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Live Music Review: Blast Off! Festival Day One at Rough Trade

The four day Blast Off Festival started on Thursday at Rough Trade, bringing garage-rock bands from all over the world. Our Gav went to check out Leadfoot Tea, Kings Of Hong Kong and The Hipshakes...

King of the Hill: Talking Strange Weather and Spooky Stories with Joe Hill

A descendant of horror fiction royalty, Joe Hill is a best-selling author of novels, short stories, comic books and graphic novels. His latest book, Strange Weather, brings together four stories of strangeness and surreality that are bound to chill to the bone. With an international book-tour underway, we caught up with him ahead of his appearance at Waterstones to chat about his influences, creative process, and the book itself.

Music Video: Re Teu - Darling

The artist formerly known as Sawyer gives us a taster of his forthcoming EP A Thawing Wind with this haunting autumnal track...

Live Music Review: Kagoule, Catholic Action and Do Nothing at The Bodega

On a night when it seemed every band in Nottingham was hitting the town to play, we headed to The Bodega to see the return of the mighty Kagoule with touring buddies Catholic Action and mates Do Nothing...

Adam Peter Smith Talks Being a Musician in Nottingham

Active on the local music scene for a while now, we put some questions to the rootsy singer-songwriter as he releases his latest EP...

Live Music Review: Fuzzbox at The Chameleon

The Chameleon holds its second event after re-opening following a major refurbishment as it hosts I'm Not From London's Fuzzbox night, with live music from Nervous Twitch, Diablo Furs, Bus Stop Madonnas and Those Howlin Sounds...

Former Captain Beefheart Drummer John “Drumbo” French Talks The Magic Band Reunion Tour

Having survived Captain Beefheart, John “Drumbo” French is ready to rev up The Magic Band for a farewell tour at Nottingham’s Rescue Rooms, and here spills the stolen soya beans to John Martin…

Live Music Review: Jane Weaver at The Bodega

Her space-age motorik disco sparkled on a sold-out Saturday night as the musician took her Modern Kosmology album out on the road...

9 Nottingham Music Albums to Stuff in Your Lugholes

All the top tunes you could want for of an October in 2017...

Peter Wynne-Thomas Talks About the Trent Bridge Library

Peter Wynne-Thomas is the president of Nottinghamshire Cricket Club and also the curator of the library at Trent Bridge. He joins us at Bromley House Library to talk about cricket, Trent Bridge and how he became a cricket librarian.

Television Workshop Talk Nottingham's Capital of Culture Bid

Television Workshop's Nic Harvey chats about naturalistic acting techniques and their long list of success stories... 

Hollywood Talk About Their Debut EP

To celebrate the release of their first EP, No More Will I Adore You, we sat down with the band Hollywood before their recent gig at the Jam Café to talk supergroups, band names and electric keyboard DIY.

Sandy Mahal Talks Nottingham's Capital of Culture Bid

The Director of UNESCO Nottingham City of Literature talks us through all things reading, writing and words in Hoodtown... 

Live Music Reviews: Priests Live at The Maze

With support from Nottingham's Slumb Party and Thick Syrup who made the journey from Leeds...

Live Music Review: Diet Cig at Rough Trade

Fanclub present another of their excellent nights at Rough Trade as they stage a gig featuring Diet Cig and Spook School...

Luther Blissett Talks About his Experiences of Football in Milan

After the recent Lord of Milan premiere at Broadway cinema, we sat down with one of the film's talking heads, Luther Blissett, to talk about playing for Milan, career highlights and cold nights at Meadow Lane.

Live Music Review: Hockley Hustle 2017 - Part 2

From JamCafe to the Spiegltent, Nottingham's all-day charity jamboree brought the city together a shone a light on its local music scene...

Live Music Review: Hockley Hustle 2017 - Part 1

It was that time of year again. The bars in Hockley were buzzing, the streets were alive with dancing, music and fire everywhere you turn, and the food vans were out in force. It was Hockley Hustle, of course - the festival that takes one of the liveliest parts of Nottingham and turns it into one hell of a day out (and night out, if you can last that long)...

Nottingham Indie Pop All Dayer Headliner Luke Haines Talks Music

Left Duck: Season Review

With the season over, it's time to have a look back at how Nottinghamshire fared this summer.

Rough Trade Talks Nottingham's Capital of Culture Bid

Kyle Hougham, manager of Rough Trade, explains why the record store was first attracted to Nottingham, and why they were chosen to be the international brand of the city... 

Live Music Review: Nottingham Indie Pop All Dayer at The Maze

The Nottingham Indie Pop All Dayer returns to The Maze, running the gamut from doyens of the DIY scene to chart-toppers. Our Gav went down to check it out...

Community Recording Studio's Trevor Rose Talks Nottingham's Capital of Culture Bid

Trevor Rose, head of the Community Recording Studio (CRS), talks about the project's success, what Prince Harry is really like and why he would like to see Nottingham become the European Capital of Culture 2023...

Artist Wolfgang Buttress Talks Nottingham's Capital of Culture Bid

The brain behind The Hive installation at Kew Gardens explains how the 'cultural renaissance' in Nottingham will help us become European Capital of Culture 2023... 

Southwell Music Festival 2017 in Photos

Some snaps from Southwell's cultural classic