READERS POLL 07: Album of the Year

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Next up in what may well prove a bumper day of polls is the relatively insignificant AlBUM of the Year award. Last year's winner was The Knife. What about this year?

[Poll #1108010]

(I am DYING for lunch so I'm not going to faff around finding the album covers, sorry for the boring unvisualness of this post)

AND A REMINDER: Get your 10 favourite tracks of the year to leagueofpop@gmail.com before New Year! The spreadsheet so far makes INTERESTING READING if you are 1xbig nerdxor like me.

Pop Open Results Update

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There will be the final Pop Open post of the year up tomorrow with TWO duels, but a quick RESULTS post of the last one.

The Kasia Stankiewicz track beat the Stars one, though it was a bit tighter than the first Round 3 bout. Congratulations to lockedintheatti who is through to the next round. Commiserations to piratemoggy who is OUT.

It's Worse Than I Thought

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Compiling the weekly chart polls it has often struck me that there seems to be a fair bit of indie in the Top 40 right now. To be more specific, British Indie.

And it's true! Below the cut is a list of UK indie bands who had a hit in 2007 and first charted during the last two years. The 2006 cut-off point has meant excluding characters like The Rakes, Biffy Clyro and The Cribs, who all seem to have previous.

( The list )

I have a couple of questions. First and foremost is who on earth are these people? I think we can provide a useful service if we turn this post into your cut-out and keep guide to nindie, 07-style. So, if you ACTUALLY KNOW what a band here sounds like or is trying to do could you use the comments box to summarise it in a sentence. Keep abuse to the minimum. Details of gimmicks particularly helpful! I would also like to know who each band are ripping off most (aside from other bands on the list).

That way we can provide an invaluable guide to chart nindie with details for:

SOUNDS LIKE:
GIMMICK:
MOST WANT TO SOUND LIKE:

Which is all you need know about a given band, surely?

SO THERE (maybe)

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CLUBLAND LIVE

featuring:

CASCADA
ULTRABEAT
SCOOTER
BOOTY LUV
STYLES & BREEZE
KELLY LLORENNA/N-TRANCE

12th March at the Hammersmith Apollo! Can I justify spending £25 on this?