Ever heard orchestral music performed entirely by robots? Neither had I until I listened to this album from Italian composer Leonardo Barbadoro. Named after its ensemble of robotic performers, Musica Automata, which are controlled remotely by Barbadoro, …

Brilliant Mancs Loose Articles are just one of the bands playing the Anti-Pleasure Xmas Special at Zerox in Newcastle this December. They’re f-ing good. I had to look twice at the list of Loose Articles confirmed forthcoming gigs. In December they’re in N…

‘Hjem’ (pronounced ‘yem’) is, of course, what many of us call ‘home’. It’s also the title of a new body of work by artist Jamie Sinclair, which you can see at Woodhorn Gallery. Jamie Sinclair would undoubtedly call home ‘hjem’, as his hometown is Ashingto…