While the end of year lists are still being published by various organisations, the BBC have already rubbed their publicly funded crystal ball to tell us what we’ll be listening to in 2012. Complied of supposed industry tastemakers (not us then), the list aims to tell us what new sounds will be creeping on to radio and TV.
But that’s the problem, the emphasise here is on “new” music. No mentions are given to those who’ve already made a stir in the underground and potentially set to upset the apple cart with their potential second or third album.
Music will always be new to people the first time they hear it, no matter when the record was originally released. Given this logic, members of the hecklerspray team give their opinion on BBC’s Sounds Of 2012 list whilst recommending acts who won’t have been considered
