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Night Creatures Podcast #7: Parisa East from Acoustickle on finding a young Jake Bugg, musical collaborations and juggling life as a promoter
Mon 13 Apr 2026Night Creatures is a LeftLion podcast, shining a light on the promoters of Nottingham. Your host and interviewer is Beane, co-founder of Nottingham’s beloved Soul Buggin’ night and he brings with him two decades of experience of putting on great parties in the city.
Gig review: Midnight Rodeo at The Bodega
Tue 23 Sept 2025We recently described Midnight Rodeo as the kind of gang "you’d trust to soundtrack your life, crash your cousin’s wedding, and still make your nan a lovely cuppa the morning after." That said, the prospect of their hotly-anticipated homecoming gig at The Bodega was too much to resist. We headed down to 23 Pelham Street for another quick chat - and an outstanding performance...
LeftLion's Latest Listens #31: Notts music we're currently spinning
Fri 19 Sept 2025In this edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, our music team reviews new releases from Sancho Panza, Parisa East, Fools & Sages and Blackadder...
Chaos reigns, cowbells ring: We chat to Midnight Rodeo
Wed 10 Sept 2025Saddle up for the Midnight Rodeo. Behind the surf and soul of Nottingham’s most anticipated outfit, LeftLion's Talia Robinson sat down with Maddy Chamberlain and Jim McBride to discover just how they turned chaos into craft...
Stage Review: Matthew Bourne's The Midnight Bell at the Theatre Royal
Thu 04 Sept 2025An intoxicating cinematic escape to 1930s Soho...
LeftLion's Latest Listens #26: Notts music we're currently spinning
Fri 18 Jul 2025In this week's edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens for 2025, we take a deep dive into the new album from Midnight Rodeo...
LeftLion's Latest Listens #25: Notts music we're currently spinning
Fri 04 Jul 2025In this edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, our music team reviews new releases from Parisa East, Torn Sail, Those Once Loyal and Mollie Ralph...
The making of Sister Midnight: a multinational fable premiering at Broadway Cinema
Wed 05 Mar 2025Nottingham producers Alastair Clark of Wellington Films and Anna Griffin of Griffin Pictures have a wealth of projects to their names: A House in Jerusalem, Calibre, and The Levelling to name but a few. Ordinarily, their home is Nottingham’s very own Broadway Cinema, but their latest project Sister Midnight took them a little further afield. We met them to hear all about it…
Gig Review: Midnight Rodeo and Catmilk at The Old Cold Store
Mon 11 Mar 2024To celebrate International Women’s Day, Midnight Rodeo and Catmilk took to the stage at The Old Cold Store…
We Speak to Music Artist and Entrepreneur Parisa East as Her Live Music Platform Acoustickle Turns Fifteen Years Old
Mon 12 Feb 2024Parisa East is a music artist and entrepreneur with many years of experience promoting live music events, supporting local talent, and providing quality cultural experiences in Nottingham. In 2009 she launched Acoustickle: a live music platform to spotlight emerging artists, and encourage musicians to share their original compositions with respectful audiences. With decorated venues, and intimate, inspiring performance spaces, the immersive atmosphere captivates all that are present. In 2022, she received an AIM award, as the East Midlands local hero, nominated by Dean Jackson, presenter of BBC Introducing. This is Parisa East, interviewed by Acoustickle’s very own CeCe about her visions for the future and the importance of creating a stage for unknown artists…
Meet The FSN 2023 Finalists: Parisa East
Sun 18 Jun 2023Ahead of the Future Sound of Nottingham showcase on 2 July, we're going to be catching up with each finalist to find out more about them. Meet Parisa East...
We Chat to Surf Pop Sextet Midnight Rodeo Before Their Dot To Dot Debut
Fri 19 May 2023Midnight Rodeo, Nottingham’s genre-bending, boundary-pushing “woozy surf pop sextet” (as they put it), are debuting Dot To Dot Festival as a band this year. We catch up with them ahead of their sure-to-be-a-sell-out show…
In Photos: Steve Mason, Caleb Harris and Midnight Rodeo
Mon 08 May 2023With support from Midnight Rodeo and Caleb Harris, Steve Mason brings his solo project to Rescue Rooms...
Film Review: The Midnight Sky
Mon 28 Dec 2020George Clooney jumps behind the camera and sets off into space in new Netflix Original The Midnight Sky...
A Catch Up with Paris Lees
Thu 26 Apr 2018Paris Lees has come a long way. She’s been dubbed “the voice of a generation” by ID Magazine, and this year became the first openly trans woman to feature in Vogue, for their Meet the New Suffragettes piece celebrating 100 years of women’s right to vote. She’s a journalist, presenter, and transgender rights activist, now adding to the mix with a new book due to be released this year. Not bad for a girl from Hucknall...