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Interview: Alex James

Britpop bassist-turned-smallholder Alex James visited the Percy Gee recently to promote his new line of cheeses entitled 'Alex James Presents'. We met up to chat about opera, cheese, and the future of Blur...


Friday November 18 2011

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Slow Club

Slow Club + Sweet Baboo @ Bodega Social Club, Nottingham, 12/09/2011. Interview + Review

LUSH catches up with Charles, one half of the Sheffield duo to talk about touring, Twitter and other things beginning with T, and reviews the first night of their tour.


Saturday September 24 2011

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Tuesday Tip #16 – Slow Club

Many music fans of the last few years may be familiar with the sound of Slow Club – they’ve toured with the likes of Florence and the Machine and KT Turnstall, and their music was even featured on a toothpaste advert – however, Slow Club’s melodic folky-pop is much more than just advert fodder.


Tuesday June 21 2011

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Tuesday Tip #13 – Live Music In Leicester

Leicester, UK. Famous for the Attenboroughs, Gary Lineker, and The Elephant Man; not so much for live music. However, Leicester’s lack of reputation for a live scene doesn’t mean there isn’t one: scratch the surface and the city holds a number of venues, from intimate basements to purpose-built concert halls, all giving great experiences.


Tuesday May 31 2011

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Wild Beasts

Wild Beasts + Summer Camp @ The Y Theatre, 09/05/2011

Reviewer: Hannah Walton  Whilst The Y Theatre is not a typical venue for up-and-coming indie pop bands and Mercury-nominated, genre defining acts, tonight it proves to be the perfect venue for the theatrics of both. From The Y’s balcony, we can see the stage is split in two: one half has an un-ironed sheet upon [...]


Wednesday May 18 2011

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Live Review – Kate Nash @ Rescue Rooms, Nottingham 22/03/11

Walking into the relatively tiny, yet rammed Rescue Rooms on a sunny Tuesday evening, I was greeted with overheard conversations about boys, A level coursework and ‘D’ya reckon I can get served?’. It’s rarely a great gig when as a 20 year old you’re in the oldest 10% of the audience. However, for this evening’s festivities, the youthful musk of hormones and Impulse somehow manage to make some excellent performances even more magical.


Friday April 29 2011

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Tuesday Tip #3 – Wichita Records

In the last 10 or so years, it’s safe to say that the musical landscape of both the UK and the world has changed completely – the rise of the digital music age, internet journalism and the decline of the traditional record shop amongst many of the game changers since 2000.


Tuesday March 22 2011

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