Twenty years in, and The Wombats, Murph, Tord and Dan, show absolutely no signs of slowing down. Their sixth album Oh! The Ocean, released in February 2025 via AWAL, has already clocked over 35 ...

Rare works from France arrive in Barnard Castle for a landmark exhibition exploring light, landscape and place.

Beyond The Moor returns to celebrate the North East's vibrant folk scene for a fourth consecutive year on Saturday 10th October ...

Tender, tranquil and emotionally tumultuous: that’s how I’d describe Kathryn Williams’ new album Mystery Park, which, impressively, is her 15 th studio offering. Over her 27 year career so far, ...

County Durham's sleazy garage disco-rockers attempt to encapsulate the chaos of their latest garage rock offering using three ...

Olivier Stockman, Managing Director of Sands Films, tells us about his top five political films their grassroots political ...

Steve Reich – who turns 90 years old on 3rd October – is almost unique in the world of composition and experimental music, ...

More than 67 musicians will appear across 26 performances in 9 days at seven of the region’s leading venues, delivering a packed programme that spans cutting‑edge experimental and improvised work ...

Groundbird returns with Blue Light, a crunchy, lo‑fi indie‑rock album that digs into the strange, jittery experience of growing up alongside the early internet. Written by South Lincolnshire‑raised ...

Florida’s Pool Kids open up tonight’s show at The Glasshouse, and given that they’re seemingly smart and very musically competent, they’re the perfect foil for Washington’s Death Cab For Cutie – a ...

Joanna Long catches up with the Newcastle alt-indie five-piece who recently released their second EP, Where This Ends Newcastle alt-indie five-piece Polyvinyl are a band who do nothing by halves.

Electronic music artist Wolf House, aka Alex Ross, releases his second album, Speak Your Own Love. From the opening choral tones of the title track, through the pulsating sci‑fi shimmer of Two Rivers, ...