New band of the day – No 935: Encore

Like Tinie and Tinchy, these purveyors of shiny, grime-y R&B have just enough grit. Think of them as a more credible JLSHometown: London.The lineup: Mark, Cairo and Pierre.The background: It was nice to read in the daily industry newsletter CMU an article on Tinie Tempah – who we first wrote about in 2007 – as the artist of the year. Nice also that the UK now has a thriving urban scene: well, two scenes: an underground one for purveyors of extreme dubstep and grime, and a mainstream one for ...

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