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NME Top 10, found yet again, this time subsumed by the evils of MTV2

After months of searching for the NME top 10, I did finally find it on the MTV2 website, or at least what it claims is the NME/MTV2 Top 10.

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Latest comment by: imaginary dana: "Liz and I have loads in common musically but here's where we diverge -- "Conquest" makes me soooooo uncomfortable. Yeesh!"

NME's NBTs

NME has released a list of what it thinks the Next Big Things of 2008 and well, it is quite a list. Sure, its very UK-centric, but judge for yourself...

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Latest comment by: imaginary ash: "Black Kids' "I've Underestimated My Charm Again" was on my Best of '07. In case you missed it, here's that video: "

NME Chart for 10/16

So, even after noticing that the new Hives song "Tick Tick Boom" isn't entirely anything different from the band, it hasn't stopped it from being #1 on the NME charts. There are a couple new songs on the top 10, including

#8 "Terrafirma" by Young Knives - Sort of Gang of Four like post-post-post-punk. Not bad as such, just sort of generic Brit rock of today. The video is kind of fun, though.

#9 "Alcohol" by CSS - We all know and love CSS, so I post this mostly to amuse Betsy. And for the fact that the video is brilliant! (I'm not kidding ... its fabulous especially if you like rabbits drinking beer through funnels).

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