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1. Delphic - 701 plays
2. Marina & the Diamonds - 686 plays
3. Fenech-Soler - 685 plays
4. Florence + the Machine - 659 plays
5. !!! - 605 plays
6. The xx - 604 plays
7. Yeasayer - 603 plays
8. Miike Snow - 563 plays
9. Vampire Weekend - 556 plays
10. We Have Band - 518 plays
11. Two Door Cinema Club - 511 plays
12. Miami Horror - 504 plays
13. New Young Pony Club - 501 plays
14. Groove Armada - 489 plays
15. Local Natives - 463 plays
16. Monarchy - 461 plays
17. Jónsi - 445 plays
18. Arcade Fire - 442 plays
19. Scissor Sisters - 428 plays
20. Ellie Goulding - 422 plays
21. Fanfarlo - 419 plays
22. She & Him - 416 plays
23. The Smashing Pumpkins - 415 plays
24. Caro Emerald - 414 plays
25. The Drums - 410 plays
26. Ra Ra Riot - 409 plays
27. Depeche Mode - 406 plays
28. Charlotte Gainsbourg - 404 plays
29. The Album Leaf - 365 plays
29. I Blame Coco - 365 plays
31. Hockey - 358 plays
32. Maps - 355 plays
33. Kings of Convenience - 353 plays
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Favorite albums of 2010

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1. Shearwater - The Golden Archipelago

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2. Loreena McKennitt - The Wind That Shakes The Barley

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3. Agnes Obel - Philharmonics

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4. Marina & the Diamonds - The Family Jewels

5. Smoke Fairies - Through Low Light And Trees

6. Lissie - Catching A Tiger

7. Kingfisher Sky - Skin Of The Earth

8. Tarja - What Lies Beneath


Artist of the year

Newly discovered: Shearwater
Debut (with album): Agnes Obel, Marina & the Diamonds


Musical genre of the year

Newly discovered: alternative folk & alternative country


Song of the year

Tremble (Acoustic Version) by Charlotte Martin.

Honorable mentions: Shearwater - Black Eyes, Agnes Obel - Katie Cruel, Janelle Monáe - Cold War, Delain - Start Swimming…

TOP 100
SINGLES
2009
My 100 favourite officially released singles of 2009

001 Bat for Lashes Daniel
002 Fleet Foxes Your Protector
003 Pet Shop Boys Love Etc.
004 Ladytron Tomorrow
005 Röyksopp featuring Robyn The Girl And The Robot
006 Fleet Foxes Mykonos
007 Metric Help, I'm Alive
008 La Roux In For The Kill
009 Little Boots Remedy
010 Patrick Wolf Vulture

011 The Raveonettes Last Dance/Bang!
012 White Lies Farewell To The Fairground
013 Morrissey I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
014 Depeche Mode Peace
015 The Veils The Letter
016 White Lies To Lose My Life
017 Little Boots Earthquake
018 Julian Casablancas 11th Dimension
019 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Zero
020 La Roux Bulletproof

021 Polarkreis 18 Allein Allein
022 Keane Better Than This
023 The Cribs We Share The Same Skies
024 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Heads Will Roll
025 Coldplay Life In Technicolor II
026 Bloc Party One More Chance
027 Empire of the Sun Walking On A Dream
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010107Passion Pit– To Kingdom Come

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020304One eskimO- Givin' up (Don Diablo Remix)
034502jj - ecstasy
041203Zoot Woman - Saturation
051005...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead- Isis Unveiled
061303White Rabbits- Percussion Gun
070605Alice in Chains - Check My Brain
081403Brand New - At The Bottom
090404(We Are) Performance - Let's Start
100210The Lightning Seeds - Don't walk on by

110506Third Eye Blind - Bonfire
120905Dan Black - U + Me =
132803Miike Snow - Burial
141603Three days grace - break
151904Oh, Atoms - Sugar Mouse
161505Sonic Youth - What We Know
171706YACHT - Psychic City
172004Nurses - Caterpillar Playground
184202Official Secrets Act - Bloodsport
19NEManchester Orchestra - I've Got Friends
200808Mute Math - Backfire

