Most blogged artists: Yeasayer, Toro Y Moi, Bon Iver
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Your support makes all the difference.On February 16, experimental rock band Yeasayer holds its place as the most blogged musical act of the moment, according to The Hype Machine. The band's just-released CD Odd Blood is being called a breakthrough album throughout the blogosphere and in the mainstream music media. Other top acts are Swedish indie pop band The Radio Dept. and Vancouver garage-rock/noise-pop band Japandroids.
Toro Y Moi is the moniker for 23-year-old recording artist Chazwick Bundick, from South Carolina, USA, who plays a synthesizer-heavy style of music coined "chillwave." Toro Y Moi is set to released an LP titled Causers of This on February 23, and bloggers are sharing tracks from that album. I'm Waking Up To... (wakingupto.wordpress.com) says, "Bundick creates distorted lo-fi pop music that warmly floats between your ears like something beautiful you'd stumble across while sifting through static radio waves."
Bon Iver, a band formed by American indie folk singer/songwriter Justin Vernon, has also climed into the top ten. The band's 2008 album For Emma, Forever Ago was widely praised among mainstream media outlets, and the group was ranked number 8 on Last.fm's most listened to new music of 2008. Bon Iver can thank its current popularity in the blogosphere to the release of remixes of its songs by Starkey and Tomas Barford.
The 10 most blogged artists on The Hype Machine on February 16 at 10:00 AM GMT:
• Yeasayer
• The Radio Dept.
• Japandroids
• The Golden Filter
• the morning benders
• Hot Chip
• Toro Y Moi
• Bon Iver
• Pantha Du Prince
• Phantogram
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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