The Sound of 2006

The BBC have talked to 100s of critics and DJs and asked them what their favourite new music is, and put together a list of who they think will be the sound of this year. They've written a bit about each of them, and included a link to a full track by each artist. See the BBC article for more details. Anyway I thought I'd have a listen and tell you what I think about each of them.

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Overall if this is the best they can come up with for this year it's not going to be all that exciting. But I suspect they're wrong.

Meme

Some of the questions are very similar to the previous one, but not all. Feel free to point others at it. [Poll #646672]