Newcastle-based singer-songwriter Jenny Lascelles unveils new single, ‘Inertia’, a track which really plays to her strengths and trademarks as a writer and composer to date. Renowned as a pianist, Las…
Album Reviews
Review: Seventh Heaven ‘Too Much’ Single
Up-and-coming North East band, Seventh Heaven, are celebrating the release of their new single, ‘Too Much’. The band is comprised of members Steph Mackey, Ben Penn, Tom Robinson and Ryan Smith. The co…
Review: The Inklings ‘Return of the Puppets’ Album
An album filled with clear rock influence, ‘Return of the Puppets’ by The Inklings is a fantastic display of the talent coming out of the local punk scene. Nearly every track on this newest release th…
Review: Specky Cult ‘A Different Kind Of Difficult’ Album
Specky Cult’s second new album in as many years is a gear change for the band who had been synonymous for their acoustic-punk sound. ‘A Different Kind Of Difficult’ is a gritty and raw offering which …
Review: Wolfred ‘Plane’ Single
Alt-indie band Wolfred have introduced a mammoth new sound on new single, ‘Plane’, which has the capacity to blow everything else into smithereens. A cacophony of sharp brass tones, bassy synths, aggr…
Review: Pointy Features ‘Hill End’ Album
With six years of experience now in the bag, Pointy Features have finally released a full album to the world – and boy has it been worth the wait. The brainchild of Durham guitarist Dan Leak, Po…
Review: Amateur Ornithologist ‘Hide’ Album
North East outfit Amateur Ornithologist’s third album, ‘Hide’, is crafted between a host of new band members and a raft of regional collaborators, amid a multi-instrumentalist storm of concepts and fi…
Review: Nick Gladdish ‘Sinking Ship’ Single
Nick Gladdish’s new single, ‘Sinking Ship’, is an energetic pop-rock offering with flavours of late 1980s indie-pop records that I bounced around to in Teesside’s Polytechnic Bar. The social message b…
Review: Chris Groom ‘Black Out Tonight’ Single
A beautiful intimacy is created when a song is presented with the simplicity of just a piano and a vocal; it has the power to entice you in and appreciate the finer details of the work. Chris Groom’s …
Review: Northern Hospitality ‘Don the Balaclava’ Single
Hailing from Ireland myself, I’m perhaps dubious when I hear of any song with the word balaclava in the title. But to sum up that sound, I adhere to the band, whose self-description is “completely unl…