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State of Emergence: 10 bands for 2010
06.01.102010 is upon us so it’s time to shed a tear about the year just gone and start looking to the future. Rip It Up Digital will get you kick-started by looking at some bands who are set to make a big splash in 2010.
Who knows where we’ll be in a year’s time? No doubt about it, the next twelve months are as open to possibility as much as the Pakistani Cricket Team is open to ridicule. But at the turn of the year (and decade), there were certainly a few artists poised to make their mark on 2010. Here are Rip It Up Digital’s 10 picks for the year:
Who: Two Door Cinema Club
Where: Bangor, Northern Ireland
Sounds like: a flexible indie demon bending from pop sweetness to pulsating electro
The Hype: Boutique French record label Kitsune unearthed this lot on the seventh instalment of their trendy Maison series. Since then the trio have gone from strength to strength, and have just released a new single I Can Talk.
Download: Something Good Can Work, I Can Talk
Who: Local Natives
Where: Silver Lake, USA
Sounds like: post-AnCo tribalistic folk rock with an air of Grizzly Bear comatose
The Hype: The NME selected Local Natives to take part on their 2009 Radar Tour along with fellow upstarts Golden Silvers, Marina & The Diamonds and Yes Giantess. They dropped their debut Gorilla Manor late in 2009.
Download: Airplane
Who: Free Energy
Where: Philadelphia, USA
Sounds like: Weezer-like slacker rock with flourishes of jangly guitars and bloopy synths
The Hype: James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem signed Free Energy to his über-chic DFA label and put out their self-titled single and EP last year. Oft-compared to The Strokes at their more relaxed times, Free Energy are set to make waves in 2010.
Download: Free Energy
Who: The Drums
Where: New York, USA
Sounds like: energetic post-punk injected with nostalgic Stone Roses-esque melodies
The Hype: The Drums have everyone from Pitchfork to the BBC talking. Their single Let’s Go Surfing exploded onto the scene last year, earning high praise from all corners and ubiquity on the airwaves. A debut album can’t be far away.
Download: Let’s Go Surfing
Who: Jonathan Boulet
Where: Sydney, Australia
Sounds like: ambient folk pop delicately touched up by electronic soundscapes and experimental rhythms
The Hype: For his 21 years, you’d think Jonathan Boulet would have displayed immaturity and brashness on his eponymous debut record. But this couldn’t be further from the truth, as the vibrant Jonathan Boulet was rewarded by becoming Triple J’s feature album late in 2009.
Download: A Community Service Announcement, 321 Ready Or Not
Who: Broken Bells
Where: Los Angeles, USA
Sounds like: an epic musical tug-of-war between The Shins’ James Mercer and super-producer Danger Mouse
The Hype: Umm, it’s James Mercer and Danger Mouse. Enough said.
Download: The High Road
Who: Cloud Control
Where: The Blue Mountains, Australia
Sounds like: shoeless stoner folk a la Fleet Foxes infused with Born Ruffians’ joie de vivre
The Hype: Early in 2009, Cloud Control captured our pop-starved hearts with the effervescent Deathcloud. They have since been hard at work in the studio preparing their debut LP. The first single from it, Gold Canary, has been heavily rotated on the airwaves.
Download: Deathcloud, Gold Canary
Who: Pulled Apart By Horses
Where: Leeds, England
Sounds like: hardcore disco punk; as if you actually pulled someone apart with horses
The Hype: Toured with Biffy Clyro and Future Of The Left in 2009; played the Carling Weekend: Reading and Leeds in 2008; all the cool taste makers from NME to Kerrang and Drowned in Sound love them to bits. They must be the hottest unsigned band in Britain.
Download: I Punched a Lion in the Throat
Who: City Riots
Where: Adelaide, Australia
Sounds like: the rockiest possible representation of the ‘indie-disco’ genre
The Hype: Not many bands can boast two American tours and one of the UK before the release of their first album, but City Riots can. They were nominated for Triple J’s Unearthed J Award in 2008 have just finished recording their debut album with Smashing Pumpkins producer Bjorn Thorsrud in Chicago.
Download: Burning Me Out
Who: Everything Everything
Where: Manchester, England
Sounds like: free-flowing indie pop star gazing in a field of daisies
The Hype: We’re not the first to come across Everything Everything. The BBC have made this Mancunian quartet one of their Sounds of 2010. But this only serves as confirmation that these guys are gonna be BIG this year. Keep your eyes peeled.
Download: Photoshop Handsome
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From jack cohen 10.47am 21.03.10
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Found this article on Facebook regrading CITY RIOTS, believe to be in the US @ SXSW, currently have a NEW song on JJJ, They certainly know how to write good lyrics and melodys, they should be the band to watch in 2010.And I think their promo shots and appearence look sensational.Its to hard to have nose rings and facial studs when travelling in and out of airports. And please Mr.Brown JJJ is on channel 105.5 in SA.Where You can listen to City Riots material,or better still, go to one of their shows . Jack jack
From Arun Bains 7.53am 19.02.10
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Pulled Apart by Horses for President.
From Nazz 7.40pm 26.01.10
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Bwahahahahahahahahahaha. No one went to those tours - it's all mega hype. Oh how I laughed. But on the bright side, Broken Bells? Hell yeah
From Nazz 7.38pm 26.01.10
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Gypsy punk dude. It's been on the rise for years but I'm hoping like hell it eats the opposition this year. And City Riots... yeah right!
From Brown Brown 2.51pm 25.01.10
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City Riots HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA how long have these guys been around what 3 years?? Aint heard a lick of music but seen a shit load of their derivative promo shots and articles in the confidential section of the tiser about them. Says it all really doesn't it? Adelaide needs more bands with an interest in music and less interest in their appearance. Oh shit sorry thats the modern age aint it
From Scootikins 3.49pm 11.01.10
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I believe you'll find it's P-A-L-A-V-E-R, my dear.
From Craptacular 12.55pm 11.01.10
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all these bands have better promo pics than there music. their music plain sucks. what is wrong with everything today? anorexic idiot dudes with girl jeans.
From Wayne Kerr 7.42pm 08.01.10
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More scootkins, can't hear what palava you come up with next
From jimmy 2.13pm 07.01.10
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Look out for the local edition next Thursday Mr Penman. This is just something i threw together, with more of an international flavour
From Penmonicus 1.55pm 07.01.10
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I was expecting more Adelaide-focus, like RIU did at the start of last year. As such, I feel mildly disappointed by this post. However, you introduced me to the coolest songtitle ever in "I Punched A Lion In The Throat", so it's back to Love for you, Jimmy J.
From jimmy 10.22am 07.01.10
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Marina & The Diamonds were up for contention, but i didn't want to make it too NME-inclined. You can put them at number 11 if you like, followed by Delphic and Egyptian Hip Hop
From Scootikins 9.42am 07.01.10
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They probably do, but the world won't listen.
From Scootikins 8.51am 07.01.10
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I'm expecting good stuff from Marina & The Diamonds this year. Given my ongoing penchant for indie Brit chicks, she's automatically in the running for a Best Albums Of The Year spot simply on the back of her initial singles.