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  Local: You Are The Dead

  If you’re in the market for an action shot of You Are The Dead, then cop for this.

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  Local: Shipcote & Friends

  The wonderful Graham Shipcote (pictured) and his band – Shipcote & Friends – are back in October with a super new album which they’re launching at a special gig at the Gosfort...

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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: World of Iggy

  I know what you’re thinking: Isn’t that the much-lauded bunch of rhyming gobshites JaZZ RiOT? Well, yes and no. Yes, it is them, but they’ve also got a mutant side project ded...

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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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  Local: The Pale White

  Newcastle’s The Pale White certainly look the part (see pic) but can they back it up with a bunch of rollicking, knock-yer-socks-off, songs? (Clue: Yes they can.)

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  Local: Ditto

  Send us a high-res image of the band, we said, and this is what we got. Hey, it works for me.

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  The Old Pink House

  This bunch were recipients of our coveted Single of the Month slot last year (it’s not that coveted – ed.) and they’ve continued their upward curve in 2017 with a clutch of st...

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  Local: Tomorrow is Lost

  I like what Tomorrow is Lost have done with their place. Exposed brickwork is so hot right now. And I’ll tell you what else is hot: their huge licks.

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  Local: The Yada Yada Yadas

  Durham-based The Yada Yada Yadas are certainly in the pink, and their just released debut single, Oceans, is certainly worth getting excited about.

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  Local: St. Buryan

  This lot look like a nice bunch of lads, which gets a big gold star from me, but they get an even bigger gold star for their upbeat indie-pop that is realised to rather fabulo...

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  Local: The Cornshed Sisters

  Here are The Cornshed Sisters checking out what looks like a collection of 18th century iPads. Anyway: they’re back and they’re still brilliant.

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  Local: Charlie Thomas

  This is Billingham’s Charlie Thomas, a singer/songwriter in thrall to the scuzzier, more bohemian, end of US culture.

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