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Live: Origin One, K.O.G & The Zongo Brigade, Unknown Era and Bud

Sun 25 Jan 2015

A night that mixed reggae, hip hop and good vibes at The Maze

Live: Liam Bailey

Sun 25 Jan 2015

The Notts native currently making waves across the Atlantic returned for a hometown show

Live: Origin One, K.O.G & The Zongo Brigade, Unknown Era and Bud

Sun 25 Jan 2015

A night that mixed reggae, hip hop and good vibes at The Maze

Live: Liam Bailey

Sun 25 Jan 2015

The Notts native currently making waves across the Atlantic returned for a hometown show

Music Reviews: December 2014 - January 2015

Tue 20 Jan 2015

With Lviv, Apalusa, Beth Frisby, Blue Vulture, Cecil Chamberlain, Ear Vings, Ivory Serfs, Jamie Moon, Karhide, Lois and Reckless

Book Reviews: December 2014 - January 2015

Fri 16 Jan 2015

With Kim Slater, Andrew Graves, Matt Haig, Al Needham, Rikki Marr, Jai Verna, and Andy Croft

LeftLion's Best Films of 2014

Thu 01 Jan 2015

So what, in our humble opinions, were the top films of the year?

LeftLion's Best Films of 2014

Thu 01 Jan 2015

So what, in our humble opinions, were the top films of the year?

LeftLion's Worst Films of 2014

Wed 31 Dec 2014

We choose the year's movies that probably should have stayed unmade

Top of the Notts 2014

Tue 30 Dec 2014

A round-up of some of our favourite music that has come out of Nottingham this year

Live: Christmas Jazz Fest with the Nottingham Jazz Orchestra

Thu 18 Dec 2014

"This is just what you want from a Christmas jazz gig – a big warming, accessible hug of an experience, like a Die Hard box set with a large brandy"

Live: Mastodon, Big Business and Krokodil

Wed 03 Dec 2014

Big riffs and big beards join forces at Rock City

Bang! Short Film Festival Is Calling It A Day

Thu 27 Nov 2014

Short films are perfect. Perfect for the filmmaker wanting to showcase what they can do, perfect for the YouTube generation struggling to concentrate on anything for more than an hour, perfect for creating some of the most diverse film festivals out there. Bang! Short Film Festival started off small but, as the digital age took hold and their audiences got bigger, it grew into a beast of a festival. Unfortunately, after fifteen years of filling Broadway’s screens with bite-sized reels, they’ve called it a day. We get all nostalgic and look at what the festival meant to filmmakers and audiences alike...