Every decade has a defining genre of music that, one day, will make people look back and think “wow that was rubbish?.
In the nineties, it was bouncy rave, until Britpop took over and made everyone supposedly cool. For the unfunnily-named noughties era, it's fair to say that nothing new emerged and survived. Soppy indie was everywhere and weak commercial drum and bass also came back from the ashes.
However, it wasn?t all bad. Towards the end of the decade, the underground sound of dubstep started to creep out of London and into the commercial world. Burial even got a Mercury prize nod, but shunned it in favour of staying anonymous. Whilst we can't predict what will get you grooving down the local singles club night during this new decade, we can take a recap over some of our favourite artists who we mentioned in 2009…
11 – First Aid Kit ? A duo made up of two sisters who are making music that combines everything from folk and indie influences with mature songwriting. With the sisters not even in their twenties, promising things are afoot for them.
10 – Starting Teeth ? Electronic music that decides to do all sorts of things. Cramming in techno, electro, hip hop, metal and crazy vocals, it's the sort of stuff that will complicate your feet on the dancefloor.
9 – Bombay Bicycle Club ? Most guitar bands were getting dire and turning into boring carbon copies of each other. Then this lot came along and pretty much injected hope and energy into the guitar scene.
8 – The Candle Thieves ? Pop music doesn't have to come from reality show competitions and be pure cover version. Instead, it can be light, fluffy and really exciting. Especially with a well crafted video.
7 – Polly Scattergood ? Underlooked singer songwriter who writes straight from the heart and tackles subjects from the humorous to the deep and dark. A fantastic debut album that more people need to own.
6 – Hudson Mohawke ? Bubbling under the surface, the man released his first proper album after various EPs and bootleg 12?s have been doing the rounds for years. A fusion of wonky vocals meeting electronica and hip hop.
5 – One Little Plane ? Cakes are delicious morsels of goodness you put in your mouth. Records by One Little Plane are the audio equivalent and won't leave you with an expanding waistline. We only hope more material is on the way soon.
4 – Gold Panda ? One of the last tips from 2009 due to him literally coming out of nowhere. 2010 looks set to be the year of the panda with more releases following a sold-out self-released CDR and 7?s.
3 – Micachu ? One of the finest albums from 2009 came from Micachu. Songs packed a heavyweight punch due to the fun mix of indie, sing a long lyrics and electronica. Despite being 53 seconds long, Sweetheart is one of the best tracks on the album.
2 ? Prdctv ? Coming along on the folktronica tip, we are pleased to announce that the excellent recordings produced by Prdctv are now going to come out via the ace label Ninja Tune in the not too distant future. Yay!
1 – The Deer Tracks ? Coming somewhere between brittle post rock and woozy electronics, the almost haunting tracks remind us immediately of Mum but with enough authority to stamp their own mark on it. And the CD packaging is the most creative we've seen for a while.
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