BBC's Sound of 2008 Top 10

Jonas Woost should start dating Mark Speight.

BREAKING NEWS

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http://www.blinne.org/photos/uncategorized/siren.gifADELE, 19, IS TIPPED AS THE 2008 VINTAGE WINEHOUSEhttp://www.blinne.org/photos/uncategorized/siren.gif

Wait, is "vintage wine-house" a pun?

1. Adele
2. Duffy
3. The Ting Tings
4. Glasvegas
5. Foals
6. Vampire Weekend
7. Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong
8. Black Kids
9. MGMT
10. Santogold

yeah ok i am getting old but these are literally the WORST BAND NAMES OF ALL TIME.

Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong
Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong
Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong
Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong

what bands do you like?

Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong

FUCK YOU

I said some nice things about Duffy in that other thread (based on one song, mind) but the majority of these will be utterly turgid, completely without constructive merit, gimmicky and compromised.

"The Ting Tings" might be THE worst band-name of all time.

Adele went to same stage school as Winehouse, Nash, all those rubbish acts

note to people who ostensibly have ears: stop promoting mundane soul-singers in 2008

20. Lil' Wayne

^^^Brave prediction to name this obscure underground artist just at the start of his career.

You think these are bad band names, some clueless tossers called The Courteeners are playing in Hull this month.

16. The Courteeners

adele is awful

That "Have Your Say" link is illuminating.

Tom no way was I going to actually click on the article and read about any of this shite. I like the zings to be spontaneous over the course of the year.

Still pretty confident that the Courteneers are gonna be the most horrible band out of this 20, if not the least escapable

I'm sure that Adele's lack of skeletalness will lead to some top-notch work from ILM's leading feminist thinkers.

xpost On the name alone they cannot fail. Are these the nob-ends we found that awful blog review of in the Jilted John and the Yongy Bongy Bo thread?

I'm sure that Adele's lack of skeletalness will lead to some top-notch work from ILM's leading feminist thinkers.

dom passantino, notorious fattey-hater.

The Dompassanteeners

Dom's about the only one I'm counting on not to make with the "lol fattey" gags.

Joe Louis and the Jigger Jagger Jogger

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Tom Adonnelly

Joe Louis and the Jigger Jagger Jogger

-- Tom D., Friday, 4 January 2008 12:18 (32 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

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Is that the real sleeve???

xxxpost

it screams "buy me" to insane people.

Also lulz: try googling: cute fat girls. Note the first link.

Most lulz of all is quite how misanthropic NRQ is today. Keep it up big man.

"today"

Where's UFFIE on these lists?

One minor name and image change and boom!

there are broadsheets with better music coverage than the guardian - the indie for one. andy gill is always good to read. and he actually tells you what he thinks, unlike most guardian writers who tend to repeat PR fluff.

Andy Gill today describes Black Kids as "neither black nor kids". That's what he thinks, then.

Is that Andy Gill from Gang of Four? I'm confused, because Wikipedia says Andy Gill should not be confused with the Andy Gill who writes reviews for The Independent newspaper. They are however, the same person.

Ting Tings? Jing Jang Jongs? What is this, the Eurovision Song Contest?

on the jing jang jong where the cows go stfu hipster scum

Andy Gill should not be confused with the Andy Gill who writes reviews for The Independent newspaper. They are however, the same person.

Oh Wikipedia, you crazy pedia

(they're different people)

Im disappointed, thought it was the same Andy Gill :(

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44325000/jpg/_44325106_adele_203.jpg

"Make-up and stickers and ponies and Myspace.com!"

How do people get into the Brits performing arts school?

Too fucking dumb to do a proper course?

the one Glasvegas track I've heard was pretty good. Horrible name, though.

Glasvegasmask

Most Retarded-Looking Member of Foals in this Picture Thread:

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don't think i'd like 'em

Not the butterfly.

Fifteen of the best rising music stars have been announced as the longlist for the BBC's Sound of 2009.

Yes to Kid Cudi, qualified yes to Lady GaGa, don't know yet about Master Shortie, but the rest are all long-standing hypes and should be avoided.

IT'S THE FUTURE, IT'S THE FUTURE: BBC Sound of 2009 'Longlist' Poll

The correct answer is Chipmunk but Radio 2 grannies would get upset.

Well, last years list wasn;t far off...

1. Adele
2. Duffy
3. The Ting Tings
4. Glasvegas
5. Foals
6. Vampire Weekend
7. Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong
8. Black Kids
9. MGMT
10. Santogold

Number 7 was way wrong though...

I see their album promo's going for an optimistic £32 in MVE at the moment.

They got a decent hit rate out of that lot, although presumably the Black Kids album did naff all in the end? Also two of the acts actually turned out to be good.

I understand heads at the BBC are already rolling for failure to include Fleet Foxes last year.

Which two, Matt? (I'm guessing Vampire Weekend are one of them.)

and santogold

vw <> mgmt

Vampire Weekend and Santogold. Can't stand MGMT.

i still haven't heard jo lean etc, are they any better or worse than most of the others?

no-one knows as no-one can get past the name to hear them