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Rolo Tomassi at the Bodega
It’s been ten years since Rolo Tomassi came onto the East Midlands music scene, refusing to be defined and playing their own style of...
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Feb 15, 20162 min read


Bowling For Soup end up playing a main stage slot at Rock City
A sold out show in a venue they weren’t even supposed to play, a bar on stage for drinks in between songs and a brief education on safe...
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Feb 15, 20163 min read


The Front Bottoms on top form at Rescue Rooms
On Wednesday night New Jersey band The Front Bottoms returned to Nottingham to play a sold out gig at Rescue Rooms to a very excited and...
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Feb 14, 20163 min read


Daughter give a truly captivating performance
Daughter, the indie-folk band best well known for their hit song ‘Youth’ with members from North London, Switzerland and Italy played at...
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Feb 2, 20162 min read


Bloc Party – ‘Hymns’: New band, new sound
Their fifth studio album signals a fresh lineup for Bloc Party – drummer Louise Bartle replaces the virtuoso Matt Tong, whilst the band...
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Jan 24, 20162 min read


Idlewild deliver a set spanning two decades of fan favourites!
Back with a new album, the Scottish five-piece stopped off in Nottingham for the last date of their UK tour. There was a venue change,...
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Dec 28, 20152 min read


Don Broco @ Rock City Gig, 09/12/15
With two Nottingham alumni as members of the band, playing Rock City was a sort of homecoming for Don Broco. With the band also playing a...
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Dec 21, 20152 min read


Eton Messy @ Stealth, 04/12/15
There was a time when to procure a ticket to an Eton Messy event within three days of its happening, one would have to sell a pound of...
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Dec 21, 20153 min read


The Charlatans @ Rock City, 08/12/15
The nature of the music industry means that trends and tastes come and go, so there is always a chance that a band won’t retain their...
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Dec 11, 20152 min read


Saint Raymond @ ‘Our City’, Rock City, 04/12/15
When Saint Raymond first announced the venues for his tour, everyone asked why he wasn’t playing at Nottingham – but Callum kept quiet...
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Dec 7, 20152 min read


Oh Wonder at The Bodega!
Looking around at the audience, a range of all ages and personalities stood eagerly waiting for Oh Wonder to step onto the intimate stage...
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Dec 1, 20153 min read


Petite, on point and nothing less than exceptional: Lucy Rose gig review
Petite, on point and nothing less than exceptional: Lucy Rose takes her new sound of second album ‘Work It Out’ to Nottingham’s Rescue...
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Nov 21, 20152 min read


We Are The Ocean leave Notts wanting more
The night started with a half an hour set from ‘Allusondrugs’. The five-piece band from Yorkshire provided a strong start to the evening,...

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Nov 21, 20152 min read


Review of Einaudi’s ‘Elements’
With thirty-five years’ worth of musical masterpieces under his belt, you’d expect Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi to run out of...
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Nov 19, 20153 min read


Enter Shikari Rough Trade signing, 07/11/15
To celebrate the release of their new remix album The Mindsweep: Hospitalized, St Albans boys Enter Shikari have embarked on a series of...
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Nov 18, 20152 min read


Radkey @ The Bodega, 30/10/15
Back touring the UK were three piece American garage punk band Radkey. Â They played at Bodega on Friday night with support from...
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Nov 10, 20152 min read


Shelter Point @ The Bodega, 29/10/15
It was no unusual day for The Bodega; through the years, they’ve led many a famous face up the staircase and into the boutique venue....
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Nov 3, 20153 min read


Emilie and Ogden @ Rescue Rooms, 01/11/15
Let’s admit, it would be an incredibly difficult task to support a band as fantastic as Half Moon Run, yet Emilie and Ogden absolutely...
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Nov 3, 20152 min read


Tallest Man on Earth @ The Roundhouse, London, 19/10/15
On an otherwise misty and mundane Monday evening in October, a crowd had already formed outside the entrance of the Roundhouse at 7...
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Nov 2, 20152 min read


Izzy Bizu & Foxes @ Rescue Rooms, 26/10/15
I had never been to the Rescue Rooms, seen Izzy Bizu or Foxes live prior to this gig so I was excited and a little intrigued to find such...
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Oct 29, 20152 min read
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