I was browsing through the bands in Bancamp and I typed in “tag Carlisle” lots of bands came on-screen. After browsing through this list (3 pages deep) I filters out two main categories: Carlisle bands from Pennsylvania/USA and Carlisle bands from Cumbria/UK – my home town.

Since Carlisle/UK is relatively small compared to the USA city  I was pleased and surprised to find roughly an equal amount of bands from both cities.

Carlisle being small of the two cities I did not realize there was so much music being put out from my home town! Well done them, not all are punk bands of course, some have acoustic instruments, some are heavy metal, some middle of the road, some are electronic drum and bass… but so what?

here is the list if you want to check some of them out, pasted here in no particular order:

http://wearequasars.bandcamp.com/album/the-cities-lost-beneath-ushttp://manatees-uk.bandcamp.com/album/manafoghttp://thesunexplodes.bandcamp.com/album/we-build-mountainshttp://nativeeyes.bandcamp.com/album/metanoiahttp://mylittlebrother.bandcamp.com/album/if-we-never-came-downhttp://theluciddream.bandcamp.com/album/songs-of-lies-and-deceithttp://thesunexplodes.bandcamp.com/album/the-calm-the-stormhttp://kontikisuite.bandcamp.com/album/the-greatest-show-on-earthhttp://danmasonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/a-game-ill-always-lose-ephttp://nativeeyes.bandcamp.com/album/illuminationshttp://somahuk.bandcamp.com/album/disciple-ephttp://drollman.bandcamp.com/album/tenhttp://movingmagnets.bandcamp.com/album/the-king-is-dead-headspacehttp://triversemassacre1.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-jaws-of-deceithttp://callumhurrell.bandcamp.com/album/wallflower-ephttp://joshnicx.bandcamp.com/album/vol-1http://iammalkovich.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-malkovichhttp://claustro.bandcamp.com/album/quiche-rage-attack-ephttp://lymusic.bandcamp.com/album/daisy-chainshttp://bcandthechaingang.bandcamp.com/album/yolthttp://wearethewoodenhouses.bandcamp.com/album/murrain-pica-masthttp://darkchocolatemusic.bandcamp.com/album/bubblehttp://stevensalkeld.bandcamp.com/album/jerusalem-in-her-desolationhttp://audioclub.bandcamp.com/album/tectonic-plates-ephttp://hardwickecircus.bandcamp.com/album/hardwicke-circus-ephttp://engram1.bandcamp.com/album/engramhttp://health-scare.bandcamp.com/album/live-demohttp://blackspiritgauge.bandcamp.com/album/fantastic-disasterhttp://fumarmata.bandcamp.com/album/rough-demoshttp://statecontrol1.bandcamp.com/album/ignorance-and-apathyhttp://leannep.bandcamp.com/album/breaking-awayhttp://deadcheesecake.bandcamp.com/album/in-the-darkhttp://wearethewoodenhouses.bandcamp.com/album/improvisationshttp://meanwhileinswitzerland.bandcamp.com/album/mars-to-questionhttp://malfoster.bandcamp.com/album/dreams-recorded-on-cassette-tapehttp://lucia93.bandcamp.com/album/a-story-through-song-ep