[120911] 2NE1 Ranked One of Stereogum’s '40 Best New Bands Of 2012'

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[120911] 2NE1 Ranked One of Stereogum’s ’40 Best New Bands Of 2012′

tazanya - 13th September 2012 - 3 Comments

Stereogum's 40 Best New Bands Of 2012

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to select the rising bands which have connected them, someone wrote a long time ago. Or, something close to that.

Here’s what we’re getting down to: It’s that time of year when Stereogum’s staff selects the 40 most exciting new* acts of 2012. Once again it’s a diverse field, featuring glossy pop groups, gritty rockers with a name built on an acronym that begins with “Fuck it, Dawg,” precocious teen rappers of several kinds, a death metal act from New England, and so forth. It’s a good group! And we think it’s one that reflects the types of things we have covered and will continue to cover in the future. So hit the list, which is equipped with audio samples for your opinion making, and let’s get to sizing up the class of 2012. And yes, tough exclusuions had to be made. Repeated requests for Obama to make us an intro video were not answered, even though that hasn’t stopped him from sending e-mails this way. DIIV (sic) in and we’ll see you in the comments.

*By new, we’re talking about bands that rose to a certain level of attention in the last year, as we realize several artists on this list have been around for longer than one calendar year, and in some cases, even longer than that.

2NE1

They’ve been prefab future-pop stars in their native South Korea for a few years now, but this K-pop girl-group had their internet-style breakout in the West this year when American bloggers (ahem) realized how eye-poppingly bizarre and compulsively rewatchable their tremendously popular music videos are. Their “I Am The Best” clip is the best music video that anyone, in any genre, has made in recent years, and, like a resurrected Destiny’s Child, they’ve got the tough, vulnerable virtuosity that it takes to sing on fizzily expensive electro-beats and come across as badass human beings. –Tom

FROM: Seoul, South Korea

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And here’s the list in simpler form, arranged in alphabetical order:

01. 2:54
02. 2NE1
03. Ab-Soul
04. AlunaGeorge
05. Azealia Banks
06. Beautiful Lou
07. Charli XCX
08. Chris Cohen
09. DIIV
10. Django Django
11. Ed Schrader’s Music Beat
12. Evian Christ
13. FIDLAR
14. HAIM
15. Hit-Boy
16. Hundred Waters
17. Ice Choir
18. Icona Pop
19. IO Echo
20. Jessie Ware
21. Joey Bada$$
22. Kindness
23. Kitty Pryde
24. Lakutis
25. Le1f
26. Lushlife
27. Matthew E. White
28. Melody’s Echo Chamber
29. Merchandise
30. Meyhem Lauren
31. Milk Music
32. Mirel Wagner
33. Murals
34. Nude Beach
35. Savages
36. Sleepies
37. TEEN
38. TNGHT
39. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
40. Vattnet Viskar
41. Willis Earl Beal

UPDATE: Um, so, yeah. There are totally 41 bands in the list, because we can’t count. But at least we didn’t cut one out! Bonus band! Right? Good grief. Enjoy the list, guys. If you have a line on a good preschool math program, we’re all ears.

Check last year’s Stereogum40 here and 2010′s class here.

Recall that back in March, “I am the Best” Ranked #1 on Stereogum’s ‘The 20 Best K-Pop Videos’ List.

Stereogum.com was one of the first MP3 blogs and remains the leading online community for independent and alternative music news, downloads, and videos. Its audience includes passionate music fans, industry folks, and household names like Kanye West, Ben Gibbard, and Ryan Adams

Source: stereogum
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Reuposted by tazanya@ygladies.com

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em21di

2ne1 is truly the best. All these ranking next to non-kpop act make me proud.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000696042145 Najihah Najwa

OMG! they r representing SK! congrats 2ne1!
http://www.facebook.com/Punkjack21 Manel Khedim

I thought 2NE1 is not a New band!! it’s there since 2009! Well…