LIVE REVIEW: NECC Showcase – The Ship Isis
By Scott Hays The NECC showcase at Ship Isis offered a stark study in contrasts: one band at...
SINGLE REVIEW: Aimee Curtis – Glasshouse
By Ebony Jade 16-year-old Aimee Curtis from the band The Last Time is entering the solo scene with...
LIVE REVIEW: A Very Gosling Christmas
By Lucy Shields ‘Twas 2 nights before Christmas, and gigs for the year were seemingly done, but the...
SINGLE REVIEW: The Casbahs – Different Way Home
By Milly Nicholson ‘Different Way Home’ by The Casbahs, written and sung by their bass player, Jack, is...
Nëwsün headline @ The Lubberfiend – 14/12/25
By Alex Richings Warming the stage with abrasive and discordant wtfgaze, Sage Over Syringe clamber gracefully through their second ever...
SINGLE REVIEW: Vampire Valentine – Olivia
By John Knox Vampire Valentine are a new duo from Newcastle, launching themselves onto the scene with retro-tinged...
LIVE REVIEW: Bowlfest at The Museum Vaults – 7/12
By Scott Hays When Dickie Hammond passed away in 2015, he left behind a body of work that...
GIG REVIEW: Tearjerker + Ugly Criers @ The Ship Isis, Sunderland – 22 Nov
By Kelly Dent The Ship Isis has seen its fair share of loud nights, but this one felt...
LIVE REVIEW: Critch at The Grove, Newcastle 12/12
By Ebony Jade Outstanding punk band Critch took to the stage at The Grove in Newcastle on 12th...
SINGLE REVIEW: Jamie Beth – Credits Rolling
By Jenny Dean Jamie Beth impresses once again with her newest release Credits Rolling. I’ve been a fan...
SINGLE REVIEW: Scarlett Esme – Backseat Romance
By Jenny Dean Take a catchy RnB style beat, and the voice of a pop princess, mix them...
EP REVIEW: Cherry Knowle – Don’t Take Me To…
By Scott Hays There’s “heavy,” and then there’s the sound of your own psyche being dismantled by a...
SINGLE REVIEW: Twin Fire ft Georgia McCrae – Cut Loose
By John Knox Newcastle hard rock outfit Twin Fire have a new single out this month, the high-energy...
SINGLE REVIEW: Amateur Ornithologist – Winter Sun
By John Knox Weird-Pop you say? Densely layered and harmony-filled you cry? Hark! A Mackem Christmas single from...
Polyvinyl comeback special gig – 6/12
By Jenny Dean Polyvinyl are back, and this time, there’s more of them. After a brief hiatus, the...
LIVE REVIEW – Marrafest 23/11/25
By Scott Hays The third iteration of Marrafest, held in the subterranean sweatbox of The Museum Vaults, packed...
LIVE REVIEW – House Proud, Wool, Claudia at Independent 22/11/25
By Scott Hays Independent hosted a perfectly curated triple-bill lineup, a microcosm brilliantly encapsulating the raw, thriving talent...
Social Youth Cult – The Lighthouse: BTS From The Producer
By Phil Jackson Fresh off the back of working with The Black Rain for their debut LP, and...
Charity Gigs Announced – Snowed In Sunlun & Hartlepool
Students from the Northern Academy of Music Education (NAME) are using their skills and passion to support the...
SINGLE REVIEW – why would I lie? – spacecadetbloom
By Peter Doherty The debut single from the North East’s sublime Shoegazers spacecadetbloom takes the dissonant and ever-so-dreamy...
SINGLE REVIEW: Camel Island – AmEx
Usually when a band has a lineup change that results in being downsized, it’s hard to comeback with...
EP REVIEW: No Ball Games – Critch
By Peter Doherty Out of the ashes of Precious Ink comes, rises, Critch. Consisting of Adam Crookes, Connor...
SINGLE REVIEW: Fade Away – One Month Apart
By Lucy Shields After nearly two years of being on the scene and gigging around the North East,...
Sunderland is a Big Weekend City
By Jenny Dean We are the chosen ones! The BBC have revealed Sunderland to be the host city...
LIVE REVIEW: The Snuts at Boiler Shop, Newcastle 23/10
By Kieran Whitfield After their explosive set at Come Together festival, The Snuts could not resist experiencing another...
RIPPLES – Not Quite Waves but Tiding us Over
It was a bit of a kick in the shins when Independent, organisers of Waves Festival, announced that...
Album review: Choices – House Proud
By Peter Doherty After playing gig-after-gig across the North East, and even making it as far as Manchester...
SINGLE REVIEW: Rosie – Lottie Willis
By Scott Hays Sunderland’s Lottie Willis continues her ongoing rise with the release of her new single, Rosie,...
The Lighthouse – Social Youth Cult album preview
By Scott Hays Social Youth Cult unleash their debut album, The Lighthouse, on November 2nd; a dark and...
The Stockton Road Horror Show – Halloween at Inde-P
By Jenny Dean Stockton Road Hit Squad is back and ready to thrill once again. This Halloween, October...
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