Arcade Fire. If I’d found them earlier, I would have seen them play Bristol. And I missed them! Other than that, I can’t really think of anyone else specifically; listening to 6Music, and reading mags like Uncut and The Word, (now defunct), with their great review sections and free sample CD’s, I get to find lots of interesting stuff fairly early on.
Watching the Folk Awards on telly at the mo’ has given me a bunch of newcomers to look out for as well. There’s really too much out there, though, something will always pass you by, there’s always gonna be stuff that has you thinking: “damnation, how could I have missed something that good, for so long!”
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