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Live Music Review: Brad Dear EP Launch at The Bodega

Sat 18 Mar 2017

The singer-songwriter celebrated the release of his The Only Road I Know EP...

Live Music Review: Pet Crow Album Launch at Rough Trade

Sat 11 Mar 2017

Celebrating the release of their debut album A Simple Guide To Small And Medium Pond Life, with support from Liines and Jitterz...

Nusic Advice Guide: Making a Living from Music

Thu 09 Mar 2017

The first in a series of advice videos from our mates over at Nusic. This week, find out the best ways to sell stuff, play live, and get free(ish) money...

10 Kickass Musical Women in Nottingham

Wed 08 Mar 2017

A quick breakdown of some of the baddest musical women in our city. The future is female, folks...

Live Music Review: Josefin Öhrn + The Liberation at Nottingham Contemporary

Tue 28 Feb 2017

With the ‘hypnotica’ film screenings taking over the Contemporary, it was no surprise that the Swedish group took over The Space. Full of hazy trance like sounds, the band created a hallucinogenic experience...

Live Music Review: Julia Jacklin and Keto at The Bodega

Sun 26 Feb 2017

The Australian singer-songwriter returned to Nottingham as part of her sold-out UK tour, with local favourite supporting...

Live Music Review: Harry & Chris + Gecko at The Maze

Wed 22 Feb 2017

We went to The Maze to check out some musical comedy from a bunch of wordy chaps…

Live Music Review: Fuzzbox at the Angel Microbrewery

Mon 20 Feb 2017

I'm Not From London presented three bands playing garage rock, psychobilly and surf...

10 Notts Music Albums to Tickle Your Tabs This February

Mon 20 Feb 2017

If you're from Notts and want your tunes reviewed, go to leftlion.co.uk/sendusmusic

Live Music Review: Amber Run at Rock City

Tue 14 Feb 2017

The Notts rock band are sky-rocketing to success all over the country with popular tunes such as I Found, 5AM and No Answers. Now they’ve come back to their roots for a massive show that marks the release of their second album, For a Moment I Was Lost...

Live Music Review: Tom McCartney EP Launch at Rough Trade

Mon 30 Jan 2017

The sharpest dressed teenager in Notts launches brand new music...

Live Music Review: Acoustickle's Vocab at The Maze

Mon 23 Jan 2017

When Acoustickle threw their Vocab launch party in November, it was a success that showcased independent artists on a Friday night. This second event turned out to be just as killer.

Talking Algorave With Notts-Based Electronic Music Maker Anny

Sat 21 Jan 2017

With the term first coined in Nottingham, we find out more about the live music and coding movement ahead of an event at Rough Trade Nottingham...

14 Music Albums to Stuff in Your Tabs

Fri 13 Jan 2017

If you're from Nottingham and you'd like your tunes reviewed, drop us a line at music@leftlion.co.uk

Sleaford Mods Release New Music Video for B.H.S

Tue 10 Jan 2017

The first video release from the duo's upcoming album English Tapas...

Live Music Review: Wigflex New Year's Eve 2016 Cage Party

Mon 09 Jan 2017

New Year’s Eve is a prime event in every party person’s calendar, and for the dancefloor-inclined community in Notts there was no place to be other than the Wigflex NYE Cage Party...

4 Books To Read Over The Festive Period

Mon 02 Jan 2017

One year ago, Nottingham became a UNESCO City of Literature. Since then, creative writing courses have been closed down, the DH Lawrence Heritage Centre has been sold off, and the fate of the Central Library lies in the hands of a property developer. Offsetting this is the Festival of Literature, the Line of Light installation on Station Street and, most importantly of all, the authors who keep banging out beautiful books...

20 Top Nottingham Music Releases of 2016

Fri 30 Dec 2016

A rundown of some of our favourite Nottingham-related music releases of the year, in alphabetical order...

Nottingham Cello Player Sheku Kanneh-Mason on Winning BBC Young Musician of the Year 2016

Tue 27 Dec 2016

Being crowned BBC Young Musician of the Year 2016 is only one of the many accolades and awards that seventeen-year-old Sheku Kanneh-Mason has won. And, on top of those, he’s also bagged himself a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music. Not bad for an A-level student from Nottingham…

The Roy Stone Foundation Supports Young Musicians with Mental Health Issues

Tue 20 Dec 2016

When Roy Foster, aka Roy Stone, died in October last year, it was not only a devastating loss to those close to him, but also to the city he had entertained for over twenty years as a singer and frontman of the band Performance. The Roy Stone Foundation has been set up to honour his memory. We spoke to one of the organisers, Sally Jackson, to find out more…