No Time For Poetry is a decidedly political, dare I say, pointed album. The woozy, soulful balladry of their early work is still on full display, but there is an urgency to this album unlike any of ...

On the back of his dance-pop banger, Flex, the Newcastle-based queer pop artist tells us more about local LGBTQIA+ art scene ...

Smith listens to a concept album of the story of a small shipwrecked crew on a desert island, struggling with a lack of ...

A tongue-in-cheek twist on the classic music video format. Rather than a standard mimed performance, The Devil I Know delivers a cinematic experience that lets viewers connect with each member of ...

Who are you and where are you from? I’m Angharad, also known by Ann to some. I’m from North Wales, right on the coast, which is why I love Newcastle and the North East. I’m a visual artist creating ...

For King, for Queen, or for country? No matter the reason, innocent civilians have forever been pawns in the battles of ...

Neil Ainger enjoys some droning instrumentation on which distant, ghostly vocals are layered transporting the listener to an ...

To celebrate 40 years of Jumpin Hot Club, main programmer Graham Shipcote gives us a mixtape of anecdotes from eight venues that they've used, and that doesn't feature in their new book Where Good Mus ...

Ikenna Offor immerses himself in the latest offering from the cathedral-voiced visionary that is Florence & The Machine ...

Newcastle five-piece, Love Eggtually is Baker Island‘s second EP to be released this year and is set for release on Monday ...

Sunderland’s Rachael Small, under the alias Celadore, returns with her third single All My Life and we’re delighted to be ...

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, ...