What will be the break out bands of 2009?
There are so many artists going to SXSW, it is hard for me to decide which bands that I'd like to see. I know I'd like to catch a band that's on the verge of breaking out - a band that just might make it big in 2009. To help me find the potential break out bands, I've updated my SXSW Artist Catalog to also list the 'Rising' artists. . These are the artists that are getting a lot of buzz in the mp3 blogs, but don't have a whole lot of listeners yet. Presumably these are the bands that are getting noticed by the critics, but haven't built a listener base yet.
According to this metric, the band to see at SXSW this year is Come On Gang! - they have a 'hotness' score of 28, while at Last.fm they only have 45 listeners.
Much thanks to Chris Gaines for suggesting this metric.
you have to see Superguidis!
http://www.myspace.com/superguidis
Posted by tuliob on February 01, 2009 at 02:21 PM EST #