Apr 19, 20196 minNavigating the Sublime: Vita Hominum and DisorderBy Sam Campbell Vita Hominum. St. George’s Church, Jesmond, Newcastle. Beginning with a crystalline soprano line which is then lapped and...
Feb 28, 20193 minSLAP Festival: Looks Like GodBy James McCrea On Friday 22 February, the John Cooper Studio on Monkgate appeared less like a performance space and more like an...
Feb 28, 20192 minThe Gilbert and Sullivan Society: The Pirates of PenzanceBy Catherine Kirkham-Sandy “A little nonsense now and then/ is relished by the wisest men.” The proverb actually predates Gilbert and...
Feb 25, 20192 minSeeds: The Round Shape of all things RedBy 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...
Feb 25, 20193 minSLAP Festival: The Ballad of IsoscelesBy Aisling Lally According to the show’s description, Ali Matthews (the solo performer and creator of The Ballad of Isosceles) “weaves...
Feb 27, 20182 min‘Memories’ Ady SuleimanBy Bryony Holdsworth Ady Suleiman, an emotionally articulate singer songwriter with soulful brilliance, is set to release his new album...
Jan 31, 20181 min‘Marble Skies’ Django DjangoBy Bryony Holdsworth The art-rock London quartet have released their third studio album Marble Skies– a kaleidoscope of neo-psychedelia....
Jan 19, 20182 min‘Saturation III’ BrockhamptonBy Bryony Holdsworth Formed in San Marcos, Texas in 2015, Brockhampton came to life in an online forum and 2017 saw the release of three...
Jan 19, 20182 min‘Blue Madonna’ BØRNSBy Bryony Holdsworth The grandiose, lovelorn ballads of Garrett Clark Borns have returned, gracing the Michigan singer/songwriter’s...
Jan 5, 20181 min‘Just for Us’ Francis and the LightsBy Bryony Holdsworth “There are no members of Francis and the Lights. It is me and whoever else is involved. Including you”. The American...
Jan 5, 20181 min‘The Greatest Gift’ Sufjan StevensBy Bryony Holdsworth Released in 2015, Carrie & Lowell is the seventh studio album by American indie folk singer Sufjan Stevens. The...
Dec 1, 20172 minMorrissey’s ‘Low in High School’By Bryony Holdsworth “Morrissey fans are about to give up on him- Johnny Marr, please stage an intervention”, reads one critical review....
Nov 20, 20172 minJammy ‘No More Drugs’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...
Nov 13, 20171 minShamir ‘Revelations’By Bryony Holdsworth 23 year old Shamir Bailey is an experimental artist, his third studio album spinning away from his usual sugary...
Nov 3, 20171 min‘Visions of a Life’ Wolf AliceBy Bryony Holdsworth The four piece alt-rock band from North London have released their second studio album just two years after their...
Oct 18, 20175 minThe Biblical Fury of Nick Cave and the Bad SeedsBy Caidraic Heffernan For many, Nick Cave is a peculiar beast. As a lyricist, he is unafraid to tackle subjects many songwriters would...
Oct 15, 20153 minSad Subject Matter: An Opening“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...