Once again, it has been a cracking year for new music, and the Next
Best Thing has bought you dozens of tasty new bands over the past twelve
months, especially for your ear-holes. Here’s a brief selection of some
of the exciting new artists we have previewed in 2012 who have gone on
great things this year.
Friends
We introduced Friends to you back in January, and since
then this Brooklyn band have gone on to release a sparkling debut album
to critical acclaim. Tracks for the group’s debut Manifest! can
be heard on adverts all over the shop, and their third single ‘Mind
Control’ was even declared “hottest record in the world” by BBC Radio
1’s Huw Stephens.
Lana Del Rey
Another artist we introduced in January, just as she was on
the cusp of international super-stardom. Lana Del Rey appeared to come
from nowhere, and she has had a bumpy rid along the way, with
considerable criticisms from the music press and audiences alike. Be
that is it may, however, Del Rey is a musical force to be reckoned with,
and has been a key artist in 2012.
Jethro Fox
Jethro Fox’s music is slowly making waves this year, and
the artist has been featured by Clash magazine and BBC Introducing
online amongst others. Fox’s track ‘Echo’ has been listed in various
“top tracks of 2012” and it was even played on Hollyoaks earlier in the year.
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These girls are now pretty big on the indie scene, and
their debut album received highly favorable reviews from the likes of
The Guardian and the NME. They also toured in the US in 2012 with The XX
and Wild Beasts.
Ms Mr
This band is making it big in the US, and are set to be big
news here very soon too. We introduced these guys back in June, and now
their videos are getting millions of hits on YouTube, and they have
also supported Marina and the Diamonds on her recent US tour, and
released their debut album in 2012.
See this at MTTM at: http://www.morethanthemusic.co.uk/the-next-best-thing/next-best-thing-2012-round-up/
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