BBC Sound of 2015

Out of these I've heard Schlott, Reenie Duncan and Gauze. All really good.

Looking forward to the Stenographers' debut.

The only one I know is Years and Years as my six year old really likes this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0atZQSUE80

lately i've been jammin out to the years & years track called "desire," it's super good

heard this today, like it a lot - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp9GgdCgMXk

instead of listening to any of these I'm going to vote Shamir because it is the name closest to Shalamar

lol that's what i thought when i first encountered him

I didn't not like that years and years song

it's good!

LOVING: rae morris, shamir, shura

ENJOYING: wolf alice, years & years

don't like or don't care for everyone else

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makes you think

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

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5. George the Poet
4. Raury
3. Stormsy
2. James Bay

So far, two votes on here for the top five (not including the winner)

p.s. 4+3 = http://a142.idata.over-blog.com/185x122-000000/3/50/61/65/Beatles-Rockers/George-avec-Rory-Storm.jpg

(George the poet on the left, obv)

oh, and 2+'tall' = http://www.samleach.com/album/paul_cavern_small.jpg

Years & Years a likely #1 which means the top 5 are all dudes this year

I was hoping for Wolf Alice, but then that'd be hopelessly retro/britgrungepop wouldn't it?

30 mins about the nominees - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04w1vz8

haha Raury Stormsy.

"Raury is a musical prodigy, who wrote his first song - Oh Little Fishy - at the age of three." Sounds great.

is that seriously something people have chosen to highlight about one of these artists

(give zero shits about anything else itt obv)

I'm into Raury's gig-crashing steez

Oh I LOVE that Shamir track. What a buzz.

That years and years song is pretty good also.

This is their new one, King:

https://soundcloud.com/yearsandyears/king

what a bullshit poll this year

Years & Years are OK, but sound like any number of average sub-cut copy dance bands from the last 5-6 years.

In my eyes Shamir is light years ahead of the rest of the bunch - really excited for whatever he does next.

the one shamir song i heard sounded like an amateur fan version of "212"

if i had to pick one of this lot to say anything positive about it'd probably be kwabs, who has a gorgeous voice that i hope is one day put to a song that really grabs me

BBC Sound Of 2015 Winners: Years & Years 

I had a kwabs-based screen name early last year & then forgot all about him

an amateur fan version of "212"

this sounds like potentially the greatest thing ever, obv

the one shamir song i heard sounded like an amateur fan version of "212"

that was my thought too, but i enjoyed it anyway. what is this years & years?

an amateur fan version of "212"
this sounds like potentially the greatest thing ever, obv

― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, January 9, 2015 10:49 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

to be clear, it was terrible

if you're talking about "on the regular" i fear we are on opposite sides here

Yeah I love "on the regular". Soak's recent single "b a nobody" is great too

the video for On The Regular is a riot an' all.

I really liked Soak ever since seeing this - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0107ld0

years & years has the no. 1 single int he UK :o

"Sound Of 2016 longlist
Izzy Bizu
Blossoms
Alessia Cara
Loyle Carner
Frances
Jack Garratt
J Hus
Dua Lipa
Mabel
Billie Marten
Mura Masa
NAO
Rat Boy
Section Boyz
WSTRN"

J Fucking Hus!

i despise all of those names

J HUS!

except that one I guess

really like dua lipa and NAO

is NAO an acronym or yet another DESPERATE TO BE NOTICED, TYPING MY NAME IN ALL CAPS situation

IMPOSSIBLY NAO

Spotify are predicting some similar artists (for UK)

Spotify makes its artist picks for 2016
http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/spotify-reveals-its-spotlight-on-2016-artists/063560

The Spotlight on 2016 UK artists are:

- Jack Garratt

- Mura Masa

- Gavin James

- Anne Marie

- LÉON

- Matoma

- Blossoms

- Will Joseph Cook

- Mabel

- NAO

- Jones

- Max Pope

- Honne

- Samm Henshaw

- Frances

Also,

Spotify Spotlight
https://open.spotify.com/user/spotifyspotlight
have predictions for other countries

could have been almost any one of those

On the basis of her two singles so far, Nadia Rose is fantastic. Ray BLK, AJ Tracey and Jorja Smith have had their moments as well, which puts this above a lot of previous years.

SMDH at the idea that anyone could have surveyed the boundless linguistic possibilities available for a band name and decided on 'Cabbage' though.

Would recommend Imaginary Diseases over Little Dots. The latter does have some annoying vocal passages, and musically there's far too much bluesy twiddly soloing - albeit with horn section.

Cruising with Ruben and the Jets is pretty much the antithesis of the thread title.

