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So 2009 isn't quite over yet, but here is my top 40 artists chart for the past year, with short explanations for some of the artists:

1 Dark Moor: 569 scrobbles
Still my favorite band, the band that got me into power metal as well as metal in general.
2 Blind Guardian: 489 scrobbles
Maybe a bit artificially high on my charts because of the number of tracks in Nightfall in Middle Earth, but still deserving of a high spot.
3 Dream Theater: 468 scrobbles
Saw them in July in Asheville, and listened to Black Clouds & Silver Linings about a million times before the show.
4 Queen: 466 scrobbles
5 Helloween: 398 scrobbles
6 Nine Inch Nails: 390 scrobbles
I probably wouldn't have listened to NIN half as much if it wasn't for the fact that The Slip is free and Ghosts I-IV is really cheap. Thanks, Trent.
7 Led Zeppelin: 385 scrobbles
8 Opeth: 349 scrobbles
Everyone should listen to Opeth. Even if you don't like metal.
9 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 342 scrobbles
Easily the most metal artist on my charts.
10 King Crimson: 298 scrobbles
11 Machinae Supremacy: 263 scrobbles
Another good free album, Deus Ex Machinae put this artist high on my charts.
12 Extol: 250 scrobbles
Listened to The Blueprint Dives a lot. If nobody told me, I would never be able to guess that they are the same band that made Burial, which is also great, but in a completely different way.
13 Tool: 247 scrobbles
14 Lacuna Coil: 245 scrobbles
15 Iron Maiden: 230 scrobbles
16 Holy Blood: 227 scrobbles
Of the bands I started listening to in 2009 for the first time, I think Holy Blood is my favorite. I can't wait to hear Oskord once they release something...
17 Nightwish: 222 scrobbles
18 Talking Heads: 206 scrobbles
19 Rush: 196 scrobbles
20 Rhapsody of Fire: 190 scrobbles
21 Yes: 188 scrobbles
There used to be an artist image of Chris Squire with a zebra stripe jacket and triple neck bass with a caption that read something like: "Scientists have determined that it is physically impossible to find a picture more prog than this." That always made me laugh.
22 Angra: 185 scrobbles
23 JT Bruce: 164 scrobbles
I have to say something for all the artists with free stuff - JT Bruce is great if you like technical instrumental prog metal. You can download three albums for free on Jamendo, and you can buy his latest (and best) album, Universica on his website.
24 Sonata Arctica: 163 scrobbles
25 Tourniquet: 153 scrobbles
26 The Allman Brothers Band: 146 scrobbles
27 Theatre of Tragedy: 142 scrobbles
28 Antonio Vivaldi: 141 scrobbles
I listened to a lot more "classical" music this year than I used to, which is something I'm happy about.
29 Cynic: 138 scrobbles
30 Narnia: 134 scrobbles
31 Ensiferum: 127 scrobbles
Saw them at Volume 11 Tavern in Raleigh in November (my car was hit and had to be towed along the way, forcing us to walk part of the way, but it was worth it).
32 Frédéric Chopin: 120 scrobbles
33 Depeche Mode: 118 scrobbles
34 NESkimos: 112 scrobbles
Their albums have tons of short songs, so they are a bit overrated on this chart. Video game cover bands are one of my guilty pleasures.
35 ZAO: 109 scrobbles
I've had The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here for years, but it wasn't until 2009 that I really started listening to it a lot. Usually I'm sort of turned off by metalcore, but I think Zao is pretty good regardless of their genre.
36 XOC: 107 scrobbles
Another video game band with lots of short songs and an unusually high number of scrobbles...
37 Black Sabbath: 106 scrobbles
37 VNV Nation: 106 scrobbles
39 Johann Sebastian Bach: 103 scrobbles
40 DragonForce: 101 scrobbles
DragonForce? How did this get here... I guess when their new album came out I listened to it a lot.

2010 predictions:
Jazz Fusion - I've been listening to Billy Cobham and I'd like to hear more of this. I've always wanted to listen to more Jazz, but I've found it inaccessible. I think I'll enjoy fusion a bit more.

Melodic Death - Since I like Ensiferum and Blackguard, I'd like to listen to more.

Thrash - I really enjoyed Gama Bomb (another artist with a free album available on their website), and I've never really explored thrash metal outside of Metallica/Slayer/Megadeth.

