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These are the bands I remember seeing live:

2 Unlimited

a balladeer [2] [Photos on flickr]
Absynthe Minded
Amsterdam Klezmer Band [2] [Photos on flickr]
An Gardai
Arling & Cameron

Bad Religion
Balkan Beatz [2]
Benjamin B.
Bettie Serveert [5]
Andrew Bird
Blumfeld
Boh Foi Toch
Brainpower
Claudia de Breij
Bush

Caesar [3]
John Cale
Casiokids
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Claw Boys Claw
Clouseau
C-Mon & Kypski [Photos on flickr]
Codeine
Cooper
Cosmic Psychos
Cropdusters
Cypress Hill

Ellen ten Damme [2]
Daryll-Ann [2]
David Gilmour Girls
Dead Meadow
Dead Moon [3]
Deinum
dEUS [3]
DeVotchKa [Photos on flickr]
De Dijk
Dinosaur Jr. [Photos on flickr]
Doe Maar

The Ex
The Ex + Tom Cora
Extince

Faith No More
Fatal Flowers
Faun [Photos on flickr]
Liam Finn [Photos on flickr]
Frank Black
Frank Black and the Catholics
Fratsen [3]
Fugazi

The Gathering
The Girls
Gogol Bordello [2] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr]
Gore
Gorefest
Gram [Photos on flickr]

Hallo Venray [3] [photos on flickr]
The Harries
Kirstin Hersh
Julia P. Hersheimer [2]
Hit Me TV
The Horse Company [Photos on flickr]
Hotel (the Amsterdam HOTEL, not featured on last.fm) [Photos on flickr]
The Hot Stewards [Photos on flickr]

Ilse DeLange
Infadels [Photos on flickr]

PJ Harvey
The Jack Of Hearts
Marike Jager
Jammah Tammah
Johan [3]
Junkie XL [2]

De Kift [2] [Photos on flickr]
Tim Knol

L7
Leaf
The Lemonheads [2] [Photos on flickr]
Levellers [2]
LPG [2] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr]
Lul

The Mahones [Photos on flickr]
André Manuel
André Manuel & De Ketterse Fanfare [2] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr]
Merry Pierce
Milow
Moke [Photos on flickr]
Mudhoney

Navel [Photos on flickr]
Nerve
No Means No
Normaal [Photos on flickr]

Klaske Oenema
The Opposites
Ottoboy The One Man Trash Band [Photos on flickr]

Pete Philly & Perquisite [Photos on flickr]
Pigmeat
The Pilgrims
Prodigal Sons
Public Enemy

Racoon [2]
De Raggende Manne [2]
Rapalje [3] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr]
Reboelje
Lou Reed
De Rollende Donder Revue
Rollins Band [Photos on flickr]
Room Eleven
RotFront [Photos on flickr]
Rowwen Hèze

The Scene [2]
The Serenes
Shane Shu [Photos on flickr]
Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar
The Sheer
Simmer
Les Singes
Skindred
Soulwax
Soundgarden
Spinvis
De Staat [Photos on flickr]
Stevie Ann
Suede
Superamazoo

The The
The Ting Tings [Photos on flickr]
The Toy Dolls
Triggerfinger [Photos on flickr]
Tröckener Kecks
Tuesday Child
Twarres

Urban Dance Squad [2]

Van Dik Hout
Värttinä
Voicst [3] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr]

We Are Scientists [Photos on flickr]
Ween
Wipers [Photos on flickr]
Within Temptation

Ygdrassil
Dhafer Youssef

Zulu 9.30 [Photos on flickr]

ДДТ [2] [Photos on flickr]

Калинов Мост

Манго-Манго

And the 17,000th track is: How Soon Is Now? - The Smiths.

I'll be making the rounds of the used stores again looking out for Morrissey.

It's about time for a Heat Haze Stats Update:

Monthly Top Artists

Jan-2009
The Boxer Rebellion (206 plays)
Feb-2009
Catherine Wheel (50 plays)
Mar-2009
Interpol (34 plays)
Apr-2009
Catherine Wheel (48 plays)
May-2009
Joy Division (33 plays)
Jun-2009
Interpol (59 plays)
Jul-2009
Interpol (47 plays)
Aug-2009
Lowlife (28 plays)
Sep-2009
The Chameleons (38 plays)

Monthly Top Tracks

Jan-2009
The Boxer Rebellion : Waiting (46 plays)
Feb-2009
The Stone Roses : Love Spreads (9 plays)
Mar-2009
Interpol : Not Even Jail (4 plays)
Apr-2009
Clan of Xymox : Louise (14 plays)
May-2009
The Cure : One Hundred Years (14 plays)
Jun-2009
Interpol : Take You on a Cruise (14 plays)
Jul-2009
Interpol : Take You on a Cruise (7 plays)
Aug-2009
Julian Plenti : Games For Days (10 plays)
Sep-2009
Radiohead : Where I End And You Begin (The Sky Is Falling In) (12 plays)

Recommended Songs (sorted by most recommended songs) (My Own Top 50)

