If you’re a jazz fan, you’ve probably already heard of Newcastle-based jazz collective SwanNek. They gained many loyal followers from their live shows and have skyrocketed since, even taking to the ...

Far Caspian’s music is always bathed in serenity, but Autofiction brings gladdening strums of coffee shop soft rock (Lough, Window) paired with a soothing, electric buzz (Here Is Now, The Sound Of ...

Joyful Noise Recordings Released 25.07.25 An intricate album that finely portrays some talented musicianship, inspired by King Crimson, Horse Of Lords and My Disco, Editrix ‘s remit for the recording ...

Seventies-inspired musical duo Smith & Liddle release their brand new single, Maybe In Time. Maybe in Time carries a grooving bassline, shimmering West Coast arrangements and cool, dreamy ...

In the latest episode of our literary podcast My Writing Life, Fran Harvey chats with Teesside writer and poet Bob Beagrie about how encouragement from a writing group he attended while working part ...

Born out of an artist residency in Greece, Adventure Club finds Laura Jane Grace in a reflective space. This is a record packed with heartfelt tracks that explore addiction, being who you want to be ...

The enthralling debut single from Newcastle-based four-piece band Tight Collar draws upon the wrath and indignation of a generation. White Noise paints a world in which businesses struggle to enforce ...

Breathy vocals and breezy, funky rhythms kick Sam George’s debut EP off in tantalising style. The Newcastle songwriter’s versatility shines through, as opening track Nothing Will Cure It veers from ...

Ruth Clinton of Landless along with John Dermody and Cormac MacDiarmada of Lankum are Poor Creature producing a debut album of reinterpreted traditional Irish folk songs. Featuring completely new ...

Alive is a fun song, and clearly born out of extreme diligence and skill by Domineeky. The positivity and vibrancy of the production mixes with the unique vocals and passionate delivery as the track ...

On previous albums Le Kov, Tresor and Y Dydd Olaf, Gwenno has sung in Cornish and Welsh, about what she has described as her ‘childhood records about formative identity’. Utopia places the lens in a ...

Domino Released 11.07.25 For one reason or another negativity seems to follow Wet Leg around, making it easy to forget that their 2022 self-titled debut album was a lavish slice of indie layer cake ...