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  Local: PICNIC

  Sunderland’s PICNIC (who are totally rocking that caps-on look) are as bracing as a dip in the sea at Roker and their infectious new single is brimming with verve.

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  Local: Tom Joshua

  Tom Joshua is a singer songwriter worth getting very excited about and he’s sure to be one of the star turns at this year’s Stockton Calling festival.

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  No Time For Reason

  This is No Time For Reason. Quite literally. This Newcastle four-piece look capable enough, do they not?

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  Feed Your Wolves

  Here’s a man who knows the value of a mid-distance stare with a guitar slung casually over his shoulder. He is Andy Davidson who, for all intents and purposes, IS Feed Your Wo...

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  Local scene: Brooke Bentham

  This South Shields lass grabbed our attention way back in the mists of 2017 but we’ve had to wait until 2020 for her debut album to land. Has it been worth it? Read on for the...

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  Local Scene: PLAZA

  Who doesn’t love a band that spell their name in caps? (Answer: no one.) And now Hartlepool’s finest have put all their lovely melodies in caps, too.

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  Madeleine Smyth

  Oh wow! I love this pic of Madeleine Smyth nearly as much as I love her music. (And let me tell you, I really, really, really fucking love this pic…)

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  Trunky Juno

  As you can see, Trunky Juno has got sole. More than one. I wouldn’t call him a soul singer, though…

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  Local scene: Hector Gannet

  Hector Gannet is a man! And a band! Confused? You wouldn’t be if you’d only just read on…

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  Local: Weekend Sun

  Darlington’s Weekend Sun are releasing their second album on 30 November and it’s packing the kind of sizzling funk that’ll warm the coldest of cockles.

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  Local: Birdman Cult

  Birdman Cult were formed in South Shields but now appear to be based in Bristol. No matter, we’re still claiming them as one of our own.

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  Local: BARE ROOTS

  There’s no messing around with BARE ROOTS (feel the awesome power of their capital letters). Their sound is all in caps, too.

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  Local: Courtney Dixon

  This Newcastle lass has just released her debut single and it’s had me scrambling around the office shouting: ‘Who the fudge has got my “Amazing New Talent” klaxon?’

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