E.S.T. : White Lies (Score = 132.58)
Can't Stand Me Now : The Libertines (Score = 117.06)
Time Is Running Out : Muse (Score = 115.98)
Empire : Kasabian (Score = 113.34)
Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt : We Are Scientists (Score = 112.11)
Tear You Apart : She Wants Revenge (Score = 110.09)
We Used to Vacation : Cold War Kids (Score = 104.33)
The Rat : The Walkmen (Score = 104.32)
Men's Needs : The Cribs (Score = 100.07)
Romeo Delight : Van Halen (Score = 100)
Lewis (Mistreated) : Radiohead (Score = 100)
Judith (Renholder mix) : A Perfect Circle (Score = 100)
Begging You : The Stone Roses (Score = 100)
Whereabouts Unknown : Deadbolt (Score = 100)
Right Before Your Eyes : Hoobastank (Score = 100)
Leave (Back Up) : Stereomud (Score = 100)
A Fistful of Dollars : Ennio Morricone (Score = 100)
Surf Beat (Album Version) : The Challengers (Score = 99.89)
Jetty Motel : Los Straitjackets (Score = 99.59)
Tora! Tora! : Van Halen (Score = 99.38)
Cheap and Cheerful : The Kills (Score = 96.26)
Breaking Into Heaven : The Stone Roses (Score = 95.98)
Permanent Daylight : Radiohead (Score = 95.96)
Fuck Forever : Babyshambles (Score = 95.92)
The Great Escape : We Are Scientists (Score = 93.29)
Bohemian Like You : The Dandy Warhols (Score = 91.64)
Invasion of the Apemen : The Apemen (Score = 90.04)
Nature Of The Experiment : Tokyo Police Club (Score = 89.85)
Weightless at Zero Return : Man or Astro-man? (Score = 89.2)
3rd Of July : Hourcast (Score = 88.16)
Dashboard : Modest Mouse (Score = 87.86)
Smash Up : Hourcast (Score = 87.6)
Hang On : Seether (Score = 87.33)
Kingdom Of Rust : Doves (Score = 86.63)
Mansard Roof : Vampire Weekend (Score = 86.43)
Bittersweet : Fuel (Score = 86.35)
Flathead : The Fratellis (Score = 86.22)
Sad Exchange : Finger Eleven (Score = 86.12)
Shine a Light : Wolf Parade (Score = 86.09)
Delivery : Babyshambles (Score = 85.58)
Apply Some Pressure : Maxïmo Park (Score = 85.44)
Bullwinkle Pt. II (LP Version) : The Centurions (Score = 85.38)
Romantic Rights : Death From Above 1979 (Score = 85.05)
Congo Square : Robert Johnson and Punchdrunks (Score = 84.25)
Continental Missile : The Chantays (Score = 83.53)
Chelsea Dagger : The Fratellis (Score = 83.4)
Moving to New York : The Wombats (Score = 83.01)
Jonathan Winters Frankenstein : Man or Astro-man? (Score = 82.85)
Break : The Cinematics (Score = 82.68)
Grounds For Divorce : Elbow (Score = 82.1)
Happy Guitar : The Spotnicks (Score = 81.85)
7/4 (Shoreline) : Broken Social Scene (Score = 81.45)
Cantina El Loco (Demo Version) : Robert Johnson and Punchdrunks (Score = 81.39)
Take The Weight : Blood Red Shoes (Score = 81.11)
Sour Cherry : The Kills (Score = 81.04)
Believe : The Bravery (Score = 80.59)
Steady As She Goes : The Raconteurs (Score = 80.39)
Misfit : Elefant (Score = 80.36)
Balloons : Foals (Score = 79.37)
Vesuvius : The Sentinals (Score = 79.3)
Sugar No Cream : Fifty Foot Combo (Score = 79.28)
Storm Dancer : Jon & The Nightriders (Score = 79.15)
Fell in Love With a Girl : The White Stripes (Score = 78.38)
According to Plan : I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness (Score = 78.25)
Last Time : Fuel (Score = 77.98)
Chunky : The Bomboras (Score = 77.97)
Ocean Breathes Salty : Modest Mouse (Score = 77.97)
TripleXpresso : Fifty Foot Combo (Score = 77.5)
Hot Pot : The Tornados (Score = 77.39)
Indian Brave : The Tornados (Score = 77.36)
Color My Hair : Los Straitjackets (Score = 77.3)
The Pipe : The Sentinals (Score = 77.24)
Happy Gremmie : The Lively Ones (Score = 77.02)
Endless Summer : Laika & The Cosmonauts (Score = 77.01)
Kyoto Doll : The Ventures (Score = 76.82)
Rock Nuts : The Ventures (Score = 76.79)
Your English Is Good : Tokyo Police Club (Score = 76.78)
Memory : The Shadows (Score = 76.75)
Grid Girls 68 : Stereophonic Space Sound Unlimited (Score = 74.28)
Hi & Lo : Laika & The Cosmonauts (Score = 74.05)
Bang Bang You're Dead : Dirty Pretty Things (Score = 72.95)
A Strange Education : The Cinematics (Score = 72.91)
Cassius : Foals (Score = 72.8)
Tamburalo Momce Uz Tamburu : Bitch Boys (Score = 72.52)
It's Not Over Yet : Klaxons (Score = 72.17)
Middle of Nowhere : Hot Hot Heat (Score = 72.13)
And The Flowers They'll Bloom : The Mermen (Score = 71.54)
Get Outta Dodge : Huevos Rancheros (Score = 71.05)
A Fistful of Dynamite : Ennio Morricone (Score = 70.09)
Simple Lies : Endo (Score = 69.73)
First Love : The Maccabees (Score = 69.28)
Oh Yeah : The Subways (Score = 68.47)
In The Morning : Razorlight (Score = 68.43)
Reward : Nonpoint (Score = 68.3)
The Age of the Understatement : The Last Shadow Puppets (Score = 67.88)
Body Surfin' (LP Version) : The Centurions (Score = 67.81)
505 : Arctic Monkeys (Score = 67.75)
Well Thought Out Twinkles : Silversun Pickups (Score = 67.34)
Fight Test : The Flaming Lips (Score = 67.32)
Vaquero : The Fireballs (Score = 67.26)

Recommended Songs (sorted by most recommended songs) (Neighbors)

