Most blogged artists: Yeasayer, Japandroids, Pantha du Prince

On February 15, experimental rock band Yeasayer continued to top the list of most-blogged artists on The Hype Machine, as a number of bloggers share tracks from the band's just-released album. San Diego group The Radio Department and British band Hot Chip are in the second and third spots.

Japandroids, a garage-rock/noise-pop band from Vancouver, is in the blogs following release of its single "Art Czar." The band formed in 2006 and has released one album, 2009's Post-Nothing, which Pitchfork and Spin magazines included on their "best of 2009" lists. "Art Czars" is the first in a series of five limited edition singles the band will release while on a large-scale international tour, set to continue through May.

Pantha du Prince in a German DJ/producer who is hot in the blogs today following the February 8 release of his third album, Radio Noise. Gorilla Vs. Bear (gorillavsbear.blogspot.com) calls the minimal techno album "a gorgeous/sprawling collection of shimmering, consistently affecting otherworldly minimalist techno jams."


The 10 most blogged artists on The Hype Machine on February 15 at 11:30 AM GMT:

• Yeasayer 
• The Radio Dept. 
• Hot Chip 
• The Golden Filter 
• Vampire Weekend 
• Japandroids 
• Josh Ritter 
• Phoenix 
• Massive Attack 
• Pantha Du Prince

Launched in 2005, The Hype Machine aggregates information from more than 1,000 music blogs worldwide. Known for identifying up-and-coming artists, the site enables music fans to easily find out what music is hot in the blogosphere and to instantly hear and buy MP3s.

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