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Jason Hayles Jason WWW.NEVOLUME.CO.UK TOP 10 NE ARTISTS TO SEE LIVE IN 2019! WE’RE GATESHEAD SILENT FILM FESTIVAL! LISTENING! WE REVIEW TWISTERELLA FESTIVAL IN MIDDLESBROUGH! ISSUE #40 DEC 18 / JAN 19 LITTLE BUILDINGS FACES CLOSURE! ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: THE PALE WHITE! FOLLOW NE VOLUME CUBAN CHRISTMAS AT GOSFORTH CIVIC THEATRE! WE REVIEW AQUA VELVAS’ NEW ALBUM! ON SOCIAL MEDIA WE SPEAK TO RAZORLIGHT’S JOHNNY BORRELL! HOOTFEST AT THE STAND, NEWCASTLE! PICK UP OUR FREE NORTH EAST MUSIC/CULTURE MAGAZINE! TO NE VOLUME MAGAZINE WELCOME ISSUE #40! Thank you so much for picking up NE Volume magazine - the magazine produced by local music and CONTENTS culture fans, for local music and culture fans. It’s that time of year again! The Christmas NEWS markets are in full swing, the mulled wine is going down PG.7 Lost In The Woods #10! rather nicely, and we’re in the festive spirit. December PG.11 The IndieGo Sessions! is also a time where we’re spoilt for choice when it comes to cultural and musical events, CULTURE but we’ve ram-packed this bumper edition so you won’t miss out. Anyhow, so here’s what to look out for this month. In this PG.14 Hootfest at The Stand! edition, I pick the top 10 bands/artists that I truly believe you should see live in 2019; we provide you with our honest opinion PG.16 Gateshead Silent Film Festival! of Twisterella Festival in Middlesbrough; we keep you up-to- date with what’s happening in the region in December and SPOTLIGHTS January including The Courtroom Sessions at Middlesbrough Town Hall, Indiego Sessions at The Halt in Redcar and Avalanche PG.22 Artist Spotlight – The Pale White! Party at The Cluny in Newcastle; in our culture section we preview Hootfest at The Stand, and so much more. Just to PG.23 Business Spotlight – Black Slab, Redcar! remind you, if you’ll be running an event or bringing any new material out in December/January/February then please email FEATURES our team at [email protected] and we’ll do all we possibly can to include a review/news piece in our February edition PG.24 Little Buildings Facing Closure! which will be released on Friday 1st February. And from everybody here at NE Volume, we wish you a very PG.28 Top 10 North East Artists! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. INTERVIEWS PG.37 Razorlight! EDITOR’S PICK: PG.24 PG.38 The Vaccines! GIG REVIEWS PG.44 Twisterella Festival! PG.46 Tom Odell At City Hall, Newcastle! ALBUM / EP / SINGLE REVIEWS PG.50 Aqua Velvas’ New Album! PG.51 Be Quiet. Shout Loud!’s New EP! PG. 24 - LITTLE BUILDINGS CLOSURE DEC 2018 / JAN 2019 GIG LISTINGS PG.52-54 Lee Allcock - Editor, NE Volume. ISSUE #41 OUT ON FRIDAY 1ST FEBRUARY Venue box office opening hours: Mon-Sat 12pm-4pm (Thurs 12pm-6pm) • Ticket Prices Subject to Booking Fees ticketweb.co.uk • seetickets.com • gigantic.com • ticketmaster.co.uk All rights reserved. No part of this publication can be reproduced in whole or part without permission from the publishers. The opinions expressed in NE Volume belong to the individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the views of NE Volume or its staff. NE Volume welcomes ideas and contrbutions but can assume no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. NE Volume holds no responsiblilty to incorrect content supplied in adverts. GIG PREVIEW GIG PREVIEW 1 YOU CAN USE NE VOLUME TO PROMOTE YOUR OWN BUSINESS OR GIG! Promote your events, band and your local business to more than 25,000 music and culture fans in the North East with our help! A DARK, DARK CHRISTMAS #4 NE Volume is a North East magazine delivered FREE to a range of communities in the North East - covering Middlesbrough, AT THE GEORGIAN THEATRE, STOCKTON Stockton, Hartlepool, Darlington, Redcar, Newcastle, Sunderland, and many more. As the dark and chilly nights of winter settle in, The Georgian Theatre will be ending their year’s programme of music with their We produce adverts covering various sizes. If you would like an fourth annual winter event on Saturday 22nd December. NE Volume advertising pack sent out via email or post, please Bringing together some of the most interesting names in the use the contact details below. North East music scene, the event will play host to alternative hip-hoppers Ceiling Demons, indie meets West Coast Americana lo-fi quintet The Broken Broadcast and alternative rock quartet Our trained Journalists can write your copy while our dedicated Swears in a night guaranteed to offer something for those who Graphic Designer can help to put your adverts together. So like their music loud. Note: for those wanting something a bit whatever your requirements are, we are here to help! quieter in between acts to relax to, The Georgian Bar will also be hosting acoustic duo