Guess (Deadline = December 29th) who´s gonna be # 75 in this month´s EOY-Combined-Mega-Critic Top 150 (Publication = January 3rd) and enter the chance to win 3 (actual Jackpot) to 6 (according to the outcome of the other competitions) CDs of your own choice.

At the moment (December 25th) the following eight acts seem to be the best bets :

Actual # 72 to # 75 (not in order!) :

Clue to Act 1 : Hip Hop Solo-Artist Rodney Hilton Smith from London.
Entered Mega-Critic-Chart : September 2008
Peak Position : September 2008

Clue to Act 2 : Indie-Rock Band Gustav, Reine, Mattias & Frederik from Stockholm.
Enetered Mega-Critic-Chart : October 2008
Peak Position : November 2008

Clue to Act 3 : Psychedelic-Rock Solo-Artist Alan Roberts from Davyholme, UK.
Entered Mega-Critic-Chart : May 2008
Peak Position : August 2008

Clue to Act 4 : Hip Hop Duo Antoine & Evan from Illinois & Michigan.
Entered Mega-Critic-Chart : August 2008
Peak Position : September 2008

This month´s new entries bubbling under the Top 75 :

Clue to Act 5 : Danish Exile American, sometimes Efterklang member, whose Longplayer is an ode to his homeland Portland, Oregon.

Clue to Act 6 : Hardcore Punkrock 5-piece band from Los Angeles, sometimes disguised as a Mexican Mariachi band with their third selftitled album.

Clue to Act 7 : Former Bond-Girl Mrs. Mendoza from Spanish Town, Jamaica, Contralto vocalist, androgynous and hedonistic.

Clue to Act 8 : NYC Singer/Songwriter, acclaimed for her technical skill and finger-tapping style of guitar play.

Good Luck !!!

Jim Noir.

Roots Manuva gets my vote.

The Cool Kids, I guess.

Marnie Stern...?

I was about to say Marnie Stern. But I noticed that Antimony just said it (and also Jim Noir has been said).

So my guess is Shugo Tokumaru.

Don't have their latest album yet, so I hope it's gonna be ... Dungen with

Hmmm, with '4' I meant.

Sorry Pop Elton! You were literally minutes behind! Though I've noticed you've won quite a few cds, so good for you.