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1. How did you get into 29? Aerosmith
I don't know really, it's one of those bands that I'd always known about and knew a few songs, but finally just decided to listen to. Loved them. Even though that was a couple years ago, and I haven't been listening to them nearly as much as I used to.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? Switchfoot
Meant To Live. Saw the video on Vh1 and had to have more... though that was several years ago.

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33? Chiodos
"You won't be leaving my arms ever, even if you want me to let go, honey- even if you say the things that make me want to lose you."

4. How did you get into 49? Anthony Green
I'm obsessed with Circa Survive, so I obviously had to check out the lead singer's solo project.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? Gatsby's American Dream
None, unfortunately. I need to fix that, they're really fun.

6. What is your favorite song by 50? Marilyn Manson
Tainted Love. It's a cover, but it's delicious.

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? Assemblage 23
Not really. It's not exactly a sad-song kind of project.

8. What is your favorite song by 15? The Cure
Just Like Heaven. Cliche, but it's such a good song.

9. What is your favorite song by 5? Anberlin
The Haunting. It's one of those songs that seems to sing your thoughts.

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? IAMX
Not really, actually... I adore the music, but if anything, it's mildly depressing.

11. What is the worst song by 40? Alkaline Trio
Eh, I don't know them too well to pick a worst, but they're not my favorite.

12. What is your favorite song by 10? Circa Survive
The Most Dangerous Commercials.

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? Phantom Planet
Driving down the shore, attempting to jam with old friends to the music... good times. Early teens, but good times.

14. What is your favorite song by 38? Innerpartysystem
Structure

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Errrr... not really, no. They're not the happiest bunch.

16. Is there a song by 25 that makes you sad? Gallows
Not the songs themselves, but when I remember how the lead singer was such a giant douchemuffin the second time I saw AFI, and how I lost my front/center spot because of his rumored pulling of the fire alarm... Oh man. So angry.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? Cinema Bizarre
Lovesongs (They Kill Me). Oh my god, I forgot this band existed. They were such a guilty pleasure.

18. What's your favorite lyric by 11? Rob Thomas
How the hell am I supposed to pick my favorite lyric by my favorite songwriter? My goodness... Though it's not from his solo project, "Now I'm back on my own. I lift my feet, feel like they're made of stone. Can I make you go where I go? It's killing me, can I take you home? Man, I'm coming home on my back. Is it me or did she paint it black?"

19. Who is a favorite member of 1? AFI
Earlier in the year I probably would have said Davey Havok because I had a massive fangirly crush on him, but now that that has passed, I can confidently say Jade Puget. His songwriting is just... guh. Phenomenal.

20. Is there a song by 14 that makes you happy? Enter Shikari
Labyrinth. It's just so strange and lively.

21. What is a good memory involving 27? Tiger Army
I don't really have one, unfortunately.

22. What is your favorite song by 16? Energy
Hunter Red

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? Senses Fail
Let It Enfold You. This song was the soundtrack to my sophomore year of high school.

24. What is your favorite album by 18? VNV Nation
Matter + Form

25. What is your favorite song by 21? The Spill Canvas
The Tide

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? Good Old War
Coney Island

27. What is your favorite album by 3? Blaqk Audio
Cex Cells

28. What is you favorite song by 2? Patrick Wolf
Overture. The combination of the beauty of the strings and the lyrics just gets me every time.

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? Copeland
Don't Slow Down. A friend and I performed it at an open mic early in the year.

30. What is you favorite song by 8? After Midnight Project
Wilted. Next time I see them, I need to yell at them for not putting it on the album. They know it's everyone's favorite.

31. How many times have you seen 17 live? Ivoryline
None yet, unfortunately. That'd be a fun show.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? And One
Hell yeah! Military Fashion Show. I have so many memories dancing at the club to this track, driving around with the girls singing it, dancing and singing to it with my special someone... the list goes on.

33. How did you get into 12? Joshua Radin
Last.FM actually recommended him to me. Good call on that one.

34. What is the worst song by 45? 30 Seconds to Mars
The Mission...sorry, just not feeling it.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? Atreyu
Lip Gloss and Black, as played by a cover band at a local gig four years ago in high school.

36. What is the first song you ever heard by 48? Fuel
Hemorrhage (In My Hands). SO good.

37. How many times have you seen 42 live? Green Day
None, and they're not exactly on the top of my to-see list.

38. What is you favorite song by 36? Apoptygma Berzerk
Paranoia

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? Envy on the Coast
Temper Temper. Thank you, PureVolume.

40. What is you favorite album by 7? The Honorary Title
Anything Else but the Truth

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? Val Emmich
Unfortunately no. He's a bit emo, if I do say so myself.

42. What is your favorite album by 41? Three Days Grace
One X

43. What is your favorite song by 24? Fall Out Boy
Nobody Puts Baby In The Corner, acoustic version. Brings back memories.

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46?Coheed and Cambria
Well, I guess when my friends and I performed some of their music at an open mic.