To Fix The Gash In Your Head : A Place to Bury Strangers (Score = 13.56)
Altogether : Slowdive (Score = 11.11)
Hidden Spaces : The Morning After Girls (Score = 10.11)
Autosleeper : Chapterhouse (Score = 10.04)
Breather : Chapterhouse (Score = 8.62)
When You Sleep : My Bloody Valentine (Score = 8.44)
Cracked Actor : David Bowie (Score = 8.17)
Crystal Stilts : Crystal Stilts (Score = 7.9)
So Paranoid : The Warlocks (Score = 7.58)
Loose : The Stooges (Score = 7.53)
Here's Where The Story Ends : The Sundays (Score = 6.76)
Arbeit Macht Frei : The Libertines (Score = 6.62)
Knife : Skywave (Score = 6.57)
Run for Our Lives : The Morning After Girls (Score = 6.48)
Unfamiliar : Ride (Score = 6.36)
Loomer : My Bloody Valentine (Score = 6.35)
Wear This Dress : Skywave (Score = 6.27)
Monkey Gone to Heaven : Pixies (Score = 6.26)
Mesmerise : Chapterhouse (Score = 6.1)
The Falling Sun : A Place to Bury Strangers (Score = 5.79)
Today : Ride (Score = 5.6)
Beneath : Ride (Score = 5.6)
Blown a Wish : My Bloody Valentine (Score = 5.56)
People Are Strange : The Doors (Score = 5.44)
Here and Now : Ride (Score = 5.43)
The Three Shadows-3 : Bauhaus (Score = 5.38)
Realize : Codeine (Score = 5.22)
Little Honda : Yo La Tengo (Score = 5.21)
Jewel : Cranes (Score = 5.21)
Pink Blind : Lovesliescrushing (Score = 5.21)
Colours And Shapes : Pale Saints (Score = 5.21)
Stockholm Syndrome : Yo La Tengo (Score = 5.21)
Autumn Sweater : Yo La Tengo (Score = 5.21)
Since K Got Over Me : The Clientele (Score = 5.21)
Thorn : My Bloody Valentine (Score = 5.21)
Beautiful Friend : Cranes (Score = 5.21)
Sixteen : Skywave (Score = 5.21)
My Little Corner of the World : Yo La Tengo (Score = 5.21)
Some Candy Talking : The Jesus and Mary Chain (Score = 5.21)
Loveblind : Secret Shine (Score = 5.21)
Crying in the Rain : a-ha (Score = 5.21)
Be My Angel : Mazzy Star (Score = 5.21)
Another Step Away : A Place to Bury Strangers (Score = 4.9)
Fire : Skywave (Score = 4.9)
Nothing Left to Say : Skywave (Score = 4.9)
Drown : Black Tambourine (Score = 4.82)
Shadows Evolve : The Morning After Girls (Score = 4.8)
Don't Think Lover : A Place to Bury Strangers (Score = 4.72)
Slight Return : The Bluetones (Score = 4.72)
Everything With You : The Pains of Being Pure at Heart (Score = 4.68)
Revolution : Spacemen 3 (Score = 4.65)
Run : Sleepmask (Score = 4.61)
Everlong : Foo Fighters (Score = 4.35)
My Eyes Have Seen You : The Doors (Score = 4.35)
She Painted Fire Across The Skyline (Part 2) : Agalloch (Score = 4.35)
We Shot the World : The Ponys (Score = 4.35)
Let's Spend the Night Together : David Bowie (Score = 4.35)
Suffragette City : David Bowie (Score = 4.35)
Bombers Bay : Echo & The Bunnymen (Score = 4.35)
Unified Field : The Church (Score = 4.35)
Live Forever : Oasis (Score = 4.35)
Happy Boy : The Bolshoi (Score = 4.35)
Ripple : The Church (Score = 4.35)
Junkyard : The Birthday Party (Score = 4.35)
Down on the Street : The Stooges (Score = 4.35)
Suzanne : Leonard Cohen (Score = 4.35)
Unglued : Stone Temple Pilots (Score = 4.35)
Mamona : Republika (Score = 4.35)
Who Do You Think? : Interpol (Score = 4.35)
Apple : The Autumns (Score = 4.35)
King Ink : The Birthday Party (Score = 4.35)
20th Century Boy : T. Rex (Score = 4.35)
Mind Your Own Business : Delta 5 (Score = 4.29)
Helium Heels : Darker My Love (Score = 4.22)
Dream Letter : Brendan Perry (Score = 4.18)
Shake The Dope Out : The Warlocks (Score = 4.1)
I Melt With You : Modern English (Score = 4.03)
Kälbermarsch : X-Mal Deutschland (Score = 3.93)
Robots in the Garden : Autolux (Score = 3.93)
When Jokers Attack : The Brian Jonestown Massacre (Score = 3.91)
We Used To Be Friends : The Dandy Warhols (Score = 3.89)
Freak Out : Liars (Score = 3.88)
Farewell : Boris (Score = 3.88)
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space : Spiritualized (Score = 3.88)
I Was Wrong : Black Tambourine (Score = 3.88)
Bright Night : Crystal Stilts (Score = 3.83)
Can't Buy Me Love : The Beatles (Score = 3.83)
Language Of The Living Dead : Blacklist (Score = 3.83)
The Dazzled : Crystal Stilts (Score = 3.83)
Departure : Crystal Stilts (Score = 3.83)
Shattered Shine : Crystal Stilts (Score = 3.83)
Silver : Bethany Curve (Score = 3.83)
Order : Mother Father (Score = 3.83)
Prismatic Room : Crystal Stilts (Score = 3.83)
Breathe : A Place to Bury Strangers (Score = 3.83)
Our last goodbye : Ceremony. (Score = 3.83)
Pulling My Stitches : We Miss the Earth (Score = 3.83)
Spiral Transit : Crystal Stilts (Score = 3.83)
How Do U Sleep? : The Racket (Score = 3.82)
Something Kinda Ooooh : Girls Aloud (Score = 3.82)

儉德大廈 - 在森林和原野
阿飛西雅 - 失語的鱷魚社會
花伦 - Silver Daydream
21 Grams - 21 Grams
A Silver Mt. Zion - He Has Left Us Alone but Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corners of our Rooms
A Silver Mt. Zion - 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons
A Storm of Light/Nadja - Primitive North
Ass - My get up and go just got up and went
Atheist - Piece of Time
Atheist - Elements
Balmorhea - All is Wild all is Silent
Barbecue Bob - Complete Recorded Works Vol 1
Baroness - Red Album
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth
Bloodhound Gang - One Fierce Beer Coaster
Blueneck - Scars Of The Midwest
Bosch's With You - Dreams that come a Thing pt 1
Boris - Smile (japan version)
Boris - Amplifier Worship
Boris with Michio Kurihara - Cloud Chamber
Burning Star Core - Challenger
Callisto - Noir
Callisto - True Nature Unfolds
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Christopher Willits - Surf Boundaries
Codeine - Frigid Stars
Comus - First Utterance
Cynic - Focus
Danny Norbury - Dusk EP
Dhal - Cacophony
Do Make Say Think - Winter Hymn Country Hymn Secret Hymn
Doomriders - Black Thunder
Dragonland - Battle of the Ivory Plains
Druadan Forest - Minas Tirith
Elvenking - Heathenreel
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth is not a Cold Dead Place
eksperimentoj - Eksperimentoj
Exhaust - Exhaust
Final Light - To Stop an Exploding Man
Fuck Buttons - Tarot Sport
Fushitsusha - Allegorical Misunderstanding
Dhal - Cacophony
Gifts From Enola - Loyal Eyes Betrayed the Mind
GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords
Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank the Cradle
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
Jan Dukes de Grey - Mice and Rats in the Loft
Jatun - Jatun
Jesu - Jesu
Jesu - Why Are We Not Perfect
Jesu - Silver
Jodis - Secret House
Joy Wants Eternity - You who Pretend to Sleep
Khanate - Khanate
Keiji Haino with Boris - Black, Implication Flooding
Krackhead - From Hell
La Fin Du Monde - Monolith
Long Fin Killie - Houdini
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
Lymbyc Systym - Love your Abuser
MDFMK - MDFMK
Morton Subotnick - The Key to Songs
Natural Snow Buildings - Ghost Folks
Natural Snow Buildings - Sung to the North
Nils Frahm - The Bells
One Be Lo - S.O.N.O.G.R A.M
Orthodox - Sentencia
Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista
Papoose - A Moment of Silence
Papoose - Election Day
Pelican - Australasia
Phill Niblock - Four Full Flutes
Philip Glass - Glassworks
Sean Malone - Cortlandt
Set Fire to Flames - Sings Reign Rebuilder
sgt. - Perception of Causality
Shadowcast Sun - Lie; Up; Sky; Scroll;
Shirk - The Long Game
Sir Richard Bishop - Polytheistic Fragments
Slint - Tweez
Slowdive - Morningrise
Spiral Architect - A Sceptic's Universe
Sun City Girls - Immortal God
Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air
The Cave Singers - Invitation Songs
The Doors - Waiting for the Sun
The Winter War in Tibet - Erase
This Heat - Deceit
Toots and The Maytals - Monkey Man
Virgin Black - Sombre Romantic
Watchtower - Control and Resistance
Wuthering Heights - Far from the Madding Crowd
Yndi Halda - Enjoy Eternal Bliss
yodaka - Yodaka
Zombi - Spirit Animal


