Psychedelia, kraut rock cosmic, garage rock with even a whirring Leslie speaker for 60s organ and also dub, folk, pop; it is ...

When our drummer Luke first heard the early layout of Around this Sun he was immediately drawn to the work of Catfish and the ...

Pan American aka Mark Nelson’s tenth solo album is structured like a long flight, from one shore of the Pacific Ocean to San ...

Newcastle Piano Festival returns to Jesmond on 20–22 March (as well as the 9th May), bringing top pianists and ...

Nadine Hurley recently dropped their self‑titled debut EP, with a limited cassette run via Katpis Tapes. One of the most ...

It’s not everyday a band gets to celebrate its fifteenth anniversary, and in typical Tea Pad style, Rob Heron and his band ...

Fusako Yoshikawa brings her meticulous Japanese woodblock prints back to Northern Print from 18th March to 8th May ...

Given her legendary status as a DJ, it really came as little surprise that Avalon Emerson could effortlessly pivot to a ...

On the back of the release of their new single, Timewasters, North-East rock 'n' rollers PØRTERS give us five of their ...

An exhibition celebrating the bold, brilliant and boundary‑breaking women who shaped Sunderland has opened at Sunderland ...

The central creative driving force of Markus, Cico and Micha steer seasoned Munich-based collective The Nowtist through a kaleidoscope of alt. pop/indie tunes dealing with a world of uncertainties ...

We caught up with the group to find out more… Tell us a little about the Axum Folk Ensemble. How did you get together? The ...