Less Power Metal - I'll probably keep listening to Dark Moor, Helloween, Blind Guardian, and the other artists I like, but I'll probably stop looking into new power metal bands in favor of some of the other genres I listed.

Disclaimer: my top 50 don't really reflect my current taste in music all that well. I'm working on changing that.

1. How did you get into 31?
In Flames. I was looking for a good metal instrumental, and someone recommended Man Made God.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Ah, Cynic's Veil of Maya. This may be my favorite album opener of all time.

3. What's your favorite lyric by 29?
"Bow to the savior of the fearful and desperate / Shepherd of deception / Prophet of infection / Behold the Xenochrist!". Awesome outro. The Faceless were the ones who convinced me that Deathcore wasn't all shit.

4. What is your favourite album by 49?
No contest, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). The first hip-hop album I ever liked.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Mastodon. All five of their full-lengths. I also bough the ATHF movie soundtrack just for Cut You Up With A Linoleum Knife.

6. What is your favorite song by 50?
Demons and Wizards. Probably Fiddler On The Green.

7. Is there a song by 4 that makes you sad?
I'm pretty sure that there's a Beatles song for every emotion. I'll go with Julia.

8. What is your favorite song by 15?
Tough one, because The Doors have a lot of amazing tracks, but I'll say The Unknown Soldier.

9. What is your favorite song by 5?
Kalmah is another tough one. Doubtful About It All, maybe?

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, of course. Off the top of my head, Angel.

11. What is your favorite album by 40?
Definitely Caught Somewhere in Time. Where Iron Maiden peaked in my opinion.

12. What is your favorite song by 10?
Ensiferum. Has to be Into Battle. The guitar solo... rock.

13. What is a good memory you have involving 33?
Explosions in the Sky. Too many to count, mostly involving psychedelics.

14. What is your favorite song by 37?
Radiohead. Surprisingly, I guess it's Meeting In The Aisle, a random instrumental B-side off of some EP.

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Fuck yeah Necrophagist. To Breathe in a Casket always makes me glad that I'm not currently buried alive, I guess.

16. How many times have you seen 24 live?
Lamb of God - just once, in LA. Not that great a show.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
Nirvana. Almost certainly Smells Like Teen Spirit.

18. What is your favorite album by 11?
Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here.

19. Who is a favorite member of 1?
Death? The obvious answer, Chuck Schuldiner (R.I.P.).

20. Have you ever seen 14 live?
Nope, never seen Joe Satriani.

21. What is a good memory involving 45?
Sir Mix-A-Lot? Well, this is embarrassing. The time the Pitt band played Jump on It at halftime at some football game, maybe? (This is one of the artists covered in the above disclaimer, by the way.)

22. What is your favorite song by 16?
Metallica. Easily The Call of Ktulu.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47?
Black Sabbath. Dunno, likely Iron Man.

24. What is your favorite album by 21?
Not much of a selection as far as Dethklok albums go. I liked Dethalbum II better than the first one.

25. What is your favorite song by 18?
Pixies. Hmm... I Bleed.

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 38?
Guns N' Roses. First I can remember is Welcome To The Jungle.

27. What is your favorite lyric by 3?
Sigh... Children of Bodom. Who knows, it's not like the lyrics to any of their songs are distinguishable anyways. Maybe "Warheart! With no compassion or love / Warheart! Hate your fellow as yourself" from Warheart.

28. What is your favorite song by 2?
Sublime. A lot of great songs, but I'll go with Boss D.J..

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32?
Slayer. I think it was Angel of Death, which I still regard as their best song.

30. What is your favorite song by 8?
Wow, this is a tough choice for Led Zeppelin. I have to say Nobody's Fault But Mine, but this is very very close.

31. How many times have you seen 17 live?
I have no idea what OutKast is doing in this position. Never.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy?
Yep, nearly all of Tenacious D's songs will do the trick. Double Team always cracks me up.

33. What is your favorite album by 12?
God Dethroned. Easily Bloody Blasphemy.

34. What is the worst song by 46?
Where to start with Styx? I used to like Mr. Roboto, but all it does now is raise my urge to kill.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34?
Elvis. Hound Dog, I guess?

36. What is your favorite album by 42?
Immortal Technique. Revolutionary Vol. 2 is amazing.

37. How many times have you seen 39 live?
Jay-Z, never.

38. What is your favorite album by 36?
Also a pretty sparse selection for Gorillaz. Between the two, I'll say Demon Days.

