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Interview: The Nusic Team

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: April-May 2011

Des Coleman leaves the BBC, Panthers win the Elite Cup, man makes flamethrower and the Royal Wedding Nottingham-style

May Contain Notts: Feb-March 2011

Mark Kennedy, pe crematoriums, Operation Mansfield, lizard dragons in the loft and the ongoing saga of Broadmarsh vs Viccy Centre

Nottdance 2011

Nottdance, run by terpsichorean titans Dance4, is one of the longest-running dance festivals in the UK. To celebrate the festival's 21st birthday, Dance4 is laying out the biggest series of events yet and, according to Chief Executive and Artistic Director Paul Russ, nowhere is off-limits...

May Contain Notts: Dec 2010-Jan 2011

Round up of the last two months in Notts featuring: The Christmas Market, EDL, World Cup stadia, chavs on the bus and Poundland's VAT hit

Left Brian: Forest 2010-11 Season Preview

We don't want to go through any more playoffs, that's for sure

Left Pie-On: Notts County Season 2010-11 preview

"The appearance of a red Nike tick would be an aberration had we not concluded amongst ourselves that it’s actually crimson"

The Gig Issue: Nottingham Music Scene

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

Interview: Bent

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

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

Interview: DJ Format

The Mature B-Boy plays a DJ set for MNSTR at Brownes this Tuesday. Here's an interview we did back in 2005...

LeftLion Presents September 2007

LeftLion Presents - September 06

Ed Bannard at the NAAN August Roots

Nottingham Music Scene Round Table 2005

What is it about Notts that's stopping us from making a mark? We asked some of the prime movers in the city to explain...

A History of Music in Nottingham (1100 - 2005)

The official LeftLion History of Nottingham music from 1100AD - 2005AD...

Music Reviews November 2004

From Seal to John Frusciante to Biffy Clyro to Leonard Cohen

CD Reviews November 2004

Robbie Williams, Skinnyman and The Soundtrack Of Our Lives

Album Reviews October 2004

New music from Green Day, Fatboy Slim and Client

CD Reviews October 2004

Reviews of Nick Cave, 22-20's, Blues Explosion, Fried and more from the LeftLion crew

Mercury Music Prize

Twelve of the best albums from the last year go head to head

CD Reviews August 2004

Nice people keep sending us packages of CD's, so we thought we should review a few...