You're probably aware of the BBC Sound Of 2014 poll in which various industry bigwigs and journalists decide which major label playthings we're all supposed to be listening to in the coming year, but more recently, the good people at Breaking More Waves have taken the money and the shameless plugs out of the equation and polled music sites just like ours - people that actually care about the music rather than the potential for shifting units - and created a list compiled from around 60 blogs and music sites to come up with a much more entertaining selection. The long list of 16 acts that picked up the most votes can be found here. The winners will be announced on January the 2nd, so stay tuned for that, and in the mean time, here are the runners and riders!
Banks - Sultry electronic soul from Los Angeles
Embers - Epic cinematic rock from Manchester
George Ezra - Singer songwriter with bluesy tones
Hella Better Dancer - Dark atmospheric indie rock
Hockeysmith - Genre hopping sisters from Cornwall
Honeyblood - Raw D-I-Y Glasgow duo
IYES - Boy girl pop duo from Brighton
Khushi - Melodic acoustic based pop
Lyla Foy - Solo singer performing intimately quiet songs
Marika Hackman - Female acoustic singer songwriter
Mt Wolf - Folktronica with ethereal/operatic vocals
Rhodes - Male acoustic singer songwriter
Royal Blood - Dirty lo-fi rock 'n' roll from Brighton
Sivu - Idiosyncratic singer songwriter
Sophie Jamieson - Atmospheric folk
Wolf Alice - Grunge and indie referencing band
I think you'll find that an impressive and eclectic list! Unfortunately since the first round of voting a few weeks back, Mt. Wolf have decided to call it a day, so we hope this isn't a curse! Although none of the acts we voted for made the long list, several of them have featured on the site this year and received favourable reviews, plus Embers featured in our Sound Of 2013 list in January. We believe this selection beats the BBC list hands down, so stay tuned and we'll let you know who the winners are soon - and thanks to Breaking More Waves for organising the voting. A full list of the sites that helped choose can be found below.
17 Seconds, A Pocket Full Of Seeds, All Noise, Alphabet Bands, Beat Surrender, Both Bars On, Brapscallions, Breaking More Waves, Brighton Music Blog, Cat From Japan, Daisy Digital, Details Of My Life, Don’t Watch Me Dancing, Dots and Dashes, Drunken Werewolf, Eaten By Monsters, Echoes and Dust, Electronic Rumors, Faded Glamour, God Is In The TV, Gold Flake Paint, Hearty Vibes, I Love Pie, In Love Not Limbo, Just Music That I Like, Killing Moon, Like 1999, Little Indie Blogs, Love Music : Love Life, Music Broke My Bones, Music Liberation,Music Like Dirt, My Band’s Better Than Your Band, My Day By Day Music, Not Many Experts, Peenko, Pop Dodger, Repeat Button,Scientists Of Sound, Scottish Fiction, Skeletory, Sleep In Music, Some Of It Is True, Sound Influx, Sounds Good To Me Too, Sounds Of Now Music, Sweeping The Nation, The Blue Walrus, The Devil Has The Best Tuna, The Electricity Club, The Evening’s Empire, The Mad Mackerel,The Metaphorical Boat, The Sound Of Confusion, The Underclassed,This Must Be Pop, Thoughts On Music, Von Pip Musical Express, When The Gramophone Rings
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