The Globe Gallery is set to launch its collaborative exhibition, bringing together Graham Patterson, Helen Pailing, and Helen ...

Freshly formed ahead of 2026 and ready to be heard, three-piece Sunderland punk band Ugly Criers are releasing their debut album Catching Spiders later this month. What they lack in time together as a ...

Whether this is the best Dry Cleaning record remains to be seen, as is a matter of personal taste to some degree, but what I ...

From opener Fresh, Dry Remains pays much homage to the NiN/Depeche Mode/Gary Numan trifecta, combining 80’s synths with ...

Newcastle rockers Central Arcade recently dropped their new single, I’m No Saint. The track is a vibrant slice of indie rock ...

North East rock outfit Edenthorn return with Year of the Snake, their first release in a few years. The track leans into ...

Landing somewhere between Dave’s hyper aware social discourse and Mike Skinner’s personally pessimistic take on UK Garage, Newcastle rapper Reali-T’s tribute to his late mother Remi (his first on the ...

Ben Lowes-Smith chats to Jonathan Horner and Daniel Allen, about their debut short film (set for release in 2026) and accompanying soundtrack (out now) Gamburtsevs is the brainchild of Jonathan Horner ...

Nothing ever moves except the wind (a drone broils in the background), the dunes ebb and flow with almost glacial patience (a gentle acoustic guitar loops in), and hardly anything grows (but a pulsing ...

Ben Lowes-Smith chats to the classic/country rock duo about the release of their debut album Songs For The Desert Elizabeth Liddle and Billy Smith write pristine, 70’s indebted classic and country ...

There is a proto-New Order sensibility at work in the genes of Optic Sink on their third long form outing, it’s a practiced formula that has served them well. This assembly of tracks is no different, ...

At the turn of the century I had recently turned 17 years of age and was deeply immersed in a musical awakening. I couldn’t get enough and simply wanted to absorb as much music as I could, and one of ...