Britains NME has listed the following bands as the best new bands of 2008....how did they do?
1. Partyshank
2. Peggy Sue And The Pirates
3. Riuven
4. Naz T Da Younger
5. Tape Deck
6. Conan and Mockisans
7. Ebony Bones
8. Joe Lean And The Jing Jang Jong
9. Dead Disco
10. Make Me A Model
Originally posted by StTito Is NME similar to Pichfork in the States ?
It is similar in that they're both about music. NME is a weekly magazine. It's more comparable to Rolling Stone. But even that's a terrible comparison. Rolling Stone, at least, has some decent journalism at times. NME reads like a tabloid.
Originally posted by uzless did some more digging. Apparently, NME posted this list from a list provided by MYSPACE for bands that MYSPACE thought would be big in 2008.
I take it no one knows any of these guys.
Nope. Some of my favourite albums from new bands in 2008:
Ponytail
Vampire Weekend
Wavves
Harvey Milk
Times New Viking
Nobunny
Surf City
Titus Andronicus
Crystal Antlers
The Mae Shi
Originally posted by badmoon Where do you hear these bands? Satellite radio?
I don't have satellite radio. Sometimes I hear really good stuff on the CBC but most of the good stuff (good to me, at least) I find comes from last.fm or the forkcast on pitchforkmedia (http://pitchfork.com/forkcast). When I hear something I like then I'll usually check out their Myspace. If I like more than one song I will download the album on isoHunt or Pirate Bay. If I like the whole alubm, I'll buy it at the record store. When on a band's Myspace I will also check out their "friend" bands in their Top whatever to see if I find a treasure.
When reading reviews of albums, I usually go to metacritic.org.
Not all of the bands I listed are obscure though. Vampire Weekend did play on SNL this year and was #15 on the Billboard charts at one point.
Hot New Bands of 2008?
18 Mar '09 03:03
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