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Our Homegrown stages give top Teesside talent the chance to show y'all what they can do. We put the call out for bands to play and more than 200 - yes, 200! - sent in demos. We received MP3s, CDs and even a tape (it's 2010, come on!) and after days upon days of listening, short-listing and debating, we drew up two brilliant line ups – step forward Homegrown Outdoor and Homegrown Underground. For the second year running, we're also over the moon to welcome two splendid German bands courtesy of collaboration with Olgas Rock Festival in Oberhausen. MML goes international.
How good is that?!

 
 
 
 

9.20pm
BE QUIET SHOUT LOUD
www.myspace.com/bequietshoutloud

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Flamboyant and off-kilter disco-rock from Middlesbrough's
answer to The Sunshine Underground.


 
 
 
 

8.25pm
DIRTY WEEKEND
www.myspace.com/dirtyweekendtheband
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"Powerful, adventurous and quirky" (Tom Robinson
6 Music) indie-prog as seen at Glastonbury!


 
 
 
 

7.40pm
JIMMY AND THE SOUNDS
www.myspace.com/jimmyandthesounds
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Quintessentially English indie-pop gems sitting
somewhere between The Jam & The Kaiser Chiefs.

 
 
 

7.10pm
MOLK VANT
www.myspace.com/molkvant
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Special bonus set from this hotly tipped young
singer-songwriter from up the A19 in Seaham.


 
 
 
 

6.30pm
LOST STATE OF DANCE
www.myspace.com/lithiumspeeddementia
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Explosive Hartlepool trio unleashing 3 minute nuggets
of The Killers meets Muse madness. Mad!

 
 
 
 

5.30pm
SOVIET DISCO
www.myspace.com/sovietdiscomusic
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Redcar's finest, taking influence from Smashing
Pumpkins, Cooper Temple Clause and Radiohead.

 
 
 
 

4.30pm
THE SAMANTHA DURNAN BAND
www.myspace.com/samanthadurnanmusic
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Incredibly talented young songstress who'll appeal
to fans of KT Tunstall & Michelle Branch.

 
 
 
 

3.30pm
CAMA MAYA
www.myspace.com/camamaya
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60s inspired indie-pop from Germany who remind
us of The Shins, Supergrass & Franz Ferdinand!

 
 
 
 

2.30pm
RECUSANT
www.myspace.com/recusantuk
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They take the post-libertines blueprint, throw in
some Maximo Park and, well, it sounds mega!

 
 
 
 

1.30pm
SISTER ROSE
www.myspace.com/sisterrosemusic
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Classic British indie songwriting earning comparisons
The La's, Stone Roses and The Small Faces.

 
 
 
 

12.30pm
RED RABBITS
www.myspace.com/redrabbits
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“Amazing, razor-sharp guitar pop packed with
splendidly seedy tales" Bob Fischer BBC Introducing.