In a clear demonstration of the power of karma something is stirring on Tyneside. After losing their local hero Andy Carroll to the Devil's team Liverpool the lord is repaying the city with a music scene that is premiership quality. Already this year I've featured three brilliant bands from the Newcastle area (The Longsands, Mausi and Grandfather Birds) and there are so many more that you could create a whole blog dedicated just to the Newcastle scene.
With all this evidence pointing to a renaissance on the Tyne the Devil decided to scratch the surface of the Geordie scene to uncover the bands that are leading the push to the promised land.
Mammal Club combine the odd harmonies of Geordie scene forefathers The Futureheads with Arcade Fire like bombast and shoegazey guitar histrionics. It's an almost religious experience.
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Put Your Fears In Order by Mammal Club
Holy Mammoth are yet another band from Newcastle who are making a bid for the premier league with a strong back three and a big voiced man at the front. Go Try
Eat by Holy Mammoth
Little Comets are the Vampire Weekend it's ok to like.
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Little Comets - Joanna by Mud Hut Digital
Herky-jerky math pop with more harmonies than a Bee Gees impersonation competition. Go Try
Pilots - White Knuckle Tight Grip by luke-pilots
Another great grandson of The Futureheads which twitches and jerks like a marionette with a nervous disorder.Go Try
The Total Collapse Of It All by Tomahawks For Targets
More skittery art pop from the Newcastle skittery art pop conveyor belt.
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His Delicate Brain (PREORDER NOW) by vinyljacketuk
Where their peers are all upbeat herky-jerky relatives of an unholy communion between The Futureheads and XTC The Mephisto Club are gloomier, more trad indie without a multi layered harmony in sight.Go Try
The Puppet by themephistoclub
Tender indie that recalls the Sundays at the peak of their powers.Go Try
Devil Show (acoustic) by letsbuyhappiness
The point at which European trance and English indie meetsGo Try
Polarsets - Sunshine Eyes by partisanpr
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