Future Sounds Like These Acts

Rolling Stone tracks down six up-and-comers
By Rebecca Smith Hurd,  Newser User
Posted Sep 1, 2008 11:11 AM CDT
Future Sounds Like These Acts
El Perro del Mar and Lykke Li at Bimbo's in San Francisco.   ((c) ToastyKen)

Maybe you've heard of them, maybe you haven't, but six up-and-coming bands are defining rock and pop this year, according to Rolling Stone. Next big things or one-disc wonders? Check them out, then listen up by clicking the link below:

  • Low Vs Diamond: cinematic rockers from Los Angeles go epic in the vein of Coldplay.

  • Laura Izibor: Irish singer with soul; watch out, Alicia Keys.
  • Ra Ra Riot: Chamber pop players-cum-"college brainiacs" from Brooklyn.
  • 3Oh!3: Hip-hop trash-talkers from Boulder, Colo., have opened for Snoop Dogg.
  • Dead Confederate: Gritty rockers from Athens, Ga.; lead singer's voice a "ringer" for Kurt Cobain's.
  • Lykke Li: Like Feist? Check out this pixie rebel from Stockholm.
(More Rolling Stone stories.)

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