Since RIDE started up back in 2016 Kay Greyson has featured more than most on our site. From our hometown of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Kay is one of the most prolific artists in the city […]
Tag: North East
EP Review: wrongtvrn – ‘love is a drug, i am an addict’
wrongtvrn is the new side project of Ben Taylor AKA KV$HNOODLE. wrongtvrn sees Ben turn away from rap and towards his ‘truer’ influences, resulting in an impressive EP of auto-crooning over slow emo-trap. Slices of […]
Track of The Week: “GOD EATER” – Shoshin Noel x Scotty Overdose
North East meets London in this banging trap-metal link-up from Newcastle’s Shoshin Noel and up and comer from the capital Scotty Overdose. This is one of of our favourite releases from Shoshin Noel in 2020, despite […]
EP Review: Shakk – ‘Butterfly Trees’
As bright, bold and uplifting as UK Hip-Hop gets, Teesside rapper Shakk’s ‘Butterfly Trees’ EP brings the energy we all need to get through these trying times. ‘Just breathe, all this pain and bad energy […]
Track of the Week: “Smoking Area” – Sweets
Sweets is a name I’ve been aware of since he was booked to play the RIDE Music stage at Hit The North festival 2019 (I don’t book the acts). Back then I had no idea […]
Track of the Week: “Sober Up” – Eyeconic
Eyeconic’s latest single ‘Sober Up’ sees the adopted-Teessider take a different direction from his recent grunge meets hip-hop vibe, opting for a more relaxed lounge R&B sound – and it’s a thing of beauty. Far […]
Track of the Week: “Work Me” – Badmind
Dayna Leadbitter and Jaimie Johnson, formally of alternative R&B outfit SoShe, are back with new project Badmind and an impressive debut single in “Work Me”. Dayna’s smooth vocals ride the pop meets afroswing beat with […]
