Eminem ft. Ed Sheeran – River
We're done with Sound of 2018! Now we can start liking things again!
Nilufer Yanya – Baby Luv
"She grew up listening to Nina Simone, Amy Winehouse and Pixies and, unusually, you can hear traces of all three in her guitar-driven soul." Unusual! Almost as unusual as this score for this week...
Rex Orange County – Loving Is Easy
Not for us it isn't...
Jade Bird – Cathedral
To be fair, as has been pointed out, we covered most of the better Sound Of artists already...
Lewis Capaldi – Mercy
And the crankiness continues...
Tom Walker – Leave a Light On
That's wasting electricity, Tom...
IAMDDB – Trophy
Boy, did we wake up in 2018 cranky or what?
Sam Fender – Greasy Spoon
A young man sings of a woman's plight; that's sure to go down well with us, right?
Superorganism – Something for Your M.I.N.D.
As is our tradition, we open 2018 with artists from the the BBC Sound Of 2018 list. Often by not liking them very much.
To Those We Left In 2017
Happy New Year! Our coverage for 2018 begins tomorrow. Before that happens, we thought we’d take a look back ...