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Tips for 2012

sean [Edit] [Delete] 174 replies 16:41 July 8th, 2011

It may seem insanely premature but I've done one of these threads in early July every year for the past 4 years, and the result has always been fascinating, as well as fairly prescient at predicting what will be tipped come new band season. Or just quite good at throwing a whole heap of bands worth checking out into one mega-thread.

I guess the city-festival season (like Great Escape, Camden Crawl, dot-to-dot etc) and the small stages at the big festivals are often a fairly good indicator, so this thread sort of doubles as a list of must-see bands during festival season, which is handy.

Here are the four that I think might/could/should make the BBC Sound of 2012 list.

NEW LOOK
Somewhere between Bat for Lashes and TLC. There's quite a lot of dark-pop around but my monies on this lot stepping out of the purply shadows.
http://soundcloud.com/k7-records/new-look-the-ballad

HEY SHOLAY
I worked with the singer of this Sheffield-based band in a previous life and I wasn't quite prepared for what I would see when I saw them at Great Escape. It was somewhere mesmerising between prog-pop, Jeff Buckley and 'Forever'-era Charlatans.
http://soundcloud.com/heysholaycloud/the-bears-the-bees-and-no

STAY+
Chill-rave? Snark-wave? Sigh-fi? Whatever you wanna call it, the Manchester-based band-formerly-known-as-ChristianAIDS were ruddy great live when I caught one of their first shows (for DiS at the Great Escape). The stuff they've put online so far has been quite downbeat but the show had some clear signs they might be one of the few 'blog-bands' to cross-over for quite a while.
http://soundcloud.com/nme_radar/christian-aids-stay

FOE
She's already been remixed by Atari Teenage Riot and signed to a major label. And her debut lp of likely quite brash bitch-pop, which is a little more Kills than Uffie, and Polly than Gaga, is either gonna erupt into the stratosphere or be the start a career as some cult provocateur.
http://soundcloud.com/foe-mania

I have some other thoughts but I don't wanna hog the thread from the off. Over to you...

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not a bad shout. they've managed to shuffle beneath the radar and they are opening the mainstage of reading this year (which I got goose-bumps watching Biffy Clyro do the same thing about a year before their first leap up the ladder)

sean @grouchland | 8 Jul '11, 16:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
- would reckon
  
  s.c.u.m. make it onto the BBC list - they seem to be getting their act together. very impressive live
  
  kmart @sean | 8 Jul '11, 16:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Are you for real??
    
    Saw S.C.U.M. support The Raveonettes and they were atrocious. One of the worst bands I've seen in ages.
    
    TheGrudge @kmart | 9 Jul '11, 12:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - SCUM
      
      have never really been that good and have absolutely no chance in hell of making it onto the BBC list.
      
      Anthonyc @TheGrudge | 9 Jul '11, 13:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
- A heavy abacus is getting serious radio 1 airplay and I think its lingering just outside the top 200, which it may break into.
  
  aactv @sean | 9 Jul '11, 10:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
I hope so. Great band, superb live and genuinely nice people.

TheGrudge @grouchland | 9 Jul '11, 12:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
Breton innit?

2012 will be theirs i'm reckoning.

matthewslaughter | 8 Jul '11, 17:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
Tall Ships

I hope

kilgore-trout | 8 Jul '11, 17:12 | X | ^ This | Reply

Teeej, westie, JustJay, causticwindow, and Oissin_ this'd this
JFC

svenrokk | 8 Jul '11, 17:18 | X | ^ This | Reply

Ryu_ and meths this'd this
- haven't heard of them
  
  any good?
  
  wewerewerewolvesonce @svenrokk | 8 Jul '11, 22:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
I really don't like that FOE single.

Just saying.

Mike_Diver | 8 Jul '11, 17:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Putting my professional hat on.
  
  I reckon Fixers will be on a few tips lists. Chad Valley, too?
  
  Oxford crew, stand up.
  
  Can't think of any major label pop in store for late 2011/early 2012 - but that, clearly.
  
  Mike_Diver @Mike_Diver | 8 Jul '11, 17:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  willjones123 and PolarBearman this'd this
  - On the pop tip
    
    I wonder what's going to happen with Ronika. Her first single was very early-Madonna but she has a good deal of more credible early 80s New York club influences (Quincy Jones, Tom Tom Club) and does it all herself, meaning she could in press terms fit into the gap Little Boots seems to have vacated.
    
