Top of the Hots

Mike at Take Your Medicine has compiled a list of the 40 'hottest' acts in the UK. Some bloggers clearly have confused ideas of 'hotness', and voted Tangerine Pop Machine 'Girls Aloud' in at #1 - the list is worth a look though, if only as a reminder of some bands I keep meaning to check out : Patrick Wolf, HAL,¡Forward, Russia! and Jeremy Warmsley.

I did vote, but I was a bit confused about the question.

10 – Paul Epworth
9 – Gorillaz
8 – Aphex Twin
7 – Super Furry Animals
6 – Basement Jaxx
5 – Maximo Park
4 – Joy Division
3 – Arctic Monkeys
2 - Boards of Canada
1 – Radiohead

I guess if it shows anything, it's that the UK music scene is in rude health. I'd take our 40 over the American one any day...