Steve Spithray enjoys a Christmas show with Weathership but also some of the best Teesside has right now in support ...

North-East indie outfit Camel Island announce their debut EP, Promises. The release brings together recent single AmEx and ...

North Shields welcomes a night of straight‑up rock as Strays headline Three Tanners Bank, marking a hometown date that ...

We find out all we can about Durham’s ‘mum & dad spacerock’ outfit ...

Released exactly a year ago, 2024s Wild Goose Chasers was a departure from the norm for acoustic-guitar-slinging folk singer, songwriter and story teller Jay McAllister (Beans on Toast) as the record ...

Over 25 years Mancunian widescreen rock royalty, Doves have honed a glorious sound that stillsounds utterly unique whilst remaining accessible, enthralling and, all importantly, groovy as hell.

I saw Italia 90 play in The MOTH Club once, and frontman Les was able to turn a room of stiff hipsters into a fanatical frenzy of moshing within five minutes. On listening to their debut album I’m ...

Just announced as one of the support acts for The Cure’s 2026 Manchester appearance, Slow Readers Club continue to be one of ...

It’s six years since The Divine Comedy’s last studio album and much has happened since then, including the passing of Neil Hannon’s father and Neil’s contribution to the soundtrack of global ...

Over a decade since Eels’ last release of consequence, devotees of Mark Oliver Everett may sense the possibility for rejuvenation in his new collaboration with Kate Mattison, of psychedelic soul ...

Whitley Bay native Tommy Arch will release a fiery new folk EP this month. The Wind That Blew South is a collection of six refreshingly raw tracks featuring wandering guitar work and deeply personal ...

Pareidolia is the art of seeing shapes in the clouds. It is an appropriate title for this new collaborative album between experimental musicians Eiko Ishibashi and Jim O’Rourke. Together they’ve ...