cassettes’ latest is a defiantly cohesive selection of demos from 1998-2004. Acoustic and largely unadorned electric guitar feature prominently, but this is no exercise in strum-drum solipsism. Here are shards of brittle poetry, tiny revelations of the ev…

Attention art lovers! You can see work from the latest three winners of the North East Emerging Artist Award at Seaton Delaval Hall this September and October. This prestigious award is always one of the cultural highlights of the year and this year’s …

Can I get a drum-roll please ahead of the announcement that the mighty Initialize is back, back, BACK at The Middlesbrough Empire this September. This night promises to be all manner of magnificent with a line-up that is headed up by DJ Sek. This Greek…