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Picked to Click

City Pages' annual round-up of the best new musicians

By Andrea Swensson

Published on September 09, 2008 at 10:00am

Who are the hottest new bands in the Twin Cities? In our biggest Picked to Click poll yet, more than 100 music industry experts answered that question. Read about the contest here, or click on a band below:

  1. Lucy Michelle & the Velvet Lapelles (74 points)

  2. Gospel Gossip (72)

  3. France Has the Bomb (39)

  4. The Wars of 1812 (35)

  5. (tie) Lookbook, Private Dancer (32)

  6. (tie) The Dynamiters, Voyager (31)

  7. Bouncer Fighter (30)

  8. Muja Messiah (24)

  9. Yer Cronies (22)

  10. (tie) Black Audience, the 757s (21)



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