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28?
The Who. This is unusual, but the first one I can remember is Christmas.

40. What is your favorite album by 7?
Queen, A Night At The Opera.

Well I've been on last.fm for almost 2 years now and my taste has changed dramatically over time. Looking at my top 50 overall I'm really not happy with most of the artist on their. Partly because at first when I discovered a band I loved I would scrobble the shit out of them until they reached a high status on my charts. Nowadays I can't be bothered with how much I scrobble an artist because there's always so much other music I want to check out. So here I am at 2 am listening to Tom Waits wasting the night away writing about what I think about my top 50.
= Looks great on my charts
= I like them but I'm not for 100% in having them high in my charts
= GTFO my charts.

1. Tool
Took me a while for me to love them. Then when they finally grew on me they immediately became one of my favorite bands. All their albums are great even their live album Salival is something worth checking out. And with each album better than the last I can only imagine how amazing their next album will be since 10,000 Days was so perfect.


2. The Cure
Immediately loved them when I first heard Disintegration. There early post-punk stuff is great but I think they hit they're peak with Disintegration. Weak was alright but everything after pretty much sucks. I still haven't checked out everything by them even with over 2000 scrobbles. They have so much material.


3. Opeth
First checked out Still Life. Loved it. Then Damnation. Bored me, except Windowpane. Like Tool it took me awhile before fully appreciating them. Now they've become one of my favorite bands.


4. Pink Floyd
Yeah classic band. Darkside Of The Moon, The Wall, and Animals are all classics to me.


5. A Perfect Circle
I don't really listen to them at all anymore. At first I was just a blind Tool fan loving Maynard's voice and his lyrics, now I think most lyrics are complete bullshit and appreciate artist for their musicianship. These guys are better than your average mainstream rock bands, some nice song writing that sets them apart from simply sounding generic. 3 Libras will always be one of my favorite songs.


6. Katatonia
I'm always an "on again off again" type of relationship with these guys. First heard The Great Cold Distance, loved it at first now I can barely sit through the whole thing. There other albums are the same, except Brave Murder Day which will always be their best. Overall, they have a lot of gems spread out in their albums, the best usually being bonus tracks and CD-singles.


7. Celldweller
I used to listen to this guy all the time. Now I think he is pretty overrated. Being a part of the AMV community is really sickening because everyone considers this guy a genius, pretty much every single song is done to death. Why do people praise this guy for being a one man band? Like there isn't millions of other solo artist who also create great music. He has some great material but I wouldn't call anything he's done a masterpiece. Every song he has released lately has been solid but I really don't think he can create a great album. I'll take a great album over a great song any day.


8. Puscifer
Actually checked him out before APC or Tool. Still love this project. V is for Vagina is a great album but I do think that it is very hit and miss. The stuff he has been putting out lately especially The Humbling River have got to be the best material released on here. I'm liking this new atmospheric direction.


9. Rise Against
My favorite generic nostalgic band. I don't really listen to them at all anymore but I don't mind it when I do.


10. Metallica
Really not sure how they got this high on my charts in the first place. I think they're classic albums for the most part are very overrated. Kill 'em All and ...And Justice for All are pretty good though. When Death Magnetic first released I loved it but since then I've gotten into a lot of other superior metal bands.


11. Eminem
Yeah hes a guilty pleasure. Will always be.


12. Devin Townsend
I completely love this guys work. His insanity is of my liking. Great musicianship. Addicted has also got to be one of my favorite 09 releases.


13. Agalloch
These guys can't release a bad record. Everything they've done is great.


14. King Crimson
Masters of Prog? Yeah In the Court of the Crimson King, Larks Tongue in Aspic and Red. are all essential for every prog lover.


15. Shining
Checked these guys out when I read that fucked up description about their beliefs and live performances, I just had to hear how fucked up this was. I'm glad I did give them a listen. Besides being fucked up V: Halmstad has got to be one of the greatest pieces of music I have ever heard. Every track is mind blowing. I haven't really gave their earlier stuff much of a listen. VI: Klagopsalmer was awful though.


16. Meshuggah
Didn't really want to check them out because how stupid their band pictures look. Chaosphere made me laugh, Jens Kidman sounded like a barking dog and the music just sucked. Catch-33 was a much better experience, their music was kind of annoying but I think that's what inevitably made them great for me....for some reason, don't really know how to describe my feelings toward them. They also became the headliners of the first concert I attended :).


