As it's the beginning of a new year, what better time than now to look forward to some artists who are going to be grabbing our attention over the next few months.
I want to start with Manchester duo 'Hurts', whose elegant and undoubtably stylish approach to electro-pop has just been placed at number 4 in the BBC's 'Sound of 2010' poll. A position that was awarded last year to the enigmatic Empire of the Sun.
With support coming from opera singers as backing vocalists and electric violinists their upcoming gigs, set in churches and the most industrial of european cities, are not to be missed.
