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Editors: Nick Mitchell / Billy Hamilton

Bands: Thomas Western, Other People, Ambulances, Black International, Woodenbox With a Fistful of Fivers, My Tiny Robots, Jesus H Foxx, Washington Irving, Conquering Animal Sound, Olympic Swimmers, Julia and the Doogans, Citizens, The Colourful Band, 7VWWVW, White Heath, Tokyo Knife Attack, El Dog, Maple Leaves, Casino Brag, The John Knox Sex Club, Indian Red Lopez, She's Hit, Randolph's Leap, The Pineapple Chunks, The Lava Experiments, Popolo, Brother Louis Collective, The Occasional Flickers, Cybraphon, Emily Scott, Call To Mind, How To Swim, Randan Discotheque, Cast of the Capital, Boycotts, Small Town Boredom, Lyons, Bronto Skylift,Trapped in Kansas, Tango in the Attic, Barn Owl, Cancel the Astronauts, The Whisky Works, Beerjacket, Dead Boy Robotics, Big Wave, The Little Kicks, cryoverbillionaires, Debutant, There Will Be Fireworks, The Ordinary Allstars, Withered Hand, French Wives, Hey Vampires, North Atlantic Oscillation, eagleowl, The Japanese War Effort, lions.chase.tigers, The Seventeenth Century, Palace Ballet, Dupec, Paper Planes, Ross Clark & The Scarfs Go Missing, Copy Haho, Miss The Occupier, Galchen, Ming Ming & The Ching Chings, Futuristic Retro Champions, Geordi la Force, Findo Gask, John B McKenna, Gavin Gordon, Mitchell Museum, My Cousin I Bid You Farewell, Panda Su, Be A Familiar, Esperi, The Second Hand Marching Band, Rob St. John, Super Adventure Club, The Gothenburg Address, Yahweh, Any Color Black, Das Contras, A Band Called Quinn, Oscar Charlie, Pooch, The Levings, Audiodeluxe

Editorials: Does thinking local mean staying local? | How many new bands is too many? | Is there any point in the Mercury Music Awards? | Can unsigned bands go it alone? | The sharp end of the hatchet job

Guest blogger: James Graham previews the new Twilight Sad LP | Findo Gask | The Japanese War Effort | Rob St John