25th February 2015

 

1 ASA- DEAD AGAIN

(France-Nigeria/Singer-songwriter/Soul/Funk/Pop/Reggae/Jazz/Folk/Asa means "Little Hawk")

 

2 MIDÉ- THE ONLY WAY IS UP

(Soft rock/Smooth Soul/John Mayer-meets-Bryan Adams-meets Bruce Springsteen/Acoustic Soul)

 

3 BAT AND BALL- STOPS MY MOUTH

(London/Brother-sister duo/Chris & Abi/Indie)

 

4 BILLIE BLACK- BLACK &WHITE

(London/PR&B/Ambient/Chill/Smooth/Soul/Trip hop)

 

5 KTANA- MELODY

(Similar to Jungle/Voice has similarities to Damon Albarn when in Gorillaz or his solo work/Retro pop/Hard pop)

 

6 JUCE- 6TH FLOOR

(Indie pop/Neo soul/Funk/Progressive Rock/Elements of Jungle)

 

7 INDIA MARTÍNEZ- MIENTRAS ARDE LA LLAMA (WHILE THE FLAME BURNS)

(Spain/Flamenco)

 

8 FLOWERS- YOUNG

(Fuzz Pop/Minimalism/Indie/London trio of Sam, Rachel (singer) and Jordan/Touring in March)

 

9 LAURA JEAN- HOW WILL I KNOW WHEN I'M HOME?

(Australia/Acoustic singer-songwriter/Folk/Active since 2003)

 

10 HUDSON MOHAWKE- CHIMES

(Glasgow/Instrumental hip-hop/wonky/DJ Producer/Debut was released in 2009/Also known as DJ Itch, Hudson Mo, Hud Mo and his birthname of Ross Birchard)

 

11 KLANGKARUSSELL- NETZWERK (FALLS LIKE RAIN)

(Austria/House/Minimal/Electro/Tech-house/Tobias Reiser and Adrian Held)

 

12 PASSION PIT- LIFTED UP (1985)

(Cambrige, MA/Electronic indie/Indie pop/Falsetto/Michael Angelakos -lead vocals and keyboards, Ian Hultquist- keyboards and guitar, Xander Singh- Synthesizers, samples, Jeff Apruzzese- Bass, Synth bass, Nate Donmoyer- Drums )

 

13 MELANIE DE BIASIO- I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU

(Belgium/Vocal Jazz/Short hair like Audrey Hepburn/Song sounds familar like it's a cover)

 

14 THE COMMON LINNETS- CALM AFTER THE STORM

(Holland/Americana/Bluegrass/Eurovision)

 

15 TEDDYBEARS- WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?

 

16 KINDNESS- SOME THINGS NEVER SEEM TO FU...

(UK/Adam Bainbridge/Indie/Electronica/Disco/Ambient House/Chillwave/Downtempo/Dev Hynes-esque music like Blood Orange)

 

17 LIZZO- LIZZIE BORDEN

(Minnesota/Hiphop/Rap/Various influences from Gospel to R&B)

 

18 WONDERFUL HUMANS- JUST WHAT I NEEDED

(Pop/Electro pop/Female vocalist) 

 

19 ZARA LARSSON- ROOFTOP

(Sweden/Pop/Rihanna style voice)

 

 

20 LORIS- YEAH 

(Trio of Daniel Jones-Turntable, ebows and electronics, Sarah Hughes- vocals, autoharp and piano and Patrick Farmer- wood and whisks, natural objects)