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  Local: The Voluntears

  This is The Voluntears (well, one of them – you won’t believe the trouble we have trying to get decent pics out of bands). But what they lack in good band shots they more than...

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  Local: The Jet Reds

  Blimey! The Jet Reds look like they can handle themselves, do they not. And what they handle, specifically, is indie rock, which goes big in the oomph stakes.

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  Local: Blakk Sabbath

  It’s Christmas. Sod it. I’m sticking Blakk Sabbath on the Local Scene page. I mean to say, who exactly is going to stop me? Can you guess which band they’re a tribute to…?

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  Bernie Christie

  If you squint a bit, you might just be able to make out north-east singer, songwriter and musician Bernie Christie. It’s worth the effort, because she’s very good.

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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: Callum Pitt

  Can you, in all honesty, have enough Callum Pitt? The answer to that, my friends, is a big fat no.

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  Local scene: Swine Tax

  Here’s a nice pic of Swine Tax having fun while mucking around down by a harbour. Do not try this at home kids.

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  Local Scene: Squarms

  Squarms are an electronic duo from Newcastle and, presumably, this is 50% of them.

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  The Palps

  Almost imperceptibly, Newcastle four-piece The Palps seem to have ensnared my heart. So now you know.

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