Sorry wrong thread!

aj tracey is a p decent spitter (see buster cannon recently) but grime is for sad dads dropping off ikea at sussex uni halls so w/e tbh

jorja smith is industry bingo full house, hard to assess srsly. 'blue lights' some amy traphouse honking geese dirge

nadia rose is every wwwwwwwwwhip ssssssssssssmart cheeky lex/mdc pick over the last decade reincarnated into something p undeniably ace actually

ray blk is a legit talent that i fear may have been jools hollanded a year too soon. '50/50' was great tho

I like how they dutifully drop an already well established US rapper in there every year but to go as far to include Anderson. Paak I mean words fail.

What's Stefflon Don Wicked like?

I'm assuming the token guitar picks are beyond desperate by now.

am not v au fait with stefflon don and her suspiciously fledgling career but let us rebuke cynicism in the hattie collins prayer circle

Lettuce is a funk band that originated in Boston, Massachusetts in 1992. Its members consist of guitarists Eric Krasno and Adam "Shmeeans" Smirnoff, Neal Evans, Adam Deitch, Erick "E.D." Coomes, Ryan Zoidis, and partial-member Rashawn Ross. Wikipedia

Number None's un-punctuated list makes them sound a lot better.

High hopes for Dave Plaintive and Tom Grennan Gruff.

btw i didn't write any of the site this year so zing away

Somewhat surprised that, out of the clips selected for the BBC promo, I liked one from the token guitar acts (Declan McKenna) the best.

would have done anyway xp

Isn't Maggie Rogers American? I thought the nominees had to be British.

xpost no doubt!

Cabbage Post-punk provocateurs

I'm sure these guys already appeared on the swagger of Oasis thread a few months ago, well done to ilm for staying ahead of the curve

Quite probably

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cu4wR-rWYAAZj3r.jpg

i love this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV6qg180Uw4

nadia rose is every wwwwwwwwwhip ssssssssssssmart cheeky lex/mdc pick over the last decade reincarnated into something p undeniably ace actually

lolllll only just saw this but she really is brilliant

the Cabbage guy sounds just like Jarvis Cocker in the '80s, kinda eerie

Obviously two tracks isn't much to go on but I think there's a bit more going on with Nadia Rose, regardless of the beats there's something about her reminds me of something from way way back, like pre-grime and pre-garage, that I can't quite put my finger on. Maybe even She-Rockers/Neneh Cherry level far back. Problem with turning up on this list is the personality will usually end up either be sanded down or cartoonishly inflated to the satisfaction.

(Choosing to ignore rtc's choice of adjectives btw but other than Lady Leshurr I dunno who's being referred to, it's not like anyone could be arsed to stan for Lady Lykez or Mz Bratt or whoever).

sandé'd down

she's done more than two tracks, or do you just mean ~official singles? there's "mufasa", "dfwt" and "station" too, plus her features on kideko's "crank it" and dollar bin's "retail therapy"

Yeah I only know the two singles but that's quite enough to half-bake a theory.

Rag N Bone Man, whose current hit single I detest, won the critics' choice poll which is sometimes a barometer for the winner of this one.

The Brits Critics Choice Award 2017

Soul singer Ray BLK has topped the BBC's Sound Of 2017 list, which aims to predict the most exciting new music for the year ahead.
It is the first time an unsigned artist has won the honour - which has previously gone to Adele and Sam Smith.

stefflon don mixtape released a mixtape since upthread, p wack imo but lex might see more in it

i forgot she was on that jeremih 'london' tune though. creeper jam blowing up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDrl6ugMTQ4

already a reliable pleaser. not quite sure/not quite looking forward to what the next step for her will be, maybe she doesn't really one tho

*doesn't really need

i gave the stefflon don mixtape a really quick listen before xmas party season and was pretty into it, didn't realise she was so dancehall. pleasantly surprised.

keep waiting for ray blk to deliver that one tune i can't get enough of, she's talented enough

i just got an email from network rail's pr people about naughty nadia rose shooting her video on train tracks, lol

Think Nadia Rose's album might be pretty much in the can already, there's been a short string of new songs lately that suggests so. I think the next step for her (career wise at least) is a well-trodden enough path at this stage. Where RAY BLK goes next is more interesting - depends to an extent on the reason why she's still unsigned. If she's going it alone then it could be really exciting - and god the UK needs a successful new soul singer who isn't another production line perky stage school type - but I dunno, the potential for someone to decide to just remove all the grit is quite high.

i'm relistening to the ray blk ep that never grabbed me and the thing is it's SO derivative, not just the nods to mariah or the cardigans or whomever (which she doesn't really elevate into her own thing) but the way she sings about her themes, the words and phrases she uses, i keep thinking of teyana taylor

yeah stefflon don is properly fucking great, totally uninterested in being worthy or respectable, thought we'd never have a uk female rapper like her

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fcbJzKmTm0

tight nooki is v v satisfying (even with the 'cheat' of using that beat)

ray blk ep that never grabbed me and the thing is it's SO derivative

stefflon don is properly fucking great

http://i.imgur.com/2dcE0eV.jpg