    Wouldn't be surprised to see Daughter given a push, there's a lot of Marling about her but in these folk-populist days that's no bad thing and you can tell her storytelling is coming on over time. I put on Evans The Death on Wednesday night and they were ace, five 18 year olds already signed to Fortuna Pop! and could go some way down a similar route to that label's POBPAH, noisily melodic indiepop with more of a vocal presence.
    
    simon_t @Mike_Diver | 8 Jul '11, 17:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
- there is no 'like' with FOE
  
  she's like tobogganing, you either love it and throw yourself into it or you loathe the idea and don't walk to the top of the hill in the first place.
  
  sean @Mike_Diver | 8 Jul '11, 17:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I'm writing that one down for future use
    
    simon_t @sean | 8 Jul '11, 18:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
Hopefully a couple of these will go places

The History of Apple Pie
Friends
Still Corners
Keep Shelly In Athens
I Break Horses
Blood Orange

Jaymoo | 8 Jul '11, 17:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
- i really like Still Corners but I think of the hazy Sub Pop signings, memoryhouse are the ones who may very well steal the show (especially if they end up on tour with m83 later this year... if DiS promoted m83 gigs, etc, etc...)
  
  sean @Jaymoo | 8 Jul '11, 19:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Forgot Memoryhouse
    
    seems like i've been listening to them for ages
    
    Jaymoo @sean | 8 Jul '11, 23:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Memoryhouse :(
      
      Unless they pull a big suprise, they are a worthless band
      
      wonton @Jaymoo | 9 Jul '11, 06:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Still Corners
    
    Will blow up xx style this winter
    
    wonton @sean | 10 Sep '11, 21:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Well done on making a list
  
  of all the worst names bands around
  
  andyvine @Jaymoo | 13 Jul '11, 14:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
SLOWDIM

Jordan_229_2 | 8 Jul '11, 17:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
It's times like this that you wonder

if the media is valuing new-ness over quality.

Zapsta | 8 Jul '11, 18:13 | X | ^ This | Reply

larrikinlloyd, iamwiggy, TheWza, Siberguy, and charliepringles this'd this
I'm thinking:

Holy Other- Somehow lumbered with the wearisome witch house tag, but so much more. With U is an excellent little EP, with obvious Burial and Dilla influences, so I reckon an album from him next year could be really big.

Re: Stay+- a bit too unimaginative on the beats front to be explosive in 2012 imo, we'll see obviously, but if they start mixing it up a little instead of constant four to the floor, I think they'd offer a lot more and 2012 could be a big one for them.

also:
Shlohmo, Ghosting Season, Greenwood Sharps, Jacques Greene, Dro Carey, Breton

silks | 8 Jul '11, 18:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
- i was a bit disappointed with Holy Other live the other week with How to Dress Well (who, as the maker of my second favourite album this year, was also disappointing, so it may very well have been my mood that night). curious to hear where he's headed.
  
  i love Ghost Season, obvs. And really like Dro Carey, had forgotten about him/them. will check out some of these.
  
  sean @silks | 8 Jul '11, 20:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I'm not too surprised the live shows are a bit ropey, he said the other day that he's only done 3 gigs to date, so it'll be interesting to see how the live show develops.
    
    Dro Carey's great, he just doesn't seem to release anything! lots of mixtapes flying around and clearly immensely talented, so looking forward to a proper EP/album. Check out shlohmo, and Greenwood Sharps- both a similar melodic post-dubsteppy vibe but with added rnb, and pretty consistent from what I've heard so far...
    
    silks @sean | 8 Jul '11, 23:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Fingers crossed for a couple of the following...
  
  Niteflights: http://soundcloud.com/niteflightsmusic
  Endor: http://www.myspace.com/endor
  Wahington Irving: http://soundcloud.com/washirvband
  
  And I really think Admiral Fallow will go pretty big next year.
  
  Blind_Pilot | 8 Jul '11, 18:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I honestly don't understand why...
  
  ALPINES aren't massive. I've mentioned this once before on here. Great image, amazing tunes (droney, dark but mega pop melodies.) Definitely my tip for 2012.
  
  http://www.myspace.com/alpinesmusic
  
  sixteen_blue | 8 Jul '11, 19:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  eimaj-thing this'd this
  - yeah, they played after Hey Sholay at our Great Escape party. Quite like them, an old friend of mine signed them so I didn't wanna be nepotistic in bigging them up (and think New Look are slightly more interesting/DiS-friendly)
    
    sean @sixteen_blue | 8 Jul '11, 19:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I have been put-off by the PR campaign
    
    Seemed to be in place even before most songs were written. And also, in a Guardian feature on them, they definitely gave the impression that they had planned their rise very deliberately, as if they were exploitong the market.
    
    wonton @sixteen_blue | 9 Jul '11, 06:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - that's a shame, as their live show didn't seem particularly cynical but considering they'd barely played any shows as Alpines, it did seem a little bit like a band who'd been around for a bit and changed their name...
      
      sean @wonton | 9 Jul '11, 08:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - I don't get that from them at all...
        
