New band of the day – No 1,160: Youngman

If they ever did a dubstep week on The X Factor, Youngman could be a guest mentorHometown: Derby.The lineup: Simon Smith (vocals).The background: Simon "Youngman" Smith has the melismatic vocals and politely charismatic presence of a future star, and the way he sings over beats produced by Benga and Skream has indicated to some he is poised in 2012 to become the "male Katy B", ie a smoothly commercial post-dubstep performer where James Blake and Jamie Woon were, in retrospect, too idiosyncratic ...

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