Who is poised to follow Animal Collective into the mainstream?
1.YESAYER
2008's All Hour Cymbals was excellent, and these Brooklynites are set to unveil a poppier sound on Odd Blood,due February.
2.DEERHUNTER/ATLAS SOUND
Prolific Atlanta noisemaker Brandon Cox has won a lot of underground kudos without quite making a great record....yet.
3.FUCK BUTTONS
The distinctively named Bristol duo are fast becoming everyone's favourite "hypnotic post-rave whiteout merchants"...
4.BEACH HOUSE
This Mazzy Star-like duo are championed by Grizzly Bear.Forthcoming album Teen Dream has strong crossover potential.
5.WOLF PARADE/SUNSET RUBDOWN
Canadian songwriter Spencer Krug's two bands have both shown flashes of genious.Can he sustain it for a whole album?
6.ARIEL PINK
Like his label bosses in Animal Collective, this LA-based maverick's ghostly new wave ditties are inching towards accessibility.
7.GANG GANG DANCE
2008's brilliant Saint Dymphna married tribal freakouts to driving rhythms that deserve a wider audience.
8.MICACHU & THE SHAPES
Animal Collective and Dirty Projectors are both big supporters of these quirky Londoners' appealing junkshop pop.
9.THE BOREDOMES
The Japanese noise veterans' last EP found them going disco, seriously.Is an overground breakthrough imminent?
10.SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS
Brooklyn-based electro shoegazers with a strong melodic sensibility(and they're pretty good-looking to boot)
Taken from Uncut magazine.
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