much maligned north eastern "cultural dispatch" Narc recently listened to readers views and decided to reach out to some fo the thriving genres of music in the region beyond the indie/"narc bands" clique it is occasionally criticised for focussing on:

some of these bands are fantastic

check them out!

http://www.kyeo.tv/2013/01/30/your-new-favourite-band-hardcore-punk-edition/
http://www.kyeo.tv/2013/01/28/your-new-favourite-band-metal-edition/
http://www.kyeo.tv/2013/01/29/your-new-favourite-band-hip-hop-edition/
(the one for dance/electronic music is presumably going to be uploaded later this week too)

I hope they do something about the local experimental and noise sounds next time they run this series because there is some terrific stuff that I've seen around newcastle but don't really know a lot about.