The
BBC ‘Sound of 2010’ long list is up and we can now all breathe easy knowing who and what will be big in the coming year. The list is 15 acts long and is a good indicator of the coming year in music (or at least the first six months). Looking at it and comparing to my own (which is essentially why I did my own in the first place), then 6 out of my 10 made the long list. A ratio of 60%, which is acceptable.
The Long List (in alpabetical order)
- Daisy Dares You
- Delphic [got it]
- Devlin
- The Drums [got it]
- Everything Everything
- Giggs
- Gold Panda
- Ellie Goulding [got it]
- Hurts
- Joy Orbison [got it]
- Marina and the Diamonds [got it]
- Owl City
- Rox
- Stornoway [got it]
- Two Door Cinema Club
The list is pretty much the usual mix of landfill- indie rockers (
The Drums and
Two Door Cinema Club), token rapper (
Giggs), post-punkers รก la Joy Division (
Delphic), new folkers (
Stornoway), synth poppers (
Hurts and
Ellie Goulding), etc.. This time though, they have thrown in a few leftfield electronic acts who probably won’t be huge commercial successes, but will probably strike a chord critically (
Gold Panda and
Joy Orbison). Still, to be honest, some of the acts featured are kinda… well, shit. Three in particular are really shit.
