M(h)aol have evolved with explosive clarity on Something Soft. Where Attachment Styles, their debut, was raw and ...

It’s been a minute since Billy Nomates, aka Victoria ‘Tor’ Maries, became a target for armchair arseholes during her solo Glastonbury performance. That’s just one of the things that has changed for ...

Neil Ainger finds out how the Sunderland festival is helping to put North East film on the map, one short at a time ...

Igg says he makes ‘meta boom rap’ which is apparently characterised by dense drums, layers and layers of vocals and samples, ...

Musician and host Nick Tyler gives us his essential avant-garde inspirations behind Newcastle's new, experimental and ...

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Josh Atkinson is back with new single Heaven Sent. From the first introduction of bright, acoustic guitars strums, it’s cheery, bluesy and folk-inspired throughout.

Be it due to sexual misconduct allegations levelled at Win Butler or the general malaise that’s characterised their output ...

North of England duo Smith & Liddle channel the spirit of Laurel Canyon and vintage AM radio with their debut single Piece of ...

Lee Fisher explores the new album from Mclusky, which explores a disappointed, furious and funny worldview through killer riffs and rhythmic joy.

The Darlington-based melodic music maker tells us about the inspiration behind the dancey reimagining of a previously ...

Are you ready for a great pop album? Groove to alternative 1980s type electro with plenty of hooky melodies and shovel loads of vim and spirit, but with darker, more cerebral compartments. Deradoorian ...