Favorite albums from the list:
儉德大廈 - 在森林和原野
Jesu - Jesu
eksperimentoj - Eksperimentoj
Nils Frahm - The Bells
Comus - First Utterance
sgt. - Perception of Causality
yodaka - Yodaka
GZA/Genius - Liquid Swords
The Doors - Waiting for the Sun
Wuthering Heights - Far from the Madding Crowd
Barbecue Bob - Complete Recorded Works Vol 1
Jodis - Secret House

Sun 19 Apr – Earth, Stebmo

Don't know why, but that wasn't what I was expecting. It was a lot better. For some reason I thought it was going to be sludgey slabs of noise drifting around, and louder. I'd gone coz Earth have been in my conscious for about 15 years since working in a notorious indie record store in London but it wasn't til about 2 years ago I pick up a recording - Hex on vinyl. Which I've subsequently failed to listen to much. Doesn't help that it's not my other half's sorta thing. Though having said that, the gig made me think of Codeine, shifted down an octave or two and getting sorta Ry Cooder in a reworking of the Paris, Texas soundtrack. Definite some Gastr Del Sol and Tortoise moments too. Post-Doom? Something she might go for. Something I do. And so I'll be listening to them more - possibly with Wim Wenders film playing with the sound down.

On that subject - why not a seated venue? This isn't dance about music. They'd suit somewhere like the Union Chapel if playing London (could I suggest touring with Low?). But how about the Tron Theatre or The Arches if in Glasgow again? With some suitable back projections ... like Paris, Texas?

kratkej proces, pac na dvere klepou milovane zabricky, ale nechci porusovat tradici, nehlede na to, ze spousta dobrejch koncertu se tam (v tech vyrocnich hitparadach) ani neobjevi. tak je dobry v tom mit poradek no zejo. jo a taky se do konce roku uz asi nic nestane, leda bych se nekde vozrala. a aby to nebylo zas tak nudny, tak jeste je dole pokracovani tech mejch oblibenejch desek. zrovna tahle edice je ale takove soucasnostni intermezzo, tak se nebudu zlobit, kdyz me poslete do prdele.


Nejlepsi desky Q4
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Hank Williams III - Damn Right, Rebel Proud
Have Heart - Songs to Scream at the Sun
Bohren & der Club of Gore - Dolores
Brimstone Howl - We Came In Peace
Windsor for the Derby - How We Lost
Andrea Rottin - Songs About Nightmares
Git some - Cosmic Rock
Envy & Thursday (split)
Envy & Jesu (split)
Alexander Tucker - Portal
t(i)nc - The Cross of My Calling
Jarboe - MahaKali


Nejlepsi koncerty Q4
----------------------------
Paramount Styles 8 + 9/11 @ 007, MV
Isis + Torche 5/12 @ Scala /london, UK
The Young Gods 4/10 @ Palác Akropolis
Motörhead 2/12 @ Stadthalle / offenbach, DE
Git Some 15/11 @ 007
dEUS 6/10 @ Abaton
Doomriders 11/11 @ Futurum
Michael Gira 23/11 @ Fleda, Brno
Joe Lally 19/10 @ Rock Cafe
Fucked Up 5/12 @ 007
Mastodon + Slayer 17/11 @ Sparta
KTL 3/11 @ Archa
Russian Circles 26/10 @ 007
Woven Hand 26/11 @ Archa
Primal Scream 3/10 @ Roxy
Gallon Drunk 25/10 @ Rock Café
(a taky Dälek 11/12 @ Matrix)


10+ oblibenejch Apaccinejch desek II.
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pozn. editora: psala jsem to asi pred tejdnem. // este nez zacnu vymejslet desku roku, definitivne smetu ze stolu tady tuhle rozdelanou praci. prvni dil, jakozto i intro zurnalu najdete zde: 10+ oblibenejch..., a sem ted nasekam nejaky desky, bez kterych si myslim, ze ani dejchani neni ono, plus jsem se rozhodla ze sem hodim i to (vetsinou novejsiho data), co jsem v tom prvnim dile akorat zminovala. jako vono se totiz neztrati mit vzdycky po ruce link na hanka williamse III, anzto clovek porad potkava nejaky lidi, co to vetsinou neznaj. no. to se mi deje furt. cili pratele.

