Nottingham Creative Community News

Live Music Review: Melt Yourself Down at Metronome

There ain't no better venue than Metronome for a Friday night encounter with purveyors of avant-garde funk jazz, Melt Yourself...

5 Nottingham Albums to Listen to This Month

14 October 19

Stick these lot in yer ears...

Review: Experimental Electronica At a Bicycle Workshop With Sweets On Tap

13 October 19

Nick Strang went along to one of the city’s more intriguing events, to watch local leftfield acts perform live at Nottingham Bikeworks.

Nottdance Festival 2019: Launch Night Review

11 October 19

The biennial festival, now in its 25th edition, returns to Nottingham to captivate us all. The official Nottdance 2019 reviewer, Maud Lannen, has her say on the opening night...

Live Music Review: Reflekter at The Bodega

11 October 19

Local indie grunge quartet Reflekter brought foot-tapping solos aplenty to the intimate stage of The Bodega as they showed off their new single earlier this month…

Live Music Review: King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard at Rock City

01 October 19

Aussie psych lords King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard spread fun and sweat by the bucket-load as they kicked off their European tour at Rock City last night…

Live Music Review: Vega Bay at The Bodega

27 September 19

Local legends Vega Bay made a triumphant return to The Bodega earlier this month...

Live Music Review: FUR at The Bodega

20 September 19

Brighton-based FUR brought their retro brand of indie rock for lonely hearts to The Bodega’s intimate stage for their debut Nottingham gig last week....

5 Nottingham Albums to Listen to This Month

09 September 19

The latest sounds from the Nottingham vault...

Food Review: Juni

04 September 19

When the weather is scorchio, it’s time to scope out some tapas, sit outside and sip something in a big bulbous glass over loads of ice. Juni on Low Pavement can assist nicely on all these fronts...

Live Music Review: Steve Gunn at The Bodega

28 August 19

We couldn't believe our luck when we heard that revered singer-songwriter and actual guitar hero Steve Gunn was gonna be in town this summer. Here's what went down at his show at The Bodega last night...

Food Review: The Embankment

24 August 19

Without a doubt, The Embankment has the most inclusive menu of all the pubs I know in Nottingham...

5 Nottingham Albums to Listen to This August

13 August 19

The latest sounds from the Nottingham vault...

Theatre Review: Wait Until Dark

31 July 19

A blind housewife is in dire straits when murderous conmen target her home

A Chat With Pat, Who Made An Album About the Moon

24 July 19

Producer, composer and Beeston resident Pat Keista has just released his album E11EVEN which was inspired by the Apollo moon landing of 1969. Rory Evans caught up with him, and had a listen to his tunes...

Theatre Review: Stones in His Pockets

23 July 19

Dazzling, but Stones in His Pockets gave Adrian that sinking feeling…

Live Music Review: Splendour Festival

23 July 19

Bleddy hell, what about those showers at Splendour this year? We got soaked to the bone, duck. Thankfully it cleared over just in time for some skanking to The Specials. In all seriousness though, what a spectacular day for music. Here’s the sets which got our Music Editors proper hyped….

Live Music Review: Benjamin Zięć and the Rarebreeds EP Launch

21 July 19

There's a new band in town that's just released on local label, Phlexx Records. Elizabeth O'Riordan popped down to Peggy's to see what all the fuss was about...

Live Music Review: Waterfront Festival 2019

19 July 19

On a hot and muggy day in July, with the backdrop of Nottingham Canal providing an ideal juxtaposition of industrial and picturesque - a reminder of the dystopian theme of this year’s Waterfront Festival - the Canalhouse hosted an eclectic marathon of local talent…

Live Music Review: Damn Craters Album Launch

19 July 19

Local doom quintet Damn Craters launched their album An Ocean of Satellites in seriously sweaty style down The Chameleon last week...

Live Music Review: The St. Pierre Snake Invasion, EGO and a-tota-so at JT Soar

18 July 19

Not even this heatwave can keep us away from JT Soar. We sent Rob down for another raucous trio of bands, brought to Notts by expert promoter Buttonpusher...