Be hip! Find thse bands before anybody else!

1: 2:54
Sometimes, the hype machine known as British publicity, finds a band that, well might be worth the hype! For example, look at Oasis and Arctic Monkeys both went on to do great things. Next on the list for hyped up British bands is a sister rock duo by the bizarre name of 2:54. The vocals here are quite stunning. Hannah Thurlow has a voice like a grunge goddess made for the new generation. The sound is best compared like a blend of The XX and Sleigh Bells with Alice in Chains kind of grunge guitar work. There is something undeniably sexy about the band though. The lyrics are often intense with the subtle but wicked good guitar work only adding to the intensity. Currently they are not on Youtube, so would you kindly http://www.myspace.com/thetwofiftyfour give them a listen? They are well worth your time and if the demos they place on Myspace are any indication, they will do something quite remarkable once they hit.

2: The Weekend.
I once said that a certain album from back in 2007 would bring about the future of music and it would be unique and lovely. That album was called "Untrue" and it was by a man named Burial. Currently that album is sitting high beloved by critics and fans alike. Some critics even went as far as to call it the best album of the decade. But it seems that I wasn't bat shit crazy when I said that it really was the future.The way I would describe The Weekend, is like this: If Bruno Mars and Burial had a weird depressed suicidal baby, it would sound like this. Like Burial the sound is claustrophobic intense and lonely, (I have often compared it to walking in the rain alone in the dead of night) But the lyrics are like a heart broken Bruno Mars. There is something quietly passionate about the words the singer mutters even if it is processed through a filter that makes him sound distant and haunted. There is something chilling about some of their songs (some tracks tend to veer off into the poppy side) but there are a few brilliant twisting tracks that will send chills down your spine. (Also, there is a a girl pop band called The  Weekend don't be confused.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGfb9TkLnWE the track that keeps catching my attention.