17. Infected Mushroom
First heard the song Artillery which was great. I didn't check out the full album until a long time after which I regret because Vicious Delicious is a damn satisfying album. I don't care about how pop it is compared to how magical their earlier albums are. Infected Popshroom > Infected Mushroom. Not too much of a fan of them, they're live performance was hands down the best I've been too. I also helped advertise for them in their fanmanager street team and won an autographed poster and CD :D.


18. Amon Amarth
Twilight of the Thunder God unleashed my hidden craving for death metal. Now I think it's a pretty boring record. Metal gets old fast man.


19. Jerry Goldsmith
Lol, short lived movie soundtrack craving.


20. Angelspit
Addicting shit. Addicting when I first heard them. Still as addicting now. Even they're new release cleared my disappointment after a few listens. 2nd album has yet to grasp me.


21. My Bloody Valentine
Loveless


22. Beastie Boys
Hell Yeah! Probably a guilty pleasure, isn't it?


23. "Weird Al" Yankovic
Another guilty pleasure, right?


24. Nine Inch Nails
I never really liked them as much as I wanted to. All these scrobbles are a failed attempt for the most part. The Downward Spiral and The Fragile have some good songs but other than that I have never been able to see the magic.


25. Linkin Park
Angry generic emo shit.


26. Joy Division
A truly great band. Ian Curtis wrote some wonderful songs. Lyrics are all fantastic. Simple but hold so much meaning.


27. Ayreon
Gets old after while.


28. Mastodon
They're pretty good. Crack The Skye is such an overrated album it's ridiculous. Leviathan is great.


29. Cynic
Metal Gods!


30. Tom Waits
Absolute genius!


31. maudlin of the Well
Fucking insane band. Toby Driver is a genius.


32. Mindless Self Indulgence
Yeah I considered myself daring for listening to a band like this. They still have a few classics but I don't really listen to them anymore.


33. Modest Mouse
Have some great songs but as albums go they tend to fade with time.


34. John Carpenter
Only around Halloween


35. Scarling.
They are great...I haven't listened to them in a long time now


36. Guns N' Roses
Meh.


37. Shpongle
Should be as high as Infected Mushroom. Great music.


38. Porcupine Tree
I haven't really listened to many albums by them. I love Deadwing and Lightbulb Sun but most of the other stuff I've checked out is pretty boring.


39. Astronautalis
Amazing artist. Barrel Jumping (A Man Of Letters), The Waterfall and The Story of My Life all have got to be some of the greatest songs I've heard.


40. Thousand Foot Krutch
Generic Christian Rock


41. System of a Down
Such a faux pas


42. Vader
They won't be relevant in a couple of months


43. Have a Nice Life
Great album. Great bootleg demo album but recently I'm not feeling what I felt when I first listened months ago.


44. ASHES dIVIDE
Wow something completely shot out of my life.


45. Gojira
Metal that doesn't get boring. Great drumming also.


46. J.Viewz
Local New York band. Chill out album. So great.


47. Unwound
Leaves Turn Inside You is so great but like Have a Nice Life I think I'm growing out of this depressing shit.


48. Dane Cook
Why did I have him to begin with? =(


49. Bill Conti
Short lived Rocky soundtrack addiction. Still great but not something meant for heavy listening.


50. Black Light Burns
I kind of forced myself to like them. They suck. Only New Hunger, Cruel Melody and Lucretia My Reflection are good.



Final Verdict: Only 23 out of 50 artist I am satisfied with =(

Aeternam(x2)
All That Remains
A Perfect Murder
Ashes of Eden
Augury
Behemoth
Beneath the Massacre
Car Bomb
Children of Bodom
Common Grave
Cynic
Deathmarch
Divinity
Dying Fetus
Fuck the Facts
Gojira (x2)
High on Fire
Into Eternity
In Flames (x2)
Job for a Cowboy
Megadeth
Meshuggah
Necrophagist
Neuraxis
Quo Vadis
Slaotvean
Suffocation
The Chariot
The Faceless
Unexpect (x2)
Veil of Maya
Whitechapel

USA [19]
Nine Inch Nails
Isis
Tool
Metallica
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Dream Theater
A Perfect Circle
Cynic
OSI
Rishloo
Deftones
Thursday
Misery Index
Marilyn Manson
Mastodon
At the Drive-In
Baroness
WHY?
Neurosis

