This bunch of north-east rabble-rousers only came to our attention earlier this year, but they’ve already leapt up our ‘Ones To F-ing Watch’ league table with astonishing speed. It was only in May that we got to hear Goodnight Kid’s debut ‘House (With …

The wondrous Mandidextrous is coming to World Headquarters in Newcastle this November, which gets a hearty “Woo hoo!” from me. For over 15 years, Mandidextrous has been an instrumental figure in the UK/European underground music industry. With their un…

The singular talents of Joyce Grenfell are celebrated in ‘Ode to Joyce’, which is coming to Darlington this November. The likes of Victoria Wood – who cited Joyce Grenfell as a huge influence on her work – and Miranda Wood (another huge fan) are just t…