The Covers Club who’ll be providing a AVALANCE PARTY variety of festive tracks to lighten the mood and help make the AT THE CLUNY, NEWCASTLE evening a fun, festive night for all to enjoy.WILLIAM BROWN Tickets: £5.00 | Visit: georgiantheatre.co.uk. A homecoming of sorts for this North Yorkshire Moors-based band, Avalanche Party have demonstrated their status as one of the most hotly tipped local acts, gaining new fans from their FOR REGULAR UPDATES FOLLOW NE VOLUME ON SOCIAL powerful stage shows and masses of radio play including being championed by BBC Introducing, Radio 1’s Huw Stephens, GIG PREVIEW 6Music’s Steve Lamacq and Tom Robinson, Vic Galloway at MEDIA OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE: NEVOLUME.CO.UK BBC Scotland, John Kennedy at Radio X, Edith Bowman at Virgin Radio, Jim Gellatly, Amazing Radio and KCRW’s Jason Kramer in the USA. Avalanche Party describe their gigs as: “Intense and immediate, so new yet so familiar and brimming with an urgency that explodes off the stage like the front lines of a war you didn’t even realise was being fought.” Their rip-roaring live shows, blasting out their original slice of feral garage punk, have gained the band a real reputation and NE VOLUME TEAM CONTACT put them very high on the list of must-see North East acts; often shirtless, singer Jordan Bell’s haunting voice, over the Email: [email protected] bands’ powerful fuzz-fuelled guitar licks, create a unique and Editor : Lee Allcock unforgettable audio experience. The band has had a whirlwind Listings: Emily Hook Phone: 01642 237348 of a year, gracing stages all over the UK and Europe including Website: nevolume.co.uk The Reading & Leeds festivals and most recently performing in Creative: Tom Brown November at festivals in Manchester and Glasgow. With such Writers: William Brown, Charlie Richardson, Janine Lewis, a busy gigging schedule it’s amazing that the band has also had Michael Bull, Sam Dobinson, Stephen Jude, Phill Wilson, Rachel Byrom, time to get into the studio to record new material. Avalanche Wayne Madden, Samantha Hall, Tobias Halford, Damian Robinson, BY YOUR LEAVE EP LAUNCH Party’s October release, ‘Million Dollar Man’, recorded at Jake Carr Smith, Steve White, Adam Barnsley and Jack Dodsworth AT HEAD OF STEAM, NEWCASTLE Young Thugs Studio in York with Jonny Hooker, is a real tour de force and is set to be a key component in their future live performances. In previous gigs this year the band has kicked off From the lost land of Kaldorath, theatrical metal project By Your with fan favourite ‘I’m So Wet’ - and I’m sure it will take pride Leave make the long journey to Head of Steam in Newcastle on of place in this set. The Cluny gig will finish off a triumphant NE VOLUME Saturday 15th December for the launch party of their debut EP, year for the Avalanche Party lads. And if previous shows are ‘The Unquiet Shadow’. The launch, which has been put in place anything to go by, the venue will be packed to the rafters and IS A PROUD to honour the Empress and to tell tales of legends from the lands jammed to the ceiling with energy and charisma. Even in the of Kaldorath, is certain to be a mystical night which fans of Alice depths of the Newcastle winter, I’m sure the Cluny will be Magazine designed by Printed by JAK HQ Limited Cooper, Ghost and Iron Maiden certainly won’t want to miss. If cooking on gas mark 10 for this event. Avalanche Party play Tom Brown Graphic Design. www.jakinc.uk SUPPORTER OF you’re a faithful ally of Kaldorath, you must be there! Support The Cluny, Newcastle on Saturday 15th December. from the night comes from Newcastle heavy metal outfit CHARLIE RICHARDSON Contact Unit 4 Station Road, ‘MvC Live Sessions and signed memorabilia auctions fund state Usurper and rock ‘n’ roll/classic rock outfit Speeder also from email: [email protected] Chester-le-Street, DH3 3DY. of the art cancer equipment and intiatives into the NHS and vital Newcastle who are both allies of Kaldorath. LEE ALLCOCK website: tbgraphics.co.uk [email protected] awareness campaigns’ www.musicvcancer.com Tickets: £9.00 + Booking | Visit: thecluny.com Tickets: £3.00 | Doors: 7.00pm Doors: 7.00pm 4 \\ NE VOLUME MAGAZINE 1. Jason Ferdinando Photography NEWS // NE VOLUME MAGAZINE // 5 GIG PREVIEW GIG PREVIEW 1 GIG PREVIEW GIG PREVIEW FUCKED UP JOHN GRANT AT THINK TANK? NEWCASTLE AT SAGE, GATESHEAD With their new album ‘Dose Your Dreams’ just released, Canadian Three years on from the release of his previous solo LP, ‘Grey band Fucked Up will be performing a breakneck batch of shows Tickles, Black Pressure’, John Grant returns with ‘Love Is Magic’, his across Europe, making a stop at Think Tank?, Newcastle to latest full-length studio effort released via Bella Union earlier this showcase their version of hardcore punk and experimental rock.