45. What is your favorite song by 35? Lady GaGa
Bad Romance. I don't care what anyone says, she's catchy as hell.

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? Matchbox Twenty
All of them. Favorite band EVER.

47. What is your favorite album by 4? Muse
Oh wow, that one's difficult... Probably Absolution.

48. Who is a favorite member of 37? Paramore
I don't have one, since I don't like Hayley and I don't know much about the rest of the band.

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? Damien Rice
Delicate, when a friend played it at a talent show in high school.

50. What is your favorite song by 20? Elliott Smith
Twilight

I didn't link to songs...too lazy! Last.fm's system is irritating hah.

1. How did you get into 29? (The Used)
A music video in grade 7. I believe it was for All That I've Got.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? (David Bowie)
Ohh. As The World Falls Down. :] <3

3. What’s your favorite lyric by 33? (Soundtrack)
It's not a real artist...there's a lot of songs. :P

4. What is your favorite album by 49? (Port Blue)
Err, I dunno; both are good.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? (Dashboard Confessional)
I have all of them on my Zune, save for whatever songs I didn't like enough to keep.

6. What is your favorite song by 50? (Electric President)
Ten Thousand Lines.

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? (Bjork and Say Anything are jointed for this one)
Some of BJORK'S songs can be really melancholy. Maybe Undo? And Say Anything...I kind of only like Alive With The Glory of Love and that sometimes makes me sad if I am feeling lonely. Sooo.

8. What is your favorite album by 15? (The Maine)
Can't Stop, Won't Stop.

9. What is your favorite song by 5? (Death Cab for Cutie)
A Lack of Color. Coney Island.

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? (Nobuo Uematsu)
I like a lot of his songs! Obviously. I can't pick just one..

11. What is your favorite album by 40? (The Postal Service and Boys Night Out joint)
Brand New Colony and Medicating, respectively.

12. What is your favorite song by 10? (Emanuel)
Soundtrack to a Headrush.

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? (Final Fantasy)
Driving in the car with my sister.

14. What is your favorite song by 38? (Bjork...for the sake of not explaining Say Anything again)
Possibly Maybe. Or It's In Our Hands.

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? (Owl City and From First to Last joint)
The Saltwater Room, Rainbow Veins, and The Tip of the Iceberg for Owl City...FFTL is my screamo anger band.

16. How many times have you seen 25 live? (The Radio Dept.)
Never.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? (The Good Life)
Drinking With The Girls, in Emo Game....2?

18. What is your favorite album by 11? (The Teenagers)
Reality Check.

19. Who is a favorite member of 1? (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Anthony Keidis! <3

20. Have you ever seen 14 live? (M83)
Nope. :[

21. What is a good memory involving 27? (New Young Pony Club)
Watching Moonlight.

22. What is your favorite song by 16? (Explosions in the Sky)
Your Hand In Mine and also The Only Moment We Were Alone.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? (Savage Garden and Daphne Loves Derby joint)
Truly Madly Deeply when I was like 5 and idk for DLD.

24. What is your favorite album by 18? (Pompeii)
Assembly.

25. What is your favorite song by 21? (AFI)
The Killing Lights, probably. Or Summer Shudder. Or Silver and Cold.

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? (Broken Social Scene)
Guilty Cubicles.

27. What is your favorite album by 3? (PlayRadioPlay!)
I don't have one. He only had two, the rest was myspace released. And even the albums contained a lot of MS songs.

28. What is you favorite song by 22? (David Bowie)
Ashes to Ashes, Underground, As The World Falls Down, Changes...etc..

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? (Bright Eyes)
It's Cool, We Can Still Be Friends.

30. What is you favorite song by 8? (Minus the Bear)
Pachuca Sunrise, Absinthe Party at the Fly Honey Warehouse, orr The Pig War. I love them.

1. How many times have you seen 17 live? (Taking Back Sunday)
Never :[.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? (Frou Frou)
Hear Me Out.

33. What is you favorite album by 12? (Hammock)
Err, can't pick.

34. What is the worst song by 45? (We The Kings)
Not sure.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? (As Tall as Lions)
Ghost of York.

36. What is you favorite album by 48? (30 Seconds to Mars)
Ohh, idk.

37. How many times have you seen 42 live? (Pinback)
Neverrr.

38. What is you favorite song by 36? (Architecture in Helsinki)
Like a Call.

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? (The Cure)
Secrets.

40. What is your favorite album by 7? (Stars)
Heart. Or Set Yourself on Fire. Or the Sad Robot one.

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? (HYDE)
Naw, I listen to him more when I'm kind of indifferent.

42. What is your favorite album by 41? (Postal Service and Boys Night Out joint)
Give Up, and I can't pick BNO.

43. What is your favorite song by 24? (Copeland)
I don't really listen to them a whole lot anymore. Pin Your Wings, maybe.

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? (Savage Garden and Daphne Loves Derby joint)
Nothing for DLD. Loveeee with Savage Garden. It is like a theme song for us. :D

45. What is your favorite song by 35? (Metro Station)
Errr. Probably Shake It.

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? (Los Campesinos!)
You! Me! Dancing! and Documented Minor Emotional Breakdown #1 and International Tweexcore Underground.

