While she’ll always be an artist who champions weirdos and outsiders, she’s also capable of lighting up huge crowds with empowering anthems. Why you’re going to love them: Having toured with both Charli XCX and Marina in 2019, and with Troye Sivan and Mitski collaborations on her forthcoming LP ‘Cape God’, Allie X doesn’t look remotely out of place in that kind of company. USP: She can take a line about fresh laundry and turn it into something transcendental. Sounds like: No-fucks-given pop noir with moments of sublime weirdnessįor fans of: Troye Sivan, Grimes, Christine and the Queens Off-kilter pop artist aiming to take pop in a delightfully weird direction Key track: ‘Taste (Make It Shake)’ (LMB) Allie X
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The Manchester rapper’s rapid-fire rhymes and cocky bravado won him fans in everyone from Stormzy to Ed Sheeran and left some listeners absolutely speechless, while follow-up tunes ‘Taste (Make It Shake)’ and ‘Buss Down’ showed that it’s not just technical prowess setting Aitch apart, but that he knows how to deliver chart hits too. It’ll take about 20 seconds to make your mind up about this Marmite-ish MC. Why you’re going to love them: If you want to know what Aitch is all about, then spare just four minutes to watch his ‘Straight Rhymez 1’ freestyle from back in 2018. USP: Enough talent and charisma to silence any doubters. Sounds like: Mile-a-minute UK rap that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Motormouthed Mancunian rapper with chart smarts Sick of everything sounding the same? Let 100 Gecs entertain you… Why you’re going to love them: Their debut album ‘1000 Gecs’ was written mainly over email and fuses a bevvy of polar-opposite genres to create their own experimental sound. USP: They push their glitchy production to the extremes, blending nightcore, trance, dubstep, metal and hip hop – with brilliantly chaotic results.
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Sounds like: If Brockhampton were produced by PC Music. US duo creating experimental, genre-splicing chaos
There’s also a bunch of stunning pictures by Jenn Five that were snapped here at our chaotic, messy, dog-starring shoot at NME HQ.Ĭontributors: Jordan Bassett, Luke Morgan Britton, Rhys Buchanan, Rhian Daly, Georgia Evans, El Hunt, Sam Moore, Hannah Mylrea, Matthew Neale, Will Richards, Andrew Trendell, Kyann Siann Williams, Emily Barker We’ve done it in alphabetical order – no rankings here, they’re all winners. Listen to the entire list (minus CREAMS) via our Spotify playlist below and discover some truly great music this year. You may know some names, and plenty will be brand new, but we’re confident that your new favourite is to be found here. There’s teenage grime prodigies, wonky electronica from Eastern Europe, stateside Gen Z heroes vying for worldwide fame and new punk bands ready to give 2020 a piece of their mind. But then we have to whittle it down to just 100 artists – a nigh impossible task when they’re all that good.Įvery artist absolutely belongs on this list though. It’s a doddle because there’s such a huge amount of banging tunes from all over the globe – we’re absolutely spoilt. This edition has been both the easiest and most difficult one to put together. Every year we launch The NME 100, our gigantic list of all the best new artists on the planets both big and small.
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