2010... The year of men ?

So it was said that 2009 was the year of females..... Is 2010 going to be the year of men ?
By looking at the end of year lists and predictions for 2010 it would appear that men are taking back the musical throne.... So here's a few that i think are going to be big in 2010....

Wild Palms -
NewIslands
Is Tropical
Breton
Gold Blood

Wild Palms -

http://www.myspace.com/wearewildpalms

Lou, James and Gaz all lived about 10 minutes away from each other in North London growing up. Lou met Darrell at Brighton University, studying English Literature and Fine Art Painting, respectively. All in different bands but we could see potential in the line-up and the other bands hand become quite creatively stifling; so, started practicing, although quite infrequently, and the dynamic seemed to produce some promising, original music.
took our time in the studio, working each other out and settling into a sound that seemed to work; we played our first gig in Brighton in April 2008 but still didn't play many gigs up until 2009, choosing to bide our time and concentrate on writing.
The music concentrates on the primal stuff of music, the visceral, natural, stripped-down elements of music, introducing sound-scape elements at periods. Concentrating on themes of sterility, Pale Fire, waste, beaches, stopped clocks, where the wild things are, the absurd, Watt, terra incognita
Individually we all have varying musical influences but as a group we share a common interest in Captain Beefheart, Billy Childish, Sonic Youth, DNA, Can, Faust, Liquid Liquid, Talking Heads, New Order......and in creating inventive, original and accomplished music to the best of our abilities.
Releasing a double A-side single in September through Parlour Records