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010806Passion Pit– To Kingdom Come

020309The Lightning Seeds - Don't walk on by
030403One eskimO - Givin' up (Don Diablo Remix)
040703(We Are) Performance - Let's Start
051505Third Eye Blind - Bonfire
060204Alice in Chains - Check My Brain
071712Muse- Uprising
080607Mute Math- Backfire
090504Dan Black - U + Me =
101604...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Isis Unveiled

110107The Twang - Barney Rubble
122802Zoot Woman - Saturation
132702White Rabbits - Percussion Gun
143302Brand New - At The Bottom
151204Sonic Youth - What We Know
162302Three days grace - break
171405YACHT - Psychic City
171005Ou Est Le Swimming Pool - Dance The Way I Feel
180904Vampire Hands - Statuette
192003Oh, Atoms - Sugar Mouse
202403Nurses - Caterpillar Playground

212106Washed Out - Belong
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011706The Twang - Barney Rubble

020203Alice in Chains - Check My Brain
030108The Lightning Seeds - Don't walk on by
040502One eskimO - Givin' up (Don Diablo Remix)
050303Dan Black - U + Me =
060406Mute Math - Backfire
072202(We Are) Performance - Let's Start
080705Passion Pit – To Kingdom Come
090603Vampire Hands - Statuette
100904Ou Est Le Swimming Pool - Dance The Way I Feel

110806Pet Shop Boys - More Than A Dream
122903Sonic Youth - What We Know
131006The XX - Crystalised
141904YACHT - Psychic City
151204Third Eye Blind - Bonfire
162303...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Isis Unveiled
171211Muse - Uprising
171604THIEVES LIKE US – Really Like To See You Again
182004Editors - Papillon
191504Delorean - Deli
202802Oh, Atoms - Sugar Mouse
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The 50 albums due in 2009 I look forward to most

01 Patrick Wolf
02 Joanna Newsom
03 Pet Shop Boys
04 Depeche Mode
05 Little Boots
06 Morrissey
07 White Rose Movement
08 Fever Ray
09 Glass Candy
10 Blonde Redhead

11 The Shins
12 Mew
13 IAMX
14 (We Are) Performance
15 Belle and Sebastian
16 Maxïmo Park
17 Klaxons
18 Starsailor
19 Metric
20 Antony & The Johnsons

21 Sufjan Stevens
22 La Roux
23 Franz Ferdinand
24 Coldplay
25 Placebo
26 New Young Pony Club
27 The Veils
28 Fischerspooner
29 Bat for Lashes
30 royksopp

31 Frankmusik
32 Howling Bells
33 White Lies
34 Zoot Woman
35 Heartsrevolution
36 The Rifles
37 Jens Lekman
38 Manic Street Preachers
39 Arctic Monkeys
40 Das Pop

41 Massive Attack
42 Ipso Facto
43 The Horrors
44 This Tawdry Affair
45 Andrew Bird
46 Hatcham Social
47 The Hidden Cameras
48 Televised Crimewave
49 Tiga
50 S.C.U.M

I didn't dare including The Strokes, Interpol, The Mary Onettes, Vote Show Pony (come on Parlophone…

The last days of the year... for yours sincerely, it means re-listening to all the music released during the year that I've grown to love. The music which soundtracked my life. And trying desperately to put them in the right order - never entirely possible, but as I've been doing it on a weekly basis ever since my eleventh year on Earth, I'm sort of trained. And every year I curse myself for dedicating so much time on something which is only really relevant to me. A list with an order which is purely subjective means zilch to anyone else, but hey, other people spend days on Christmas dinner preperations and hundreds of euros on fireworks. Things that seem silly in my eyes. So here goes, a couple of charts with music which will take me back to 2008 whenever I look back at them. And I hope some of you will enjoy glancing over them, and perhaps even discover some new music to form the soundtrack of your life in 2009.
(Shame - although probably just for me - I could not find the time to do my annual Favourite 20 Sleeves…