By Josephine Canham (Northern Noise) On Saturday night, North East and mercury prize nominated band, Lanterns on the Lake, took to the stage at the Sage Gateshead to perform this year’s first and only live version of their latest album, ‘Spook the Heard’. With plans for the show originally to be performed to a safe,... Continue Reading →
By Natalie Greener - Images by Will Gorman The hype and enjoyment around Virgin Money's Unity Arena was one of the reasons I had to go back after Becky Hill. Arriving at seven, the team really looked after their press entries and made our work easy in the midst of a lot of rules in... Continue Reading →
Read the full piece by Emily Duff about our #CalledOut campaign here!
By Emily Duff Sunderland locals, noyou, have released their latest track We’re So Sorry. With an indie synth sound, the band blend a trendy genre with interesting distortions and their member’s obvious musical abilities. Tackling traditional heavy rock tones with their synth sound creates an exciting and unusual aspect to listen to. Having crashed the... Continue Reading →
By Fern Mcerlane In a city best known for indie and alternative music, Newcastle based synth-pop mavens Blamire dare to do something different. Currently releasing singles building up to a debut EP, their uniquely retro sound is nostalgic yet refreshing. Fern McErlane caught up with Alex Blamire for more insight into the band. Beginning as... Continue Reading →
By Erin McGroovy ‘Asleep’ is the latest single seeing us into the summer from Hanna Maria Barsznica, aka Hania, dropping 10th July in Europe. It is the first track from her eagerly awaited EP, floating down onto the scene later this year. Hania recently broke away from the independent label she was signed to in... Continue Reading →
By Ryan Wallace Virgin Money graces Newcastle with the UK’s first socially distanced music venue. I have no doubts that the people reading this article will surely miss the live concerts we all enjoyed before the invasion of covid and subsequent lockdown. Though online concerts and live streams have helped to put live music out... Continue Reading →
By Niamh Christian Lockdown's been bringing out the creativity in some people, with so much spare time on their hands. Hannah Roeves has really been making the most of this spare time as she has managed to write, record and produce her debut single 'Pills and Cans' during it. The 18-year-old from Sunderland could hypnotise... Continue Reading →
Like most event based organisations and causes, we need more cash flow to ensure we can resume the work that we are doing! To celebrate becoming a Community Interest Company, we do not want to ask you to donate with nothing in return - so we have these limited edition lock down t-shirts! You can... Continue Reading →
