north east

Holy Mammoth are probably playing a gig in Newcastle tonight. http://metropolis.bandcamp.com/album/demo

Trevor Charles Horn, born July 15, 1949 in durham, england, is a British pop music producer, songwriter and musician. He has produced commercially successful songs and albums for numerous British and international artists, as well as having chart success with his own bands the Buggles, Yes and Art of Noise. He also owns a recording company, ztt Records, a recording studio (Sarm Studio) and a music publishing company, Perfect Songs.

Guarded By Robots are: Miranda Harding – Bass/Vocals Lowell Mills – Guitar/Vocals Matt Smith – Drums/Vocals Guarded By Robots are a Newcastle-based post-hardcore/alt-rock band formed in 2005. The band cite Biffy Clyro, Hot Chip, Arcade Fire and Explosions In The Sky as equally vital influences Mills met Smith when he became bassist in Lowell’s first band Jacknife in 2002. When the band split, Matt took over drum duty and the pair began playing and writing together again in autumn 2005. After pulling a handful of songs together they set about looking for a bassist.

Beyond the Valley are a 5 piece band based in Newcastle upon Tyne. The current line-up consists of Meghann Clancy (vocals, guitar, piano), Tania Hannon (lead guitar), Bryonie Danby (bass, guitar), Katie Hall (cello, backing vocals) and Sam Squires (drums).
The group formed in October 2008 and have since established solid footing in North East England's music scene.
All members are multi instrumentalists and have a varied number of influences including Sigur Ros, KT Tunstall, PJ Harvey, Jaquline Du Pres, Leonard Cohen and Courtney Love.