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Nottingham Forest Season Preview: 2012/13

Thu 16 Aug 2012

"Play-offs if the owners mean what they say. Threatened by relegation again if they don't"

May Contain Notts: June-July 2012

Fri 27 Jul 2012

"It dawns upon me that I have spent the entire duration of an episode of Bullseye copping a feel of a husky’s breast implant"

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning: The Musical

Fri 11 May 2012

Everything you fear it might be, that’s what it’s not...

Saturday Night, Sunday Morning the Musical

Wed 09 May 2012

This 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 2012

Our music editor has a word with Andrew Thompson, manager of The Music Exchange in West End Arcade...

Interview: Fists

Fri 20 Apr 2012

The 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 2012

LeftLion 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 2012

When 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...

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"

Women in Nottingham Music

Sun 11 Dec 2011

Lou Barnell from Royal Gala takes us through some of the female musical talent in Nottingham...

SOLD OUT: The Notts Music Photo

Fri 09 Dec 2011

Your chance to buy a 16 x 12 inch high-quality copy of the LeftLion Notts Music Photo that adorns the cover of Issue 44

May Contain Notts: June-July 2011

Mon 08 Aug 2011

Genealogists work out that Barack Obama’s great-great grandfather ten times removed came from Sutton in Ashfield, and more

Interview: The Nusic Team

Thu 16 Jun 2011

Mark Del used to fly the flag for the Nottingham music scene with Trent FM, but now him and his team - including Arielle Bosworth and Liz Riordan - have linked up with LeftLion to drop Nusic, help take the local scene to the next level and - maybe, just maybe - get your band on the main stage at Splendour...

May Contain Notts: June-July 2010

Sun 01 Aug 2010

Round up of the last two months in Notts featuring: Gary Coleman, JJB Sports, Robin Hood, Johnnie Jackson and England's dismal World Cup campaign

The Gig Issue: Nottingham Music Scene

Tue 10 Nov 2009

The Notts music scene has never had it this good. Ever. But what do the city's promoters and label-owners think?

Interview: Bent

Wed 14 Oct 2009

After four albums of aural euphoria, and a couple of years off, Nottingham's finest purveyors of electronica are back...

Robert Pitt's music photography

Sat 03 Oct 2009

A selection of photos of local bands and musicians by a Nottingham-based music photographer

May Contain Notts: June-July 2009

Sat 01 Aug 2009

Round up of the last two months in Notts featuring: the BNP, Big Brother, Yates's re-opening, BBC Robin Hood, World-Cup hosting, Ragga Puffin, Notts County