One of our favourite local promoters f54 have a brilliant line-up of gigs in the offing over the next month or so, and here’s our pick of the bunch. If we’re talking “must sees” for November then we’re talking Midwife aka Madeline Johnston who is known…

I love a good curio and this is a peach: a soundtrack for a shelved north-east coming-of-age film set in the post-Thatcher era. om10 were brought in early on the project, working with the script and location stills to produce the soundtrack, and this is t…

The great thing about punk and related music from about 1976 to 1982 is that the very best of it reflected difference, whether that difference be race, class, gender, or religion. It challenged, it asked questions and it entertained and excited. Which is …