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Music Reviews: December 2013 - January 2014
Tue 17 Dec 2013Jake Bugg, Alright The Captain, Bru-C, Euler, Amber Run, Chloe McShane, Ashmore, Bus Stop Madonnas, Rue Royale, Baby Godzilla and more
Interview: Charles Webster, House Music Legend
Sun 06 Oct 2013He’s got thirty-odd aliases and done umpteen squared remixes and cubed productions. After 25 years making electronic soul, Charles Webster is a bona fide legend of the deep house music for which Nottingham was once world-famous. We dropped in on him to chat about where he’s at, how he got there, and where he’s heading.
Interview: JT Soar
Mon 15 Jul 2013Using a DIY ethos, Joe, Phil and Nick from Nottingham punk band Plaids have turned an old fruit and veg warehouse at the back of Sneinton Market into a music and arts space. Run as a co-operative, together they’ve created a one-of-a-kind venue that’s already hosted bands from all over Europe and the US of A.
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning: The Musical
Fri 11 May 2012Everything you fear it might be, that’s what it’s not...
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning the Musical
Wed 09 May 2012This May at the Playhouse, Alan Sillitoe’s definitive Nottingham novel gets the musical theatre treatment courtesy of local charity Musicworks, lyricist Catherine Spoors, and composer Stephen Williams…
The Music Exchange
Sat 21 Apr 2012Our music editor has a word with Andrew Thompson, manager of The Music Exchange in West End Arcade...
Interview: Fists
Fri 20 Apr 2012The on-their-own-terms, no-compromise, if-you-want-something-done-properly-do-it-yourself attitude of Fists has made them one of the most respected bands in town. We asked James Findlay and Angi Fletcher why it took ‘em so long to play a gig, and in which decade we could expect an LP...
LeftLion Music Exchange Takeover in photos
Sun 01 Apr 2012LeftLion took over a record shop in town for a day and put on some of the best bands and acts from our local scene
Final Cut Pros: Music Video Director Round Table Discussion
Thu 08 Mar 2012When the cream of Nottingham’s music scene need their work immortalised on video, they talk to Tom Walsh, Michael Holyk and Junglewire. But only when we’ve finished talking to them for this special round table interview...
May Contain Notts: Dec 2011 - Jan 2012
Sat 25 Feb 2012The usual morbid carousel of mouth-breathery, wrongness and rubbishy football teams
The Maze's Gaz Peacham on Running an Independent Music Venue
Sun 22 Jan 2012"Yes, I meet absolute idols of mine now and then, but I also have to clean sick out of radiators"
Nick Turner from The Chameleon on Running an Independent Music Venue
Sat 21 Jan 2012"The Chameleon is a launch pad for bands. Most of them aren’t going to make it... but they’ve got their mates to come down"
Nottingham Record Labels in 2011
Wed 11 Jan 2012Every Nottingham record label we can think of, what they’re into, and if they’re up for listening to your demo...
May Contain Notts: Oct - Nov 2011
Thu 22 Dec 2011Masturbatory Gesture Goat is DEAD, garden-pilfery, and Derby's Xmas lights get nicked...
Women in Nottingham Music
Sun 11 Dec 2011Lou Barnell from Royal Gala takes us through some of the female musical talent in Nottingham...
SOLD OUT: The Notts Music Photo
Fri 09 Dec 2011Your chance to buy a 16 x 12 inch high-quality copy of the LeftLion Notts Music Photo that adorns the cover of Issue 44
Leeds Festival 2011 in photos
Mon 29 Aug 2011Pics of Pulp, Muse, Cage The Elephant, Henry Rollins, Death From Above 1979, Metronomy, My Chemical Romance and White Lies
Summer Sundae 2011 in photos
Mon 15 Aug 2011Photos from the weekend festival including Manière des Bohémiens, Fists, Hhymn, Gallery 47, Graham Coxon, the Maccabees and Warpaint
Nottingham, August 9, 2011
Wed 10 Aug 2011Photos from Nottingham City Centre on Tuesday evening; lots of police, not much else
May Contain Notts: June-July 2011
Mon 08 Aug 2011Genealogists work out that Barack Obama’s great-great grandfather ten times removed came from Sutton in Ashfield, and more
Left Brian: 2011/12 Season Preview
Fri 05 Aug 2011Forest failed to get out of the playoffs. Again. Old manager dumped, new manager promises better. Again. Initial foot-dragging over new signings. Again. Can Forest break the cycle this season?
Left Magpie: 2011-12 Notts County Season Preview
Fri 05 Aug 2011The good news: the Pies reached some kind of stability in 2011. The bad news: it was in the shape of a record-breaking losing streak. Can Martin Allen keep them up, or is it back to the basement?
Splendour 2011 in photos
Tue 26 Jul 2011Pics from Sunday at Wollaton Park with Blondie, Scissor Sisters, Eliza Doolittle, Cast, Feeder and some great Notts bands
Preview: Splendour 2011
Thu 14 Jul 2011Splendour: A day-long chunk of festie goodness, without the massive mobile phone adverts. And tents left behind by gormless students that blow across a field and upset some cows. And being in a different postcode to the nearest decent bog. Our Music Editor marks your card for this year’s event…
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