Little Indie, like 57 other UK-based blog sites, took part in The Blog Sound of 2016 poll of UK to determine the most popular and favourite emerging acts among those polled.
The aim of the Blog Sound poll is identical to the BBC Sound Of list; it attempts to showcase new and emerging artists, but it differs in so far as many of the voting bloggers do not work in the music industry,
they are simply fans who have a passion for writing about the music they love.
In previous years the Blog Sound poll has identified a number of acts such as Alt-J and Bastille that didn’t feature on the BBC list, and has been slightly ahead of the game, featuring the likes of Wolf Alice a year before they appeared on the BBC Sound of list. Each year there is also some cross over with the BBC list and this year is no exception.
Little Indie is happy to reveal that one of our three choices did make it on to the longlist this year, but on the grounds of diplomacy we prefer to remain non-committal on who!
The full longlist is:
AQUILO - Calm sounding electronic pop duo from Silverdale, Lancashire.
AURORA - Norwegian singer who covered Oasis for the John Lewis Christmas advert.
BILLIE MARTEN - Yorkshire based acoustic singer songwriter.
GEORGE COSBY - London based singer songwriter with a deep voice and brooding songs.
HAELOS - A band who describe their music as dark euphoria.
LISS - Four piece from Aarhus, Denmark who make slick sounding pop.
LOYLE CARNER - A spoken word artist with his own unique confessional style.
MABEL - The daughter of Neneh Cherry who is producing her own brand of soulful pop.
MURA MASA - An electronic producer and multi-instrumetalist originally from Guernsey.
MT WOLF - A reformed band who also featured on the Blog Sound of 2014 longlist.
NAO - Solo singer who mixes funk, soul and electronic sounds in her work.
PLEASURE BEACH - Indie rockers from Northern Ireland.
THE BIG MOON - London based four piece alt rock / indie band.
THE JAPANESE HOUSE - Amber Bain's solo project of electronic ambient songs.
YAK - Energetic rock group with elements of punk, garage indie and psychedelic blues.
The most voted for and top 5 acts on this longlist will be revealed on January 5 2016. In the meantime, check out all of the nominated artists on the playlist below.
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