The Guardian's 50 new artists for 2020

Prediction: Sports Team will walk this.

something something lol indie something something

Is dembow indie in the Dominican Republic?

Tried to vote sports team, zing crashed

RIP

can't help feel whoever wrote the phrase "ketamine-charged" doesn't understand how ket works

I thought you joking about Sports Team. lol, it's not like they've got a rep to protect

The Bossy Love album is terrific.

Not having Arlo Parks on the list is a big oversight.

My first thought was 'these are all made up - spoof list', which is the equivalent of saying young people's music all sounds the same. So it's probably time for the locked room, whisky and revolver. So long.

Sidhu Moose Wala put out a legit banger earlier this year. I mean this is undeniable:

https://youtu.be/iU7cDCmEiUw

And I fucking loved this Lady Lykez track from the summer.

https://youtu.be/OSuOAUh6-B4

Is this outtakes from the “come up with the most boring band name” thread

“Jack Name”???

new artist beatrice dillon

A hyperlocal phenomenon in their native Bradford, Bad Boy Chiller Crew make ridiculously enjoyable bassline house anthems topped with dextrous patter about beer, designer clothes and *checks notes* the excellence of an obscure Teesside car wash called Billy’s.

I'm so excited for the donk revival that I'm voting for this without even having listened to it.

sports team are the worst xunts going

jack name

I do plan to check the Bossy Love album out but thought it was interesting that the blurb failed to mention that the singer was the front woman of Operator Please.

i thought maybe celeste from daphne & celeste had gone solo

sports team are fuckin' shite

Already stoked to see Cable Ties supported by Mortimer at the 02 in 2025

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I initially read Galen Tipton as Glenn Tipton and thought: "WTF?"

Chippy Nonstop or gtfo.

Kebabs Windsor ftw

Zing keeps crashing when I try and vote for Shygirl, I call a fix

also lol at Beatrice Dillon being ‘new’ xp but equally worth yr vote

Bloody love Shygirl. I'm finally old enough to feel comfortable thinking a fair wedge of these band names are utter shite.

I went with Asagraum because it's the only one I know (aside from Sports Team, whose first LP is bound to become ILM's AOTY).

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Sports Team 0

The 100 gecs album sounds like something young people made just so they could laugh at desperate old music critics trying to seem cool by praising it.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/27/bradford-bassline-and-ketamine-charged-punk-50-new-artists-for-2020🕸

Pack it up, 2020's EOY list is already a lock.

^ my first mis-post of the year, please accept my heartfelt apologies

Aw, I liked the spider web emoji.

How did I miss L Devine... she was so prominently placed, 45th in the list

L Devine - "Nervous"
https://youtu.be/kH_EZkiYn5M
L Devine - "Like You Like That"
https://youtu.be/G2Nffg44As4

Re: dismissing the band names - I like how people are assuming the problem is age, rather than the slog of seeing 50 obscure artists with no context. And possibly because the Guardian doesn't want to choose anything that sounds too interesting. (Reading it on and off for years, I honestly don't think I've ever discovered any music I liked from a Guardian/Observer recommendation)