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Film Review: Conclave
Sun 08 Dec 2024Sometimes a film just doesn't amount to more than the sum of its parts...
Gig review: Richard Hawley at The Level
Sat 07 Dec 2024A rare appearance in Nottingham, as part of his annual pre-Christmas mini-tour, saw Richard Hawley play to a sold out crowd at The Level, backed by a five-piece band of tight, but lucid musicians...
Gig review: The Chats at Rock City
Sat 07 Dec 2024It's Wednesday, it's raining hard, it's cold and....Rock City is packed. No one was gonna be put off and at stay home if The Chats were in town. It's time to party..!!
Gig review: Thea Gilmore at Metronome
Sat 07 Dec 2024English shape-shifting singer-songwriter Thea Gilmore delivered a confident, wide-ranging show at Metronome, showing off both her early roots-inspired material and her eye-opening new music…
Gig review: Nilüfer Yanya at Rescue Rooms
Fri 06 Dec 2024It was only a couple of months, back in September, that British singer-songwriter Nilüfer Yanya played a captivating stripped-back set at Rough Trade to launch her much-acclaimed third studio album, My Method Actor. Now back in Nottingham but this time with a full band, we went along to hear one of the year’s best albums performed live once again…
LeftLion's Latest Listens #12: Notts music we're currently spinning
Fri 06 Dec 2024In this week's LeftLion's Latest Listens, our music team reviews new releases from Leah Sinead, Divorce, amillionsons and Wizards Can't Be Lawyers...
Gig review: EDM night with Banco De Gaia at The Angel Microbrewery and The Chapel
Thu 05 Dec 2024The Angel Microbrewery and The Chapel hosted an intoxicating mix of dance, ambient techno, and 90s-inspired acid house as local acts supported headliner, Banco De Gaia...
Gig review: The Snuts at Rock City
Thu 05 Dec 2024After releasing their third studio album, Millennials, earlier this year, indie rock band The Snuts embarked on their UK tour. We caught up with them as they landed in Nottingham's iconic Rock City on Monday night...
Gig review: Echobelly at Metronome, with Blue Violet
Wed 04 Dec 2024It might have been 30 years since they released their debut album Everyone's Got One, but Echobelly are still going stronger - perhaps stronger than ever. With iconic vocalist Sonya Madan leading, they played to a fully packed Metronome Nottingham, and we were there to see the action...
Gig review: SPRINTS at Rescue Rooms, with Chalk
Tue 03 Dec 2024A pinnacle performance of the year: SPRINTS race for gold in their cathartic celebrations at Nottingham's Rescue Rooms...
Thrills, spills, and non-stop jokes at the Playhouse panto
Tue 03 Dec 2024The much-beloved Nottingham Playhouse pantomime reaches new heights this year with a giant of a show. Yes, it's Jack and the Beanstalk...
Gig review: The Slow Readers Club at Rescue Rooms
Sun 01 Dec 2024Manchester indie outfit The Slow Readers Club are no strangers to Nottingham, having played our city a whopping 10 times in the last eight years. With a strong following in Nottingham as a result, it made sense for them to kick off their current UK run at Rescue Rooms, including several live debuts for tracks off their forthcoming, seventh studio album, Out of A Dream. Here’s what went down…
Gig review: Sports Team at Rescue Rooms
Sat 30 Nov 2024Sports Team ‘Go Fishing’ for more than they expected at Rescue Rooms, the crowd delivering on their beer sloshing, gear moshing mayhem. Adept support was delivered by C Turtle and mary in the junkyard...
Gig review: Hard-Fi at Rock City
Sat 30 Nov 2024Hard-Fi. A name you probably didn't think you'd hear so soon after their rockin’ return to the stage last year. After riding the mid-2000s indie wave, the band faded into the background to pursue a quieter life amongst other things; a 10-year absence eclipsed by a live renaissance of biggest hits urged both the band and the fans to reconnect with their music. Now armed with a setlist artillery of electronic-infused anthems, they’re reminding us once again why they remain such a vital force in UK music scene. Rock City: let's have at you...
Here's Every Book We Reviewed In 2024 (And Where To Buy Them)
Fri 29 Nov 2024We've made you a list, we're checking it twice.
The Hallé are back and with a suitably wintry programme
Thu 28 Nov 2024The Hallé’s Artist-in Residence, Thomas Adès, conducts a programme centred on Finland’s greatest composer with two of his greatest symphonies, as well as two more pieces influenced by him...
Gig review: Fontaines D.C. at Motorpoint Arena
Thu 28 Nov 2024Back in 2018, Irish rock / post-punk outfit Fontaines D.C. would play in Nottingham for the very first time at Dot to Dot festival. That year, they played the Red Room in Rescue Rooms – the tiny 100 cap loft venue above the main bar. Fast forward six years and they are once again back in Nottingham, but this time in support of their latest opus Romance and playing the 10,000-capacity Motorpoint Arena. Needing to witness this incredible glow-up for ourselves, we went along to one of the biggest shows to happen in our city this year…
Gig review: Michael Kiwanuka at The Level
Thu 28 Nov 2024Mercury Prize winning singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka recently gave an intimate performance at The Level. Adam Findlay was there to experience a show that touched everyone's soul...
Food review: Delving into the new tasting menu at Woodborough Hall
Thu 28 Nov 2024Have you ever experienced a tasting menu? Food Co-editor Lucy Campion explains why you should treat yourself to a tasting menu (or ‘degustation menu’ as the French call it) for your next special occasion and why Woodborough Hall should be your destination of choice this autumn.
Book Review: Ben Macpherson's 'Serious Nonsense for the Unbearably Festive'
Wed 27 Nov 2024As the nights get dark and a New Year draws closer, we turn to some cheeky, cheering new poetry...
Gig review: IDLES at Rock City
Wed 27 Nov 2024Looking at this set of tour dates for hugely popular punk outfit IDLES – Alexandra Palace in London, M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, OVO Hydro in Glasgow – the usually daunting Rock City stands out as one of the more intimate stops on their current UK tour, even with two sold out nights back-to-back. With the opportunity to catch the punk behemoths in this special setting simply too good to miss, we headed over to Talbot Street for night one…
Gig review: Rough Trade's 10th Birthday
Wed 27 Nov 2024Rough Trade Nottingham is 10 years old! The beloved record shop and live music venue has played vital role in our city's music culture for a decade, so we were thrilled to join their party to celebrate...
A queer tragedy comes to Lakeside Arts
Wed 27 Nov 2024This critically acclaimed dance production brings a mythologised Cuba to Nottingham on a cold November night. A world where gods walk and men are transformed by love...
Gig review: Mickey Callisto at Acoustic Rooms
Wed 27 Nov 2024LeftLion headed to Rescue Rooms to catch 86TVs live, only to find the gig cancelled just minutes before the doors opened due to Jamie from the band being rushed to the hospital. We all wish him a swift and full recovery! Mickey Callisto, who was scheduled to support 86TVs, was not about to let the night go to waste and, with a "the show must go on" attitude, stepped up to fill the gap and deliver an unforgettable performance in the Rescue Rooms bar...
Exhibition Review: Man Hours by Grayson Perry
Wed 27 Nov 2024Lakeside Arts presents Grayson Perry’s Man Hours: a satirical exploration of contemporary life featuring bold woodcut prints and a mixture of mediaeval and antique maps of imagined territories. Initially popularised by his decorative pottery and subsequent winning of the Turner Prize in 2003, this exhibition presents the diversification of Perry’s media with this tongue-in-cheek social commentary in print.
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