Studio album eleven from Stone Foundation is another giant leap forward for a band that continually pushes the musical envelope. The band might be labelled as a soul band but that’s a bit like saying ...

The further the world careers down the shitter, the more Snapped Ankles’ motorik dance-punk comes into its own. Certainly, the ever-increasing demand for escapism is a tangible factor fuelling the ...

Sunderland curator Michaela Wetherell describes her dream exhibition ahead of Pink Collar Gallery's latest exhibition series, ...

Bria Salmena’s Big Dog is a raw, immersive debut that chronicles transformation through resilience and collaboration. Best ...

Why do I care about The Darkness in 2025? What has compelled my ears towards this record, at the age of nearly 36, from a ...

Jade Mia Broadhead discovers tales of regret, nostalgia and death from Lyndon Morgan ...

Portrait Of My Heart is a guitar myth whose riffs, drones, wah-wahs and solos soar from My Bloody Valentine to Queen, Aerosmith to Turnstile to Bad Brains and back. And often, dare I say, comes for ...

Progressive sample heavy electronic post-punk may sound like a mouthful of a genre but there is plenty to chew over on Machine Music ’s latest track Hikikomori. The Darlington-based father-son duo are ...

Festival Director Peter Taylor has spoken in glowing terms of the festival. “Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival is a ...

For nearly two decades The Horrors have shape-shifted through garage goth, psychedelic rock, and industrial soundscapes. Now ...

Steve Chaplin tells us what inspired the first song from the audio-visual project that tells the story of the Tyne rivers ...