47. What is your favorite album by 4? (Taniuchi Hideki)
Errr, Death Note Soundtracks.

48. Who is a favorite member of 37? (Fujita Junpei)
It's just one person. o_o

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? (IAMX)
Simple Girl. <3

50. How many albums do you own by 20? (Owl City and From First to Last joint)
All of them except the latest FFTL, minus songs I've deleted and not liked.

First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.


1. Adam Lambert
-Adam Lambert & Allison Iraheta
-Kris Allen
-Allison Iraheta
-Adam Lambert & Kris Allen
-Matt Giraud
-Anoop Desai
-David Cook
-Danny Gokey

2. Owl City
-Swimming With Dolphins
-Lights
-A Rocket To The Moon
-Breathe Carolina
-nevershoutnever!
-The Secret Handshake
-Breathe Electric
-Kill Paradise

3. Hollywood Undead
-Brokencyde
-Escape the Fate
-The Blackout
-Senses Fail
-Family Force 5
-I Set My Friends On Fire
-Atreyu
-Dead Celebrity Status

4. CRASHDÏET
-Crazy Lixx
-Vains of Jenna
-Dirty Penny
-Hardcore Superstar
-Pretty Boy Floyd
-Gemini Five
-Babylon Bombs
-Bastardz

5. Patrick Wolf
-Bishi
-Larrikin Love
-Final Fantasy
-IAMX
-Simon Bookish
-Bat for Lashes
-Fryars
-Antony and the Johnsons

6. 3OH!3
-LMFAO
-The Medic Droid
-Metro Station
-Hyper Crush

7. The Killers
-Franz Ferdinand
-The Strokes
-Kaiser Chiefs
-Kings of Leon
-Arctic Monkeys
-Coldplay
-The Bravery
-White Lies

8. Coldplay
-Keane
-Snow Patrol
-Travis
-The Killers
-Radiohead
-The Fray
-Oasis

9. Panic at the Disco
-Fall Out Boy
-The Academy Is...
-Cobra Starship
-The Cab
-Forgive Durden
-The Hush Sound
-My Chemical Romance
-Black Gold

10. John Mayer
-John Mayer Trio
-David Ryan Harris
-Jason Mraz
-Matt Wertz
-Colbie Caillat
-Jack Johnson
-Matt Nathanson
-Gavin DeGraw

11. Skillet
-Thousand Foot Crutch
-Red
-Pillar
-Three Days Grace
-Disciple
-Kutless
-Decyfer Down
-Falling Up

12. Kris Allen
-Adam Lambert
-Megan Joy

13. Anberlin
-Anchor & Braille
-Acceptance
-The Classic Crime
-Mae
-Ivoryline
-Relient K
-Copeland
-Emery

14. Keane
-Thirteen Senses
-Starsailor
-Athlete

15. Muse
-Placebo
-Kasabian

16. Rise Against
-Strike Anywhere
-Anti-Flag
-Billy Talent
-Sum 41
-The Offspring
-Ignite
-Millencolin
-Zebrahead

17. Lady GaGa
-Ke$ha
-Britney Spears
-Space Cowboy
-Katy Perry
-Rihanna
-The Pussycat Dolls
-Eva Simons
-Madonna

18. Paramore
-Hey Monday
-Hayley Williams
-Flyleaf
-VersaEmerge
-Boys Like Girls
-Automatic Loveletter
-All Time Low
-You Me At Six

19. Yann Tiersen
-Claire Pichet
-Yann Tiersen & Shannon Wright
-Yann Tiersen & Natacha Regnier
-Dominique Ane
-Dominique A
-Yann Tiersen/Les Tetes Raides
-Michael Nyman
-Zbigniew Preisner

20. Mew
-Moi Caprice
-Oh No Ono
-Kashmir
-Rubik
-Carpark North
-Spleen United
-The Crash
-VETO

=138

Here it is, folks: The last blast from the past. I think I should call this entry "2009: The Place that Albums from 2008 Go to Die." Truth is, I've listened to a lot less music this year than in recent years (probably from '04-'08, at least). And when I have listened to music, it's mostly been to the same handful of albums that will undoubtedly make my top 10 or so albums of the year. While I can rank albums from 2000-2007 due to how I've come to look at all of them over a longer period of time, I haven't given 2008's album much a second thought since the year ended. And so, this year probably won't factor much into my best albums of the decade (two might. We'll see). There have been a few changes, however.


1. The Stills - Oceans Will Rise


2. Elbow- The Seldom Seen Kid


3. Blood Red Shoes - Box Of Secrets


4. Weezer - Weezer (Red Album Deluxe)


5. My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges


6. Copeland - You Are My Sunshine


7. Lovedrug - The Sucker Punch Show


8. The Hush Sound - Goodbye Blues


9. Paper Rival - Dialog


10. Earlimart - Hymn And Her

Stay tuned for my Best of 2009 list, which I suspect will have about 15 albums. If only I had more time to let things digest, I might be able to stretch it to 20. C'est la vie! And after that, I will publish some of my favorite songs of the year, with a link included to a zip file of the listed tracks. And then... the best albums of the decade (wish me luck!). And the best songs of the decade (wish me even more luck!)

