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Live Review: CHVRCHES, Rescue Rooms (30/04/13)

If someone described CHVRCHES to you, you would be forgiven for thinking they were nothing more than a 80s pastiche – melancholy electro-pop with more than a hint of the anthemic about it, created by two bearded producers in their thirties and fronted by a diminutive Scottish siren.…

Tuesday 18th June 2013

Live Review: Spotlight Kid, Bodega (01/06/13)

Shoegaze – as with grunge and post-punk – might be a sound of yesteryear, but if Nottingham’s recent offerings are anything to go by then we might have somewhat of a revival on our hands. The return of ringleaders My Bloody Valentine with their surprise third album mbv,…

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Monday 17th June 2013

Field Day 2013 Review

Hackney’s Victoria Park played host once more to Field Day: a one-day festival featuring an eclectic mix of up and coming indie bands and established DJs. Impact spent the day in East London to check out some music, laugh at ridiculously-dressed hipsters and drink overpriced beer.   Gabriel…

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Tuesday 28th May 2013

Dot to Dot Festival 2013 – Evening

Congratulations! You’ve made it to the second half of our Dot to Dot coverage. Here is what we thought about the evening’s proceedings at Nottingham’s annual indoor festival. 19:15-20:00: Tom Odell – Rock City Main Hall Tom Odell was billed as Dot to Dot’s headline act, however in Nottingham he…

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Tuesday 28th May 2013

Dot to Dot Festival 2013 – Afternoon

Nottingham’s annual urban festival Dot to Dot took over the city centre on Sunday. Impact sent a team of your favourite writers to cover over thirty of the day’s most exciting acts. Here’s the first part… 14:00-14:30: Skaters – Rescue Rooms (Red Room) Skaters’ garage rock is very…

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Monday 20th May 2013

Live Review: Public Service Broadcasting, Bodega (17/5/13)

Considering Public Service Broadcasting‘s primary concept is recorded sounds and images, you can’t help but laugh at the irony of them being one of the best live bands to see at the moment. Public Service Broadcasting’s live performance is very much ‘a show’; somewhere between performance, art and…

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Monday 13th May 2013

Live At Leeds 2013 Review

  Following our lengthy preview we have finally managed to rediscover our eardrums and get our heads round a ridiculous day out in Leeds. Impact Music team journeyed into a windy and bright Yorkshire day where hundreds of acts and thousands of revellers crammed into every venue in…

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Wednesday 8th May 2013

Savages – Bodega (07/05/2013)

Music journalism hasn’t been very kind to Savages. As a band who make their influences known to their audience in earnest, being a band of four women (“Holy Shit! W-w-w-women!”, I hear you exclaim) and a general penchant for a dark or “icy” atmosphere to their music has…

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Wednesday 10th April 2013

Live Review: Music Week Breakout, Camden Barfly (27/3/13)

Camden Barfly hosted Music Week’s Breakout gig for March with a full lineup including Sid Batham, Linn Oberg, K, Richard Judge and MMX. I saw all of the upstairs acts, which were Sid Batham, K and MMX. Having only bought the ticket originally to see MMX, it was a…

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Monday 8th April 2013

Live Review: Walk Off the Earth, Rock City (3/4/13)

The internet is a cruel place where fame can be found and lost in mere moments. Walk Off the Earth’s cover of ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’ saw them shoot to viral fame, but could have left them high and dry just as quickly. Their momentum, however,…

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