        Related: That young lady from Alpines is my fanboy crush of the year:
        
        http://www.vevo.com/watch/alpines/cocoon/GBUV71100985
        
        sixteen_blue @sean | 11 Jul '11, 15:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
- yeah, have http://679artists.com/ or Neon Gold signed anyone lately? ;-)
  
  sean @brightonb | 8 Jul '11, 20:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - are you going to the Mechanical Bride gig at St Giles? I'll be djing, come say hello http://www.rockfeedback.com/gig/314/mechanical-bride/
    
    sean @codswallop | 8 Jul '11, 19:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - if tasseomancy arent doing very well next year id be very surprised
      
      Like twin joanna newsoms playing creepy folk with hints of droney textures in the background
      
      ThingsThatFly | 8 Jul '11, 19:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      thephotobooth this'd this
      - they sound like a really classy Coco Rosie or a less shrill Newsom. Liking it.
        
        sean @ThingsThatFly | 26 Jul '11, 12:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - CLOUT!
      
      shrewbie | 8 Jul '11, 21:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      PureDATA this'd this
      - good tip
        
        thanks
        
        cronenberg @shrewbie | 10 Sep '11, 12:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Most acts I picked for 2011...
      
      seem to be gearing up for more success in 2012 with either album releases late this year, or next...
      
      Lanterns on the Lake
      Still Corners
      Let's Buy Happiness
      Veronica Falls
      I Break Horses
      Summer Camp
      Gazelle Twin
      
      Additions would be:
      Rachel Sermanni
      Camille Delean
      Light Asylum
      
      loads more but I'll leave it there as I'm meant to be doing something else right now.
      
      St Vincent has to go global soon surely?
      
      eggyrocks | 8 Jul '11, 21:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - How about
      
      Bigz
      Fixers
      Queen Of Hearts
      Cold Specks
      Ronika
      Lana Del Rey
      Black Light Dinner Party
      Lucy Rose
      Dog Is Dead
      
      pizzaboy | 8 Jul '11, 22:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      pizzaboy this'd this
    - Church Of Frozen Tears - best thing to happen to drone in a long while (obviously they're not going to be HUGE because they make drone, but you know...)
      
      robotsoap | 8 Jul '11, 22:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Sweet Gorilla
      
      Pale-eyedBadger | 8 Jul '11, 22:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - surprised it took that long for someone to mention them.
        
        sean @Pale-eyedBadger | 8 Jul '11, 22:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        why are sweet gorilla a running joke on this site?
        
        aactv @sean | 11 Jul '11, 16:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        They perpetrated one of the most legendary JAGs
        
        OF ALL TIME
        
        sixteen_blue @aactv | 12 Jul '11, 14:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        A running joke?
        
        Pfft. they're the future dude, check out ollie chubbs solo work, its da best.
        
        Teeej @aactv | 12 Jul '11, 15:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Any posts using the name Ollie Chubb are fraudulent and have not been created by Ollie Chubb.
        
        -dan- @Teeej | 12 Jul '11, 23:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        :D
        
        Teeej @-dan- | 13 Jul '11, 09:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - `Chill-rave? Snark-wave? Sigh-fi? Whatever you wanna call it...`
      
      Nobody calls it these things Sean, just you.
      
      Are Sean's stupid pretend names for non-existent sub-genres killing music? Etc.
      
      WhiteLightWhiteCity | 8 Jul '11, 23:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - I quite like sigh-fi
        
        icehockeyhair @WhiteLightWhiteCity | 9 Jul '11, 00:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        funkycow this'd this
        
        What about 'po-fi'
        
        for po-faced low fi?
        
        funkycow @icehockeyhair | 25 Oct '11, 13:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        pie-fi?
        
        sean @funkycow | 25 Oct '11, 17:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Givers
      
      definitely Givers. Can see them going huge.
      
      Teeej | 8 Jul '11, 23:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - naw Slowdim
        
        Jordan_229_2 @Teeej | 8 Jul '11, 23:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        oooooh facebook friends.
        
        Teeej @Jordan_229_2 | 8 Jul '11, 23:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Jordan_229_2 this'd this
        
        (slowdim too obvs)
        
        Teeej @Jordan_229_2 | 9 Jul '11, 00:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - DREW PRICE'S BERMUDA TRIANGLE
      
      politelydeclined | 8 Jul '11, 23:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - frontiers could be
      
      Jordan_229_2 | 9 Jul '11, 00:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Vondelpark
      Ghost Outfit
      Slime
      Keep Shelly in Athens
      
      UnrealCity | 9 Jul '11, 03:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - i love that Vondelpark ep
        
        kilgore-trout @UnrealCity | 9 Jul '11, 12:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        UnrealCity, chris_armo, and GoatmeatMF this'd this
    - 60's - Beatles, 70's - Sex Pistols, 80's - The? Smiths, 90's - Oasis, 00's - Arctic Monkeys, 10's - THE KAYAS. Wait no longer!!!!!!!!!
      
      peaceboner | 9 Jul '11, 04:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I Imagine Trophy Wife will appeal to many if they're planning an album
      
      also in the "if" category: Lord Huron
      Django Django - my faovurite predictions thread entry for years now.
      
      wonton | 9 Jul '11, 06:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - been quite a good reaction to wot I wrote about New Look
      
      http://drownedinsoundcloud.com/post/7385424635/new-look-the-ballad
      
      sean | 9 Jul '11, 08:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - That's it, I've cracked it!
        