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4 or 5 Magicians
6 Day Riot
(hed)p.e
(Spunge)
.moneen. x2
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Colon Open Bracket
¡Forward, Russia! x5
20/20 Vision x2
27 (the Band)
2 Many DJs
36 Crazyfists x3
400 Blows
50 Cent
586
65 days of static x3
7 Decisions
A Life Once Lost
A Silent Film x6
A Static Lullaby
A Stranger In Moscow
Aconite Thrill
Action Plan
Acrylics
Aftersparks
AFI
Agents of Man
Aiden
Aisle 22
AJ Moore
Alessi’s Ark x3
Alexisonfire x11
Alkaline Trio x3
All I Need
Alligance
Allister
All Time Low
Along Came Man
Alto Elite
Alvarez Kings
Amen x2
America Is Waiting
American Eyes
Amount to Nothing
Amplifier x2
Andrew Ferris
An Emergency x2
Angels & Airwaves x2
Angry Vs The Bear
Anison
Anna Calvi x4
Anna Leddra-Chapman
Anonymous Tip
anti flag
AntiKid
Apache Beat
Apartment 26
Apples
Arcade Fire
Arch Enemy
Architects x3
Aret x2
armour for sleep x 3
Art Brut x6
As I Lay Dying
Ash x 4
Ashdowne
Ashxyz
Assembly Now x9
As Worlds Collide
Atreyu x2
Attack In Black
Attack! Vipers!
Audio Bullys
August Burns Red
Autonomy
Avenged Sevenfold x3
Babyshambles
Baddies
Barefoot Confessor
Basskniv3s
Bat for Lashes
Battle
Bayside x2
Baysix
Beach House
Be A Familiar
Bears of Labrador
Beat Union x2
Beck x2
Belle Humble
Benji, Dappa Stevie, DJ Dee, F-Nesia, Lady Blaze, Mampi Swift, Manikular, Marcus Intalex, Poison Flow
Betty and the Werewolves
Be Your Own Pet
Biffy Clyro x6
Billy Talent x2
Blackbeard
Black Daniel
Blackhole x5
Black Sabbath x2
Black Wire
BlakFish
bleech
Bleeding Through
Blind To
BlindStorm
Bloc Party x5
Blood Roses x4
Blur
Bombay Bicycle Club
Bo Ningen
Boom In The Diamond Industry
Born Blonde
Boy Crisis
Boy Did Good
boysetsfire
Boys Like Girls x2
BoysNightOut
Brand New x 7
Brandon Steep x3
Bridgette Amofah
Bright Eyes
British Sea Power
Broken Jack
Broken Records x 2
Bruce Springsteen
Buck 65 x5
Bullet For My Valentine x3
Caesars
Cage the Elephant x2
Cains Mark
Calories
Caliban
Cajun Dance Party
Cancer Batsx4
Canterbury x2
Capdown x3
Capitals x2
Captain
Car-Bomb Dating
Cardia x2
Caretaker
Cars as Weapons
Cartel
Cassette Baby
Cat The Dog x2
Cedars
centre negative x2
Cheeky Cheeky and the Nosebleeds
Chester Kamen
Chew Lips
Chicks on Speed
Chikinki
Chimaira
Chinese Finger Trap
Chiodos x2
Chrome Hoof
Circa Survive x2
Cicuits
Citadels
city royals
Classic Case
Clocks
Cobra Starship
Cock N Bull Kid
Coheed and Cambria x8
Colour of Fire
Comeback Kid x2
Comic, Boy!
Communique
Copeland
Colour x2
Cousin Joey
Crackout
Cry for Silence x5
Cuba Cuba
Cursive x 2
Cute Is What We Aim For x2
Cut The Blue Wire x4
Danko Jones x2
Danny And The Champions Of The World
Dariush Rashidi x3
Dashboard Confessional x2
Data. Select. Party x 5
Dave House x4
Dave Melillo
Devendra Banhart
Days in December x2
Days of Grace x7
Days of Worth
Dead Kids
Dead Sea Scrolls
Deadweight x3
Deaf School
Death Cab for Cutie x4
Death From Above 1979
Defenistration
Deftones x2
Desa
Detroit Social Club
Devil Sold His Soul
Dillenger Escape Plan
Dilutrial
Dimbleby and Capper
Director
Dirty Perfect
Distophia x2
Distorted Tones x 2
Disturbed
Dive Dive x 6
Dividing The Line
Dizzee Rascal
DJ Format
DJ Krazy Glue
DJ Nobody
Dodgy
Does It Offend You, Yeah? x3
Do Me Bad Things
Dopamine
DragonForce
dredg
Drew McConnell
Drive By
Drive Like You Stole It
Dropkick Murphys
Dufus
Dustins Bar Mitvah
dusty sound system
Editors x3
Eighteen Visions x2
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster x2
Eisley
Electric Eel Shock
Elle Milano
Elle S’appelle
Ellie Goulding
Emmy the Great
End of Days
Engerica x2
Enjoy Destroy
Enter Shikari x 4
Envy on the Coast
Epiphany
Evergreen Terrace
Everytime I Die
Example
Exit Ten
Facade
Failsafe
Fall Out Boy x3
Fan Death
Far
Farse
Fat Sue
Feedback
Fei Comodo x2
Fell City Girl x7
Fenech Soler
Fields
