Newcastle’s Melanie Baker has backed up all her early promise with a debut album that is packing real heat. She’s taken slacker-adjacent bedroom-indie-pop and blasted it skywards via some crunchy grunge, indie-rock and riot grrrl sounds that have been fil…

‘Following the Eagle’ at Segedunum is an extraordinary showcase of rare bronze Roman military artefacts and military diplomas. And when I say ‘diplomas’, I don’t mean those things universities dish out on bits of paper. I’m talking diplomas inscribed …

In IT’S THE LONG GOODBYE, post-punk duo The Twilight Sad are joined by an impressive roster of collaborators, including Arab Strap’s David Jeans, Mogwai’s Alex Mackay and Robert Smith himself. The album is a clear levelling up of their sound: James Graham…