From sad rap to eclectic R&B to indiepop to lo-fi disco to Italian electropop – here are five standout tracks from new artists this year
Shamir Bailey is a 19-year-old who made a considerable splash earlier this year with the Northtown EP, named after the part of Las Vegas he’s from. Its five tracks suggested he might go off in any direction (excepting Killers-style dull-rock), featuring as it did acoustic country, stark electronic ballads, and diva house. XL – which in 2014 also acquired other such favourites of the New Bands playlist and New Band Of The Week column as Låpsley and Real Lies – were impressed enough to sign him. And in case anyone thought Northtown was an early fluke, there was On the Regular, issued at the end of October. With its cowbells, kiddie-pop energy and adults-only lyrics “(Yes, yes, I’m the best fuck – what choo heard?”), not to mention the most addictive bassline since Azalea Banks’s 212 and Bailey’s outrageous androgynous falsetto, no wonder he’s high up in all the Ones to Watch lists for 2015.
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by Paul Lester via Electronic music | The Guardian
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