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LeftLion's Latest Listens #11: Notts music we're currently spinning

In this week's LeftLion's Latest Listens, our music team reviews new releases from Grain Mother, ALT BLK ERA (with Wheatus), and Drew Thomas...

Gig review: A golden era of dance music with Haçienda at Wollaton Hall

Haçienda, the iconic music brand that has captivated audiences for over three decades, made history once again amid the beauty and heritage of Nottingham's Wollaton Hall. Headlined by Soul II Soul with DJs galore, and other big name acts including 808 State and Ultra Naté, the event proved to be an eye-opener...

LeftLion's Latest Listens #3: Notts music we're currently spinning

In this week's edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, our music team's picks of the latest and greatest sounds from all around Nottingham and the Midlands, we review new releases from ALT BLK ERA, Cappo, Pink Cliffs and River Drive...

Eraserhead + Intro - Nottingham Puppet Festival

No Shadow Between the Thighs: Eccentric & Bizarre.. Rare and Unknown Films Presented With Our Youth Programmer and Local Creatives

#WEAREDARRENBLAIR - Unknown Era, Motormouf, Stacey McMullen and friends Fundraiser

Gig Review: ALT BLK ERA at Rock City Beta

Considering all the incredible acts emerging out of the Nottingham music scene right now, you could argue that none have bigger momentum than alternative sister duo, ALT BLK ERA...

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Film Review: Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

We stopped by The Arc in Beeston to get the ultimate Taylor Swift experience...

Loop Skywalker: Nottingham’s Unknown DJ Makes It to the World DJ Finals

Nottingham DJ/Turntablist, Lee White, has just booked himself a place in the IDA World Party Rocking DJ Finals after a very tough elimination round, where he faced the very best DJs from all over the globe. He joins nine other DJs from Mexico, USA, Spain, India, Poland, Indonesia, China, Portugal and Brazil in the first ever Party Rocking World DJ final which will be held online during October...

We Chat to ALT BLK ERA Ahead of their Rock City Beta Gig

Following the news of their Youth Music Awards nominations, we chat to Nottingham-based, sister-duo ALT BLK ERA about their upcoming Rock City Beta gig, creating safe spaces in music, and career moments which simply feel too crazy to be real…

Inspire Youth Arts Huge Showcase Held At Nottingham Playhouse

Every now and again, people feel as though the creative scene can be a slightly restrictive place for inspiring creatives to be, but over at Inspire Youth Arts, they have made it their mission to ensure that every young person has access to the arts. We visited Nottingham Playhouse to immerse ourselves in some top quality performances as part of Inspire’s huge showcase...

Gig Review: ALT BLK ERA at The Bodega

We check out one of Notts' most exciting new acts at their sold-out headline Bodega show...

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Leading the Nottingham Nu Metal Music Scene, ALT BLK ERA Talk Their Journey So Far

They’ve already performed at Splendour Festival and BBC Introducing, they’ve already picked up thousands of followers on social media - but groundbreaking trap metal artists Nyrobi and Chaya Beckett-Messam, aka ALT BLK ERA, are just getting started. We hear all about their journey so far, and what they have planned for the future…

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45 Years Later: Eraserhead

In March 1977, the world was introduced to David Lynch – and cinema was never the same…

Meet West Bridgford’s ALT BLK ERA, the Sisters Delivering Powerful Messages Through Their Music

We hear from Nyrobi Beckett-Messam, one half of the Notts duo "defying traditional expectations for young black artists"...

Out of Time: Erasmus Darwin, the 'Da Vinci of the East Midlands'

He hated slavery, promoted the education of women, created far-sighted inventions, led the Midlands Enlightenment and made enormous strides forward in physics, biology, medicine, botany and numerous other fields. So why isn’t the name of Erasmus Darwin, perhaps the greatest scientific mind Nottingham ever produced, more widely known?

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UNKNOWN ERA + LOCAL HEALERS + afterparty

These Pictures of St Ann’s Taken Before Its Demolition Show the End of an Era

These pictures really do paint a thousand words...

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Unknown Era - Live Stream