Most blogged artists: The xx, Justice, Phoenix

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On Wednesday, the most blogged artists according to The Hype Machine are South London group The xx, Baltimore duo Beach House, and Justice, a French electronic duo with a second album expected out in early 2010.

Justice is in the blogosphere Wednesday following the apparent leak of a single by the duo, called "Beginning of the End." According to Stereogum (stereogum.com) the track was sent to bloggers from the duo's record label with the message, "share it or talk about it." ArjanWrites.com says the track has "a sound that will please dance aficionados and have them raving for more."

Another French group, the alternative rock band Phoenix, is getting mention Wednesday. UK alternative dance band Delphic has just released its remix of Phoenix's "Fences," off a US-only album Delphic is set to release in March. "Fences" comes from Phoenix's 2009 album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, which was named the third best album of the year by Rolling Stone.

The 10 most blogged artists on The Hype Machine on January 27 at 11:30 AM GMT:

• The XX
• Beach House
• Justice
• Grizzly Bear
• Gorillaz
• Phoenix
• Caribou
• Ellie Goulding
• She & Him
• The Antlers

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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