NewBlood is a monthly event held at the Darlington Forum. The event is for 14-17 and at a cost of £3.00. Also there is a chance to buy set merchandise including tee shirts, CDs etc.

For more information go to: www.myspace.com/newbloodliveuk On the 26th of March NewBlood met Knights, Isotopia and Your Army.

First up was Knights. The name came from the film “Anchorman”. The band is an experimental, minimalist/pop band with influences such as, Maps and Atlas, Beatles and Radio Head.

The band consists of Oliver on vocals and playing guitar, Jonathon on guitar, Patrick on drums and Josh on bass. The band is situated in Richmond.

For the future the band wants to be able to make money from doing what they do and to have fun!

Whilst on stage they started off with a musical intro and then played songs such as “Birds” and “Heros”. The band encouraged the fans to dance and cheer.

For more information go to: www.myspace.com/knightsaredeadbeats

Second up was Isotopia, a band from Leeds starring Toby on vocals, Mike on guitar, Dave on bass and Ed playing drums. The band is a rock/metal band with influences such as Tool, Dillinger Escape Plan and Iron Maiden. Their name was created with a medical dictionary merging 2 names together.

On the night the band played hit tracks such as “Cannon Fodder”, “Drop Dead Friend” and “Choke”. On stage the band introduced themselves and then started a song. A mosh pit formed, which was soon broke up. Whilst there wasn’t a mosh pit the crowd jumped around to the fantastic music coming from the band. During the performance the band promoted their MySpace and their EP. For the final song the band encouraged waltzing. They finished with a final promotion and saying thanks.

Keep your eyes open for this band as the aim for the future is to be a huge band – well as big as they can be. So good luck for the future.

For more information on Istopia check out their MySpace/website at: www.myspace.com/causeaheadache OR www.isotopia.co.uk

Headlining the night was the girl-fronted rock band named Your Army. Your Army are a band from Brighton consisting of Lucy – Vocals, Sam – Bass, Andrew – Drums and Chris – Guitar.

The bands influences are “Rise Against Machine” and “Muse”. Coming up in the future for You’re Army is an EP named “What Will The People Say”.

On stage the fans went wild for Your Army and they cheered and danced around. They wowed the crowd with hit songs such as; “Dance”, “10 Seconds”, “My Approval” and “Lure”.

During the time of NewBlood the band was on their tour which was named “Dance”.

www.myspace.com/yourarmy

By Emily O’Hara