Northeast Music Guide

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 ...

FISH plays NEWCASTLE  O2 Academy on Sunday 2nd December FISH RELEASES NEW SINGLE ‘MAN WITH A STICK’ TAKEN FROM UPCOMING EP ‘A PARLEY WITH ANGELS’ RELEASED 21st SEPTEMBER UK & EUROPEAN TOUR STARTS IN SEPTEMBER Following the digital release of his entire solo catalogue in June, which has generated well over a million streams already, FISH has released his brand new single, ‘Man With A Stick’, the first track to be taken from his upcoming EP A Parley With Angels, out September 21st, and the first taste of his final studio album, Weltschmerz. A brooding blend of minimalist drums and possessing synthesizers, ‘Man With A Stick’ is a reflective and thought-provoking track from Fish. Regarding the single he says, “I was inspired to write this lyric after my father died in May 2016. He was a strong, proud, well-respected man who, like most of us, found growing old difficult. When he reached his mid 80's he was becoming a shadow of his former se...

The Tyne Opera House Gets Jiggy With The Afro Celt Sound System I don't claim to know a lot about the Afro Celt Sound System. I'm writing this as a latecomer to the music, apart from a memory of the collaboration with Sinead O' Connor Release. We feel people should always try something different, step out of your musical comfort zone. Also our son is studying music GCSE and fusion is likely to be something he should know about. But before we know it, we were on our feet dancing. The band numbered 10 on stage. The cultural mix of both the people and the music creates a perfect storm of joy and a need  to dance. I have never seen so many people get up and dance at the Tyne Theatre and I gave up taking photos after a song and a half...rather than the customary 3, as I didn't want to interfere with the happy dancing people at the front. There was also a drum solo the like of which I've never seen before. The venue's acoustic qualities re...

SKINNY LISTER … ARE BACK! FOLK-PUNK SIX PIECE  PLOT UK & EUROPEAN TOUR DATES FOR 2019 DROP NEW SINGLE:  “38 MINUTES” - LISTEN  HERE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM:  ‘THE STORY IS…’ OUT 1st MARCH 2019 VIA XTRA MILE RECORDINGS PRE-ORDER  HERE “This. Is. Not. A. Drill…”  Batten down the hatches ladies and gentlemen, for tempestuous folk-punk renegades - SKINNY LISTER - are back with an explosive new single: “38 Minutes”.  LISTEN  HERE Take it as a forewarning, for the London sextet today also lay out the incendiary plans for their long-awaited  fourth studio album: ‘The Story Is….’ , a record set to drop from  Xtra Mile Recordings  silo on  1st March 2019 .  Lead single  “38 Minutes”  is a tense new track inspired by a ballistic missile alert triggered in Hawaii at the beginning of 2018. For a terrifying 38 minutes officials led the populous of the volcanic island to believe that the...