The Blog Sound Poll was first published in 2011.
The concept of the poll wasnt to criticise the established BBC Sound of list,
but simply an experiment to see if UK music bloggers could come up with its own
list of emerging artists that was more representative of their community and
give the artists that were nominated some extra publicity. Indeed the idea was
to compliment the BBC list in many ways by providing an alternative to compare
and contrast.
Last years final long list provided some
interesting alternatives to the BBC list; most notably it included Alt-J, this
years Mercury Prize winners, who didnt feature on the BBC list at
all.
The Blog Sound of 2013 poll has expanded with 49
UK blogs nominating their 5 favourite emerging artists.
The long list represents the very best of new
music and draws from major label, indie label and completely unsigned acts. The
likes of Haim may be featuring on a lot of new music tip lists at the moment,
but the Blog Sound poll also highlights lesser known bands such as Curxes and
Randolphs Leap, bands that do not have big PR representation, and this is what
makes the Blog Sound list fascinating and exciting.
The poll was organised by Robin Seamer (Breaking
More Waves) and Andy Von Pip (The Von Pip Express). Each blog was allowed to
vote for five acts and the diversity of the nominations was staggering. Based on
the evidence of the spread of votes anyone that says that music bloggers are
sheep and are all writing about the same artists has got it wrong. However, the
results of the poll show that certain artists do have a lot of support and love
from a significant portion of UK bloggers and those artists make up the Blog
Sound of 2013 list, says Robin.
The Nominated Artists For The Blog Sound
Of 2013
AlunaGeorge - Infectious R&B
influenced pop from London
Curxes - Dark industrial-pop
electronic duo from Brighton and Portsmouth
Chvrches Scottish electro pop trio
formed from a variety of other bands
Daughter Minimal / ambient sounding
folk
Haim Classic rock from LA with pop
sensibilities
Laura Mvula Jazz / soul singer hailing
from Birmingham
MØ Hip soulful female vocal electronic
pop from Denmark
Palma Violets Raw and energetic indie
rock band
Pins Edgily cool and raucous all female
indie band from Manchester
Randolphs Leap Glasgow based indie
folk pop with a twist of brass
Rhye Smooth and blissful pop
duo
Savages Intense post-punk with female
vocals
Seasfire Modern rock band from Bristol
who mix electronic beats with guitars
The Neighbourhood Atmospheric
Californian 5 piece rock / pop band
Tom Odell Piano based singer songwriter
originally from Chichester
The 49 blogs who voted in the poll
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