A Darlington band will tonight battle it out to become the next big thing in the music industry.

Kartel are hoping to win the TFM Unsigned competition, which aims to find undiscovered musical talent.

They won the Darlington heat at The Forum, and will now battle five other hopefuls at Zanzibar in Stockton. Doors open at 5.30pm.

The winners will get a 32-track digital recording studio, and will be played on 96.6 TFM.