By Sam Campbell Vita Hominum. St. George’s Church, Jesmond, Newcastle. Beginning with a crystalline soprano line which is then lapped and...

By James McCrea On Friday 22 February, the John Cooper Studio on Monkgate appeared less like a performance space and more like an...

By Catherine Kirkham-Sandy “A little nonsense now and then/ is relished by the wisest men.” The proverb actually predates Gilbert and...

By Aisling Lally ‘From the paths the Greek Gods led, to the noises made in bed…’ Seeds: The Round Shape of all things Red at the Arcola...

By Aisling Lally According to the show’s description, Ali Matthews (the solo performer and creator of The Ballad of Isosceles) “weaves...

By Bryony Holdsworth Ady Suleiman, an emotionally articulate singer songwriter with soulful brilliance, is set to release his new album...

By Bryony Holdsworth The art-rock London quartet have released their third studio album Marble Skies– a kaleidoscope of neo-psychedelia....

By Bryony Holdsworth Formed in San Marcos, Texas in 2015, Brockhampton came to life in an online forum and 2017 saw the release of three...

By Bryony Holdsworth The grandiose, lovelorn ballads of Garrett Clark Borns have returned, gracing the Michigan singer/songwriter’s...

By Bryony Holdsworth “There are no members of Francis and the Lights. It is me and whoever else is involved. Including you”. The American...

By Bryony Holdsworth Released in 2015, Carrie & Lowell is the seventh studio album by American indie folk singer Sufjan Stevens. The...

By Bryony Holdsworth “Morrissey fans are about to give up on him- Johnny Marr, please stage an intervention”, reads one critical review....

By Bryony Holdsworth Listening to No More Drugs is a truly sensory experience. The 20 year old Bay Area rap artist has released his first...

By Bryony Holdsworth 23 year old Shamir Bailey is an experimental artist, his third studio album spinning away from his usual sugary...

By Bryony Holdsworth The four piece alt-rock band from North London have released their second studio album just two years after their...

By Caidraic Heffernan For many, Nick Cave is a peculiar beast. As a lyricist, he is unafraid to tackle subjects many songwriters would...

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is to sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” – Ernest Hemingway The same thing could be said about...