Spector
Hosting Spector was a real coup for Spanky van Dyke’s, a Nottingham pub trying to establish itself on the city’s vibrant gigging circuit. Spec-tacular stuff. Venue: Spanky van Dyke’s Date: October 4, […]
Category Archives: S
Bands/artists whose name begins with the letter S.
Sky Larkin
A band I’ve liked for a while but one I’d never seen. So i wasn’t missing out. Although, a lot of Nottingham did miss out… Venue: Bodega, Nottingham Date: September […]
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. […]
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 […]
The Sheepdogs
I first heard this band by complete accident when skimming through a secure app on my phone which music labels use to let reviewers hear albums. I was looking for […]
Stiff Little Fingers
This review exists due to a last-minute decision to go and see a band who – cliche alert – have more tunes than you remember. They may be embarking on […]
Shonen Knife
I’d never heard of this band until a few months back whilst looking at Glee listings. In the write-up it said “Kurt Cobain was a fan”. That was good enough […]
Shed Seven
The Sheds were back again, after their previous two dates at Rock City were supposedly part of a ‘Farewell Tour’. Nevertheless, one of Britpop’s finest still sounded fresh as a […]
Stereophonics
Derided by many, criticised by most for ‘selling out’, my soft spot for the ‘phonics shows no signs of hardening just yet. Date: March 5, 2010 Venue: Motorpoint Arena Nottingham […]
The Soft Pack
The Muslims was a terrible name for a band, a good band who otherwise may have been denied a fair crack of the whip just for their ill-themed moniker… Date: […]
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