New Yorkshire is a musical movement identified by UK music magazine NME

NME

The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...

in 2005, in response to the success of Yorkshire

Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

 bands such as Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band. Formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield, the band currently consists of Alex Turner , Jamie Cook , Nick O'Malley and Matt Helders...

, The Cribs

The Cribs

The Cribs are an English three-piece indie rock band from Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The band consists of twins Gary and Ryan Jarman and their younger brother Ross Jarman. They were subsequently joined by ex-The Smiths and Modest Mouse guitarist Johnny Marr who was made a formal member of the group...

, and Kaiser Chiefs

Kaiser Chiefs

Kaiser Chiefs are an English indie rock band from Leeds who formed in 1996. They were named after the South African football club Kaizer Chiefs....

.

The bands cited by the magazine included Sheffield

Sheffield

Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...

 guitar-based groups Milburn

Milburn (band)

Milburn was an indie rock band from Sheffield, England that consisted of Joe Carnall, Louis Carnall, Tom Rowley, and Joe Green. They announced they would split on 28 March 2008, with the band playing their final gig at Sheffield's Carling Academy on 24 May 2008.-Formation:Milburn's formation came...

, Harrisons

Harrisons

Harrisons were a four-piece guitar band from Hillsborough in Sheffield, England. They were one of the leading bands in the so-called New Yorkshire scene, along with fellow Sheffielders Arctic Monkeys, Milburn, The Long Blondes and Bromheads Jacket...

, Bromheads Jacket

Bromheads Jacket

Bromheads are a two-piece English garage rock band originating from Sheffield, England-History:Bromheads was formed in Sheffield in 2005, from the ashes of a band called Fixated. Although often compared to other Sheffield bands who found fame around the same time, such as Arctic Monkeys and...

, and The Long Blondes

The Long Blondes

The Long Blondes were a five-piece English indie rock band formed in Sheffield, United Kingdom in 2003 by Dorian Cox , Reenie Hollis , Emma Chaplin , Kate Jackson and Screech Louder .After several critically...

, and Leeds

Leeds

Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...

 bands The Pigeon Detectives

The Pigeon Detectives

The Pigeon Detectives are an English indie rock band from Rothwell, West Yorkshire, who formed in 2004. They have been championed by such well known DJs as Steve Lamacq and Jo Whiley, and performed at the Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2006, where they were tagged "the band most likely to leap to...

, Your Vegas

Your Vegas

Your Vegas are a British rock band from Leeds, England.-Background:The band started playing music together while attending Prince Henry's Grammar School in Otley, West Yorkshire. Their first band was called Orka but they later changed their name to Salvadore...

, The Research

The Research

The Research were a band from Wakefield, England. The members were : Russell 'The Disaster' Searle , Georgia Lashbrook , and Sarah Williams...

, and Black Wire

Black Wire

Black Wire were an English indie rock band formed in Leeds, England.-Members:*Daniel Wilson *Si McCabe *Tom Greatorex *Danny Prescott -History:...

. NME identified new crossover genres developing in Leeds, which it described as "disco-punk" and "dance-metal". ¡Forward, Russia!

¡Forward, Russia!

¡Forward, Russia! were an English alternative band from Leeds, formed in early 2004, though are currently on hiatus. Until 2006, the band only named tracks with numbers, in the order that they were written...

, and The Sunshine Underground

The Sunshine Underground

The Sunshine Underground are an English, Leeds based indie rock band. The Sunshine Underground play a variety of punk, funk and indie, featured on their debut album, Raise the Alarm, released by City Rockers on August 28, 2006...

 are examples of this.

Other bands that fall into this genre include Stable

Stable

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, O Fracas

O fracas

O Fracas are an English indie/alternative rock band from Leeds, West Yorkshire. They originally formed in 2001. They are sometimes regarded as members of the New Yorkshire music scene.- Band members :...

, The Defunct, Dead Disco

Dead Disco

Dead Disco were an English electronic/indie pop musical group formed in 2005 by Lucy Catherwood, Marie France and Victoria Hesketh .-Biography:The trio met in August 2005 at the University of Leeds...