Fighting With Fire
Fightstar x3
Filthy Dukes
Final-light
Finch x4
Findlay Brown
Fionn Regan
Fireapple Red
Firebrand
First Signs Of Frost
Flash Flash Flash Photography x2
Fleet Foxes
Fletcher
Florence and The Machine x2
Foals
Flood of Red x2
Foo Fighters
For a Minor Reflection
Forget Cassettes
Forgive Durden
Four Year Strong x2
Francois
Frank Turner x3
Franz Ferdinand
Free Fall x2
Friendly Fires x 2
Frightened Rabbit
From Autumn to Ashes x3
From First to Last
From the Shards of Comets!
Fuck Buttons
Funeral for a Friend x5
Further Seems Forever
Furthest Drive Home x4
Future of the Left x3
Gallows x4
Gama Bomb
Gaslight Anthem x 2
Gavin Osborne
George Coutsoudis
Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly x9
Glamour Of The Kill
Glassjaw x2
Glass.Lightsx2
Go:Audio
Go It Alone
God Forbid
Gogol Bordello
Golden Silvers x2
Goldfinger
Goldie Lookin' Chain x2
Goldrush
Gold Sounds
Good Books
Goodbye Stereo
Good Shoes x3
Grammatics
Gratitude x3
Green Day
Guildean Gang x3
Guillemots x2
Guns to Cavier
Gym Class Heroes x2
H2O
Hadouken!
Halflight
Halifax
Happy Penguin Hungry Bear x2
Hard-Fi
Hatcham Social
Hatebreed
Haven
Hawthorne Heights
Head Automatica
Heartsunderfire
Heat from a dead star
Heaven Shall Burn
HEDROOM x5
Hell Is for Heroes x4
Hellogoodbye x2
Hello Saferide
Help She Cant Swim!
Hey Monday
Hidden in Plain View x2
Hiding With Girls x2
Hi-Tech Jet
Hit the Lights x3
Hockey
Holiday In Hawai'i
Hollywood Ending
Holton's Opulent Oog
Holy Fuck
Home Grown x 2
Hondo Maclean X 4
Hoodlums
Hopesfall x3
hospitality
Hot Hot Heat
Hot Puppies
House of Brothers x4
Howard Alias
Howling Bells x2
Hundred Reasons x5
Hush the Many
I Am The Avalance
I Am Vexed
I Had An Inkling
I Love Polan
Ida Maria
Idiot Pilot x5
Idlewild
Iggy And The Stooges
Ignite
Ikara Colt
Íll Ninó
Imicus
Incubus x3
Instruction x2
Intentions of an Asteroid
In the Black
Ionica
Iron Maiden
itch
I Was a Cub Scout
JACK’S MANNEQUIN
Jackson United
Jacob Golden
Jacob Stories x3
Jali Fily Cissokho
James Blunt
Jamie T x2
Jarcrew x2
Jarius x2
Jay Picton
JD Perfect
Jeremy Warmsley x2
Jerry Built
Jerry Dammers Spatial AKA Ensemble
Jetplane Landing x4
Jimmy Eat World x4
Jim Noir
John Martyn
John Vanderslice x2
Johnny Foreigner x2
Johnny Truant x3
Jonni Rice
Jonquil
JOR x2
Julian Perretta
Juliette and the Licks
Junk Monkey
Jurassic 5
Just Surrender
Kait0
Kaowin x2
Karl Blau
Kate Aumonier
KC
KEIKO
Kenai
Kenelis
Kevin Devine
Kid Carpet
Kids In Glass Houses x4
Kidsnearwater
Kill Hannah
Kill Kenada
Kill Raimis
Killswitch Engage
Kill The Arcade x3
Kinch
Kinesis
King Adora
King Creosote
Kings of Leon
Klaxons x2
Klima
Kula Shaker
Kurran and the wolfnotes
Kyte x2
Lady And The Lost Boys x2
Lady Sovereign
Lament
Lamplight
Larrikin Love x2
Last Nights Recital
Laura Marling
Left With Pictures
Lethal Bizzle
Lets Tea Party
LEVY
Lights
Lights, Action!
Lights And Sounds x9
Lightspeed Championx2
Lightyear
Like A Theif
Lily Allen
Lion Club
Lioness
Lions
Lisa Lindley-Jones
Little Death x3
Little Dragon
Little Sister
Little Victories
Lloyd Williams x2
Look I’m A Ghost
Look See Proof
Lost Alone
Lostprophets x2
Louis Souyave
Love Ends Disaster!
Love Is All
Lovvers
loyal trooper
Lucky 7
Lucy & the Caterpillar x5
Luke Leighfield
Luke Pickett
Lulu and the Lamshades
Lupen Crook
Lynchpin
Machine Head x3
Madina Lake x2
Madness x8
Mae
Mahumodo
Maia Hirasawa
Make Her Cry
Man Like Me x12
Manic
Maps
Marillion
Marilyn Manson
Marina & the Diamonds
Mastodon
Matchbook Romance x 2
Matt Vinyl
Max Raptor
Mayday Parade x2
MC Lars x 6
Mean Creek
Meateye and Dilion
Meg & Dia
Members of the public x5
Men
Men, Women & Children x3
Metallica x2
Me vs Hero
mewithoutYoux2
Me My Head
MGMT
Miazma
Micachu and the Shapes
Midas Trick
Midasuno
Midday Morning
Midnight Juggernauts
Midtown
Milke
Million Dead x4
Mindless Self Indulgence
Mínus
Miss Black America
