Lee Hammond immerses himself in the new genre-bending experimental record by Black Country, New Road in the live setting at ...

A wonderfully bold blend of black metal and chilly industrial, Primal blends pulverising downtuned riffs and pummelling beats with icy cold synths, melodic flourishes and musique-concrete sampling to ...

Ceiling Demons ’ currency is sincerity. Their soulful brand of hip-hop is tonight supported by a bass player and a drummer ...

The North East based theatre maker and director of Rosy Cheek tells us all about the North-East creative organisations who ...

Sven Wunder ’s Daybreak doesn’t rush to shake you awake. It sidles in – warm, hazy and just a little self-aware – with the ...

An icy pop affair savoured and loved but never thawed out, this is the trio’s third album of aberrated tunes designed to brood, move but never tarry. Lazy reminded me so much of Altered Images I ...

Juniper is the new raw, powerful, brave and punchy album from Joy Crookes. The whole album possesses the perfect balance of vulnerability and control; Joy really lets us in through the honest lyrics ...

We find out all we can about the Darlington indie-rock quintet on the back of the release of their recent single, Electric Daydreams ...

Damian Robinson talks to festival director Liam Slevin about Middlesbrough Art Week’s ambitious plans and inspirational programme ...

Futique is a feel-good, life-affirming rock masterpiece. Old blends with new through this majestic album, bursting with roaring riffs and sonic twists and turns. A Little Love is a hopeful, ...

The Gathering Sounds is a collaborative affair, and as in previous years, it brings together a range of local venues ...

Sir Richard Bishop, best known as the guitarist of Sun City Girls, has always embraced the experimental. Hillbilly Ragas, ...