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Heavy Rock Thrills: Don Broco’s Nottingham Concert Recap
Genre-bending rock A-listers return to Nottingham four years later – with a highly anticipated record in tow. Amongst support from Magnolia Park, YONAKA and State Champs, the headline show of Don Broco saw a cathartic reminiscing of where they’ve been – and where they’re heading next. It’s a moment frontman Rob Damiani apparently knows all…
Baxter Dury’s Dance-Pop Era: A Night at Rock City
Baxter Dury returns to the East Midlands just as sharp, as he enters his dance-pop era. The last time we saw Baxter Dury in Nottingham was hitting supporting duties for Primal Scream back in April. Now, with his ninth studio album in tow, Dury gets to do it all again. But this time as the…
CRAWLERS LIVE: The Rising Power of Alt-Rock in the UK
Alt-rock quartet rip open Nottingham’s Rescue Rooms with a cathartic performance chanting love, emotion and spirit. Emerging from the raw underbelly of the UK alt scene, Cheshire’s four-piece CRAWLERS have been cultivating their own path – and a large fanbase – since their introductory EP in late 2021. Now, channelling into the emotional wreckage of…
The Hives Forever: Crowning the Kings of Rock
// Take a stroll through Hive Manor corridors and bask in Swedish royalty – The Hives are back again. Sixteen years since their last, the public records of The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons brought about a whole new era for a band who were very much dead and buried. Now, we see our favourite Swedes…
Berlioz’s Epic All-Dayer
Jazztronica maestro Berlioz celebrates his debut in magnificence with an all-dayer under the canopy of Finsbury Park. After selling out his shoreditch street party last Summer, the jazz-house auteur of berlioz (aka Jasper Atlee) felt like it was high time to go one step further: curating his own all-dayer festival in a London park with…
Foxing: a live performance to remember
LIVE AT RESCUE ROOMS, NOTTINGHAM 07.06 Hot off the tails of their fifth self-titled which was released late last year, the quartet skirting from Missouri bring their cult-cuts to the East Midlands. From the chamber emo of debut The Albatross to the art-pop of 2021’s Draw Down the Moon, Foxing have always strayed from their…
The Queen Dethroned: Why is Beyoncé struggling to sell tickets for her tour?
Trailing after female pop powerhouses Charli XCX, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan is no easy feat – especially when they single-handedly took last years’ Summer as their own. Throwing in extortionate ticket prices (the cheapest seats available for her first London show were £71 for obstructed view seats while the most expensive are £278 for seated…
A Festival Review: LIVE AT LEEDS 2025 | mvm
| Accreditation: Niamh Louise Cleland | LEEDS LEEDS LEEDS: Live at Leeds returns for another indie showdown at temple newsam. For some, May weekend just gone is another ordinary weekend. But for many, the weekend beginning the 23rd commemorates the start of festival season for UKs’ avid gig-goers and live music enthusiasts alike. For Northerners,…
Black Country, New Road: Rough Trade, Notts | Live Review
British Math rock sextet specialists return to the fold with third album and hit Nottingham with a special Live and signing at Rough Trade. After it was announced that lead vocalist Isaac Wood was set to leave the band shortly before the release of their second Ants From Up There in 2022 due to mental…
Man/Woman/Chainsaw: Bodega, Notts | Live Review
New Kids on the Block: Most exciting act in the capital storm the Midlands. Let’s face it – Man/Woman/Chainsaw should be on your ones to watch. Hailing from London, the insanely talented five-piece ensemble have been a true come-of-age story. Upheld within a vibrant and supportive DIY community. their debut EP “Eazy Peazy” has been…
Hamish Hawk: Rescue Rooms, Notts | Live Review
Quirky character Hamish continues his a FIRMER hand tour with a visit to Nottingham. Rich of voice and imagination, Hamish Hawk has been dazzling avid music guzzlers since his tenure in 2018 with From Zero to One. Seen as a reincarnated spirit of Leonard Cohen with Jarvis Cocker’s lyrical field to match, Hamish Hawk is…
High Vis: Rescue Rooms, Notts | Live Review
Following on from their third record – which was well-received from fans and critics alike – High Vis throw marker down at next tour stop in Nottingham’s Rescue Rooms. Arguably one of the most enigmatic hardcore punk/rock groups on the live circuit at the moment, the second date on their Guided Tour tour saw the…
Miles Kane: Rescue Rooms, Notts | Live Review
Bonafide Indie rocker returns to Nottingham with his one man band voyage. Last year, familiar leather jacket donny Miles Kane returned to his finer form with One Man Band – a record rife with big hooks and even bigger anthems. With a deeply personal record in tow, Kane jumps on tour through a string of…
LIVE AT LEEDS 2024 | A Celebration of new music.
