Newcastle-based India Arkin is pushing her rocky-pop (poppy-rock?) in a very interesting direction, and I’ve no hesitation in jumping aboard her merry charabanc for the wild ride. First up, India Arkin’s latest single ‘143’ is fantastic. It begins with so…

The Scorsese influence hangs heavy over this 60s-set biker movie, inspired by the photography book of the same name by Danny Lyon. The picture uses Danny’s interviews with his subjects as a framing device. In a singsong gossipy voice, Kathy (Comer), a chi…

Coventry’s Guz Khan is a familiar face on TV, but give him a mic and a stage and you’ll really see him shine. He’s in Middlesbrough this coming January. Guz Khan lights up any programme he appears on including ‘Taskmaster’, ‘The Last Leg’, ‘Would I Lie To…