December 5, 2008 12:30

Little Boots, Florence And The Machine make BBC 'Sound of 2009' longlist

Find out who made the cut to be in the running for this year's gong

Photo Gallery: Little Boots
Photo: Dean Chalkley

The longlist for the BBC's Sound of 2009 award has been announced – with 15 new musical acts in contention for the gong, which sees new one act judged to be the best up-and-coming act by a panel of judges selected by the corporation.

Little Boots, Florence And The Machine and White Lies are among the nominees, the full list of which you can see below.

Adele won the award last year, beating Duffy, Glasvegas and The Ting Tings to the top spot.

The winner and the order of the top ten, as chosen by the judges, will be announced in January. See
News.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment for more.

The nominees for the BBC's Sound of 2009 award are:

The Big Pink
Dan Black
VV Brown
Empire of the Sun
Florence and the Machine
Frankmusik
Kid Cudi
La Roux
Lady GaGa
Little Boots
Master Shortie
Mumford & Sons
Passion Pit
The Temper Trap
White Lies