Stockton
Live Review: Evil Blizzard / Angerland – The Georgian Theatre, Stockton 06.07.2024
A night of unusual and slightly frightening post-punk tonight with the visually striking Evil Blizzard headlining Stockton’s Old Theatre. They brought along London’s Angerland along to tenderise the audience beforehand. Tenderise they did with brutal bursts of political-tinged punk. The four-piece delivered driving heavy rock riffs mined from the depths of post-punk and powered along …
Live Review: Wingz Of The Monkey / No Ripcord / Ben Coaten – NE Volume Bar, Stockton 22.06.2024
The night was perfectly constructed with the Gerry Cinnamon Esq Ben Coaten opening things up, alt-rockers No Ripcord sending the night on a slow descent into chaos that punks rockers Wingz Of The Monkey cemented with a guitar snapping set. The venue was full of the young and the weird, which isn’t surprising considering the …
Live Review: Stockton Calling Festival – Multi Venue, Stockton 31.03.2024
There is not much going on in Stockton these days, but the one thing that they have always been good at, is spotting up and coming musical talent. A highlight of all this talent spotting culminate into what is very much a stable of the North East music scene, Stockton Calling. This years line up …
Live Review: Paul Weller – The Globe, Stockton 14.04.2024
By Francis Fitzgerald Well, well, Weller. The Modfather arrived on the stage at Stockton Globe to be greeted by a rapturous sell-out crowd. For the next two hours, Teesside was treated to a jaunt through a back catalogue that stretches back through five decades. To kick off proceedings it was straight into sturdy renditions of …
Live Review: Saint Saviour / Amelia Coburn – Georgian Theatre, Stockton 28.03.2024
‘Amelia Coburn’ was an interesting choice to support Saint Saviour on this mini tour, both artists are North East born and bred and have both recently released albums helped by Bill Ryder Jones. Taking the stage to little aplomb a ukulele was all she needed to enrapture those who had turned up early enough to …
Live Review: Wingz Of The Monkey / Jam Tub / Rare Breed – The Green Room, Stockton 09.02.2024
By Francis Fitzgerald The Green Room is the little brother of the Georgian Theatre in Stockton-On-Tees. It is one of those small venues that are vital to the nurturing of new music. On Friday night it played host to the Wingz of The Monkey who were celebrating the release of their new single ‘The Accuser’. Everyone …
Live Review: English Teacher / Sarah Johnsone – The Georgian Theatre, Stockton 31.01.2024
By Francis Fitzgerald The Stockton Calling festival in 2022 featured a new band by the name of English Teacher. Fast forward a couple of years to January 2024 and the band has had a single (Nearly Daffodils) listed in the top 10 of Time magazine, featured on BBC Later with Jools Holland and much more …
Live Review: The Libertines / Benefits / Bear Park – The Arc, Stockton 23.01.2024
By Francis Fitzgerald A wet Winter night in Stockton, and it is the opening night of the Libertines Albionay tour of ‘small sweaty clubs’. The band are touring their hotly anticipated fourth album due in March ‘All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade’. So how did that first night go? Answer, they went down a storm, …
Live Review: Motions / Rare Breed / Beatnik – NE Volume Music Bar, Stockton 09.09.2023
A sweaty night of local talent was promised as Teesside metal band Motions took to the NE Volume stage for the first time. Beatnik opened the show bringing with them a huge following and the tunes to match. Looking like a collection of musical decades, they certainly looked the part. They filled the stage with …
Live Review: Stockton Calling – Multi Venue, Stockton 08.04.2023
With the sun shining it was time again for one of the North East’s best multi-venue festivals Stockton Calling. With a packed lineup of some of the finest bands around, it was a difficult choice on which band to see and which to miss for many of those who attended to. My day started with …