        I'm going to call my band "Dorothy Perkins"
        
        wonton @sean | 9 Jul '11, 16:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - My hopes for 2012
      
      Pennyblack
      Spotlight Kid
      Blindness
      Hold Kiss Kill
      Domino State
      
      TheGrudge | 9 Jul '11, 12:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      umlaut_ampersand this'd this
      - I reckon
        
        New Look are definitely going places.
        
        Think Zun Zun Egui could have a good one with the new album coming out on Bella Union.
        
        Dam Mantle is going to have a good with his new record out late 2011 which is amazing.
        
        Holy Other I'm really liking.
        
        Pretty Lights is huge is america now but not so much over here. Sometime really soon here would have thought.
        
        And come on to the person mentioning Alpines above, they are truly awful!
        
        Anthonyc @TheGrudge | 9 Jul '11, 13:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I would expect a band like Zun Zun Egui to take longer than usual to get recognition
        
        Because of how eclectic they are really. Debut should be one of the most unique things around though.
        
        wonton @Anthonyc | 9 Jul '11, 15:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - i like domino state
        
        but no fucking way
        
        Jordan_229_2 @TheGrudge | 9 Jul '11, 17:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Kind of want to keep him all to myself
      
      so to speak, but Youth Lagoon is far and away the best thing I've heard this year. Properly obsessed with three songs currently available.
      
      I've been over-doing the jagging a bit recently but you can read an interview with him and listen to the three songs here;
      
      http://bit.ly/rmZNtR
      
      Teeej | 9 Jul '11, 16:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      watsona7 this'd this
    - dark-pop prog-pop Chill-rave Snark-wave Sigh-fi blog-band bitch-pop
      
      Fuck off.
      
      -dan- | 9 Jul '11, 17:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Did anyone else read this in the voice of Nigel Blackwell?
        
        simon_t @-dan- | 9 Jul '11, 17:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        no, michael stipe
        
        Jordan_229_2 @simon_t | 9 Jul '11, 18:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        </trolled>
        
        sean @-dan- | 11 Jul '11, 17:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        motoro faam might have a newun out
        
        if so, they might. might. MIGHT.
        
        Jordan_229_2 | 9 Jul '11, 18:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        ...
        
        Indian Red Lopez
        Fatherson
        
        justanothersheeldz | 11 Jul '11, 15:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Kyla La Grange will be big, maybe Fixers as well
        
        if they can fix the live thing.
        
        JamieBoxOf | 11 Jul '11, 16:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Am I the only person who keeps reading this as Tipis for 2012?
        
        No? Just me then? :(
        
        colinzealuk | 12 Jul '11, 16:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Niki & The Dove
        
        Definitely definitely definitely them. Album coming out on Mercury, EP in September, main tour support with a big band in the works...
        Hopefully Rhosyn will finally do something
        Summer Camp should be massive off the autumn album
        Outfit - from what I've heard of theirs, they deserve a LOT of attention. Without sounding like a massive tosser, I haven't been as excited about a British "guitar band", for want of a better term, in a long time. Like WIld Beasts, with a little Kraftwerk in places, super creepy and sensual...
        I love that Memoryhouse EP, especially the newly produced release version
        I know they're already beloved in some quarters and they're never about to make the BBC list, but Factory Floor - that debut is going to be phenomenal...
        
        thephotobooth | 12 Jul '11, 22:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Doing a tips for 2012 thread in July is worse than
        
        doing an album of the year thread in October. Which will probably happen. Again.
        
        TheWza | 13 Jul '11, 09:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I've got big hopes for:
        
        Pederast Party
        Beach Club
        Memory Bungalow
        WolfTiger
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        Rebekah Brooks' Auburn Minge
        
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        marckee | 13 Jul '11, 09:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Spastic Burn Victim
        
        Cementimental | 13 Jul '11, 18:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        finally getting around to listening to some of these that i hadn't heard
        
        anything else people is loving?
        
        sean | 26 Jul '11, 12:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Dom still have the potential to 'do a Girls' imo
        
        SCROTUM @sean | 26 Jul '11, 12:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        xilia this'd this
        
        Always take a bottle of water with you if you're using the tube in hot weather
        
        Royter-Hatfood | 26 Jul '11, 12:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        If you've got Olympic tickets make sure to set off for the venues with plenty of time to spare
        
        Royter-Hatfood | 26 Jul '11, 12:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Stop. Look. And listen. Before crossing the road.
        
        sean @Royter-Hatfood | 26 Jul '11, 13:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        The weather can be quite changeable in spring/autumn
        
        so it's a good idea to take an umbrella out with you.
        