Join Dan Sartain (2006)
toto je velka parada. borec, co kdyz si neoholi knirek, vypada jako slapka, tady hraje rokenrol. neco mezi one man picusem, garazi, rockabilly a mariachi, je to desne chytlavy a navykovy a tuhletu desku uplne naprosto celou od zacatku az do konce miluju. protoze je vtipna a rychla a sexy a ma tam cover Alice Coopera, ktery je asi 526974 krat lepsi nez original. >> tinyurl.com/a5zcqp

A Storm of Light - And We Wept The Black Ocean Within (2008)
neco jako moje letosni deska roku. mam dojem, ze jsem o tom psala uz tisickrat, takze jenom ve zkratce: METAL! krasne brutalni a strasne atmosfericky tezky husty post-metal, neco jako kdyz Neurosis hrajou Isis nebo navopak a vubec tahleta kapela nazivo je skvela a proto u nas bude zase v dubnu na 007 hrat. >> tinyurl.com/7wz69o

Hank Williams III - Straight to Hell (2006)
sice letos uz vydal novou desku, ale tohleto je asi nejlepsi zacatek. zacatek s KANTRY! jak jsem uz psala a jak psal Yorke, paradni senilni opilecky poctivy kantry!! teda Yorke psal jen "senilni" a "opilecky", cert to vem. anyway tady je nutny zahodit vase predsudky (jako nezahazujte je uplne, jen je jakoby odlozte, predsudky jsou treba, kam bysme bez nich dosli!?) a proste to stahnout a uvidite co se stane. (lidem typu Franko odpoustim.) >> tinyurl.com/3l7mlf

Paramount Styles - Failure American Style (2008)
"Jo, může za to Scottův hlas, ten je na tom celém to nejlepší. Jasně, tak statečně jednoduché nápady a melodie jsou taky super, ale bez Scotta by to byla půlka všeho. Neřekla bych o sobě, že jsem nějaký zarytý fanoušek GVSB (jsem jen lehce nadprůměrný fanoušek desky Cruise Yourself: Kill that noise, make it alright...!), takže mě nemůže nikdo obvinit..." blabla bla (...ocima Apacky na SRR). >> tinyurl.com/5h86yg

Girls Against Boys - Cruise Yourself (1994)
on topic. podle me nejlepsi deska GVSB a je nutny si to poslechnout, abyste pak 12. unora v palaci akropolis blbe a smutne a nechapave nekoukali. tahle kapela uz skoro nehraje a uz pravdepodobne nikdy nevyda zadnou desku, takze doufam, ze vsichni chapete, jak MOC SPECIALNI prilezitost, videt je v praze, tohle bude. jako bez prdele. no a pokud jste z tech, co bavili Paramount Styles nazivo, je to jasna volba. pro ty ostatni druha sance. jako se vsi uctou a slusnosti, NEBUDTE PICE. Cruise Yourself >> tinyurl.com/7lcflk a jeste opakovani, co je matka demence, link na jejich posledni You Can't Fight... >> tinyurl.com/5j57hu a debut Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby >> tinyurl.com/9grbq7 (posledni skladba Bughouse zde)


A nakonec!
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Murder by Death - Red of Tooth and Claw (2008)
...protoze post-kantry jak brus. >> tinyurl.com/5jgbuc

Black Heart Procession - 1 (1998)
...protoze je to carokrasne. >> tinyurl.com/8l5w3r

Sebadoh - Bakesale (1994)
...protoze Lou Barlow je kotatko. viz loobiecore.com >> tiny..

Codeine - Frigid Stars (1990)
...protoze je to skoro stejne dobry jako Morphine. akorat uplne jiny. >> tiny..

Beat Happening - You Turn Me On (1992)
...protoze je to docela pekny. >> tinyurl.com/8oyqfm

Swans - The Great Annihilator (1994)
...protoze je to kurva bozi. (kompletni diskografie.) >> tinyurl.com/8fhvpx

Neurosis - Given to the Rising (2007)
...protoze budete bliz Bohu. >> tinyurl.com/6susdn

The Jesus Lizard - Goat (1991)
...protoze Jesus, kurva, Lizard. >> tinyurl.com/5vx9u4

a pokracovani zase nekdy priste. v novem roce budte hodna kotatka a nezlobte, nebo pujdete do pekla. (ledaze byste tam chteli z vlastniho presvedceni... a s dobrymi umysly. v tom pripade zlobte co to da.)

ROBE. - 'Time Dilation' CDr £5.5(UK)/£6(EU)/£6.25(World)
"Massively epic new release from this American duo of stark echoing multi-instrumental drone, layers of charcoal to black emptiness that has gathered pretty solid sound throughout the releases they've unleashed last year, this is bleak, not harsh, just dark, and unrelenting for it's immense near 80 minute duration... Fans of Sunn O))), Robedoor, and occult ritual nightmares will zone into this. Limited to 150. Pro duplicated with on disc print."

http://www.blackest-rainbow.moonfruit.com/

...

We should have a lot of copies to sell very soon if you want to personally buy from us (just message our myspace) but support the label if you can.

Thanks!

