Connor McDonnell

Music editor Connor McDonnell reviews the latest release by Melt Yourself Down...

"Neo psychedelic for the digital age." This is how Sunflower Bean introduce themselves. The three-piece, Long Island natives, have assembled fresh sounds on their debut Human Ceremony, which slip from...

Aaron Maine used to make experimental songs on his Casio CA-110. In 2013, he released his debut Slow Dance in the Cosmos: a collection of shimmying, lo-fi arrangements. This year he has delivered Pool...

The NME Awards Tour is always exciting. It gives a collection of new acts with bigger names such as 2015’s line up consisting of Palma Violets headlining, with The Wytches, Slaves and Fat White Fami...

Connor McDonnell reviews the latest album from TRAAMS...

Music Editor Connor McDonnell picks his favourite local talent this week for your reading pleasure....

The Courteeners will be heading to Newcastle’s O2 Academy on Monday 30th November. Liam Fray and co.’s last time in Newcastle was November last year, to celebrate the release of their fourth studi...

They move around the stage underneath the actors, but the lives of Chekhov’s characters simply spin in the wind’s eddies and then return to the ground, settling....

Connor McDonnell reviews Cheatah's sophomore album....

England hadn't quite got the dream pop, nu-gaze sound in their palms, that is peeping it's facets out from the gravelled terrain that is musical popularity, around the world. Bands such as Unknown Mor...

You’re going to Europe on Friday, how’re you feeling about your first headline tour there?   Felix: If it’s anything like the UK one, it’s going to be great. We are excited. It has been a y...

DICE’s beta of the reboot for Star Wars: Battlefront hosted more than 9 million people, in its fleeting existence. Over 10 years after the childhood-defining original, EA’s team and their undeniab...