UK [9]
Anathema
Porcupine Tree
Antimatter
Mogwai
Archive
Radiohead
Frank Turner
65daysofstatic
Muse

France [6]
Nihil
Empyr
Saez
Year of No Light
Mihai Edrisch
Noir Désir

Japan [6]
Dir en grey
Motoi Sakuraba
Envy
Heaven In Her Arms
MUCC
Akira Yamaoka

Sweden [5]
Opeth
Katatonia
Cult of Luna
Pain of Salvation
Draconian

Poland [3]
Riverside
Indukti
Lunatic Soul

Canada [2]
Alpha Galates
Harmonium

1. How did you get into 29?
Calle 13 - Radio, TV, etc...

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Municipal Waste - Pre-game

How many albums by 13 do you own?
東京スカパラダイスオーケストラ - None =(.

4. What is your favorite song by 15?
Mumakil - I'd say... IV

5. What is your favorite song by 5?
Metric - Gimme Sympathy

6. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
Pink Floyd - Ohh yes... Shine on You Crazy Diamond

7. What is your favorite song by 10?
Ben Folds - Probably... Zak and Sara

8. What is a good memory you have involving 30?
Nach - Pfff, none, hahaha.

9. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Explosions in the Sky - All of them :).

10. How many times have you seen 25 live?
Ska-P Never =(. i was going to see them... But the show got cancelled.

11. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
dälek - Swollen Tongue Bums


12. What is your favorite album by 11?
M83 - Saturdays = Youth

13. Who is a favorite member of 1?
Porcupine Tree - Mr. Steven Wilson

14. Have you ever seen 14 live?
Death - =(

15. What is a good memory involving 27?
Neil Perry - Dunno, everything *__*.

16. What is your favorite song by 16?
Mono - Mmh... I'd say... Follow The Map ... But i can't really decide.

17. What is your favorite album by 18?
Sigur Rós - ( )

18. What is your favorite song by 21?
Cynic - Evolutionary Sleeper

19. What is the first song you ever heard by 26?
Paramore - That's What You Get

20. What is your favorite album by 2?
NOFX - The Decline

21. What is you favorite song by 3?
dredg - This is a though one... I'll go for Same O'l Road

22. What is you favorite song by 8?
The Gathering - You Learn About It

23. How many times have you seen 17 live?
dälek - Never.

24. What is the worst song by 12?
Emperor - Unexistent.

25. What was the first song you ever heard by 28?
Textures - Old Days Born Anew

26. What is you favorite album by 7?
Lily Allen - Alright, Still

27. What is your favorite song by 24?
God Is an Astronaut - Post Mortem

28. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy?
Textures - Awake

29. What is your favorite album by 4?
Napalm Death - Scum

30. How many albums do you own by 20?
Pg.99 - None :(.

15 Miles Sour
Airbourne
Amon Amarth
At the Gates
Bad Religion
Beast (Ger)
Blackwaves
Blizzard (Ger)
Bone Man
Borknagar
Bullet
Caleya
Carcass
Cathedral
Cynic (2x)
David Gogo
DeathRiders
Deep Purple
Dimmu Borgir
Disbelief
Down On Knees
einsatzkommando (Ger)
Enforcer (2x)
Engel
Ensiferum
Enslaved
Excrementory Grindfuckers
Exodus
Flogging Molly
Frankie's Freakshow (2x)
Froschgott
Gotthard
Grave
Gentleman
GWAR
Hans Ehlert
Heaven & Hell
Helge Schneider
Infernäl Death (2x)
Inner Axis
Iron Kobra (2x)
Iron Maiden
J.B.O.
Joanne Shaw Taylor
Judas Priest
Julains Wake
Knorkator
Kodiak
Kongh
Kreator
Lobotomia
Mambo Kurt
Manilla Road
Marius Müller Westernhagen
Massacre
Megadeth
Motörhead
Mukra
Municipal Waste
NEUME
NNB
Noise Forest
Obituary
Opeth
Paradox
Pentagram (Chl)
Piledriver
Portrait
Pretty Maids
Q5
Rapalje
Razor
REZET (Ger) (3x)
Saltatio Mortis (2x)
Sarke
SCHNAAK
Slowly Rotten
Smeagol
Sweet Savage
Tank
Tankard
Tarentatec
Ten Years After
Tequila and the Sunrise Gang
Testament
The Haunted
The Keltics
The Ocean
The Rods
The Sweet
Tito & Tarantula
Torfrock (2x)
Über
UFO
Vreid
Warbringer
Whiplash
White Lilium
Wishbone Ash
Witchcurse