        Royter-Hatfood | 26 Jul '11, 12:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        anyone found anything recently that's worthy of being added to this list?
        
        sean | 10 Sep '11, 10:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Clams Casino
        
        Disclosure
        Pandr Eyez
        Patterns
        Lana Del Rey
        Flight Facilities
        
        chris_armo | 10 Sep '11, 10:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Echo Lake are my favourite recent discovery
        
        I love this song, its the best shoe gazey thing Ive heard in ages
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_cPHUylaVM
        
        It would be nice to see Withered Hand do well too. And someone mentioned him up there but Youth Lagoon is great and has an album out soon on Fat Possum.
        
        kilgore-trout | 10 Sep '11, 23:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Young Silence is excellent
        
        Are they releasing an album then?
        
        wonton @kilgore-trout | 11 Sep '11, 00:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        The Milk
        
        maybe?
        
        willjones123 | 11 Sep '11, 03:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Inc.
        
        Debut EP one of the most impressive things I've heard this year.
        
        sartana | 11 Sep '11, 08:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Japandroids
        
        Perhaps the year they move from contenders to heavyweights?
        I hope so.
        
        sartana @sartana | 11 Sep '11, 11:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Hey!
        
        http://drownedinsound.com/news/4143626-dis-tip--hey-sholay-are-coming-your-way-if-you-live-in-the-uk
        
        sean | 22 Sep '11, 16:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        just about to do my BBC Sound of... tips
        
        Interesting that Lana del Rey won't be eligible. And therefore there seems to be no consensus 'big in 2012' act. Might squander a vote on David Lynch...
        
        sean | 25 Oct '11, 13:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Can't speak for what's happening in urban, which'll probably dominate 2012 mainstream discussion
        
        but with not much sign we need one other than there hasn't been a successful launch in that area for a while there seems to be a concerted effort to launch new girl groups, what with the pushes beginning recently for Oh My!, Icona Pop, WooWoos and War Of Words, who had a weird cross-media launch last Wednesday when the BBC, NME and Popjustice all ran introductory features on the same day.
        
        Reckon Fixers will do well in Sound Of, they've got another EP in December and while they almost feel like part of the psych-indie furniture they've not had an album out or a big single. Slightly less high profile but compatriots Trophy Wife and Chad Valley likewise. Zulu Winter had a queue at Swn (though that might have equally been to get in for Y Niwl afterwards), though if the NME are going to get behind anyone with one 7" out it'll more likely be Theme Park.
        
        simon_t @sean | 25 Oct '11, 13:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        got a feeling
        
        Theme Park might be the Vaccines of 2012
        
        sean @simon_t | 25 Oct '11, 13:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Watch out for us.
        
        We're an unsigned 4-piece from London called Lion Tops we've got big plans for next year. Keep your ears and eyes open...
        http://liontops.bandcamp.com
        Playing @The Bowery New Oxford St. on 11.11.11
        
        liontops | 25 Oct '11, 16:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I actually misread that as "we're an uninspired 4-piece from London"
        
        I haven't listened to the band though so that may not be a reflection.
        
        theguywithnousername @liontops | 25 Oct '11, 16:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Don't get your hopes up love.
        
        crablin @liontops | 25 Oct '11, 17:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        innit
        
        Blawan, Black Diamond Bay, Mosca, Russo, War of Words, Objekt, Breton, Zulu Winter, Clams Casino.
        
        crablin | 25 Oct '11, 16:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Oh and obviously
        
        Jessie Ware and Azealia Banks.
        
        crablin @crablin | 25 Oct '11, 17:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        you not 'tipping' Spectre?
        
        sean @crablin | 25 Oct '11, 18:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        turned this thread into a playlist - what's BLATANTLY missing?
        
        and anything you'd like to kick off either because it doesn't seem 'tip'-worthy any more...
        
