Northeast Music Guide

BRADLEY CRESWICK AND MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL NORTHERN SINFONIA HOLD CHRISTMAS CONCERT FOR COMMUNITY PUB Members of the Royal Northern Sinfonia, including lead Bradley Creswick, are performing in a festive concert to help Ryton community members buy their local pub. The concert, which will take place in the Holy Cross Church in Ryton on December 21st, will raise money to help buy Ye Olde Cross – a village pub that has been closed for almost a year. Since the pub’s closure, more than 200 Ryton residents have bought community shares totaling £232,000 in order to buy and reopen the pub. With an offer accepted on the building, the residents need a further £18,000 to meet the target. Royal Northern Sinfonia musician and Ryton resident Michael O’Donnell have organized a concert to help raise further funds. Mike and his fellow musicians have put together a programme which will include a performance of ‘Winter’ from Vivaldis Four Seasons by Royal Northern Sinfonia lead Bra...

 SKINNY LISTER SCALE NEW HEIGHTS WITH:  “THE STORY IS…” VIDEO TITLE TRACK FROM THEIR 2019 ALBUM: OUT 1st MARCH 2019 VIA XTRA MILE RECORDINGS PRE-ORDER HERE  WORLD TOUR IN 2019 - ON SALE NOW Always a band unafraid of testing the limits - SKINNY LISTER - have unveiled a suitably daredevil and highly original video for new single: ‘The Story Is…’.  Filmed in New York City, the video follows first-hand the perilous ascent of an urban explorer as she scales the Big Apple’s Williamsburg Bridge in the dead of night. With the cold dark nights closing ever tighter as the year draws toward the solstice, the soul-stirring chimes that lead Skinny’s sparkling latest single could well be the winter warmer you were looking for. The title-track of the band’s upcoming fourth studio album (out 1 March 2019, via Xtra Mile Recordings), “The Story Is…” sees the band poetically sing about love and loss with words that will surely tug at the heart stri...

SLEEPER 'THE MODERN AGE' NEW ALBUM RELEASED 22ND MARCH NEW SINGLE 'LOOK AT YOU NOW' OUT 5TH DEC ON GORKSY RECORDS PLUS UK TOUR DATES FOR 2019 On 22nd March 2019, SLEEPER release their first album in 21 years, The Modern Age. It wasn’t meant to happen. In fact, the band had promised each other it never would. “We had no plan to get back together. Sometimes life throws  you a massive curve ball. You end up jumping off the cliff, just to see what it feels like.”: Singer, Louise Wener The band spent summer 2018 recording The Modern Age with their long time producer, Stephen Street -  a relationship that clicked into place again right away. They tracked live at Metway studios in their adopted city of Brighton, before decamping to Street’s studio in West London to add the finishing touches. The Modern Age is the outward looking sound of a band revitalized and refreshed. Covering subjects from motherhood and social media to personal loss and...

THE SWEET – Blockbuster Christmas Show comes to NEWCASTLE – Wylam Brewery on Wednesday 5th December 2018! The Sweet Blockbuster Glam Christmas Party - Celebrating 50 years. The Sweet are a National Treasure, British at the core and a Rock Music Phenomena that has taken every continent by storm for more than four decades.  With the hits Blockbuster, Ball Room Blitz, Fox On The Run & Love Is Like Oxygen The Sweet became one of the biggest bands of the '70s, and were the quintessential glam rockers who brought androgynous looks and crunching guitar pop to the masses. The Golden Thread that links the past through to the present and into the future is Andy Scott.  His determination to maintain high standards with the band's musical legacy and touring is legendary.  The band today has an illustrious pedigree recreating "live" the high energy and soaring vocals associated with the Sweet sound that is the band's trademark. THE SWEET – Blo...

Shame + Sorry + Fontaines D.C. Newcastle University Students Union Friday 23rd November 2018 Three exciting musical prospects performed in front of a big Newcastle crowd on a Friday night. First up was Dublin quintet Fontaines DC have just released their next release as a double A-side single including ‘Too Real’ and ‘The Cuckoo Is A Callin’’. The single featured in the tight set. Strong rhythms punched through the air. Precision drumming with layers of Marr-ish guitar layered over the top, it is easy to see why the song has been playlisted by BBC 6 Music this week. Fontaines DC Catchy hooks helped the Tyneside crowd to respond to the music. They went down and set the night up nicely. There was a nervous energy from singer. Imagine a Jarvis type with a touch of Mark E Smith fronting Therapy? The band entered the studio back in the autumn to record their debut album, before heading on an extensive tour, with producer Dan Carey (Kate Tempest, Bloc Party) and it...

FONTAINES D.C. SIGN TO PARTISAN RECORDS & SHARE NEW SINGLE ‘TOO REAL’ + ANNOUNCE FURTHER LIVE DATES INC. IDLES US TOUR SUPPORT & SXSW APPEARANCE WATCH/SHARE THE NEW VIDEO ‘TOO REAL’ HERE ON TOUR WITH SHAME FROM 15TH NOV Photo credit: Deborah Sheedy Previous praise for Fontaines D.C: "With one foot in the shambolic anarchy of The Pogues, and the other in a Las-esque lilt, Fontaines D.C are messy but melodic in the best way possible" - DIY “Ireland’s latest greatest export” - DORK “"Snarling, Swaggering Post Punk” - STEREOGUM "I've played this about 15 times since yesterday. It's a little bit like hearing Idles for the first time. I really think there's something here" - STEVE LAMACQ “The energy, the urgency and the emotion of these brilliant new songs made me stand up and take notice that this is the band I've been waiting for” - KEXP -- Following their recent signing to Partisan Records and the announcement of their support slot on ...