, Stoney

Stoney (musician)

Stoney is a British musician, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.-Career:Stoney first appeared on the UK music scene following the release of his debut inventive and homegrown-style album Amber in 2001...

, This Et Al

This Et Al

This Et Al were an English alternative rock band, from Leeds and Bradford, West Yorkshire. They were active between 2002 and 2008. Their sound was often compared to My Bloody Valentine, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Queens of the Stone Age and Interpol.-Band members:* Neil 'Wu'...

, The Ivories, Monkey Swallows the Universe

Monkey Swallows the Universe

Monkey Swallows the Universe was an acoustic/indie band from Sheffield, England. MSTU is centred around its founders, Nat Johnson and Kevin Gori, who formed the band in 2003 after meeting at the University of Sheffield. In the band's first incarnation they both sang and played acoustic guitars...

, Tiny Dancers

Tiny Dancers

Tiny Dancers were an English band from South Elmsall, West Yorkshire. They are David William Kay , Chris Etherington , Dale Wathey , Duncan Morrison and David Glover...

, Little Man Tate

Little Man Tate (band)

Little Man Tate were a four-piece indie rock band from Sheffield, England who formed in 2005. They broke up in 2009. The band quickly began attracting interest from several record labels and in March 2006 signed to V2 Records, later parting ways in November 2007...

, Bhuna, Solar Powered Butterflies, Reverend and The Makers

Reverend and The Makers

Reverend and The Makers are an indie pop band based in Sheffield, England and signed to Wall of Sound. The band is fronted by Jon McClure, nicknamed "The Reverend"...

, Duels

Duels (band)

Duels are an English indie band from Leeds formed in 2005. They have been described by The Guardian as "one of Britains most ambitious groups"...

, Little Ze, Letters and Colours

Letters and Colours

Letters & Colours is a British new wave group from the North of England who become known for their combination of early eighties new wave and disco beats. They gained recognition along with the New Yorkshire and Nu Rave scenes, and groups such as Bloc Party, Interpol , Editors and The Departure...

, The Yell, Smokers Die Younger

Smokers Die Younger

Smokers Die Younger are a four-piece rock band from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. Their debut album opens with hardcore grunge rock and closes with avant-garde art-rock, taking in dub reggae, country music, indie, and rock and roll.-Career:...

, Champion Kickboxer, and One Night Only

One Night Only (band)

One Night Only is a British Indie rock band from Helmsley, North Yorkshire formed in 2003.-History:One Night Only formed in summer 2003, consisting initially of Mark Hayton, Daniel “Pob” Parkin, Sam “Gunner” Ford and Kai "Kai" Smith. The band did not have a vocalist until George Craig, a friend of...

 (from Ryedale, North Yorkshire). Another new genre developing in Leeds is that of 'Surf Pop', which is typified by Buen Chico.

Various Yorkshire-based record labels have worked on DIY releases around the same time, including The Laundrette, Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation

Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation

Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation, or Thee SPC, is an independent record label based in Sheffield, UK. It is one of the most influential labels in the Yorkshire area, having given early breaks and support to many bands in the so-called New Yorkshire scene. The label was formed by members of...

, and Spoonjuice Records.

The Leeds label Dance to the radio

Dance to the radio

Dance To The Radio is an independent record label co-founded by Whiskas of Les Flames and ¡Forward, Russia! in 2004.It was named after the refrain of the Joy Division song "Transmission"...

 was formed by ¡Forward, Russia!, and its February 2006 release "What We All Want", showcases a number of New Yorkshire bands, including The Playmates

The Playmates

The Playmates were a late 1950s vocal group, led by the pianist Chic Hetti , drummer; Donny Conn ; and Morey Carr , all from Waterbury, Connecticut.-Career:The Playmates, Donald Claps drummer and lyricist, Carl Cicchetti...

, The Lodger

The Lodger

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, Bam Bam Francs and Voltage Union.