        http://open.spotify.com/user/seaninsound/playlist/2lZfP1MbzRJUp9ZUstnqPV
        
        New Look – The Ballad - Original
        Memoryhouse – Lately
        Hey Sholay – Wishbone
        I Break Horses – Wired
        When Saints Go Machine – Church And Law - Radio Edit
        Factory Floor – (R E A L L O V E)
        Flight Facilities – Crave You Ft Giselle
        Alpines – Drive
        Jacques Greene – Another Girl
        FOE – Deep Water Heartbreaker
        Let's Buy Happiness – Fast Fast
        Patterns – Induction
        Cold Specks – Holland
        Lana Del Rey – Video Games
        Jessie Ware – Strangest Feeling
        Still Corners – Into the Trees
        Echo Lake – Another Day
        Ronika – Forget Yourself
        Fixers – Crystals
        Chad Valley – Now That I'm Real (How Does It Feel?)
        Ghosting Season – Far End Of The Graveyard
        Objekt – The Goose that Got Away
        Zulu Winter – Let's Move Back Front
        Vondelpark – TV
        Slime – 2 Player (feat. Vondelpark)
        S.C.U.M. – Water
        Dog Is Dead – Young
        Bretón – Sharing Notes
        Tall Ships – Plate Tectonics
        Blood Orange – I'm Sorry We Lied
        The History Of Apple Pie – You're So Cool
        Friends – Riding Down Hills Fast
        Dro Carey – Candy Red
        Blawan – What You Do With What You Have
        Body Language – You Can - Keep Shelly in Athens Remix
        Shlohmo – Antigravity - Low Limit Remix
        Beaumont – city meets soldier (original mix)
        Black Diamond Bay – Speak Slow
        Mosca – Done Me Wrong
        Russo – Sheik
        Lord Huron – Mighty
        Light Asylum – A Certain Person
        Queen of Hearts – Black Star
        Niki & The Dove – The Drummer
        Theme Park – A Mountain We Love
        DOM – Blakelock
        Disclosure – Offline Dexterity
        Tasseomancy – Heavy Sleep
        Lanterns on the Lake – Keep On Trying
        Rachel Sermanni – Waltz
        Lucy Rose – Middle Of The Bed
        Kyla La Grange – Walk Through Walls
        
        sean | 25 Oct '11, 18:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Kick off Lana Del Rey
        
        Surely she won't qualify (top 10 hit already?)
        
        Add
        
        Michael Kiwanuka
        Jamie N Commons
        Azelia Banks
        The Phoenix Foundation
        Charli XCX
        Lianne La Havas
        Frank Ocean
        King Charles
        Born Blonde
        Young Guns
        Purity Ring
        
        pizzaboy | 25 Oct '11, 19:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        ta
        
        added some of them, keeping Lana on for now
        
        sean @pizzaboy | 25 Oct '11, 19:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        you correctly predicted quite a lot of the list, nice work!
        
        sean @pizzaboy | 5 Dec '11, 10:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        started a REACTION thread for anyone who fancies commenting on these acts
        
        http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4308030
        
        sean | 25 Oct '11, 19:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Alt-J
        
        ...they seem to have their heads screwed on the right way.
        
        glenistm | 25 Oct '11, 19:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        *plenty of cash to throw at it
        
        djodell @glenistm | 28 Nov '11, 12:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Cool.
        
        Lianne La Havas (last week) and The Phoenix Foundation (this week) both get the Later With Jools exposure, which should help no end.
        
        Frank Ocean seems to be getting loads of hype so a good chance I reckon
        
        pizzaboy | 25 Oct '11, 19:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Blouse?
        
        Might be worth chucking them into the playlist. The playlist is really helpful though, Sean, so thanks for putting it together.
        
        mdshindy | 25 Oct '11, 19:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        oh yeah!
        
        i really liked that Blouse single. slipped them in after Chad Valley.
        kinda made this for my own benefit (...and if anyone else likes it, it's a bonus) as i was really struggling to pick a third choice for my BBC Sound of... list. Finger was tempted to bash David Lynch in there and snigger maniacally at the thought of daytime R1 playing his tracks...
        
        sean @mdshindy | 25 Oct '11, 19:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Might as well stick Jai Paul in
        
        Again... Are we expecting any more material from him? I know there's another track knocking about somewhere isn't there? Also, Outfit is the only other omission I can spot.
        
        mdshindy @sean | 25 Oct '11, 19:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Outfit are a good call
        
        They've been getting quite a few blogs excited.
        
        Oh as have Theme Park.
        
        In terms of pop music MNEK,WooWoos and Oh My are my final suggestions, but these acts are not at all DiS reader territory.
        
        pizzaboy @mdshindy | 25 Oct '11, 20:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Just thought
        
        Skrillex hasn't had anything out in the UK yet, has he?
        
        simon_t @pizzaboy | 25 Oct '11, 20:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Yeah all his stuff has been released in the UK so far
        
        he took up most of the top ten on beatport for ages. He's always had releases on itunes too. Beatport is pretty much international, but I bet his singles get re-released soon cos of the hype and they'll be touted as his first UK singles. Pretty sure that Ruffneck track is getting a re-release now/soon since its on radio one quite a bit but it's been about on general release since june all over the world.
        
        jimitheexploder @simon_t | 25 Oct '11, 21:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Re: Skillrex
        
        God yeah, both him and The Weeknd haven't had any chart action in the UK, so could easily be pushed as 'new' and end up on the Sound of List. Fearne Cotton has just started playing Skrillex which suggests a mainstream / chart push will be on and Fearne was selected as one of the 'tastemaking' judges last year.
        
        pizzaboy @simon_t | 25 Oct '11, 23:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Charlene Soraia
        
        Get past her 'profile launching' cover, and she is a wonderful homebuilt electric guitar songsmith with a vocal that made Captain Hook weak at the knees. Her early EPs are little works of art, and with a debut album out soon, good luck to the lass.
        
        marbled | 25 Oct '11, 19:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Bear Cavalry
        
        Great new band. Bound to do well next year.
        
