![]() ![]() At the heart of the band is the delightful Colleen Rennison whose light-hearted on-stage banter and wide smile belie the fact that she has a voice that could command millions. Next up, No sinner stroll to the stage with a swagger and unleash a maelstrom of pure blues heaven. Invigorating a large and vocal crowd, the Love Zombies don’t put a foot wrong and with tracks like ‘knocking on your door’ and ‘big and strong’ the band have the tunes to justify their larger-than-life stage presence. Fronted by Hollis J, a singer whose sunny disposition lights up not just the stage but the entire venue, the five piece are an invigoratingly different proposition to just about everything else happening in the music world today and are all the better for it. Spread across numerous venues, at the heart of Dot to Dot is Rock City, Nottingham’s multi-floor venue, and the complex of venues surrounding it (Spanky Van Dykes, Rescue Rooms and more), but our first port of call (following a stroll around the closed-off Talbot street and its various stalls offering drinks and trinkets) is the crowded confines of Spanky Van Dykes to check out the excellent Love Zombies who deal in the sort of punky, sparky indie that recalls the surge of independent rock bands in the post Pixies 90s including acts such as Slingbacks, the Breeders and Belly. We’re in Nottingham, not for the festival as a whole, but to review the amazing No Sinner, whose soul-infused blues rock have drawn us here like moths to the proverbial, but it would be churlish indeed to ignore the charms that Dot to Dot has to offer. Rather more indie flavoured than SonicAbuse’s normal fare, Dot to Dot is an urban festival that spreads across three cities – Manchester, Bristol and Nottingham – and does much to expose the latest in burgeoning talent from around the world.
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