Music Editorial
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SHIELDS
Newcastle band SHIELDS haven’t released any new material for a couple of years but they’re back this autumn with what those in the know are calling “a bang”.
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Local: Kahuna
This smiley looking five-piece are Kahuna and their frothy debut single, Throw, suggests that they have plenty to smile about (ie it’s really good).
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Welcome to Scott land
You’d think that a box-set collecting together Scott Walker’s first five solo albums on vinyl and CD for the first time would be cause for celebration. It is.
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Kobadelta
If you peer carefully through these frankly FAR OUT bits of undergrowth then you should just be able to make out the forms known only as Kobadelta.
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Suntrapp
This is Jake Houlsby who, for all intents and purposes, is Suntrapp. And judging by their/his first single, they’re/he’s jolly good.
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KiKi Lowe
KiKi Lowe is a good name for a pop star is it not (got to love that double capital “K”). She’s from Gosforth in Newcastle and despite the fact that she’s not yet old enough to...
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The Shake Appeal
The Shake Appeal look good, don’t they? They sound it, too.
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Alex Butler
First on the bill tonight, The Eleven appear streamlined as an acoustic duo. Two guitars and two near-perfectly matched voices combine brilliantly on their timeless sounding c...
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Parastatic
This Newcastle band are aiming for the stars and doing so through the sheer power of their cosmic space rock.
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Joseph Curwen
We asked Joseph Curwen for a pic and he sent us this. Is that him in the murk or is this a still from Hammer Horror’s “Now Lick The Blood From The Tomb”? YOU DECIDE.
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Athletes In Paris
Something is stirring in Sunderland and, if I’m not very much mistaken (and I’m not), it’s the infectious indie-pop of this sparky bunch.
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Blackhall and Bookless
Say: “How’s tricks?” to Christopher Blackhall and Christopher Bookless, house music movers and groovers par excellence.
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Cancer Bats
Cancer Bats. There’s a band that you’re unlikely to take your parents to see anytime soon. Not unless they’re heavily into sweaty hardcore punk delivered with all the force of...
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