Northeast Music Guide

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 ...

Peculiar Disco Moves Launch their single Joining Fee at the historic Mining Institute The North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers has a respectable (if a tad long) name and provides alternatives to the usual live music venues, which is welcome in the current climate. The smallish venue Peculiar Disco Moves chose for their single launch is a meeting room that resembles an oversized old fashioned living room. The bar acts as an ante-room and provides refreshments at very reasonable prices, also a welcome change. The room was very cosy and the upholstery provided perfect acoustic conditions for the artists. You can tell I'm impressed with this venue, can't you? The first of the evening's acts was The Shoeshop Quartet. A group of ladies specialising in the art of creating barbershop harmonised versions of popular songs. Their acapella skills impressed the small crowd and they covered material from the '40s right up to a bit of Lady Gaga. I though...