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leeds

Last updated: Tue Oct 28 2025 17:10:39 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

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Leeds represents the diverse musical output from the northern English city, spanning from goth rock and post-punk to indie pop and soul. The tag reflects Leeds' reputation as a vital music hub with influential venues and a DIY ethos that has nurtured generations of bands. The sound varies widely but shares an independent spirit and raw energy characteristic of the city's working-class cultural identity.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
57		1977	Various Artists	They Do Them #1	diy leeds
48		1984	The Sisters of Mercy	The Peel Sessions	leeds
93		1994	The Sisters of Mercy	Live in the Temple of Love	goth rock gothic rock leeds	goth rock # 38
39		1994	Wintermute	Wintermute	alternative leeds post-hardcore post-rock rock
99		2001-05-21	The Music	Take The Long Road And Walk It	indie rock leeds
29		2002	The Somatics	The Somatics	leeds rock
43		2002	The Scaramanga Six	Strike! Up the Band	leeds
67		2002	Bilge Pump	Let Me Breathe	leeds
89		2003	Kill Yourself	The Soft Touch of Man	diy leeds post-punk	diy # 70
61		2003	Various Artists	Brew Records - Volume 1	leeds
13		2004	Galitza	Doyousee? Doyou?	alternative rock leeds
53		2004	Vib Gyor	EP3 - 2005	alternative british indie rock leeds
68		2004	The Research	She's Not Leaving	alternative indie rock leeds pop
54		2004-04	The Scaramanga Six	Cabin Fever	leeds
10		2005	John Parkes	Illegal Songs	acoustic leeds
28		2005	The Scaramanga Six	Horrible Face	leeds
36		2005	Nerve Engine	Red Son Rising	leeds
94		2005	The Research	Lonely Hearts Still Beat The Same	alternative indie rock leeds pop
47		2005-02	Galitza	The Flame Of Flames	alternative rock leeds
8		2005-07-04	Id Lab	Pure Dirt	bristol british drone english leeds noise
32		2006	The Scaramanga Six	Baggage	alternative rock leeds noise rock pop rock
71		2006	Vib Gyor	Stalker EP 2 - 2005	alternative british indie rock leeds
76		2006	Lords	This Ain't a Hate Thing, It's a Love Thing
96		2006-02-27	The Research	Breaking Up	british indie rock leeds pop
64		2006-04-10	Duels	NY2LON	british britpop indie rock leeds rock
87		2006-05-15	Whores Whores Whores	Unicorn	hardcore leeds mathcore
75		2006-06	Wintermute	Fun with Wizard Stencils	leeds
77		2006-08-07	Tangaroa	Day	leeds metal
51		2007	Laboratory Noise	Hope is a Waking Dream - 5 track EP (July 2007)	drone drone rock leeds shoegaze space rock	drone rock # 22
45		2007	Whole Sky Monitor	Bland Bland Bland	leeds rock
70		2007	International Trust	Talk of the Town EP	leeds pop
83		2007	I Concur	Whatever it's going to be	alternative americana dream pop indie rock leeds math rock shoegaze
41		2007-02-12	The Sugars	Monsters Single	leeds
78		2007-03-26	This Et Al	Of National Importance / The Mother Position	alternative british leeds
84		2007-10-22	Grammatics	Shadow Committee (single)	leeds pop
42		2007-10	The Insect Guide	THE INSECT GUIDE	drone electronica leeds
74		2008	Bilge Pump	Rupert The Sky	alternative diy leeds post-punk	diy # 34
17		2008	Penny Broadhurst	BBC Raw Talent Acoustic Session Jan 08	acoustic leeds pop
21		2008	Penny Broadhurst	Allons-y! EP	alternative leeds
25		2008	I Concur	Remixes	leeds
34		2008	The Declining Winter	Unreleased	ambient electronica leeds
38		2008	The Declining Winter	Moteer Remixes	electronica leeds remixes
85		2008-03-07	The Heavens	The Heavens	alternative pop alternative rock britain british british rock british underground britpop indie pop indie rock leeds northern soul	northern soul # 61 british rock # 62 britain # 72 british underground # 93
69		2008-03-10	I Concur	Lucky Jack/Build Around Me	leeds
82		2008-03-10	The Old Romantic Killer Band	You Don't Know How To Love	indie rock leeds
79		2008-04	Chickenhawk	Chickenhawk	avant-garde metal leeds rock
86		2008-05-12	The Pigeon Detectives	This Is An Emergency (Live at Leeds Millennium Square)	leeds
46		2008-05-21	The Pigeon Detectives	Emergency	indie rock
