Not Many Experts

So yesterday the longlist of the Blog Sound of 2013 was announced. Last year I felt the need to preface the list with a justification of the existence of the longlist itself, but now I don’t really see the need for that; anything that is drawing attention to new music should be encouraged, and that this year’s Blog Sound longlist contains so many exciting new artists is just an added bonus. Admittedly, none of the five artists that I wrote about made it to the list, which only highlights the variety in tastes between bloggers, and the strength of new music at the moment. Despite my five highly superior acts not making the longlist, though, there’s some incredible new music to be mined here that may come to define your year. The final results will be published on the 3rd January, when I will also divulge the inspirational acts which I spent my votes on. Unsurprising hint: one of them shares a name with a high street retailer…

AlunaGeorge

Curxes

Chvrches

Daughter

Haim

Laura Mvula

MØ

Palma Violets

Pins

Randolph’s Leap

Rhye

Savages

Seasfire

The Neighbourhood

Tom Odell

The 49 blogs who voted in the poll are

A New Band A Day, A Pocket Full Of Seeds, All Noise, Alphabet Bands, Both Bars On, Brapscallions, Breaking More Waves, Brighton Music Blog, Details Of My Life So Far, Don’t Watch Me Dancing, Dots And Dashes, Drunken Werewolf, Eaten By Monsters, Electronic Rumors, Faded Glamour, Folly Of Youth, Flying With Anna, God Is In The TV, Harder Blogger Faster, Howl, In Love Not Limbo, Just Music That I Like, Killing Moon, Kowalskiy,  Love Music : Love Life,  Mudkiss, Music Broke My Bones, Music Fans Mic, Music Liberation, Music Like Dirt, My Bands Better Than Your Band, Not Many Experts, Peenko, Real Horrorshow, Scottish Fiction, Skeletory,  Song By Toad, Sounds Good To Me Too, Storm’s Brewing, Sweeping The Nation, The Blue Walrus, The Electricity Club, The Mad Mackerel, The Metaphorical Boat, The Music Hoarder, The Recommender, This Must Be Pop, Von Pip Musical Express, 17 Seconds