Staff Picks

By Jimi Arundell

Posted on Thursday 10th November 2022 at 12:00

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Self Esteem

It's been a goal of mine to catch a Self Esteem headline show for almost a year now. The pop powerhouse has been continuing her rise to stardom following the release of her acclaimed, Mercury Prize nominated album Prioritise Pleasure in October last year. In support, her UK tour continues to grow bigger and bigger as dates continue to sell out. I was lucky enough to catch Self Esteem at Victorious Festival back in August, and it left me hungry for more.

This spring I'll be seeing Self Esteem at Nottingham's iconic Rock City, and while this show - amongst many others - is sold out, there are still a few tickets remaining for her homecoming show in Sheffield on Tuesday 21st of March 2023.Sarah Moore – Head of Marketing

 

πŸ“† February

24/02    Self Esteem – Rock City, Nottingham

 

πŸ“† March

01/03    Self Esteem – Albert Hall, Manchester

12/03    Self Esteem – The Marble Factory, Bristol

14/03    Self Esteem – O2 Academy Oxford, Oxford

16/03    Self Esteem – O2 Academy Sheffield, Sheffield

18/03    Self Esteem – Albert Hall, Manchester

21/03    Self Esteem – O2 Academy Sheffield, Sheffield

22/03    Self Esteem – Albert Hall, Manchester

Self Esteem tickets are currently available with Gigantic.

 

 

Alex G

I really like Alex G and sadly missed him when he was at Bodega last time around but I’m particularly looking forward to this show after the release “God Save the Animals” this year. It has such a hopeful feel to it & I really connected with it from the first listen - I have been absolutely rinsing it.  I cannot wait to belt Runner & Miracles in Rescue Rooms this March!Jimi Mack – Event Manager

 

The endlessly inspiring, genre hopping deity of indie rock returns to the UK to bestow his newest offering “God Save The Animals” upon the good people of Nottingham.Jack Muncaster – Customer Services.

 

πŸ“† March

18/03    Alex G – O2 Manchester Ritz, Manchester

20/03    Alex G – Stylus, Leeds

21/03    Alex G – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham

Alex G tickets are currently available with Gigantic.

 

 

Confidence Man

Indie diskos can too often be drab affairs, with po-faced shoegazers moping around to angsty tunes with intermittent bursts of OTT macho aggro courtesy of Manchester obsessed blokes stuck in an irrelevant time warp. Everyone once in a while, a band strikes like a lightning bolt out of nowhere to electrify the dancefloor – the latest of such sensational shocks has been Australian electro two-piece Confidence Man.

A million miles away from lumpenproletariat baggy anthems, dim-witted eagerly commercial landfill indie and the glut of increasingly uniform cheese wire post punk; Janet Planet (Grace Stephenson) and Sugar Bones (Aidan Moore) bring a huge energy to the stage via incredibly slick self-choreographed dancing, and their unique take on indie dance and 90’s house is guaranteed to blow your mind. Bring on the Rock City gig!!Jimi Arundell – Web Content Manager.

 

πŸ“† November

18/11    Confidence Man – O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol

24/11    Confidence Man – Rock City, Nottingham

 

πŸ“† May

27 – 28/05          Neighbourhood Weekender – Victoria Park, Warrington

Confidence Man tickets are currently available with Gigantic.

 

 

Ice Nine Kills

I’m a HUGE fan of horror and metal, so when Ice Nine Kills released their albums The Silver Scream and Welcome to Horrorwood I was very excited! These albums are an absolute joy for me to listen to, I love every single track on both of them and I’m so excited to finally see some of them performed live!Lucy Harvard – Event Management

 

πŸ“† March

05/03    Ice Nine Kills – O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol

08/03    Ice Nine Kills – Rock City, Nottingham

09/03    Ice Nine Kills – Academy, Manchester

10/03    Ice Nine Kills – O2 Forum Kentish Town, London

12/03    Ice Nine Kills – O2 Forum Kentish Town, London

Ice Nine Kills tickets are currently available with Gigantic.

 

 

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

I've seen King Gizz once before at Rock City and I've loved them for years. It's always a very sweaty very fun show. They birth albums at such a rate, (3 in October alone) no one else is doing it like them. They are fun and silly, psychedelic and funky but also thrash and go hard and hey, I like that!

I'll be taking the trip down to O2 Academy Brixton which is always a hoot!|Bethan Boast – Digital Marketing Executive

 

πŸ“† March

22/03    King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – O2 Academy Brixton, London

23/03    King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard – O2 Academy Brixton, London

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard tickets are currently available with Gigantic.

 

 

 

Midnight Rodeo

Tasteful but challenging arrangements, expertly orchestrated low end, sex appeal. Need I say more.” – Harry Taylor (Business Development, Midnight Rodeo bassist)

 

πŸ“† November

12/11    Midnight Rodeo – The Bodega, Nottingham

19/11    Mystic Peach (Midnight Rodeo support) – The Grace, London

 

πŸ“† February

24/02    Beam Me Up Lincoln – The Drill, Lincoln

Midnight Rodeo tickets are currently available with Gigantic.

 

 

The Comet Is Coming

Cosmic, Dancey, Psychy, Funky, Jazz-Electronica, what more could you ask for? What more could you squeeze into a three piece?? I’ll be full of beans on the Rock City dance floor, it’s stanky, skanky and raw, come get sweaty.Sam Potts – Customer Services

 

πŸ“† March

07/03    The Comet Is Coming – Waterfront, Norwich

09/03    The Comet Is Coming – Cambridge Junction, Cambridge

10/03    The Comet Is Coming – Rock City, Nottingham

14/03    The Comet Is Coming – Stylus, Leeds

15/03    The Comet Is Coming – Engine Rooms, Southampton

16/03    The Comet Is Coming – Chalk, Brighton

07/03    The Comet Is Coming – KOKO, London

17/03    The Comet Is Coming – KOKO, London

The Comet Is Coming tickets are currently available with Gigantic.