33		2008-12-01	The Voltaires	Sugar Filled Chemistry E.P.	alternative rock british garage rock indie pop indie rock leeds rock
62		2008-12	Fieldhead	introductions	ambience ambient downbeat electronic electronica idm leeds	downbeat # 4 ambience # 69
22		2009	The Yalla Yallas	Act Of Defiance	leeds london manchester rock n roll seattle sheffield	sheffield # 35
19		2009	The Yalla Yallas	Retaliation Single	leeds rock n roll
20		2009	Silverlode	Ten Tales of Looming Darkness	folk leeds
30		2009	I Concur	BBC Maida Vale Session	alternative americana dream pop leeds math rock shoegaze
35		2009	Acid Drop	Hazard Warning	leeds
80		2009	I Concur	Able Archer	alternative leeds rock shoegaze
88		2009	Various Artists	CHINCHILLA-TONE REAL CIVILISED COMPILATION	leeds
90		2009-04-12	Wintermute	Robot Works	leeds math rock
2		2010	Laboratory Noise	When Sound Generates Light - Album (released 21/06/10)	drone leeds manchester post-rock shoegaze space rock
95		2010-01-03	Worriedaboutsatan	Heart Monitor	alternative electronica glitch leeds post-rock
98		2010-01-26	Corinne Bailey Rae	Paris Session	female vocalists leeds singer-songwriter soul
100		2010-01-26	Corinne Bailey Rae	Venus EP	leeds soul
15		2010-04-23	Frozen Geese	The Starseed	avant-rock britain british british underground duo europe experimental rock improvisation krautrock leeds space rock	british underground # 50
81		2010-07-12	Fieldhead	Riser	ambient drone electronica leeds vancouver	vancouver # 85
56		2010-11	Mob Rules	The Donor	hardcore leeds powerviolence
65		2010-12	Insect Guide	5 o'clock recordings	alternative pop britain british british underground duo europe leeds	britain # 55 british underground # 85
16		2011-04-18	Printed Circuit	CHiP-POP	diy leeds pop
58		2011-05-24	Peter Hook and the Light	Unknown Pleasures - Live in Leeds	leeds
37		2011-11-19	Shields	Beyond the pale	leeds rock
91		2012	The Flex	THE DEMO	hardcore leeds
52		2012-06-01	Nope	Revision	diy krautrock leeds sheffield	sheffield # 60
14		2012-11	Magnapinna	Pedant	leeds post-hardcore post-rock
23		2012-12-10	Shields	Operation Thunderbolt	leeds rock
26		2014-01-14	Gurgles	You Send Me Up / You're Madder Than Me	leeds pop
50		2015-08-10	China Shop Bull	Public Disorder: Act 1	leeds
5		2016	Rob Galloway	I Love ... I Live	electro leeds london rock rock n roll
73		2016-12-16	Cattle	Nature's Champion	leeds noise rock
31		2018-04-10	Rex Manning Day	Rex Manning Day	alternative alternative rock british college rock indie rock leeds rock shoegaze
7		2019	Last Night's TV	Untitled Album	alternative british leeds slowcore
27		2019-01-25	Nightmares on Wax	A Word of Science	electronic chillout downtempo
55		2019-10-31	XI	GoTV_HD1master_2005	leeds rock
11		2022-11-04	Rob Nichols	Small Beer	leeds singer-songwriter
12			Shaun Herrington	Synecdoche	british downtempo drum and bass dubstep electronic electronica glitch glitch hop hip-hop idm leeds post-dubstep	post-dubstep # 42
1			Danny Cope	Month of Sundays	leeds singer-songwriter
3			Cicerone Dead	Escape Rope	alternative rock harmonica leeds lo-fi post-punk
4			4 Letter Holiday	Undecided Demo	leeds rock
6			Kanuba	Make A Scene	british funk leeds metal rock
9			blah blah tin	The Interesting Inept Music Thing	leeds
18			4 Letter Holiday	Unmastered Tracks	blues classic rock jazz leeds rock swing
24			Hoover Dams	Live 2009	alternative british english indie rock leeds
40			blah blah tin	Commercial Radar Indifferent	electropop leeds
44			The Lazy Darlings	The Lazy Darlings	alt-country british leeds rock
49			Hoover Dams	Fight Night EP	leeds
59			Alec Stamps	Stamp Collection	leeds
60			Hoover Dams	Month by Month	british indie rock leeds
63			Ellen And The Escapades	Coming Back Home - Single	acoustic folk
66			Hoover Dams	Feb 08	alternative british indie rock leeds
72			Grammatics	Verity & Reverie EP (Japan)	british leeds
92			¡Forward, Russia!	Record-Play presents - Foward Russia live
97			¡Forward, Russia!	Nine

Related genres

• rock
• alternative
• british
• pop
• indie rock
• alternative rock
• electronica
• electronic
• diy
• shoegaze