        Soundcloud link:
        
        http://soundcloud.com/bearcavalry/sets/maple-trails-ep
        
        shanarm | 25 Oct '11, 21:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Lust4Life this'd this
        
        Only heard these today, were supporting them in Brighton in a couple of weeks. Been listening to Custom Hands and Roman Summer flat out.
        
        Lust4Life @shanarm | 26 Oct '11, 00:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Cool. Where are they playing? Great live band.
        
        shanarm @Lust4Life | 26 Oct '11, 22:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I'm still going to tip...
        
        LHF, Dro Carey, T.Williams, Jam City, Damu, Golau Glau, Royal T from my tips last year because they'll all prob build on what they've done this year. Then people like Blawan who in my eyes is pretty established now but he'll keep rolling on for sure. Sully and Kuedo always need to be tipped, you can start with them now though no need to wait until 2012 for them or anyone one here tbh. Objekt will prob keep improving and break out more. Main Attrakionz have killed it this year with to many mixtapes to mention so they'll prob build on that next year and get more attention. People like Ill Blu, Preditah, Funkystepz and Champion, will hopefuly have a big one next year too. I dunno, loads of people.
        
        jimitheexploder | 25 Oct '11, 21:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        will have to have a listen to all of these today
        
        sean @jimitheexploder | 26 Oct '11, 08:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        yeah i reckon Main Attrakionz will be big next year
        
        i kind of thought 808s & dark grapes would do it for them. maybe it has in some places. not sure
        
        oneforghost @sean | 3 Nov '11, 11:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I would merely recommend
        
        Swapping the Lord Huron track "Mighty" for "The Stranger" off the same E.P. Was the song that first grabbed me, and others I know too.
        
        wonton | 25 Oct '11, 21:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Gabriel Kahane
        
        Annoyingly talented singer-songwriter, has worked a lot with Sufjan, already fairly popular here and there. Kind of a lighter Rufus Wainwright, Jeff Buckley or similar. This tune has hardly been out of my head for the past wee while:
        
        http://open.spotify.com/track/6fID4iyzg3GLWtH7HGiyhH
        
        gaborszabo | 25 Oct '11, 22:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        not sure why i didn't previously mention
        
        LAUREL HALO
        
        sean | 25 Oct '11, 22:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        OUTFIT
        
        Why has no-one mentioned Outfit? Or do you all hate them on here?
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb-TITLDyk8
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kh1uxNKVBM
        
        Oissin_ | 26 Oct '11, 08:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        TRIPWIRES
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofpTfdA91oM
        
        They've been knocking on the door for years but after hearing this I'm convinced.
        
        villiersterrace | 26 Oct '11, 09:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Man Without Country
        
        http://manwithoutcountry.com - album Foe is due early next year, supporting M83 in December
        
        tomma | 26 Oct '11, 10:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Gary Go
        
        ehwhat | 26 Oct '11, 10:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Some More
        
        Spector: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMV8-cp_y34
        Lana Del Rey: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE6wxDqdOV0
        Clock Opera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grk6Xv6CDnM
        Colour Clouds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEjoajldA3w
        
        pastprinciple | 3 Nov '11, 11:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I think, between us, we're kind of across Lana Del Rey by now
        
        simon_t @pastprinciple | 3 Nov '11, 15:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        A few from Leeds I can see getting a lot more popular, and deservedly so...
        
        Hookworms - http://hookworms.bandcamp.com
        Eagulls - http://www.soundcloud.com/eagulls
        Paul Thomas Saunders - http://www.pulthomassaunders.com
        Sam Airey - http://www.samairey.com
        
        djodell | 28 Nov '11, 12:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Dave_iLT this'd this
        
        *
        
        http://www.paulthomassaunders.com
        
        djodell @djodell | 28 Nov '11, 12:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        hopefully dirg gerner will do well...
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYWQh5HKKlo
        
        furryfan | 28 Nov '11, 15:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Quite like La Femme
        
        French synth pop with a heavy Cure influence.
        What's not to love?
        
        Teepee_uk | 28 Nov '11, 16:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        http://lafemme.bandcamp.com/
        
        Teepee_uk @Teepee_uk | 28 Nov '11, 16:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Acid Glasses!
        
        Xray Eyeballs
        Patrick Kelleher
        the birD day
        Twerps
        Giraffage
        Jay Electronica
        Korallrevan
        Little Racer
        Odonis Odonis
        Sapphire Slows
        Sea Lions
        Caveman
        
        Lovelovelove @Teepee_uk | 28 Nov '11, 16:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        and
        
        Peaking Lights going from strength to strength
        
        Lovelovelove @Lovelovelove | 28 Nov '11, 16:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        DINGUS KHAN
        
        2012 is ours. You have been warned.
        
