IRC Readers Pick Broken Bells and Two Door Cinema Club in Latest ‘Break-Through Band of 2010′ Poll
Over 1,000 people in the past few weeks have picked indie supergroup Broken Bells and Irish rockers Two Door Cinema Club as the top two break-through bands in IRC’s latest poll to find the top, new indie rock bands of 2010.
The latest poll results follow two previous polls that sought the same answer. For each poll, we’ve picked ten bands that are clearly radar, buzz, and bands to watch in 2010. In the first poll, readers overwhelming picked Local Natives and Surfer Blood, and in the second poll, The Drums almost took the whole enchilada at 43%, with Freelance Whales trailing far behind at 18%.
With 30 featured break-through bands featured so far, the latest poll clearly demonstrates how popular supergroup Broken Bells have become since their debut, self-titled LP was released in March.
“The High Road” – Broken Bells from s/t debut
Irish band Two Door Cinema Club have taken North America and Europe by storm in the past five months, especially following a number of impressive, high-energy and filled-to-capacity shows during South by Southwest in March.
“Do You Want It All” – Two Door Cinema Club

At nearly half the votes received by Two Door Cinema Club, Australian psychedelic indie rockers Tame Impala came in third with approximately 9%; Queensland, Australia folk-rock band, The Middle East, and Brooklyn’s power-pop band, Fang Island, both took 6%.
“Skeleton Tiger” – Tame Impala
“The Darkest Side” – The Middle East
The remaining five – The Love Language, The Soft Pack, Suckers, Film School and the Codeine Velvet Club all came in under 5% of the total vote. That said, they all still belong in the ranks of break-through bands of 2010.









Tame Impala should have won
Two door cinema club isnt canadian xD
theyre irish…
Thanks for the correction. We had already fixed it thanks to heads up from Leslie. :)
Two Door Cinema Club are from Bangor Northern Ireland !!!!!!!