As we’ve mentioned before in this series of previews, this year is Bestival’s 10th Birthday. And they’ve managed to book a pretty...

Described by the press as ‘the most sophisticated drugs baron of all time’, Howard Marks is the writer of the best-selling autobiography...

Held in the Peak District, Y Not Festival is a relatively small, yet perfectly formed festival, with a line up catering to most tastes,...

They say that variety is the spice of life, and this year’s Bestival is set to be one of the spiciest festivals around. With 9 separate...

Previous alumni of the University of Nottingham include the head of the MI6, the guy who created Ibuprofen, the Prime Minister of...

Think you know girlbands? Think again. Neon Jungle are about to rip up the rulebook. Forget synchronised dance routines and matching...

There might not be a better excuse to get down to the Isle Of White this summer than Rosie and Rob da Banks’ 10th year throwing one of...

Whilst Lenton becomes a ghost town as the final students return home for summer, J.T Soar again proves that the music scene is still...

The Mic caught Everything Everything backstage at Parklife a couple of hours before their incredible set. While drinking cider in the sun...

There are many contested things in this turbulent day and age: Palestine, Britain and the Euro, the efficacy of the 4-4-2 system, to name...

London Grammar returned to their university town to play a set at Bodega as part of Dot-to-Dot festival.  The Mic’s Ria Sadrudin and Brad...

This thursday Welsh psychedelic indie rockers Islet come to Nottingham to headline The Chameleon Arts Cafe. The show comes just ahead of...

With a catalogue of just 3 songs, London Grammar have us excited. Their first track ‘Wasting My Young Years’ shows off Hannah Reid’s...

OK, we were trying to focus on some of the less obvious acts of this year’s Dot to Dot Festival that we’re most looking forward to, but...

Story Books are probably best known by their 2012 single ‘Peregrine’ that was BBC Introducing’s tip of the week, and features singer...

The Mic caught up with Austin, Higgy, Zach and Cav from Swim Deep on their last trip to Nottingham. We’ve been revisting their best words...

With Dot to Dot just around the corner, The Mic will be previewing the festival everyday with a look at some of the bands that we’re most...

Any keen followers of YouTube channels like Majestic and/or music blogs will probably have heard some of the Woody X The Notorious B.I.G...

While having some dinner before the Rock City show on his Songs for Imaginative People tour, Darwin Deez had a chat with The Mic editor...

Opening for the legendary post-punk experimentalists Pere Ubu tonight is the new project of a musician of semi-legendary proportions in...