After reading the excellent article about the Manc music scene i began to call on the grey matter to think of a Leeds alternative. A few springs to mind like Kaisers, Mekons, Gang of Four, Bridewell Taxis and even Soft Cell. But the names just didint come tripping off the tongue like Manchester. Anyway I did a Wiki search and came up with a list. They are in alphabetic order:

Abrasive Wheels
Age of Chance
Alt-J
And None of Them Knew They were Robots
Bearfoot Beware
Black Star Liner
Black Moth
Black Wire
Brawlers (band)
The Bridewell Taxis
Buen Chico
Castrovalva (band)
The Chevin
The Cribs
Christie
Classically Handsome Brutes
Cryptic Shift
Cud
Dead Disco
The Declining Winter
Delta 5
Dinosaur Pile-Up
Distortion Mirrors
Duels
The Dunwells
Eagulls
Edsel Auctioneer
Eureka Machines
The Expelled
Fig.4.0
The Flex
The Flying Henderson
¡Forward, Russia!
Gang of Four
Gentleman's Dub Club
Girls at Our Best!
Grammatics
Hadouken!
Higher Power
The Hollow Men
Hood
Hope & Social
I Concur
Icon A.D.
I Like Trains
Jan Dukes de Grey[citation needed
Kaiser Chiefs
The Manhattan Love Suicides
The March Violets
The Mekons
The Mission
The Music
The New Mastersounds
Nightmares on Wax
The Outer Limits
Pale Saints
The Parachute Men
The Pigeon Detectives
Pulled Apart by Horses
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
The Rhythm Sisters
The Rose of Avalanche
Scritti Politti
Send More Paramedics
The Sisters of Mercy
Sky Larkin
Soft Cell
Stateless
Submotion Orchestra
The Sunshine Underground
This Et Al
The Three Johns
Utah Saints
Vessels
Vib Gyor
The Wedding Present
Wild Beasts
Your Vegas