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Tuesday 24th May 2011

Nottingham Gig Guide: May and June

A brief overview of what to look out for this month. Who? Where? When? The Monkees Royal Concert Hall 25/05/11 Nero Stealth 27/05/11 The Wiggles Royal Concert Hall 29/05/11 Dot-to-Dot Venues across Nottingham 29/05/11 Kings of Leon Capital FM Arena 30/05/11 3OH!3 Rock City 02/06/11 Jamie XX Stealth…

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Tuesday 24th May 2011

Album Review: The King Blues – ‘Punk & Poetry’

The King Blues are angry, and it shows. Their latest effort, ‘Punk & Poetry’, is a good showcase of what band are all about – their influences, their political disillusionment and those plain and simple catchy tunes. While elitist ska fanatics will denounce Johnny ‘Itch’ Fox for selling…

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Tuesday 24th May 2011

Album Review: Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2

It’s been a long and drawn out return for the Beastie Boys; with tracks that date back to 2008, ‘Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2’ has finally arrived amid stories concerning MCA’s throat cancer scare. Fans, I feel, are polarised; they’re concerned for the well-being of MCA and the…

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Monday 23rd May 2011

Frank Turner at Rescue Rooms – 13/05/11

Friday the 13th could have been a really unlucky day. Alas, it was not, for this was the joyous night Frank Turner took the stage to captivate a herd of following fans in the intimate space that is Rescue Rooms. A rebel certainly with a cause, Turner uses…

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Monday 23rd May 2011

Live Review: Perfume Genius at The Bodega Social Club – 15/05/11

The dusty and scuffed darkness of Bodega had been completely transformed by the warm candlelit atmosphere for the musician known as Perfume Genius. It seemed as if each individual had stumbled upon a secret member’s club beneath the sea; lost souls sat at the tables spread across the…

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Sunday 24th April 2011

Coachella Festival Review

Impact’s Barclay Bram-Shoemaker tell us what he thought of this year’s Coachella Festival. Indio in California was born out of the need for a halfway point for the Southern Pacific Railroad between Yuma and Los Angeles. Other than that, and the strange fact that on average it only…

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Saturday 23rd April 2011

Yeezy Taught Me

Impact’s Barclay Bram-Shoemaker tells us why he loves all things Yeezy. I love Kanye West. Hands down, in my opinion there isn’t an artist as creative, brash or show stopping out there today. He really is a once in a generation perf….. …“Now Barclay, I know you started,…

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Monday 18th April 2011

Album Preview: Eureka Machines – ‘Champion The Underdog’

This month, wading through the quagmire of tripe that currently floods the ‘alternative’ music scene, comes the second and long awaited album from Leeds power-poppers, Eureka Machines. Their second full length release, entitled ‘Champion the Underdog’ aims to do just that – pushing the quartet along the yellow…

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Monday 18th April 2011

Album Review: Glasvegas – ‘EUPHORIC ///HEARTBREAK \\\’

Glasvegas injected some rare social realism into indie music when their first album debuted in 2008. Since then, the Glaswegian four-piece have had some issues with which to deal. In 2009, front man James Allan briefly disappeared and later overdosed, and then in 2010 the band’s drummer, Caroline…

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Thursday 7th April 2011

Live Review: Noah and the Whale at Thekla – 04/04/11

With a bold, instrumental, full-length version of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ announcing their arrival through the speakers, complete with choreographed light show, and all on a boat to boot, it was clear that Noah and the Whale were back touring with a bang. The success from their most recent album,…

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