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Here are the top 10 bands/artists who need to release some new material very soon…

10. The Ting TIngs

One of the most unique bands on this list, they have been very hit and miss since classics such as “Shut up and Let me Go”, “Thats not my name”, and “Great DJ”. I would love it if they released another album, but I’m not sure how many other people would.

9. Slaves

Yep, they only released an album last year, but that record was so good they need to strike while the iron is still hot and record a kick ass follow up album.

8. The War on Drugs

“Lost in the Dream” was released two years ago and its the album that thrived commercially and critically, and really putting this group on the map. These guys must not rest on their laurels and their previous success because people forget; and with a music genre that’s so saturated, this could very well happen to this 6-piece from Philadelphia.

7.Rage against the Machine

Everybody lost their minds when The Stone Roses released some new material this year so could you imagine how many people would completely lose their sh*t if Rage Against The Machine made a comeback? These legends of rap and funk metal would blow people away with a new record after so many years, no question. (In October last year, Bassist, Tim Commerford , confirmed the band are still together.)

6. MGMT

“Oracular Spectacular” was a fantastic achievement and contained some great tunes, “Kids” and “Electric Feel” being the pick of the bunch, but we need these guys to come back quickly and bring some of that psychedelic and indie pop back.

5. Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are in hiatus at the minute so I am still going to put them in this list because they were great when they first hit the scene. “Maps” is a personal favourite as well as “Heads will Roll”, proper indie/garage stuff going on. Last album coming in 2013, they need to come back to show everyone what proper indie sounds like.

4. Arcade Fire

I really hope their headline set at Glastonbury wasn’t their peak because these guys could really go onto become one of the all time greats, especially when it comes to live shows. We haven’t really heard anything from them since that headline set that blew everyone out of the water. What are you lot waiting for? You had all eyes on you after the come down of Glastonbury when you took to the Pyramid stage but I feel that has now faded away. Hurry up.

3. Lorde

A debut album that was pretty special, Lorde could’ve been just another female solo singer, but with “Pure Heroine” she proved she wasn’t another Ellie Goulding type, she was a singer with talent. 3 years have passed, and besides an appearance on Disclosures second record “Caracel”, its now time to show that that debut wasn’t a one-off.

2. Nick Mulvey

I don’t have much time for male singer-songwriters really, Ben Howard, Ed Sheeran, Frank Turner, just not a fan. But when Nick Mulvey released “First Mind” in 2014, it was unquestionably one of the albums of that year. He was making music and creating sound from an acoustic that hasn’t really been heard before, not in that way anyway, and every song was gracious and impeccable. We all need a another Nick Mulvey album.

1. Plan B

And number one, yep, Plan B. How many of you have forgotten about this guy? “The Defamation of Strickland Banks” was unbelievable, including tracks that still hold up today, “She Said, “Stay Too Long” and “Prayin” being the pick of the bunch, but any track of that album is still a great song to listen to. “Ill Manors” two years later was more hard-hitting, depressing and just felt grittier, which suited some but for me, that album was just made to be a soundtrack for the film “Ill Manors”. Plan B needs to do a Jamie T and come out of nowhere to release some new material that doesn’t stray too far away from that 2010 beauty.

Have I missed anyone out?

I only discovered this Canadian duo recently and initially thought they were just an Artic Monkeys copycat group. However, after listening to their album Hush Or Howl, I have come to the conclusion that they are more bluesy, more modest and more creative within the boundaries of blues rock. Hipster shakes was the first track that had me thinking here we go, just another indie rock duo from the land of the colonials, but after drinking in suffocation blues and Beelzebub from their two previous albums respectively, it turns out that they have so much more to offer than just a few rift chords and a swanky accent.

The Artic Monkeys are idolised in this country and are hailed as a national treasure, and honestly, for the life of me can’t understand why. They would be such a normal and mundane group if Alex Turner was born in any other part of the Country besides Sheffield. The reason why I bring this up is because I believe that Black Pistol Fire are possibly the closest America have been for a long time, in creating a band that can overshadow the takeover of the Artic Monkeys.

I keep having to repeat myself throughout most of these blog posts but they are top class another duo. After The Black Keys, The White Stripes, Royal Blood, Drenge and Slaves, you would have thought that it couldn’t really get much better than that really (I’m not saying Black Pistol Fire are currently better than the artists mentioned previously),but because Black Pistol Fire have shown us that they have the ability to replicate their swagger from their first album back in 2011, and carry it right through to Hush Or Howl, then whose to say they won’t go on to succeed in the near future and become an international success?