Missing Andy
mistakes.in.animation
Modest Mouse
Mogwai
Mohair
Monroe
Monroes Heart
Morrisons Steam Fayre
Morrissey x2
Motion City Soundtrack x4
Muchuu
Mr derry
Mudvayne
mumra
Munch Munch
Murder One
Muswell
MxPx
My American Heart
My Awesome Compilation x8
My Chemical Romance x5
My Coma x 2
My Dad Joe
My Echo
My Last Mistake
My Latest Novel
My Luminaries
My Red Cell
My Passion
Mylo
Mystery Jets
N3ar Lif3 Expri3n3c3 x3
Nagatha Krusti x2
Narcissism
Narration
Natalie Ross
Neaeta
Neat Science
Neil Young
New Found Glory x3
New Idea Society
New Rhodes
Newton Faulkner
Nickleback
Nightmare of You x2
Nine Black Alpsx2
No Comply
Noisy Pig
No junk no soul
Nora
Norton Money
Not Katies
No-Where Fast
Ocean Colour Scene
OK Go
Olympic Lifts
One Day Elliott
One Toy Soldier
Onions for Eyes
Open Hand
Orko
Oswalk
Outcry Collective
Out Cry Fire x2
Out of Sight
outl4w
P.M.T
P.Y.E
Paige x2
Panama Kings x4
Panic! At the Disco x3
Papa Roach
Paramore x 3
Paris Trading
Parrellels
Parkway Drive
Passion Pit
Paul Marshall x3
Paul Steel
Pavilion x3
PDHM
Penfold Gate
Pennines
Perfect Machine
Peter Conaty
Pet Shop Boys
Pharoahs
Phinus Gage x2
Piebald x2
Pink Grease
Pink Spiders
Pint Shot Riot
Pitchshifter
Pixies
PLAIN WHITE T’S x2
Planes Mistaken for Stars
Plugs
Pogues
Poison the Well x2
Pop Up Choir
Prego
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Public Relations Exercise
Puggy
Pulled Apart By Horses
Pull Tiger Tail x2
Punch Puppets
Pure Rubbish
Queens of the Stone Age
Queen of Swords
Rage Against the Machine
Radiohead
Raging Speedhorn
Ralfe Band
Ra Ra Riot
Razorlight
Rbap
Reason 69
Recover
Red Lights Flash
Redjetson
Reemer
Regina Spektor
R.E.M
remainderfour
Revere
Richard Walters x3
Ricky Rude
rig up explosive x5
Right Turn Left
Rilo Kiley
Rise Against x3
Rival Schools x2
Rob Skipper & The Musical Differences x2
Rocketchild
Rodney Fisher
Rolo Tomassi
Rookie
Roses Are Red
Ro-Sham-Bo
Royal Treatment Plant
Royworld
rueben x4
Run Toto Run
Rushes
Rx Bandits
S.U.M.P
Saint Rose
Sam Isaac x11
Saosin x3
Saves the Day
Saving Aimee x3
Say Anything x3
Scaramanga Six
Scarlet O Haras
Scarlett & Viva
Schism
Scholars
Scissor Sisters
Seal Cub Clubbing Club x2
Sean Clothier x2
Sea Sick Steve
Second in Line
Secondsmile
Seeing Scarlet
Send More Paramedics
Senses Fail
Seraphidian
Serena Joy
Serj Tankian
Seth Lakeman
Set Your Goals
Seven Sided Dice x2
Sextodecimo x2
Shadows Fall x2
Shady Bard
Shaped by Fate
Shapes
Sharks
sHe’S a bOy
Shiny Toy Guns
Shitdisco x2
Short Warning x2
Shouting Myke x 6
Shy Child
Sick of It All
Sierra Alpha
Sigur Ros
SikTh x 5
Silversky
Silverstein x3
Simple Reason
Skeletons And The Empty Pockets x2
Skindred x2
Sky Larkin x2
Slayer
Slingshot Around the Moon
Slipknot x2
Smilex x2
Snowbird
Soft Toy Emergency
Something Corporate
Soulfly x2
Sparta x2
Spectrum 7
Spinal Tap
Spitalfield x3
Spot
Spycatcher x2
Stars and Sons
State Radio
Steegal
Steel Rules Die
Steel Train
Stereo MC’s
Straylight Run x3
Streetlight Manifesto
Strike Anywhere
stornoway
Submerce
Subsource
Sucioperro
Suga Coma
Sugarcult
Suitable Case for Treatment
Sunfactor
sunnyvale noise sub-element
Sunplayer
Sunset Cinema Club
Switches
Sylosis x2
Taint x2
Taking Back Sunday x8
Tam Walker
Tartfuel
Team Sleep
Ted Maul
Telegraphs x2
Television Personalities
Tellson x6
Templeton Pek
Tenacious D
That Fateful Day
The Academy Is…
The All-American Rejects
The Anomolies x2
The Armistice
The Ataris x2
The Attika State
The Audition x 3
The Automatic x 3
the band that opened for gratitude on the 11/7/05 @ the barfly anyone know their name?
The girl who opened for Bears of Labrador at Water Rats 26/11/08 name anyone?
The band that opened for the Noisettes at Koko 23/06/09
The Bad Robots
The Baron and The General
The BBC's
The Beasts Of Eden
The Bishops
The Black Apples
The Black Label Society
The Black Maria
