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Heavy Gig Preview
With the new term fast approaching, the city of Nottingham is gearing up for a tidal wave of amazing heavy music this next few months! So...
Jake Longhurst
Sep 6, 20225 min read


The Mic Recommends...
This week The Mic Recommends... series is jam-packed with reviews of artist-comebacks as well as up-and-coming talent. There’d Better Be...

The Mic Magazine
Sep 5, 20227 min read


Panic! At The Disco - 'Viva Las Vengeance' Review
Panic! At The Disco, Brendon Urie is back with album no.7; Viva Las Vengeance. It’s historically been quite hard to predict what you’re...
Izzy Morris
Sep 4, 20224 min read


Interview: M'Way - Reading Festival
On the final day of Reading Festival, our Managing Director, Jake Longhurst, caught up with Nottingham-based rapper M’Way for a chat...
Jake Longhurst
Sep 4, 20223 min read


Reading Festival: What Biscuit Are You?
On the weekend of the iconic Reading Festival, The Mic president, Jake Longhurst, was joined by his brother, Sam Longhurst, to talk to a...
Jake Longhurst
Sep 4, 20224 min read


Reading Festival Curates a Supergroup
Jake Longhurst was at Reading Festival over the weekend and had a chat with plenty of bands, asking them all two important questions, the...
Jake Longhurst
Sep 2, 20223 min read


Interview: The Amazons
The Mic's newest Social Media Officer and Welfare Secretary, Cat Jordan, chatted with Matt Thomson from The Amazons about the exciting...
Cat Jordan
Sep 2, 20228 min read


Oceans Ate Alaska - 'Disparity' Review
Oceans Ate Alaska are set to release Disparity, their first studio album in five years, on the 1st of September. After reuniting with...
Sam Christelow
Aug 31, 20224 min read


Lauran Hibberd @ Rough Trade, Live Review
The Mic's Gemma Cockrell makes a spontaneous trip to see off-kilter slacker-pop darling Lauran Hibberd at Rough Trade. I’ll set the...
Gemma Cockrell
Aug 29, 20223 min read


Boardmasters Festival Review
Sun, sea and great music, what could be better! Boardmasters 2022 was a huge success, with the large crowds enjoying the star-studded...
Benedict Watson
Aug 29, 20223 min read


The Mic Recommends...
This week The Mic Recommends offer you some fantastic selections from the alternative spectrum. M1SERY_SYNDROME – nothing,nowhere....

The Mic Magazine
Aug 29, 20223 min read


A Ten Song Introduction To Disney
Disney; everybody’s favourite sugary-sweet corporate giant. What started as a charming little animation studio a century ago is now a...
Izzy Morris
Aug 29, 20226 min read


Truck Festival Review
Oxfordshire’s Truck certainly returned with a bang, after the festival’s three-year delay due to COVID. Its prodigal return, along with...
Maia Gibbs
Aug 26, 202210 min read


The Mic Recommends...
A smaller volume of tracks this week doesn't mean they should be played any quieter. Our writers recommend a diverse selection of artists...

The Mic Magazine
Aug 21, 20224 min read


Mannequin Death Squad @ The Chameleon: Review
The Australian punk duo bring an electrifying set to Nottingham's Chameleon. Kerenza Hudson reviews.
Kerenza Hudson
Aug 18, 20222 min read


The Mic Recommends...
This week The Mic Recommends... brings you new tracks from Pale Waves, Enter Shikari, and Kasabian. Read what our writers make of...

The Mic Magazine
Aug 15, 20228 min read


WOMAD Festival @ Charlton Park Review
WOMAD festival showcases the best our planet has to offer. Dominic Allum reviews.
Dominic Allum
Aug 12, 20226 min read


Boardmasters Festival Preview
The music-acts have started playing at the UK-youth -rite-of-passage that is Boardmasters. In advance of a full-length review from The...
Benedict Watson
Aug 12, 20222 min read


The Mic Recommends...
Continuing The Mic's summer streak of recommendations, our writers this week offer tracks from the likes of The Killers, Slipknot, and...

The Mic Magazine
Aug 8, 20227 min read


Classics Revisited: Alice In Chains - 'Dirt'
Kerenza Hudson reviews Dirt by Alice In Chains for The Mic’s Classics Revisited series as the album approaches its 30th anniversary. With...
Kerenza Hudson
Aug 8, 20224 min read
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