Swim Deep
Having been impressed by this band’s brief set at Nottingham’s urban music festival Dot to Dot back in May, I was eager to see their headline tour. I wasn’t disappointed. […]
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The 1975
A number one album, a tour that has almost entirely sold out…could this band be the future of 80s-sounding nu-gaze electronica, should such a thing exist? Venue: Rock City Date: […]
Pop! All-Dayer
An all-day indie-pop party at Nottingham’s The Maze, comprising of 10 bands in 10 hours, many of which are darlings of Derbyshire’s premier indie-pop festival, Indietracks. Venue: The Maze Date: […]
Skaters
These Brooklyn punks could be big. Very big… Venue: The Bodega, Nottingham Date: August 31, 2013 Presumably it’s due to the fact that Skaters have, to date, just one EP […]
Emilie Autumn
I offered to go along to see Emilie after the original reviewer at the Nottingham Post pulled out. I’d done some research on her prior to the gig, but nothing […]
British Sea Power
This was the third time this year alone I went to see this band. Never a disappointment… Venue: The Venue, Derby Date: July 12, 2013 Billed as a warm-up show […]
Clutch
Coming into this gig I knew little of this four-piece from Maryland. Upon leaving, I now know what I’ve been missing since 1990. Venue: Rock City Date: July 9, 2013 […]
Dinosaur Pile-Up
Despite some stage timing issues and low vocals, DP-U displayed a wonderfully thrashy, grungy ode to simple rock ‘n’ roll. Date: July 2, 2013 Venue: Bodega Nirvana. A band that […]
Deerhoof
In fairness, I didn’t know too much about this band when I chose to review them. In fairness, due to a confusing, baffling set, I still don’t. But that’s no […]
Lacey
A Nottingham band with their views set on global megadom. I’d imagine. Date: June 22, 2013 Venue: Bodega Jake Bugg proved that you can make it out of Nottingham and […]
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