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How healthy is the British music scene right now?
Brits, NME awards and Adele's record sales aside, what do you think of the current state of music on these isles at the moment?
I started throwing together a playlist (with a little bit of help from Facebook) and it's starting to make for an interesting snapshot of what's doing on right now. What's missing from the below tracklisting?
I guess what I'm also asking is: What's exciting you about music from the UK at the moment? Is there anything UK's doing that other countries aren't or possibly never would? Are we terrible at celebrating our own succeses and realising what's on our doorstep? Do you think some new British acts aren't given the time to develop without some weird rational that they've missed their 'moment' if they don't release an amazing debut album within six months of being written about EVERYWHERE? Is there still a slight grass-is-greener transatlantic awe for Americans, Canadians, Aussies, Scandis, etc...? (kinda want this to be a positive thread but am sure negativity about some bad pop and terrible rock is inevitable and isn't discouraged)
http://open.spotify.com/user/seaninsound/playlist/71GOfxniSOR4iQ8B84hNSE
James Blake – Measurements
SBTRKT – Wildfire (feat. Little Dragon)
Nicola Roberts – Beat Of My Drum
Katy B – Katy On A Mission
Teeth – See Spaces
Rustie – Surph
Little Dragon – Ritual Union
Wild Beasts – Two Dancers (ii) - Jon Hopkins Remix
Zomby/Reark – Natalia’s Song
Stay+ – Fever - Fever
Friendly Fires – Hawaiian Air
Mogwai – Mexican Grand Prix
Tom Vek – Seizemic
Django Django – Default
Errors – Pleasure Palaces
Metronomy – The Look
Kate Bush – Wild Man
Burial – Street Halo
Blanck Mass – Chernobyl
Forest Swords – Rattling Cage
Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx – I’m New Here
This Will Destroy Us – Black Dunes (Holy Other’s Woman in the Dunes Mix)
Luke Abbott – A Caucus Race
PJ Harvey – The Words That Maketh Murder
Bill Wells – The Copper Top
Emmy The Great – Trellick Tower
Laura Marling – The Beast
Slow Club – Never Look Back
Lanterns on the Lake – Lungs Quicken
Veronica Falls – Misery
WU LYF – L Y F
Radiohead – Lotus Flower
The Twilight Sad – Sick
Hey Sholay – The Bears The Clocks The Bees
The Maccabees – Pelican
The Kills – Nail In My Coffin
The Horrors – Dive In
Factory Floor – (R E A L L O V E)
93MillionMilesFromTheSun – Before You Leave
Yuck – Get Away
Mazes – Go Betweens
Frightened Rabbit – Swim Until You Can't See Land
Adele – Rolling In The Deep (Acapella)?