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Meet the Nottingham Man Who Makes Music to Sleep To

Had trouble nodding off recentleh? Alistair Webster, founder of GMB record label has created some tunes to help your lot get forty winks and help with your concentration...

Art Review: Zanele Muholi's Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail The Dark Lioness at New Art Exchange

We got down to New Art Exchange's latest exhibition Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail The Dark Lioness

Theatre Review: Flashdance the Musical

There’s a rift in space and time leading back to the 1980s...

Live Music Review: British Sea Power at Rock City

British Sea Power proved popular enough for their gig to be upgraded from Rescue Rooms to Rock City. We headed down to the new venue to check ‘em out.

Don't Be So Soft! Sit-Down Chat with Psychedelic Dream-Pop Band Soft Girls and Boys Club

Known for their groovy licks and mellow atmosphere, those cheeky chaps at Soft Girls and Boys Club are some of Nottingham’s most entertaining up-and-comers. We had a sit-down with them over a cup of tea at their shared flat in Sneinton ahead of their new release Treadmill, set for May 10^th, 2018.

Nottingham Roller Derby: What Went Down at 2018's Louisey Rider Cup?

Following the skater’s tragic death in the summer of 2014, Louise Wright’s family felt that contributions to her team Nottingham Roller Derby would be a more fitting tribute than flowers. Many months passed before members would find the strength to move forward and contemplate her legacy; still, one night in the room above The Organ Grinder pub, they gathered in full force and the vision that would eventually become the Louisey Rider Cup was born...

Live Music Review: Halle Classic Movie Thrillers

  A real joy to experience live...

Live Music Review: Rob Green and Eric Bibb at Rescue Rooms Nottingham

“Now that we’re friends, I’m going to take my shoes off. Although, I don’t advise you do that… these floors get very sticky.”

Live Music Review: Cabbage at Rough Trade

Live Music Review: Acoustickle's 9th Birthday at The Maze

Our Angel chats to promoter Parisa East as they celebrate Acoustickle's 9th birthday in style with great music, delicious food and plenty of fairy lights...

Live Music Review: Fuzzbox at The Bodega

I’m Not From London’s Fuzzbox, a night of dirty garage rock and psych, steps up a notch for its Easter egg-travaganza, moving on up to The Bodega. We went along for a listen.

6 Reasons to Get Yourself Down to the Nottingham Canal

Nottingham provides plenty of natural beauty. There’s the deer-filled grounds of Wollo Park, the city’s oldest public park The Arboretum, and the lakes of Colwick County Park, to name just a few. But there's another top contender for the list: Nottingham & Beeston Canal. Here are a few reasons why everyone should be checking out this waterway…

Theatre Review: Cilla - the Musical

Surprise, surprise, it's Cilla!

9 Notts Albums To Add To Your Playlist

Fill your tabs with some proper Notts glory...

Jake Haseldine Takes Wicked Photos of Musicians

Young Nottingham Music Photographer Jake Haseldine captures an epic moment in every photograph…

Live Music Review: Sounds Against Slavery 2 at Rough Trade

Rough Trade was humming for a night of live music in aid of Anti-Slavery International, organised by the University of Nottingham’s Anti-Slavery Society in partnership with Impact Magazine...

Music Video: The Shrives - Money Maker

The rock ’n’ roll band with an eclectic mix of stratospheric ska, subversive country and visceral punk attitude are rumbling beneath the rocks with their first release since their debut album...

Live Music Review: Jake Bugg at the Royal Concert Hall

On Friday night, Notts born Jake Bugg hit up the Royal Concert Hall to play an acoustic set to his home crowd... and some special kids at the QMC...

Live Music Review: Paul Draper at the Rescue Rooms

Chaotic scenes at the ex-Mansun man's gig in Nottingham...

Live Music Review: The Hempolics at Nottingham Contemporary

London’s finest underground lo-fi reggae band paid a trip to Notts this month as part of Reggae Take Over at the Contemporary...

Live Music Review: Cabbage at The Bodega

Cabbage wants to make you sweat… so get wet!

Live Music Review: Scarlet at Rough Trade

Local duo You Want Fox organised a free gig at Rough Trade featuring Queen Mantis and Scarlet. We headed down to check it out...

Nottingham To Hold Women in Music Event to Tackle Inequality in the Industry

Frank Turner’s tour manager; a senior music promoter; a grassroots venue owner and a singer-songwriter are some of the leading players in the music industry lined up by DHP Family for the inaugural Women in Music event in Nottingham...

Live Music Review: The Orielles at Rough Trade

The Orielles appeared at Rough Trade in Nottingham in front of a select audience on the day that their debut album, Silver Dollar Moment, comes out...

9 Notts Albums You Need To Listen To

Our ravenous reviewers have devoured a whole heap of new music, and told us what they thought about it...