Hit The North has revealed its fully line-up so we’ve made up 5 categories in order to showcase the array of talent on show but mainly to tell you all who we’ll be seeing in a few months time and who you should be seeing at Newcastle’s premiere music event.
Tickets are on sale now, available here…
The Absolutely Must See… Mini Mansions
Mini Mansions have finally re-grouped for enough time to play some shows. Following the member’s various cameos and stints with The Last Shadow Puppets, Arctic Monkeys and Queens of the Stone Age, they are ready to release another full-length LP and do some gigging. If you think their brand of anthemic weirdo synth-pop is impressive, wait until you see their suits.
Best International Outfit… Body Type
Aussie Aussie Aussie. Oi! Oi! Oi! The Aussie music scene is nothing short of ridiculous right now and Body Type are just the latest export from Down Under. Their tunes are scuzzy, friendly and perfect for the summer festival scenes.
Best European Offering… Pip Blom
With a debut album on the horizon, Dutch outfit Pip Blom are a name on everybody’s lips at the moment and are undoubtedly one of Europe’s most exciting new acts. They have canny knack for a pop melody and ensure you keep pressing reply. If that hasn’t sold you, the lead single of their upcoming debut LP is called ‘Daddy Issues’. Yeah, now you’re interested.
Best of the Brits… The Mysterines
Shrouded by mystery for the most part of their young career, The Mysterines only set up a social media account and released a tune a few months back, but they’ve been playing shows for a while. On a cold, rowdy Aintree weekend in their hometown of Liverpool, I managed to catch them in a dingy, brick-walled pub just before Goat Girl and Lia’s vocal blew me away. Blues meets grunge meets punk, their tunes pack one hell of a ferocious punch. Plus, she wears a tiara on stage and it’s that kind of attitude the guitar world needs right now, right?
Best of the Toon Army… A Festival, A Parade
North East music is in a good place at the moment but one band who’ve gone slightly under the radar in terms of nationwide recognition so far is A Festival, A Parade. Named after a lyric in The National’s ‘All The Wine’, their brand of alternative rock is as adventurous as any. Songs change direction in an instance, sometimes feeling like a melody of three completely different tracks mashed together, but never sounding patchy or forced. A change in tempo, melody or mood happens in a flash and suddenly your stood there, jaw gaping, choking as a fly plummets down your throat, because you’re that in awe. But don’t let that put you off seeing them at Hit The North 2019.
