So as many of you know, I write for several magazines, but my work is primarily with URB where I have been a writer for three years now. We used to do this thing called The Next 100 list, where we would profile the top 100 artists, groups, labels, etc. that were making noise that year. However, since blogging and the internets have given us access to an infinitely expanding pool of artists (and some are made quite famous by the blogs alone), URB decided to amend The Next 100 and make it The Next 1000. The nominees are in for this year, and while the writers haven’t been told who made the cut, here are the picks I put into the pool along with a goodie to download for each artist (I think most of these are fairly obvious selections):

The Rapture
Don Gon Do It - The Rapture (ZShare)

Drop The Lime
Died In Your Arms (Drop The Lime Remix) - Cutting Crew (ZShare)

The Glamour
Respect The Party - The Glamour (ZShare)

The Glass
Fourteen Again - The Glass (ZShare)

Dragonette
The Boys - Dragonette (ZShare)

Gameboy/Gamegirl
Sweaty Wet Dirty Damp (G.L.O.V.E.S. Remix) - Gameboy/Gamegirl (ZShare)

Deadmau5
Harder Better Faster Stronger (Deadmau5 Remix) - Daft Punk (ZShare)

Miami Horror
5 Feet Of Snow (Miami Horror Remix) - The Dirty Secrets (ZShare)

The Toxic Avenger
Tigertron (Toxic Avenger Remix) - Le Castle Vania (ZShare)

Friendly Fires
On Fire - Friendly Fires (ZShare)

Crookers
I Want Your Soul (Crookers Remix) - Armand Van Helden (ZShare)