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Your support makes all the difference.Rapper Kanye West continues his winning streak as the most popular act in the blogosphere according to The Hype Machine on October 22. Other top acts include The War on Drugs frontman Kurt Vile and New Orleans band Generationals. Returning to the top ten is rock trio Blonde Redhead.
Kurt Vile is a guitarist and singer from Philadelphia who performs both with The War on Drugs and as a solo artist. He is releasing three new songs digitally on October 25 via Matador Records, and a seven-inch vinyl release follows on November 9. Bloggers are also circulating the lead song from the EP, titled "In My Time," described as a "hyper jangly melodic jam" by Some Velvet Blog (brucew.wordpress.com).
Blonde Redhead is a US-based rock trio made up of Japanese musician Kazu Makino and Italian twin brothers Simone and Amedeo Pace. The group, which performs in multiple languages, released its debut album in 1995 with the help of Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley and just embarked on a North American tour to promote its LP Penny Sparkle, which released earlier this year. "The new album from Blonde Redhead is their best album to date," writes Req Effect (reqeffect.wordpress.com). "A melancholy slow-moving waltz that is both a delicate and atmospheric melody combined with a heavy sensual drone."
The 10 most blogged artists on The Hype Machine on October 22 at 10 am GMT:
Kanye West (no change)
Kurt Vile (re-entry)
Generationals (+1)
Millionyoung (new)
The National (re-entry)
Cee-Lo Green (re-entry)
Twin Shadow (-5)
Blonde Redhead (re-entry)
James Blake (re-entry)
Secret Knives (-7)
Launched in 2005, The Hype Machine aggregates information from more than 1,000 music blogs worldwide. Known for identifying up-and-coming artists, the site enables music fans to easily find out what music is hot in the blogosphere and to instantly hear and buy mp3s.
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