Newcastle’s Frankie Archer—who released her incredible ‘The Dance of Death’ album earlier this year—looks set to be the next break-out star from the region. She’s at The Glasshouse this September. I recently heard Mark Radcliffe on BBC 6 Music declare …

This young Sunderland four-piece are a thrilling proposition, particularly if you like punk that isn’t afraid to push envelopes. From the funked-up rhythms of ‘Period Pad/I’m Glad’ (absolutely my fave song about period poverty), to the soaring indie-rock …

In 1939, an Austrian 19-year-old named Hermine Braunsteiner accepted a job as a prison guard in Germany with the hopes of sending more money to her family back home. A decade later, she is known as ‘The Mare’ and is renowned for the brutal violence she en…