Darlington country artist Hayley McKay drops her brand new single, Sweet Surprise. The track, which was written in the French ...

Preparing to launch her new EP, Beautiful Child, on 29th November at North Shields Cathlic Club, we chat to North East songwriter Kirsty Hall about her journey as a musician and the things that ...

Robber: In fact we’re gonna change ourselves to ‘The New Gaye Bykers on Acid’ as opposed to the old Gaye Bykers on Acid.

Newcastle’s Pit Pony present a new offer which is reminiscent of 1950’s doo wop with just a little hint of a Christmas melody ...

Newcastle Noir brings another jam-packed programme of crime writing to the city for its tenth year. The festival, which takes ...

North East author R. R. Penfold ’s debut novel is a gothic horror adorned with fantastical elements, which follows amateur ...

Hostile, the new offering from Darlington’s Blackout The Arcade, is a masterclass in catchy, anthemic indie rock songwriting.

Emily Elliott talks to Rhian Jade and Nicola Mantalios about their events which seek to increase safe spaces for marginalised ...

carried away is a lovely, tender and grounding upcoming EP by the wonderful watersmeet, aka Jessie Howard and Anna Hughes. Like a breath of fresh sea air, these tracks are a soothing cleanse for a ...

With a new album in the pipeline for early 2025, Newcastle’s Lovely Assistant are doubling down on their charm assault with new single, Passengers Reminded. Full of the deliciously warm sound the band ...

Ahead of the release of their new single, So Sticky, North Tyneside indie quartet Breadcrumbs tackle our randomly generated questions… If you could merge any two animals to create a new species, which ...

You get the impression Thank want to be held as noise rock’s most elaborate piss-take. How else to explain that galaxy-brained album art? Much like predecessor Thoughtless Cruelty, though, this ...