        Mick_Squalor | 29 Nov '11, 08:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        anyone wanna add any new names to this thread?
        
        sean | 5 Dec '11, 10:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Hey Sholay are playing tonight in London
        
        If you want to find out for yourselves why they should be tipped...
        Playing alongside Cymbals and Crushed Beaks who are both brilliant live too.
        http://www.facebook.com/events/298888306799182/
        
        suzeolbrich | 5 Dec '11, 12:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        anyone wanna sling any new names in the hat?
        
        sean | 28 Dec '11, 09:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        ...
        
        El Kid, Vessel, Lapalux, Torus, Presk, NKC, Splurt Diablo, Artifact, Knowing Looks, Logos, Kevin McPhee, Gerry Read, Wanda Group, Gang Colours, Dropping Gems, DjRUM, Lando Kal, Ifan Dafydd, Pedestrian, Kahn, Zhou, Objekt, Throwing Snow, Chairman Kato, Space Dimention Controller, Ruby Lee Ryder, Ossie, Swing Ting, Beneath, Brey, TRC, DJ Q, Palace, 5kinandbone5, Young L, Golau Glau, Ghosting Season, Manny, Helix, LHF, Visionist, Hookworms, Nguzunguzu, Main Attrakionz, P Money, Jhene Aiko, Teeth...
        
        jimitheexploder | 28 Dec '11, 10:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Some words on some of those...
        
        http://thesonicminefeild.blogspot.com/2011/12/move-forward.html
        
        jimitheexploder @jimitheexploder | 28 Dec '11, 14:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        ...
        
        Halls - http://thesoundsofsweetnothing.bandcamp.com/releases
        Weird Era - http://weird-era.bandcamp.com/
        Heart-Ships - http://heart-ships.bandcamp.com/
        Cloud Boat - http://soundcloud.com/r-srecords/cloud-boat-bastion
        Wode - http://soundcloud.com/queensark/02-earthwrath
        
        jarock87 | 28 Dec '11, 11:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Fear of Men are cool. Liked their singles a lot.
        
        niallKP | 28 Dec '11, 11:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        TJFalvey this'd this
        
        Cementimental
        
        Cementimental | 28 Dec '11, 11:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I was listening to the Daphni stuff on soundcloud last night
        
        So mint. More in 2k12 please.
        
        mug_mug_mug @KennyDope | 28 Dec '11, 16:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        this'd this
        
        TIP
        
        I don't know if this counts, but it's out on the 1st of Jan and the bit i've heard so far is spectacular!
        
        RIYL Saharan shredding.
        
        http://sahelsounds.bandcamp.com/album/takamba
        
        mug_mug_mug | 28 Dec '11, 16:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        you can hear the whole thing there!
        
        smokes
        
        mug_mug_mug @mug_mug_mug | 28 Dec '11, 16:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        This sounds ace
        
        jimitheexploder @mug_mug_mug | 28 Dec '11, 17:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Cosmic Matrix
        
        Been turning people onto this guy's stuff for a while now, but the stuff he's been producing recently is amazing:
        
        http://cosmicmatrixx.blogspot.com/
        
        Sloame_Ocean | 28 Dec '11, 17:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        so...
        
        how well are your tips doing? who did we forget? is tipping bands dead?
        
        sean | 19 Mar '12, 17:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Interestingly
        
        there seems to be a lot less short-term hype about bands and things seem to be spreading out a lot slower. All the great reviews from SXSW, for instance, seemed to be from established acts or hip hop artists who've been around a couple of years. And all the 'indie' buzz this year seems to be from returning bands like Beach House. And even Grimes is on her second or third album or something.
        
        iaminterested @sean | 19 Mar '12, 19:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        yeah, I noticed that a little bit too.
        
        Sort of. Tho with Grimes it kinda seems like she's a new act, consolidating previous love.
        
        sean @iaminterested | 19 Mar '12, 19:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I seem to be in a minority
        
        but in the indie/mish mash/whatever sphere, I think it has been a really slow year, for new bands as well as more established acts. So tipping bands is having a little breather...a lot of those in your playlist either released music in 2011, or have yet to release much. I have higher hopes for the rest of the year.
        
        wonton @sean | 19 Mar '12, 20:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I think it's good
        
        that things are slowing down. The 'hype cycle' was ultimately a bit destructive for a lot of bands. It's a lot better for everyone if things are taking their time now.
        
        iaminterested @wonton | 19 Mar '12, 20:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        2013?
        
        Who should we be checking out? http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4414217
        
        CCCLX | 3 Sep '12, 14:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        FIX
        
        sean | 3 Sep '12, 14:49 | X | ^ This | Reply

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