-ac/kw

For fans of: Robe., Scissor Shock, Black Cinema, The Goslings, Lovesliescrushing, phil niblock, Stars of the Lid, Mickey Roberts, Bubblegum Octopus, +/-, 1.6 Band, 16 Bitch Pile-Up, Grouper, 1905, 1-Speed Bike, 7 Year Rabbit Cycle, 23 Skadoo, 25 Suaves, Sunn O))), Earth, Wolf Eyes, Hair Police, Alva Noto, Alva Noto, The Dead Texan, Aix Em Klemm, 31 Knots, 90 Day Men, 400 Blows, Suishou No Fune, A Day in Black and White, Kindergarten Hazing Ritual, Deerhunter, John Fahey, James Blackshaw, Robbie Basho, A Handful of Dust, UR, A Luna Red, LITE, A Minor Forest, Zazen Boys, A Problem of Alarming Dimensions, Astrobrite, Star, Swervedriver, A Silver Mt. Zion, A Spectre Is Haunting Europe, A Trillion Barnacle Lapse, Aarktica, Yellow Swans, Aaron Dilloway, AC Newman, Accelera Deck, Ryoji Ikeda, Acetone, Polysics, Radiohead, Aceyalone, Acid Mothers Temple, Prurient, Graveyards, Aereogramme, Robe, A-Frames, Agitation Free, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, AIDS Wolf, Air Conditioning, Aix Em Klemm, Machinefabriek, Alan Licht, Albert Ayler, Ashtray Navigations, Azita Youssefi, Bardo Pond, Collection of Colonies of Bees, Bark Psychosis, Bauhaus, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Bedhead, Metallica, Belle & Sebastian, Birchville Cat Motel, Black Dice, Brian Eno, Burning Star Core, Burmese, Burning Witch, Throbbing Gristle, Captain Beefheart, Caroliner, Cerberus Shoal, CCCC, Chapterhouse, Charalambides, Charles Mingus, Cheer-Accident, Cheval de Frise, Climax Golden Twins, Cock ESP, Codeine, Colossamite, Dead C, Jandek, Deftones, Double Leopards, Electric Wizard, Emil Beaulieau, Ghost, Godflesh, godheadSilo, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Government Alpha, Green Milk From The Planet Orange, Growing, Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham, Indian Jewelry, Slint, Harry Partch, Alvarius B, Sun City Girls, Isis, Jim O'Rourke, No-Neck Blues Band, NUMBER GIRL, Joan of Arc, Joanna Newsom, John Wiese, John Zorn, June of 44, Karp, Kayo Dot, King Crimson, Kazuki Tomokawa, Loveliescrushing, Low, LSD-March, Mindflayer, Mogwai, Mono, World's End Girlfriend, Nels Cline, Robedoor, Pocahaunted, Silvester Anfang, Bark Psychosis, Bastard Noise, Battles, Bauhaus, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Aidan Baker, Nadja, Beachwood Sparks, UUUUUU, Bearsuit, Beauty Pill, Beck, Bedhead, Behold The Arctopus, Belle & Sebastian, Bellini, Bellmer Dolls, Berg Sans Nipple, giuseppe andrews, Biblical Proof of UFOs, Big Black, Big Business, Big Star, Biosphere, Birchville Cat Motel, Bjork, Black Cross, Black Dice, Black Eyes, Black Forest/Black Sea, Black Heart Procession, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Emeralds, Alligator Crystal Moth, Jack Rose, James Blackshaw, Women, Black Ox Orkestar, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Blackout Beach, Breadwinner, Brian Eno, Broken Social Scene, Broken Spindles, Burmese, Burning Witch, Caesura, Can, Can't, Kitty Midwife, Captain Beefheart, Earth, Caroliner, Cat on Form, Cat Power, Catherine Wheel, Cerberus Shoal, CCCC, Chapterhouse, Charalambides, Charles Bronson, Charles Mingus, Chavez, Cheer-Accident, Cheetah Chrome Motherfuckers, Cheval de Frise, Child Readers, Chisel, Chris Brokaw, Christie Front Drive, Christmas Decorations, Chromatics, Cibo Matto, Climax Golden Twins, Coachwhips, Radiohead, High Rise, Mainliner, Cock ESP, Cocteau Twins, Fabio Frizzi, Codeine, Comets on Fire, Coughs, Cream Abdul Babar, Warmth, XDUGEF, crimson curse, Crispy Ambulance, Crossed Out, Cub, Cul de Sac, Glenn Jones, Cupid Car Club, Current, curse of the birthmark, Curve, Cloaks, D Yellow Swans, Dazzling Killmen, Dead C, Gate, Dead Machines, Dead Meadow, Dead Raven Choir, Bohren & der Club of Gore, Dead Western, Devendra Banhart, Demons, Eluvium, Tim Hecker, eX-Girl, Experimental Audio Research, Experimental Dental School, Explosions in the Sky, Fennesz, Fenn'oberg, Fiona Apple, Fly Pan Am, Flying Saucer Attack, Fog, For Carnation, Gastr Del Sol, Ghost, Giddy Motors, Girls Against Boys, God Is My Co-Pilot, Godflesh, godheadSilo, Six Organs of Admittance, Thurston Moore, Sixes, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Volcano the Bear, Skullflower, Slaves, Teeth Of The Lions Rule The Divine, The Hospitals .....and pretty much any band on Kranky or Southern Lord, also!!...

Ok, kids, just like 365 days ago I’m going to celebrate my second year of being on last.fm by counting down the artists I’ve scrobbled the most. Unlike last year, we’re counting down from 30 (not 20) and we’ll also keep track of total scrobbles per artist and how they’re moving relative to the rest of the list. (Now, since I only kept track of the scrobble numbers in the top 20, the change in rank compared to last year past the top 20 is only a guesstimate, hence the "about" in the descriptions.)

One year after my first list, I am starting to notice that there’s much more separation between the artists towards the top. There’s still room for artists to move, but quite a few artists seem to have a comfortable placement in the top ten. (The further you go down the list, especially past the top 50, the numbers are closer and tighter.) Anyhow, we'll note take of some stats and then count the list down.

(all figures as of 8pm CST 8/29/08)
total tracks scrobbled = 43,526
total artists in my library = 1,191
total friends = 16

30) Idaho (234 plays, up about 10)

Although lumped in the "slowcore" genre along with Red House Painters, Low, Rex and Codeine, Idaho have always been an island to themselves. From their four-string guitar philosophy to the deep, brooding vocals of founder and sole mainstay Jeff Martin, Idaho had a distinctive sound from the get-go. Nowadays, the rock leanings of the past has altered to more atmospheric, instrumental mood pieces. For my money, their 1996 album Three Sheets to the Wind is one of the best of the 90s and I still listen to it regularly.

29) Johan (236 plays, waaay up)

Speaking of bands who never got their due in the States, this Dutch quartet has only seen their debut issued over here, and that was 10 years ago! They have released two albums since then (2001's Pergola and 2006's THX JHN) and thanks to my emusic subscription, I've discovered them both in the past 12 months. Anyone looking for smart, adult guitar pop shoudl definitely check them out if the name doesn't ring a bell...they may end up in your top 30, too!

28) Foo Fighters (250 plays, down about 6)

One of the few current top 40 acts I have time for. Dave Grohl always seems to *gasp* ENJOY being a rock star and also geniunely loves making music for a living. That said, I wasn't exactly bowled over by last year's Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace but the Foos still have a pretty stellar track-for track batting average by my ears, so I would think they'll stick in the top 30.

27) Steely Dan (256 plays, down about 5)

Music fans tend to find the Dan a pretty polarizing band, some not able to get past the easy listening background to hear the great jazzy chord changes and eyebrow raising lyrics. Of course, this is my page and I say their 70s output remains as captivating today as they were when I first heard them in high school/college. Can't say much for their two "comeback" albums released this decade, except that sounds like it was formulated by people in white lab coats....

26) They Might Be Giants (257 plays, down about 3)

TMBG were a huge fave of mine back in high shcool and early college, and it took the Gigantic documentary to put some of their stuff in my iTunes library. I still don't listen to an album's worth of their matieral, but their short, quirky ditties work well in a shuffle context.

