It’s been 15 years since Franz Ferdinand flooded onto the indie music scene, submerging bars and venues across the country in a sea of catchy hooks and rhythmic punches. Now, a decade and a half later…
Gig Reviews
Gig Review: Twist Helix at The Cumberland Arms, Newcastle – 09/02/2018
Bono once insisted that the “world demands to be described”, a premise that we can assume Twist Helix believe given their new single, ‘Ouseburn’. Set inside a dystopian future, ‘Ouse…
Gig Review: First Wave Vol 1 at Ku Bar and The Georgian Theatre, Stockton – 02/02/2018
With the growing number of independent music venues across the country closing down (around 40% across the UK in the last 10 years), it’s extremely important that we do our bit to secure their future.…
Gig Review: Driven Serious at 02 Academy 2, Newcastle – 27/01/2018
There’s a great part in one of the recorded versions of ‘Stairway to Heaven’ when, after making his point about the forests echoing with laughter, Lord Plant turns to the audience and asks innocently:…
Gig Review: The Deslondes at The Cluny, Newcastle – 25/01/2018
Removing thoughts of counter-culture iconoclasm, parental trust funds or extravagant nudie suits, The Deslondes may well be the natural offspring of country-rock music icon Gram Parson and his vision …
Gig Review: Dave Ramirez at The Cluny 2, Newcastle – 21/01/2018
You could make a strong case that ‘I’m always walking the line between cocaine and communion wine’, one of the snippets in tonight’s long line of lyrical highlights, may be the perfect illustration of…
Gig Review: Mouses at Little Buildings, Newcastle – 10/12/2017
In 2017, music lovers in the North East watched local heroes Mouses metamorphose from popular local favourites into talked up, national, ‘ones to watch’. It has been, to steal from old blue eyes, a ve…
Gig Review: Roger Chapman at 02 Academy, Newcastle – 18/01/2018
Whilst rock and roll trailblazers championed the virtues of youth, rebellion and not dying before they got old, the past twenty-five years have seen us change our expectations of musical icons. No lon…
Gig Review: 999 + Support at The Georgian Theatre, Stockton – 19/01/2018
Four bands for a tenner – what a bargain. Tonight’s proceedings open with Kickback Generation’s politically-charged angry punk rock shouting out against today’s austerity-driven capitalist socie…
Gig Review: Enter Shikari + Lower Than Atlantis + Asteroid Boys at Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle – 19/11/2017
Fresh from the release of their latest album ‘The Spark’, Enter Shikari bring the accompanying tour to Newcastle’s Metro Radio Arena. Asteroid Boys open things up tonight, with their breed of grime-me…