NOTTINGHAM'S music scene has been, it's fair to say, buried for some years now.
In fact for as long as I can remember in my young life, the only hometown band that ever grabbed my attention was a local three-piece called Censored with their song about Nottingham and Robin Hood and his many men "whistling through the trees".
They played a few gigs then went to university and split up.
Naturally, to my idolising and aspirational mind, they were basically rock stars on stage at the 12,500 capacity Wembley Arena, not the 450-sized Rescue Rooms.
This all changed, however, when a band called Dog Is Dead hit the scene.
You've probably heard of them now with the release of their much anticipated debut album All Our Favourite Stories, occurring last Monday.
In a few years when they are where I imagined Censored all that time ago, it will be easy to forget that they are just local lads from all the glitz and glamour of West Bridgford.
My first experience of them was when they supported Flamboyant Bella (who they are ironically now much bigger than) at the cupboard-sized venue Stealth in 2008.
It has been watching them evolve over the years that has kept my love and fandom alive.
Watching as the single release gigs move to bigger venues each time, watching the line-up change and move around, remembering playing "that" song a million times on repeat which you would now consider one of their worst and, of course, suddenly not being able to get anywhere near them through the crowd of screaming girls.
If the album is anything to go by, the band will carry the Nottingham name into the music scene for good. However, they face competition to be the first.
Jake Bugg, Clifton's scowling teenage answer to the simultaneous demise of Britpop and resurrection of folk music, has hit the mainstream, which goes to show that one musician standing on a stage with an acoustic guitar can be something special.
With that in mind look out for names like Saint Raymond, Joe Danks and many more to become household in years to come.
It's an exciting time for music in Nottingham and I wouldn't want anybody to miss out.