25) De La Soul (258 plays, down 10)

De La take quite a tumble, yet still are still the only hip-hop act in my top 30. Which is ironic because I've been listening to my fair share of hip-hop, but from a rather wide gamut (Wale, The Roots, Starpower, the new Ice Cube, etc) I keep meaning to get De La's latest, and once I do, I'm sure they'll rocket back up the charts.

24) Eric Mattthews (259 plays, up about 3)

After making 2 of my fave LPs of the 90s, Mr. Matthews took a eight year sabbatical. Considering he's released two EPs and two LPs in the last 3 years, it's safe to say he's making up for lost time. This year's The Imagination Stage returns to the formula that made him an act to watch ten years ago, with Eric's smoky croon wrapping around elegant chamber pop.

23) Gomez (261 plays, down 7)

I'll be honest; I forget about these guys sometimes. I like 'em just fine and none of their albums are out and out bad, but they fall out of my rotation and have a hard time getting back in. Maybe a new album will correct my oversight...

22) Eels (270 plays, down 5)

Like Gomez above, I haven't had much occasion to blast their stuff en masse. Unlike Gomez, I haven't been keeping up with their discography as there's their b-side comp Useless Trinkets-B Sides, Soundtracks, Rarieties and Unreleased 1996-2006 as well as their live album Live At Town Hall. (There's also a greatest hits album, but since I have all the LPs I think I'll pass on that.)

21) PJ Harvey (271 plays, waaaaay up)

Well, I finally got around to hearing White Chalk and I quite liked it, as PJ's sudden burst up my charts can attest to. Add in that I found the Dry / Demonstration bonus disc and am shocked at how much I prefer it to the actual album. So, miss Polly may climb higher yet... stay tuned.

T19) Suede (272 plays, down 5)

As I said last year, I have so much Suede material in my ITunes library, they're bound to stay towards the top of my charts, even 5 years after they broke up. Maybe I'll remove their stuff from the library one day, but I still get a kick out of them when they show up on my shuffle.

T19) The Who (272 plays, down 2)

Most of the time an artists moves up the charts, it's because I'm listening to full albums quite a few times (yes, some people still do listen to albums straight through!) This poses a problem for the Who because all their albums in my library are at least an hour, and I'm been gravitating towards shorter LPs. But when a Who kick arrives, it's gonna hit harder than Keith Moon used to.

18) Randy Newman (278 plays, up about 17)

Rather than credit his new one Harps And Angels which I have yet to hear, the main reason for Randy's big leap on my charts is getting the Guilty: 30 Years Of Randy Newman box set in my grubby mitts. Weird but true fact: Randy was quoted in the latest Rolling Stone is being really impressed by the lyrics of one Steven Patrick Morrissey....

17) Neil Young (288 plays, up about 8)

He puts out about an album a year, that humungazoid box set is finally set to come out, and even at his worst (the Human Highway soundtrack, anyone?) he's extremely interesting. That's how you stay at the top of my charts. And the above talley doesn't even factor in his Crazy Horse collaborations...

16) Idlewild (295 plays, down 5)

I finally did manage to get Promises/warnings (side note: that whole copyright control crap embedded in the disc which makes it very hard to put on an iTunes library makes you hate the album before you even hear it!) but their 2 classics remain 100 Broken Windows and The Remote Part so it remains to be seen if they can keep Idlewild towards my chart's upper reaches.

T14) Broadcast (302 plays, up about 7)

One of my favorite currently active bands... I love how they come out with a new sonic approach each album yet still remain a core sound and identity all their own. When they FINALLY release a new LP, expect them to soar up the charts.

T14) The Smiths (302 plays, down 1)

See my post last year....their songs still ring true, two decades after they pulled the plug. It says something their stature continues to rise every year. Reminds me of some Liverpool band of the 60s...

13) The Magnetic Fields (342 plays, down 6)

Unless my library searches become more fruitful, I figure Distorstion will be on my 2008 halo list, and considering I took off about 4 albums of theirs, they may slip further.

12) Pernice Brothers (344 plays, down 2)

Joe and company still get lots of plays here, and a new album would greatly assist in that regard, Er, hint, hint?

11) Blur (345 plays, down 2)

They only dipped a little (like Suede, there's a lot of their stuff in my library) but my enthuiasm for them continues to wane. I'm not even sure they'll still a band yet, with all of Damon Alburn's side projects and Graham Coxon out of the picture seemingly forever.

10) Morrissey (371 plays, down 2)

The Randy Newman-approved Pope of Mope won't have an album out now til the beginning of next year, and his Greatest Hits album released earlier this year comically overstates the staying power of his last two efforts, but Morrissey will always be a sentimental fave of mine, so don't expect him to dip much.

9) American Music Club (420 plays, up 10)

Another big gainer, much of it thanks to this year's The Golden Age. Mark Eitzel and co. have quite a few albums in their past that won't gather dust in the recesses on my iTunes.

8) Supergrass (431 plays, up 4)

See? Release a new album like the 'Garse (this year's Diamond Hoo Ha) and you move up the chart. Of course, it helps that it was a really good album, but then again, I've come to expect nothing less from them.

7) The Beach Boys (445 plays, down 1)

Another act who benefits by having a giant catalogue trapped in my ITunes, but I still discover new things from them. Plus, you have to figure Pet Sounds should get a few plays between now and next year...

6) Wilco (488 plays, down 3)

Wilco take a bit of a dip, but it's more other artists racking up much more plays than Wilco actually losing any. It may be a while before a new Wilco LP gets onto the shelves; hopefully it won't affect Wilco's position too much.

5) Radiohead (489 plays, up 14)

Yeah, how a year chages things, eh? You may not have heard about it, but Radiohead released a new album this year. In Rainbows, I think it was called. They released it on the net, and it bombed. Nobody heard it except for me, I think. I heard Thom Yorke had to sell his spleen on eBay to make back some of the money. I hope a 14 slot advance is a bit of a consolation, and hopefully the boys in Radiohead will learn that deserting the major labels will only hurt you in the end.

4) XTC (597 plays, down 2)

I'm noticing an ongoing phenomenon, that current bands are moving up the chart, whereas bands that no longer exist are going down the chart. It is so bizarre, there's no way to explain it. But all that aside, don't expect XTC to fall too far -- I enjoy their approach and craft too much for them to do an utter nosedive.

3) R.E.M. (626 plays, up 2)

Hard to say a lot more about a band I've loved since, what, 7th-8th grade? Well, the new one's (Accelerate) pretty great, and their older stuff still hits me in the right place. So there.

