Young Fathers, Gaz Coombes, Nadine Shah close a weirdly emotional 6 Music Fest - Day 3
It feels weirdly emotional to be departing the unique little bubble...»
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Browno has written the following articles:
Echo Lake - Era
Echo Lake have confidently shown the world that they’re no one-trick ponies.»
From Joanna Gruesome's punk-riot to The Fall's drunken ghost: 6 Music Fest - Day 2
Bryan Ferry and Lauren Laverne arrive at a nice summary of the identity of the North-East people as ‘Bleak, romantic, slightly sentimental dreamers’.»
From a Sleater-Kinney masterclass to Mogwai's loudness: 6Music Fest - Day 1
A welcome reminder that no matter how sad, old or jaded we become, there will always be these special bands like Sleater-Kinney.»
Drowned in the North East: Spring 2015
Paul Brown rounds up the best of the North East this season...»
Trust Fund - No One's Coming for Us
Brimming over with sadness, vitality and no little humour.»
Belle and Sebastian - Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
An excellent album by a band who seem to be permanently brimming with life and ideas»
Drowned in the North East: Winter 2014
Paul Brown rounds up the best of the North East music scene...»
Witching Waves - Fear of Falling Down
Whatever it is that sets Witching Waves apart from their contemporaries, they’re unquestionably a breath of fresh air.»
The Drink - Company
Company’s strongest moments are up there with the best indie-pop songs of 2014»
Martha - Courting Strong
Clever but not smart-arsed, fun but completely serious, catchy but lusciously enriching.»
Tyrannosaurus Dead - Flying Ant Day
One of the most bracing, energising half hours of music to be released this year.»
Christopher Owens - A New Testament
Should further enhance his reputation as one of the greats of our generation.»
The History of Apple Pie - Feel Something
hey have evolved from the formula of the debut album, delivering a better album without compromising that which made them good in the first place.»
Fractions - Fractions
A stunningly enriching collection of music which proves that sometimes it’s best to trust bands to wait until they’re ready to show you what they’ve got.»
Hyde & Beast - Keep Moving
All told, Keep Moving is pretty much everything a second album should be.»
Drowned in the North East #4
Hello October. The month where we (well, I) reluctantly dust off the big coat, resign ourselves to the nights drawing in and savour the first faint whiffs of gunpowder in the air. Fortunately, to keep us warm we’ve got an especially bumper crop of fantastic new North East music sidling out of the shadows in a late bid to find accommodating ears before December’s list-making silly season turns otherwise rational music fans into anal loons obsessed with ranking the unrankable.»
Drowned in the North East #3
Part three of our local scene guide to the North East...»
Drowned in the North East #2
The second installment in our local scene guide from our scribe in the North East....»
Drowned in the North East #1
Ever since taking over the Drowned in Newcastle column just shy of a year ago, I’ve frequently been faced with a dilemma over where to draw the line geographically. It’s probably the same for a lot of cities, but Newcastle’s scene is no longer (ahem) blac»
Drowned in Newcastle #7
Before we get into the cut and thrust of a seriously busy few months in our fair city, I owe Richard Dawson an apology. The last couple of Drowned in Newcastle columns have drawn one or two comments calling me out on the absence of coverage of his album T»
Drowned in Newcastle #6
It’s only natural at this time of year for us all to get a bit reflective. So, at a time when the Internet is poised to go crazy with nostalgia for the last eleven and a bit months, it seems fitting to devote this installment of Drowned in Newcastle to an attempt to round up all of the great stuff which has happened in our music scene over the course of 2011.»
Drowned in Newcastle #5
Since our last trawl through Newcastle and its surrounding areas, so much exciting stuff has happened that it’s hard to pick out the cream. If pressed, I’d say the highlight has been the Month of Fridays series, on which the curtain was pulled down in stu»
Various - North East by East Africa
Anybody involved with this record should be bursting with pride, not just because of the massively laudable charitable element, but also because, ultimately, North East by East Africa represents a near-perfect introduction to the wonderful collection of bands we’re extremely lucky to have in this part of the world.»
Shimmering Stars - Violent Hearts
It’s enormously derivative, but it’s also frequently exhilarating, so who gives a shit?»
Drowned in Newcastle #4
The fourth installment of our local scene reports from our scribe in Newcastle...»
Suede - A New Morning (reissue)
By presenting us so brazenly with a comprehensive package of what Suede know is their worst music, they're reminding us of just what a ballsy, spectacular bunch of freaks they have been since day one.»
Drowned in Newcastle #3
I’m going to start my Drowned in Newcastle tenure with a confession; After seeing the turf wars which engulfed the comments section beneath Toby’s first column, I’ve been just the slightest bit wary about taking over the piece, for fear of further incitin»
Art Brut - Brilliant! Tragic!
Nobody is suggesting that Brilliant! Tragic! isn’t a flawed album, but it is also one which delivers some of the richest, fullest thrills of Art Brut’s career.»
Those Dancing Days - Daydreams & Nightmares
Those Dancing Days might be able to convincingly beef up their sound, but, endearingly, their cuddlier core is still pretty plain for all to see. »