Words: Tom Gensler Fine Young Cannibals are one of the UK’s most iconic bands of the 80s. The Birmingham trio famed for funky pop-rock and radio-friendly anthems are celebrating 40 years of their massive self-titled debut album, with a special two disc re-release, FYC 40 , featuring their anthems and other songs, so not just ones off that album, despite the release’s title sounding like a re-release of that debut album. We were lucky enough to hear it early and here are our

Words: Darci Jackson Photography: Izzi Glover If it’s the last festival of the year, it’s got to be a good one, right? And as our final festival this year, Live at Leeds In The City brought everything an inner city festival should. Storm Claudia set out with every intent to bring a dampener to the day, but even with a constant drizzle and overcast skies, the energy was completely sky high, a buzz radiated across the city. At the heart of the festival stood The Wardrobe, a h

Words: Tom Gensler Photography : Luke Brennan Dorothy Ella is the reigning disco-pop queen of the Derby and Nottingham music scene. Her bubbly personality and, sometimes fiery, songs, as well as a huge party-like energy she performs with, have made her a favourite amongst gig-goers. She recently released her EP, Feeling So Free , and so we went down to the EP launch and had a chat about it! Could you tell us what the EP is about? D : 3 years ago, I set off on a road trip aro