2) The Beatles (647 plays, down 1)

The Fab Four finally abdicate their number one slot, and while I wouldn't go so far as saying the Beatles should pass a torch to the new number one act, it is fitting that both acts emphasize a band as a united front and each member sings different songs. The Beatles have sold a few more records, though.

1) Sloan (754 plays, up 3)

With enjoying both a new album and an album I haven't gotten around to yet, Sloan leapfrog into the number one position with a nice 100 track buffer between them and the former champ. Sloan stand for all the things I love about pop music: caring about the end product, yet not taking yourself too seriously. Each member getting a chance to create, but enough democracy to not become torn apart by ego. They're on their ninth album....am I selfish enough to humbly request at least one more?

Well, *whew* that's it....seeya next year!

Most misleading band names ever - Aight, here's a list I made fairly shortly after doing the 'annoying band names' list. But life got busy and yada yada, and this list sat in notepad form for a while (10 months); anyways, it ain't irrelevant, so I'll post it now... I wouldn't have remembered it if my good friend Keiroshin hadn't demanded (hmm, makes him sound forceful, let's go with requested) that I get back to doing my journal entries/pointless rantings/stolen quizes. So this isn't a new one, new material will come.... I have some idea(r)s, so hooray and all that.

Yeah, so as the title says, these band names aren't bad really, but they make you shout 'Oi! This be false advertising, this! I mean, innit? Yeah!'. Or something less loony but to the same effect.
311 - Wait, these guys aren't in the KKK, they're down for unity (apparently)!
Beirut - The state of Beirut is the exact opposite of the beautiful music coming from Zach and his parade of merry players.
Boards of Canada - You guys ain't canadian, what's next, a band who's name claims they are from Barcelona, but they actually aren't and possibly have never been there. Ha, only kidd--wait a minute...!
Brazilian Girls - This could go for Vengaboys and a couple others, but there's actually just one female here, but she oozes sex.
Dinosaur Jr. - Man, are people dumb. Just because they have the words dinosaur and junior does not mean this is kid's music. J Mascis would kick Raffi's ass just by staring him down through those thick frames... that is if his cascading greys would give way so that someone could actually see the man's eyes.
Don Caballero - This could apply to any band with a name as the band name (Pink Floyd, Franz Ferdinand, Catherine Wheel), but these math rock pioneers confuse all who aren't in the know, as they picture Caballero with silent L's and a man sitting on a stool with a spanish guitar. Although that sounds like it would be better than their current line-up. I keed... well, no actually, I don't. D'oh.
The Hermit - I picture some guy reminiscent of Rivers Cuomo circa 1998, after Pinkerton was panned (good album), painting their room black, shutting their blinds and such. Well, that's more of agoraphobia, but meh.
Joy Division - No joy to be found here. Well, they are great though. So I get joy from listening to Curtis' growls of self-pity and dead souls.
The Killers - They just turned out to be a synth band who loved New Order and then The Boss, maybe a little too much. But, nope, no killers here.
Lambchop - Who knew that a project named after a sheep sockpuppet who sang the most annoyingly repetitive (and aware of it) song ever and played with happy sock puppet friends and some old bag would make such depressing albums?
My Bloody Valentine - ...just because all my friends STILL seem to think I have an "emo" group (a la Bullet for My Valentine) in my playlists. [AC - heh, I'm actually not making fun of you Keiroshin; this was written last winter... Mike & Tyler were looking at my CD wallet and saw MBV and were either disappointed or disgusted... both really. I then had to explain and prove that MBV aren't the terrible, terrible emo band they had assumed. Seriously, the names aren't that similar, though, people sure are careless to check the details. I mean, it's not like when people get Matthew Good, the famous canadian musician mixed up with a sappy hollywood actor half his age... that's actually an understandable mistake for the uninformed souls... oops, that was making fun... kinda. Ha.]
Queens of the Stone Age - My father thought it might be one of them bands with drag queens (think along the lines of Motley Crue, etc.) back when I bought Songs For The Deaf.

And more bang for your buck, here's some good ones, so I don't come off as a pessimist.

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Sorry, no matter how pretentious that name is, it's unforgettable. Especially considering it describes their take no prisoners sound, most evident on albums like their sophmore effort, Madonna
Animal Collective
Calexico
Codeine - Like Slowdive and Lush, the music found within Codeine is just as the band name implies.
Comets on Fire - Pretty much as manic as implied, these wizards of guitar freak-outs jam their way into the stratosphere and beyond, never to burn out in the vast spacial blanket known as Milky Way. Moreso their earlier stuff, though.
Delerium
Explosions in the Sky
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - I considered A Silver Mt. Zion, but that's stretching it, that whole 'let's change our bands name with every release thing is really tired and played out. Being untraceable to the mass market is soooooooo done to death.
I Love to But I've Chosen Darkness
Jaga Jazzist - As soon as my cousin said their name, he didn't even have to describe their music; I had to check them out.
King Crimson
Piano Magic
Slowdive - Most apt name for a band. But maybe it's just 'cause I'm partial to Slowdive. More than that, they are one of my top three favs of all time and stuff.
Soundgarden
Soundpool - Yes indeed
Sun Kil Moon - Cool imagery is all.
Swervedriver - Seriously, listen to these guys... cruisin' music 101... good for a desert drive, interstates, night driving, so long as you're goin' fast... not that I have a car. Hmm... I guess they make good racing music if you like video games... I'm a sucker for the racers, lemme tell ya.
Tangerine Dream
Thieves Like Us - Nice New Order reference, albeit obvious... but that was a great song and the name suits TLU's druggy, club-hoppin' music for people who see lights blur every weekend, living the nocturnal life.

[AC - I felt like I should add some newer artists that I discovered since the time this list was first conceived to keep it from being as stale as those day old bagels that bakeries sell cheap the next day]
Little Boots
Fleet Foxes - Maybe it's 'cause it suits their folky CSN&Y mixed with gospel harmonizing, or maybe because of my weird obsession with foxes, who are simply large rats to british people as the mangy creatures get into "rubbish" and roam and not to mention rabbies. But they are quite special in the canadian wildlife, I thought when I was 6-8.

Honorable mention
Esio Trot - Love this name 'cause I loved this, and pretty much every other Dahl book as a kid, but the band is pretty typical indie-rock fluff, if you know what I mean. And you do. Snore. Moving on...


...ah, that's all I got for now. Peace!