The Blackout x2
The Bledx2
The Blockheads
The Blood Brothers x3
The Blueprint
The Boxer Rebelion
The Boy Least Likely To
The Bright Space
The Bronxx2
The Brute Chorus
The Budda Cakes
The Charlie Parkers x2
The Clik Clik
The Colour Fred x2
The Computers
The Crimea x3
The Cult Of Luna
the dellas
The Departure
The Drug Squad x2
The E Band
The Early November x2
The Edmund Fitzgerald
The Eldore Parade
The Electric City
The Elementals
The Epstein
The Fay Wrays
The Fencotte Disaster
The Fiery Furnaces
The Fight
The Flack
The Forgiven
The Frantic
The Future
The Futreheads x2
The Gadsdens x3
The Getaway Team
The Get Up Kids x2
The Girls
The Go! Team x2
The Ghost of a Thousand x3
The Ghost Frequency
The Golden Filter
The Grates
The Half Rabbits
the halo friendlies x 2
The Hat
The Haunts
The Hazey Janes
The Hives
The Holiday Plan
The Holloways
The Honary Title
The Hurt Process x4
The Johnsons
The Joy Formidable
The Junior Varsity
The Keitels
The Killers x2
The King Blues
The Kissaway Trail
The Kooks
The Last Detail
The Last Man Standing
The Laurell Collective x2
The Leaders
The Le Brocks
The Lemonheads
The Liars
The Libertines
The Long Blondes
The Long Insiders
The Lucky Nine x2
The Maccabbes x 2
The Magic Numbers x2
The Magnificents
The Maple State x4
The Mars Patrol
The Mars Volta
The Matches
The Misnomer
The Molotovs x3
The Morning After
The Morrons
The Motorettes x2
The Movielife
The Nervous Wreckords
The New Town Centres
The New York Fund
The Nova States
The Offspring
The Once Over Twice
The Operators
The Ordinary Boys x2
The Pigeon Detectives
The Pipettes x2
The Polyphonic Spree
The Preludes
The Raid
The Rakes
The Rapture x2
the ravonettes
The Real McKenzies
The Receiving End of Sirens
The Rifles
The Riverclub
The Rivers
The Rock of Travolta
The Runners
The Rural Tradition
The Sand Creek Massacre
The Schla La La’s
The Scrape
The Shaker Heights x2
The Shortwave Set
The Skies
The Sleeping
The Smoking Seasons
The Solvents
The Specials
The Spill Canvas
The Sprites
The Standards
The Streches
The Steers x2
The Streets
The Subways x3
The Sunshine Underground
The Temper Trap
The Title Sequence
The Tommys
The Toy Band
The Troubadors
The Tupolev Ghost
The Uninvited
The Union Underground
The Upper Room
The Used x3
The Veils
The Voluntary Butler Scheme x2
The Wallbirds
The Whip
The Wild Mercury Sound
The Wishing Stones
The Wookies
The Wutars x8
The Xcerts x 5
Thee Moths
Thirty Seconds To Mars
This City x10
This Et Al
This Is Menace x2
This Morning After
This Tawdry Affair
This Town Needs Guns x4
thisGIRL x 3
This Is Hell
Thousands of Reflections
Thrice x5
Through Silence x2
Thumb
Thursday x3
Tired Irie
Tokyo Dragons
Tokyo Rose
Tom Jones
Tommy Sparks
To My Boy
Tonight Is Goodbye x2
Tony Moore
Tool
To The Bones
Touriste
Tournaments
Trademark
Trees and the Slipway
Trencher
Trigger the Bloodshed
Tripwires
Tsuanami Bomb
Travis
Treetop Flyers
Trivium
Tubelord x 4
Tumbledown Estate
Turbulence x4
Turin Brakes
Twelve Tribes x2
Twice Upon a Time
Twin Atlantic x9
Twisted Charm
Two Day Rule x2
Twofold x2
Tyrannosaurus Alan
Uncle-Brian
Underoath x2
Under the Igloo
unsung hero
Urusen
Useless I.D
Utah Rangers
Vampire Weekend
Vega 4
Vendetta Red
Verbel Kink x2
Vibrants
villareal
Vince LDN
Violent Delight
Viva Voce
Voicst
VV Brown
Walking Concert
Walter Schreifels
Wargasm
Waterdown
We Are Scientists x4
We Are The Ocean x5
WeHaveAGetAway x2
We’re Not Superheroes Anymore
We Start Fires
Wet Paint
We Were Promised Jetpacks
What Would Jesus Drive? x2
Will Haven
William
William Wolfe Hogan
With Hands in His Pockets
Wolfmother
Wrong Animal
X is Loaded x2
Xmas Lights
Y
Year Zero
You Me At Six x 3
Yourcodenameis:milo x5
Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies x6
Zarif
Zebrahead
Zero 7
Zico chain x3
Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer

