• “Hometown Pride”- Live Review: Jake Bugg @ Motorpoint Arena

    It's been 10 years since Nottingham legend Jake Bugg first hit the music scene, with his self-titled debut album. The album, which sang of the trials and tribulation of growing up in 'speed bump city' (Clifton), was a success, and an immediate favourite with locals. Holly Lizzie Wilson attended...
  • “All His Success Signifies What He Has Accomplished Before Coming Home” – LIVE Review: Jake Bugg @ Rock City

    Music phenomenon Jake Bugg has come home to Nottingham to take Rock City by storm with his new album, "Saturday Night, Sunday Morning". Ten years after the release of his debut album, Jake Bugg’s latest performance displayed how he has managed to make such an imprint onto the British...
  • Local Listens: The Nottingham Artists You Should Be Listening To

    Any culturally savvy University of Nottingham fresher should consider themselves lucky to be part of a community now regarded as the East Midlands’ beacon of musicality. Joe Hughes offers a handy guide to the eclectic mix of musicians who coalesce to create the sound of Nottingham....
  • Review: T in the Park Festival 2016

    This year Impact headed to the highlands of Scotland for annual music event, T in the Park. Here are our thoughts on 5 of the most impressive bands from across the weekend… Blossoms Considering an early stage time and impending storms, Blossoms did well to attract such a large...
  • Album Review: Jake Bugg – On My One

    Nottingham’s own musical prodigy, Jake Bugg, has released his third studio album, On My One, at the tender age of 22. The album’s title derives from the Nottingham saying for ‘on my own’, which works well with the fact that Clifton-native Bugg was much more involved in producing this...
  • Track Review: Jake Bugg – ‘Gimme The Love’

    Having already released two records, the first being one of the most successful platinum selling debut albums ever, it comes as a shock that Jake Bugg is still only 22 years old. His latest single ‘Gimme The Love’ gives us a first glimpse at what album number three has...
  • Live Review: Nick Mulvey, Rescue Rooms (31/10/2014)

    Nick Mulvey stakes his claim as a rival to the acoustic juggernauts of Ben Howard and Ed Sheeran in this ethereal evening of soothing songs and sweet melodies. While there wasn’t an abundance of difference between his live set and the album, this didn’t detract much from Nick’s overall...