Northeast Music Guide

NO ORPHEAN SOUNDS! due to injury....this gig just keeps changing! Captain Trips Euann Lynn

The Stagg Do 5 years in the making, written by an American (James DeMarco) , about Geordies, starring Geordies, with Geordie music and with a premiere screened on Westgate Road at the O2 Academy, this was truly a local affair. The story, about a camping trip involving a groom, his best man and his mates takes a turn for the uncomfortable when the father-in-law to be joins the group. Staggy, played by Andrew Stagg is being chaperoned by his fiancee's (Charlotte, played by Therase Neve) father, "The Judge". Daddy-in-law to be, is played by Bill Fellows, a familiar face on many TV series and films. This scuppers the plans of best-man Pob, and pals Si (Simon Buglass) and Radgy (Craig Conway), who really wanted the trip to evolve into a "beer and titties" extravaganza. Much silliness, drug references, the funny things that can happen, in the dark, in the Northumberland countryside add up to an enjoyable romp enhanced greatly by a fabulous soundtrack provided ent...

WATCH STURGILL SIMPSON’S MESMERISING NEW VIDEO FOR THE PROMISE + UK TOUR ANNOUNCED Napoleon Dynamite fans may recognise The Promise as being   that song soundtracking the film’s closing scene .  80s New Wave aficionados may simply know it for being Manchester band, When In Rome’s   lone US hit single . On Sturgill Simpson’s new album, “Metamodern Sounds In Country Music” (out now on Loose Music), the Kentucky born singer takes the song apart and puts it back together in a distinctly non-New Wave type way, making you believe that this is the way it was always meant to be. “ One of my favorite country songs of the year isn’t even a country song…” says The Fader on Sturgill’s reworking of The Promise. (Fader’s recent profile on Sturgill marked the first time a country artist had ever been featured in the magazine.) “ Promise you’ll stick around to his yell at 3:40; nothing tops it ”, they advise. Allow yourself to be transfixed by Sturgill in this bra...

No, reviewing EP's is not what I do, so don't ask me. I run a PR company (well, two now: Jowheretogo PR and Panther PR) and so my job is to get other people to review music. However. I rather like Great Man Theory, not just because they are collection of not unattractive young men. They produce music that takes me back to my hard rock youth, and the the guitars, bass and harmonised vocals all combine to give the kind of growling rock that can awaken that darker side of the mind, in a good way. There are 4 tracks on the EP. What is Mine is a pacey/aggressive rock song still with the characteristic blues edge that lifts Great Man Theory out of pure hammering rock and into something way more interesting.  Riverblind is an insistent rolling dirty, bassy blues rock grind with vocal harmonies that do not lighten the mood but keep it dark. Cage Rights  makes me think of a song used on the XBox game Forza Racing. This is not a bad thing, this is head noddingly good stuff. ...

Carillion-Igloo and NARC. magazine present the return  of...THE AIRSTREAM SESSIONS as part of The Ouseburn  Festival 2014. Come down to Malmo Quay on Newcastle's Quayside on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th July to check out some fantastic live acoustic acts performing outside our shiny silver Airstream bus. SATURDAY 5TH JU LY 2pm: JACK FALLOWS (Sleepwalk, Skull Puppies) http:// sleepwalkband.bandcamp.com/ http:// skullpuppies.bandcamp.com/ Acclaimed illustrator and musician Jack Fallows plays melancholic folk punk for fans of comic books and Dungeons & Dragons. 3pm: SUNTRAPP http://www.suntrapp.co.uk/ Sublime indie-folk that has received praise from Lauren Laverne, The 405 and Amazing Radio amongst many others. 4pm: MEGHANN CLANCY http:// www.meghannclancy.co.uk/ An acoustic singer-songwriter from North Yorkshire currently based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Meghann Clancy's captivating music combines catchy melodies and a pure vocal to tell stories drawn from ...

National Theatre’s award-winning comedy One Man, Two Guvnors returns to  Newcastle Theatre Royal The National Theatre’s award-winning comedy  One Man, Two Guvnors  returns to Newcastle Theatre Royal this summer with cast to include Gavin Spokes, Shaun Williamson, Jasmyn Banks and Emma Barton. Don’t miss this hilarious mix of satire, songs, slapstick and glittering one-liners, Mon 28 Jul – Sat 2 Aug! Now seen by over 1 million people worldwide, this internationally-acclaimed smash-hit is hailed as  ‘the funniest show on the planet’  by The Mail and a ‘ comic classic’  by The Guardian. Nicholas Hytner’s five star production tells the hilarious story of Francis Henshall who, fired from his skiffle band, becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe. But Roscoe is really Rachel, posing as her own dead brother – who's been killed by her boyfriend Stanley Stubbers. Francis spots the chance of an extra meal ticket and takes a job with one Stanley Stubbers ...

A Year Into The Business of PR Jowheretogo was founded back in April 2013. Since then a number of clients have used Jowheretogo, not exclusively musicians. The Jowheretogo Show on NE1fm had to end after a year as the business needed more of my attention. This was a shame as I think I did a canny job as a presenter, this may not be the end of my radio career. I became a partner in Music Panther, a new music label ecompassing Sync Panther ( music sync for films, tv, games, corporate video) and Panther PR to handle the publicity for the bands and artists we work with. With Whom Have We Worked? Routine Zero -  a radio plugging campaign Routine Zero "Black and Blue" video still. Peculiar Disco Moves - Radio plugging, press releases, live photography, reviews, for both the "Joining Fee" and "Lost For Words" singles. Peculiar Disco Moves ©Jowheretogo South East Durham Engineering Forum : Press release and contacting Northeast press ab...

The Little Kicks have a talent for creating really, really good songs. The kind of quality pop that really gets in your head, pulls up a chair tells a story and makes itself at home, and claims squatter's rights. The band came down from Aberdeen to help promote their album Put Your Love In Front of Me and proved that the new songs are every bit as good as those on the last CD that's had permanent residence on my car stereo for weeks. A great performance and a sound that would fit nicely on a much bigger stage. The Little Kicks Support came from Coquin Migale who have grown in their stage presence since I first saw them, at their earliest gig together. There is a punk energy in their new songs and in the presentation of all of their material. The stage was clearly not big enough for them either as they spent some time off it! Coquin Migale Human Sacrifice Club impressed with their pacey songs and complex rhythms, and also some witty banter. I'm wondering...