Today, the BBC have published thier longlist of those who they reckon make their Sound of 2012. A few weeks ago, I was asked to take part in the Bloggers one (always nice to be asked to be involved!), so here is the longlist for this.

Many are new to me, but other acts like Meursault, French Wives and Beth Jeans Houghton are favourites.

Houdini Dax
Lianne De Haves
Theme Park
French Wives
The Good Natured
Alt J
The Jezabels
Lucy Rose
Bastille
Washington
Friends
Meursault
Daughter
Beth Jeans Houghton
Outfit

Big respect to Andy Von Pip for organising this; the full list of blogs involved was: Breaking More Waves, God Is In the TV, Sweeping The Nation, The Von Pip Musical Express, The Recommender, Faded Glamour, Drunken Werewolf, Flying With Anna, Not Many Experts, Underclassed idle Ideas, Sonic Masala, Mudkiss, The Pop Cop, The Ring Master, Both Bars On, Music From A Green Window, Dots And Dashes, Daily Growl, And Everyones A DJ, Kowolskiy, Just Music i Like, Cruel Rhythms, The Blue Walrus, Music Fans Mic, Seventeen Seconds, Eaten By Monsters, Seven Sevens, Unpeeled, New Rave Brain Wave, Peenko, Music Liberation, Song By Toad.