2006 didn't quite match the number of albums 2005 had, but 26 was enough to warrant me listing another 15. I expect this will be the last year I do this, but I'm not remembering just what 2007 looked like right now.

Interesting note: 2006 is the first year where I wrote my favorite albums for the year here on last.fm. I didn't look at the list then for fear of corrupting the current list, but I do know a number of them have fallen, and there are a couple that have risen a bit (hello, Copeland, who I didn't even think released a good album in 2006... and Midlake!). Also, Brand New is the only band this entire decade to have two #1 albums. Don't worry though -- they'll make up for that this year.


1. Brand New - The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me


2. The Format - Dog Problems


3. Copeland - Eat, Sleep, Repeat


4. Mellowdrone - Box


5. Deftones - Saturday Night Wrist


6. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - So Divided


7. Midlake - The Trials Of Van Occupanther


8. The Dears - Gang Of Losers


9. Pure Reason Revolution - The Dark Third


10. The Stills - Without Feathers


11. Stephen Brodsky - Stephen Brodsky's Octave Museum


12. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations


13. The XYZ Affair - A Few More Published Studies


14. The Hush Sound - Like Vines


15. Arizona - Welcome Back Dear Children

1. Hillsong United (531 plays)
2. David Crowder Band (465 plays)
3. Elevation Worship (398 plays)
4. Anberlin (376 plays)
5. Relient K (375 plays)
6. Coldplay (365 plays)
7. Kutless (360 plays)
8. Hillsong (349 plays)
9. Skillet (345 plays)
10. Five Iron Frenzy (296 plays)
11. Switchfoot (293 plays)
12. Chris Tomlin (280 plays)
13. Passion Worship Band (263 plays)
13. Shane & Shane (263 plays)
15. Pillar (241 plays)
16. Emery (238 plays)
17. Phil Wickham (232 plays)
18. Flame (228 plays)
19. Jon Foreman (225 plays)
20. Jeremy Camp (223 plays)
21. Hillsong London (201 plays)
22. Falling Up (195 plays)
23. LeCrae (193 plays)
24. Leeland (190 plays)
25. Thousand Foot Krutch (170 plays)
25. Philmont (170 plays)
27. Building 429 (169 plays)
28. Shawn McDonald (166 plays)
29. 116 Clique (160 plays)
30. Charlie Hall (159 plays)
30. Kristian Stanfill (159 plays)
32. Family Force 5 (158 plays)
32. Red (158 plays)
32. Seventh Day Slumber (158 plays)
35. Brave Saint Saturn (154 plays)
36. Mat Kearney (153 plays)
37. Linkin Park (151 plays)
37. Copeland (151 plays)
39. Underoath (150 plays)
39. Matt Redman (150 plays)

I figured Top 40 was a bit excessive so instead I'm going to post my Top 20 Most Listened to Artists and Tracks (as of 04.11.09).

Artists
1. Death Cab for Cutie
2. Brand New
3. Muse
4. Jack's Mannequin
5. Coldplay
6. Bon Iver
7. Damien Rice
8. Jimmy Eat World
9. Copeland
10. Sigur Rós
11. Stars
12. Tegan and Sara
13. Kings of Leon
14. Manchester Orchestra
15. Ellie Goulding
16. Ingrid Michaelson
17. Doves
18. 30 Seconds to Mars
19. The National
20. Elbow

Tracks
1. You Stole
2. Blood Bank
3. The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future
4. Re: Stacks
5. Corner of Your Heart
6. Flume
7. About Today
8. End Credits (Feat. Plan B)
9. Wish I Stayed
10. For Emma
11. Daisy
12. Your Ex-Lover Is Dead (Final Fantasy remix)
13. Don't Forget Me
14. Into Dust
15. In For The Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey remix)
16. Buildings and Mountains
17. On Call
18. No Sunlight
19. Love Will Tear Us Apart
20. Black Tables