A new music showcase for new music fans: Yorkshire city stake their claim all for the love of music. Photo: James Kirkland (Instagram/TheJamesKPhoto) Dot to Dot. Great Escape. Outer Town. For many a time in the year, cities embrace the cultural importance of live music, beckon them from their festival fields several miles out and…
Haçienda Classical live Nottingham 2024 | A Golden Era of Dance Music…
Haçienda – the iconic music brand that has captivated audiences for over three decades, makes history once again in a cornerstone of Nottingham heritage. The Haçienda, best associated with acid house and rave music, has been a hardened timestamp in our history of cultivating music. FAC 51 The Haçienda remains the club that started it…
Y NOT FESTIVAL ’24 | Mammoth sets with scenic views…
In its eighteenth year as a festival, Y Not returned to the peak district in emphatic fashion. OVERVIEW Anthem kings Snow Patrol, indie legend Jamie T and Manchester icon Noel Gallagher were our festival headliners, with Kaiser Chiefs treating those early birds on the Thursday. With the weather perfect and the views picturesque to say…
y’all like indie? Festival Review Live at Leeds 2024 | mvm
This years’ festival season kicked off with an all-dayer of indie goodness up north. So here we were again. We had such a good time last year that we decided to don our walking boots and trek through the field once more. All for the sake of entertainment. From its outing last year, the coordinators…
Live Review: The Hives – Rock City, Notts 29/03
Come on! The greatest band in the world hit up the city of rock in out-and-out fashion. Still reeling from this one, in all honesty. As we kicked off the night with the pre-party, – which was a wholesome moment for bassist dad of two with sons taking up mantle of the guitar/drums – anticipation…
Live Review: Real Farmer – JT Soar, Notts 19/03
PHOTO: SIMON GODLEY Visceral Dutch post-punks deliver their winding melodies to the East Midlands. It is often difficult to wade through the plethora of new music on offer nowadays, with everything seemingly a sensory overload to the ears – it’s hard to find that gem embedded deep within the bedrock of saturation. Thankfully, it seems…
Live Review: Enter Shikari – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, 10/02/2024
4.7 A Kiss for the whole world… The bands’ boldest arena tour to date continues onto the East Midlands. <FEATURED PHOTO BY ABBI DRAPER-SCOTT> Having dropped their seventh album – resulting in the bands’ first Number One – earlier this year, the genre-defining St Albans collective are now taking it into some of the biggest…
Live Review: GROHL LIGHTS UP LONDON | mvm
Still the UNDISPUTED heroes of stadium rock, Foo Fighters return to an emotional London double-date – with a new drummer at the helm. Violet Grohl and Shane Hawkins joined the stage as special guests, as they played the longest set to date on their Everything or Nothing At All tour spanning just over three hours.…
Live Review: Bloodworm -Jamcafé, 31/01/2024
Local post-punk trio round out january blues with a sold-out Jamcafé show. There’s always a feeling of a sense of low mood and energy as we sweep through January. Cold nights without the magic of Christmas to tuck us into night – but a particular January night at Jamcafé was nothing of the sort. There…
Live Review: Opus Kink – Bodega, Notts 07/12/2023
Grisly genre-fusion of Opus Kink returned to the ye old faithfuls of Nottingham for a packed headline show at 200-cap Bodega. OHh, St. Paul of the Tarantulaaaas: Opus Kink are right now, seemingly in a world of their own set out to conquer. Fusing the grisly tales of both filthy punk and horn-induced jazz, comes…
Live Review: Bob Vylan – Rock City, Nottingham 20/11/2023
A pensive punk outcry from a duo at the very top of their game. It was a raucous night of punk rock in the city of Nottingham. With a Winter chill in the outside air and feelings not yet decompressed from the mundane, you could feel the tension starting to mount the closer we fell…
Live Review: Do Nothing – Rock City, Nottingham 30/09/2023
Nottingham-based post-punk quartet head up one of their biggest shows – a virtuous date with 2,000-cap rock city. It was late 2021 since Do Nothing were last in Nottingham, heading up the Rescue Rooms; the smaller sister venue of 450-cap. As ever, things kicked off with Gangs as Chris swooned, We’re all back together at…
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