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The University of Nottingham’s Amnesty International Society excelled themselves on Sunday 22nd March. The society is known for its awareness raising, petitioning, protesting, writing of letters to politicians, bringing international issues to light and, finally, fundraising. And how better to fundraise than with the joyous sounds of music? Tony...

The Grand Scheme of Things is the latest release from Drunk-Folk hero Beans on Toast. ‘Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’ is an accurate cliché listening to this album, but this unoriginality isn’t necessarily a bad thing. By the sixth album a lot of bands will either...

Renowned local institution, The Music Exchange, brought renowned psychedelic juggernaut, Hookworms, to Nottingham’s humble Rescue Rooms. As an act  heavily influenced by the likes of Spacemen 3 (lead singer Jason Spaceman having proclaimed slogans including ‘Drugs not Jobs’) some might file Hookworms as the kind of band who rely...

The Easter half term draws closer and we all have one thing on our minds: deadlines. The constant blagging that you’re busy doing ‘research’ to your dissertation tutor is over. The dreaded group presentations have to be endured. We know it’s tough. So, while you persistently glance at your word count...

“Gather your wind, take a deep look inside. Are you really who they idolise, to pimp a butterfly?” Perhaps the most compelling line from the first song of the album, it sets the tone for what the album represents to K.Dot. Just as good kid, M.A.A.D City had an...

Nottingham’s No Tomorrow festival 6th-7th June has just added another wave of acts to it’s line-up including Milky Chance, Gorgon City and Nick Mulvey. Check out our pick of some of the other acts worth catching. SOAK Teenage tom-boy going by the name of SOAK is likely to take you...

If asked to list my top five vocalists, I’d have to say Sammy Davis Jr., Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, and Myles Kennedy. I’d consider all of them true artists: all were or are unique and bring something special to the songs they sing. But with the exceptions...