11-03 Minus the Bear @ Glass House
11-11 Glassjaw @ Mayan
11-12 Glassjaw @ Glass House
11-13 Red Sparowes @ Vacation Vinyl (FREE)
11-14 Russian Circles/Young Widows/Helms Alee @ The Echoplex
11-19 Mastodon/Dethklok/Converge/High on Fire @ Palladium
11-20 Deftones @ Avalon (Benefit for Chi)
12-03 Baroness @ The Troubadour
12-14 Mew @ Henry Fonda Theater
12-16 Melt-Banana/Tera Melos @ The Troubadour
01-04 Open Hand @ Spaceland
01-17 Between the Buried and Me/Cynic/DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND/Scale The Summit @ House of Blues Sunset Strip

Past shows for 2009:
01-03 Babyland @ Spaceland
01-16 North @ Knitting Factory
01-17 Autolux @ Henry Fonda Theatre
01-22 El Ten Eleven @ The Silver Lake Lounge
02-03 Meshuggah/Cynic *1*
02-05 El Ten Eleven/Charlotte Martin @ The Hotel Cafe
02-13 Don Caballero/sBACH @ Spaceland
02-19 Far @ The Velvet Jones
02-21 Grails @ Spaceland
03-14 Clevis/Solar Wimp/Totally Serious/The Littlest Viking @ the Cocaine
03-17 ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead @ Echoplex
03-20 Karin Tatoyan @ Spaceland
03-26 Forbidden @ Key Club
03-27 Pelican @ Troubadour
04-03 Acid Mothers Temple/Kinski @ The Echo
04-04 noodles/The Outline @ Silver Lake Lounge
04-05 Autolux @ Glass House
04-10 Karin Tatoyan @ Echo and El Ten Eleven @ Home [I made it to both shows!!!]
04-12 Silversun Pickups @ Glass House
04-14 Taproot @ Key Club
04-17 Kylesa/Intronaut/Made Out of Babies/Black Elk @ Echoplex
04-24 Emily Wells @ Bardot *1*
04-30 Silversun Pickups @ Echoplex
05-07 Sleepytime Gorilla Museum @ Key Club
05-09 Threadbare reunion show w/Unbroken @ Glass House
05-13 Traindodge/National Sunday Law @ Blue Monkey Bar
05-18 The Life and Times @ Spaceland
05-22 dredg/Torche @ Troubadour
05-23 dredg/Torche @ Troubadour
05-24 Gojira/Car Bomb @ Key Club *1*
06-04 Karin Tatoyan @ The Echo
06-05 King's X @ Key Club *1*
06-20 friday nights @ ???
06-21 Shellac/Arcwelder @ Echoplex
06-24 Isis @ Henry Fonda Theater *1*
07-11 Tortoise @ Troubadour *1*
07-22 Elbow @ Wiltern *1*
07-17 Three Mile Pilot @ Spaceland *1*
07-29 Themselves/[Post-Foetus]/Emily Wells @ Spaceland
08-03 Gomez @ Wiltern
08-05 Torche/Big Business @ Knitting Factory
08-11 Sunn O)))/The Accused/Eagle Twin @ Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock
08-14 El Ten Eleven @ Bootleg Theater
08-20 friday nights @ the Gap in Studio City
08-28 Intronaut/Cattle Decapitation @ Cobalt Cafe
09-01 Mew @ The Troubadour
09-07 Mew @ the Detroit Bar
09-09 Emily Wells @ Echo
09-15 Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Fox Theater
09-30 Kylesa/Bison/Saviours/Black Math Horsemen @ Knitting Factory *1*
10-08 Coalesce/Cave In @ Knitting Factory
10-10 These Arms Are Snakes @ Knitting Factory
But seeing Far open for Thursday and could care less for Thursday
10-11 Sunny Day Real Estate @ Henry Fonda Theater
10-13 Mono/Maserati @ El Rey
10-15 Jesus Lizard @ Henry Fonda Theater
10-18 Dysrhythmia @ Relax Bar
10-24 El Ten Eleven @ Bootleg Theater
10-28 Pelican @ The Troubadour
10-30 Professor Calculus @ The Smell

*1* Denotes that I didn't record the show...