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British 'alternative' music is in "rude health" right now - let's make a playlist
18months or so ago we made a DiS playlist of the best British music around to counter how terrible the BRITS nominations were (remember? http://open.spotify.com/user/seaninsound/playlist/71GOfxniSOR4iQ8B84hNSE ). Feels like, despite loads of American acts dominating the attention of some media/fans, that there's a really interesting bunch of acts coming from these shores. I know there pretty much always are great acts, but I think now, whilst the mainstream continues to pimp terrible EDM-pop, the underground/stuff DiSsers like, is particularly good right now. Next year could be pretty exciting, but before that there are year-end plaudits and all that stuff, which I think a lot of British acts could dominate. Maybe I'm wrong?
Given that the Mercury is coming up (which has some good stuff on it. And you can win VIP tickets here: http://bit.ly/MercuryWIN ) and our Neptune prize (not a terrible list, is it? http://bit.ly/Neptune13 ) I thought it might be timely and a nice idea to make another playlist of all the best British stuff around at the moment, including tips for next year and that sort of thing.
I've made a start - what would you add/change?
http://open.spotify.com/user/seaninsound/playlist/4GUnq5WTyujxEqNwdUGUse
Ghosting Season – Lost At Sea
FKA twigs – Water Me
Daughter – Youth
Girls Names – Hypnotic Regression
Frightened Rabbit – State Hospital
Ed Harcourt – Murmur in My Heart
Pale Seas – Evil Is Always One Step Behind
The Twilight Sad – Sick
Temples – Shelter Song
Hookworms – Preservation
Joanna Gruesome – Do You Really Wanna Know Why Yr Still in Love with Me?
Drenge – Bloodsports
Glass Animals – Black Mambo
These New Puritans - Fragment Two
Forest Swords – Thor's Stone
65daysofstatic – The Undertow
Factory Floor – How You Say
CHVRCHES – The Mother We Share
Stumbleine – The Beat My Heart Skips (feat. CoMa)
Jon Hopkins – Open Eye Signal
Eaux – Snow
Gold Panda – Brazil
Mount Kimbie – Made To Stray
Luke Abbott – Object is a Navigator
Actress – Ascending
Steve Mason – Lonely
Mogwai – This Messiah Needs Watching
David Bowie – (You Will) Set The World On Fire
Bat For Lashes – A Wall
Blanck Mass – White Math
Hey Sholay – The Bears The Clocks The Bees
Echo Lake – Wild Peace
Keaton Henson – You Don't Know How Lucky You Are
Halls – White Chalk