My friend just sent me a list of bands he's looking into who 'could be big' i.e. have mainstream success or critical acclaim. I have given him my opinion but can I have yours??

I don't know, recommend 3 or something. Or just post that Little Man Tate and The Twang make you want to eat off your own face...

The Films

Lucky Soul

The Fields

Hadouken!

Shy Child (or other PIAS/WOS artist)

Patrick Wolf

The Horrors

The Sounds

iLIKEtrains

Los Campesinos

New Young Pony Club

The Aliens

I was a cub scout

Pull tiger tail

CSS

Dragonette

Dresden Dolls

The Crimea

I’m from Barcelona

Peter Byorn and John

!!!

Little Flames

The Ripps

Kubichek!

One Toy Soldier

Neils Children

Does It Offend You, Yeah?

The twang – I think have just made it.

Tellison

Dartz

Good Books,

Tokyo Police Club,

Kingsize,

The Maccabees

Hinder

Enter Shikari

Larrikin Love – great but too big.

CocoRosie – big in US, releasing album on 10th April 2007. too ‘out there’?

Kalli

The Romance,

Tigercity,

Wolf Parade

Good Shoes

loney,dear

Of Montreal

Field Music

Bat for Lashes

The Shins

The wrens

Mew

Little Man Tate

Young knives

British Sea Power

Get cape! Wear cape! Fly!

Animal collective

Calexico

The National

Cat Power,

Califone,

Fujiya Play Triptych

Dananananaykroyd

Cadence Weapon

The Officers

Deerhoof

Swan Lake

The Rumble Strips,

The Little Ones

I say Marvin

Ali Love

Besnard Lakes

Joanna Newsom

Gregor Samsa

The Books

Jeremy Warmsley

Panda Bear

Maps

Fionn Regan

Valley of the Giants.

Effi Briest – 10,000views-28th march

Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s

Dr. Dog

Skybox

the French Kicks

The Ponys