• ”16 Effortlessly Blended Tracks” – Album Review: Madlib – Sound Ancestors

    Tolu Sangowawa reviews 'Sound Ancestors', the new album from Madlib....
  • Introduction To: Vaporwave

    Last year, as a deep lover of music, I felt as though I had reached a standstill. I had already had my formative discovery experiences of some of my favourite genres (for example rock, metal and hip-hop) and I wasn’t sure where to go from there. Thanks to a...
  • Steve Aoki @ Rock City

    Walking into Rock City around 8pm, I didn’t expect to see Steve Aoki in real life until an hour later when he was due on stage. However, as I walked through the door, I looked to my left, and there he was just 3 feet away from me, signing...
  • Danny Howard @ Stealth

    Dance/Electronic DJ Danny Howard came down to Stealth on Saturday as part of his ‘Nothing Else Matters’ tour – Nothing Else Matters is a new project owned by Danny, which seeks to showcase up and coming musicians in the dance music genre, including his support acts. Howard is a...
  • Preview – Rudimental

    One of the biggest household names in mainstream drum and bass/electronic music, four-piece band Rudimental take to Rock City’s infamous stage on Wednesday 17th October. Since they came onto the scene in 2012, Rudimental have consistently dominated the charts with hits such as ‘Waiting All Night’, ‘Bloodstream’ and ‘Sun...
  • Glass Mountain @ Rough Trade

    The Bradford-based quartet Glass Mountain took up residence in the small, barn-like room at Rough Trade on the fifth night of their ‘Wow and Flutter’ UK tour. Following an impressive set from Starwheel, the band showed off their talent to a room which was fairly empty of both people...
  • Plates Record Store Opens in Nottingham

    A city, which some claim has a ‘record shop-shaped hole‘, has recently gained another string to its bow with the opening of Plates. Impact went to their opening party to survey. The gathering got started early in the day: a very chilled affair with people making conversation and playing...