Shannah is a Northern, self-proclaimed bedroom artist who most people know as a professional dancer. She has written and released music reflective of her lockdown experience that many can relate to. By taking the leap from dancer-singer during this time, Shannah has had an amazing response to her tunes after keeping her voice quiet for (too!) long. We look forward to hearing what Shannah continues to make in lockdown and beyond’ Both of your songs have been released during lo

The Streets have shared a new documentary on the making of their upcoming mixtape. The 20-minute film features footage of the creation of new collaboration-based tape ‘None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive’, which comes out in July. The Album sees Mike Skinner collaborating with the likes of Tame Impala, Slowthai, Jesse James Solomun and IDLES. In the opening moments of the documentary Skinner is quoted in saying "collabs and features and that can be a tricky buisness

The North Brewing Co have just dropped their latest collaboration with Laura Wellington, In Good Company project. #Beerforthepeople is a session IPA brewed to celebrate #Posterforthepeople featuring Morag Myercough art fuelled thanks for our keyworkers. 50% of the proceeds made from every beer sold will go to Mind and Blurt Foundation to support Mental Health during Covid19. On their site they explained their decision to make the beer, stating "we have teamed up with 10 bre

We find ourselves at a time where the boundaries of pop music are being pushed. Artists like Charli XCX and Grimes are creating brand new avenues for the genre to explore, with many artists sure to follow suit in the coming years following their success. Even more commercial artists like Dua Lipa and Carly Rae Jepsen are shifting away from the EDM and trap stylings which dominated the charts in the 2010s - Dua Lipa in particular trading them in for a more groove based funk-po

To The Local are hosting For The Local Fest #1, an online festival on Friday 5th June featuring some fantastic local artists to raise money for the NHS and for local independent venues. The lineup includes the likes of The Covasettes, ALLORA, The Loose Cut and Bull, with the festival being streamed on YouTube from 3pm. A PayPal option will be made available throughout #ForTheLocal next Friday for those who wish to donate, with half of all donations going to the Music Venue Tr

Leeds-based electronic artist Lindenbaum Modular has added to his collection of releases this month, with euphoric track C is for Canada. Specializing in modular synth live sets, Lindenbaum Modular has debuted his repertoire at the latest two installments of inner city electronic, experimenting with an expansion of machines and sounds during his sets. C is for Canada showcases this talent even further, being both impressive in production and stylistically very beautiful. Open

‘Monday’ is the latest release from Portsmouth based 4-piece Crystal Tides, an anthemic indie-rock tune with arena-ready choruses, big-room guitar work and infectious vocal hooks. Following the success of previous single ‘Ex’, the South Coast rockers are keeping their momentum up as they smash through 2020 with another fresh, up and coming track. A true foot tapper, ‘Monday’ showcases the group’s undeniable talent and concreted sound. Leading with powerful vocal delivery over

IDLES have announced they have a new documentary about the rise of the band and the formation of their fan community, the AF Gang. IDLES have shared the trailer for a new documentary about the band, Don’t Go Gentle. The documentary is available to stream on the AF Gang website from 1 June, titling itself as “a film about finding strength in vulnerability.” The film will only be available for two weeks, released in conjunction with the Bristol band’s new single Mr Motivator. A

Three people were arrested after about 200 revellers attended an illegal rave at a protected nature reserve. The rave was held at Kirkstall Valley Nature Reserve in Leeds on Monday night at the start of the week. West Yorkshire Police said people had waded across a section of river to gain access to the reserve, sparking concerns for their safety.A local community group said online" they also disturbed nesting birds and could have trodden on some of the young birds." They wa

After growing anger has seen the public and tory MPs alike call for the sacking of Cummings over his lockdown trip to Durham, today we saw the government's Chief Special Advisor tell his side of the story. Whilst Cummings will have hoped to end the media flurry which he claims has hounded him over the past few days, it seems he has created more questions than he answered. That Petrol Stop After originally claiming that he hadn’t stopped during his initial journey to Durham or