Us We're British

Sun 10 Jul 2011

Spangly new music video from I'm Not From London records

Interview: Deborah Stevenson

Thu 07 Jul 2011

Deborah Stevenson left London to study in Nottingham and find her feet as a festival organiser, founder of Mouthy Poets and one of the UK’s most exciting spoken word acts – all filmed by Channel 4 as part of their Year Dot project. One year after the cameras stopped rolling, she’s still going from strength to strength…

FSN in the Market Square

Tue 28 Jun 2011

Eleven new Notts acts play right in the centre of town in the semi-finals of the Future Sound of Nottingham contest

Interview: Spotlight Kid

Sat 18 Jun 2011

Taking in members from Six By Seven, Bent, Model Morning and The Kull, Spotlight Kid are about to drop a new LP and play at Glastonbury. And, according to drummer Chris Heath and guitarist Rob McCleary, they’re the cockroaches of the Nottingham music scene...

Interview: The Nusic Team

Thu 16 Jun 2011

Mark Del used to fly the flag for the Nottingham music scene with Trent FM, but now him and his team - including Arielle Bosworth and Liz Riordan - have linked up with LeftLion to drop Nusic, help take the local scene to the next level and - maybe, just maybe - get your band on the main stage at Splendour...

Interview: Patrick Smith of Veggies

Mon 06 Jun 2011

If you grew up in Notts and don’t partake in meat, you probably owe a huge debt to Patrick Smith. Why? Because he’s spent three decades as a vegan activist while slinging veggie burgers from a van in town, backin the day when ‘vegetarian option’ meant ‘just chips’. Now operating his veggie business out of the SumacCentre in Forest Fields, he talks about a meat-free career, the Ratcliffe-on-Soar debacle, and Mark Kennedy…

Interview: Darren Fletcher

Mon 06 Jun 2011

Darren Fletcher is the Arnold lad who gets paid to go to the World Cup and the Super Bowl, gets his feet under assorted press boxes for Five Live, banters with the entire UK about footy and hosts the An Evening With... nights at the Approach. And he knows Robbie Savage...

Interview: Liam Bailey

Mon 06 Jun 2011

He’s knocked about with Damian Marley and Aswad’s Brinsley Forde. His new album is produced by Salaam Remi, of Fugees and Nas fame. He’s been at No.5 with Chase and Status, he’s signed to Polydor, and Amy Winehouse has got his tea on. Yep, things have moved on a bit for Liam Bailey since he played LeftLion gigs back in the day, but he’s still proper Notts...

Interview: Tim Smith of Fourmost Films

Mon 06 Jun 2011

Fourmost Films come from the Shop stable with a can-do attitude, a string of short films that have garnered attention from all over the place and a hunger to turn Nottingham into one of the hubs of the UK indie-film scene. Head honcho Tim Smith manages to drag his head from the edit suite long enough to spell out his masterplan…

Interview: Marcus Clarke

Mon 06 Jun 2011

Marcus Clarke and his wife Helena Smee have spent the last twenty years in a Sherwood house full of dismembered body parts. Calm down, Officer – they’re only keeping their hands in as one of the UK’s foremost puppet-based production companies with a list of credits as long as, well, your arm…

Last Shop Standing

Sun 10 Apr 2011

Graham Jones has probably visited more record shops than anyone else on planet earth. He started working as a distributor for Proper, the largest independent music distribution company in the UK, over two decades ago. Since then he has watched his customers struggle to survive in a market of online downloads and corporate dominance. And written a book about it…

The Heavy Sounds

Sun 10 Apr 2011

We have a word with Clint Harris, owner of The Heavy Sounds in West End Arcade...

Jim Cooke of Selectadisc on Record Store Day

Sun 10 Apr 2011

"The last few years at Selectadisc were awful, staff morale was crap...it was clear we had had it."

Interview: Alistair McGowan

Wed 06 Apr 2011

Alistair McGowan is best known for his work as an impersonator on prime-time TV shows like The Big Impression and Spitting Image. But as well as being able to turn his tongue to just about anyone, he’s also an experienced actor and writer, having been awarded a BAFTA and nominated for an Olivier. So what’s he doing spending the best part of April in Notts you might wonder…?

Interview: Andy Barrett

Fri 01 Apr 2011

Andy Barrett has been creating community drama events and site-specific performances in Notts for years, as well as writing plays such as Garage Band and a musical about Dolly the sheep. We caught up with him as he prepared for the Nottingham European Arts and Theatre Festival (NEAT).

Interview: Ace Bhatti

Tue 22 Feb 2011

With an acting career that has already taken in the likes of Cardiac Arrest, Emmerdale, Bend It Like Beckham, Band Of Gold, Coronation Street and The Sarah Jane Adventures, Ace Bhatti – from the extremely North London borough of Sneinton - is the newest cast member of EastEnders…