Sound Of 2013

The BBC's Sound Of...polls are usually bang on the money; it doesn't necessarilly mean that the winning artists will be huge or be around forever (does anyone know where Little Boots has gone? She was great!), it's up to them and their management to add to the status that winning the poll gives them - Ellie Goulding, Jesie J, Adele, etc.

This year's winners are a three-girl band called Haim. As with most winners they've been around for a while, but this win pushes them further into the mainstream. They seem to be a mixture of Fleetwood Mac and the more electronic-fused bands we know of today - Friendly Fires, The xx. Their song "Don't Save Me" is catchy after a couple of listens, but shows how good songwriters they are. They're not going to write very catchy pop licks, that's not their thing.

These girls will be a quiet presence in the coming year - which is good, because they can build up more and more support by doing this.

Can I also quickly mention Sons And Lovers? A brilliant band who opened for Ellie Goulding in Brixton a couple of weeks ago. They sounded better live than they do here, but their songs seem more anthemic and even arguably youthful than Haim.

Btoh awesome groups - bring on 2013 for them.