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1 Duke Special 193

top of my chart and likely to stay pretty high for a while , though with three new albums on 09 its likley to go quiet from the duke for a while.

2 Miriam Jones 112

what a great artist. she was releasing a free song every month! hopefully we will see more from her in 2010

3 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds110
number 3 despite no new album this year

4 Boo Hewerdine103
i so need to buy boo's new cd

5 Cornershop95
they are back. forget the idea of one hit wonders they are on form. another cd on my shppoing list

6 Show of Hands93

great gig, and nice new album (maybe not as good as witness)
7 Ian Brown83

good live gig but expect ian to fall down my chart significantly next year
8 Sinéad O'Connor77

9 Foy Vance76
before 09 i'd only heard him doing backing vocals for iain archer - wow what an artist. and his new ep with the ulster orchestra is a must buy
10 The Waterboys73

11 Lobelia71
definaly need to buy some of lo's cds (and look into organising a gig for her - though little baby flapjack might make that a bit hard)

11 Rachel Taylor-Beales71

strangely very low profile with very little publicity for her red tree album. album 3 should be due in 2010 and if its half as good as red tree it will be great

13 Chumbawamba66
seen live 4 times this year, low listning figs but due a new album in spring

14 U2 62 thats despite a new cd out in 09. i'm loosing interest

15 Bob Dylan58

16 Spearhead56
note Micheal franti and spearhead get three seperate enteries on this chart. if all his recordings would scrobble the same he'd have been at number two in my chart

17 Depeche Mode54

18 Martyn Joseph 51

19 Steve Knightley 50
front man from show of hands

20 New Model Army 48

20 Emmanuel Jal 48

22 Steve Earle 47
seen live this year, really should get his new album but doesn't feel essential (given he is in the studio with t bone burnett this year his 2010 album may well be essential)

23 Bruce Springsteen 45

24 David Ford 44

25 16 Horsepower 34

26 Deacon Blue 33

27 Michael Franti & Spearhead 32

28 Michael Franti 30

28 The Hall Brothers 30
seen Nick hall more times than i can count this last year (with duncan think i'm on 5 gigs, on his own or with michelle plum a few more) given the quality of stuff nick is doing live his 2010 album should be essential. (think he is recording with michelle plum so expect plumhall to be pretty high in next years charts

30 Sway 29

20. Ian Brown - My Way


19. Röyksopp - Junior


18. Maxïmo Park - Quicken the Heart


17. The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules


16. Starsailor - All The Plans


15. The Temper Trap - Conditions


14. White Lies - To Lose My Life


13. Placebo - Battle For The Sun


12. The Soundtrack of Our Lives - Communion


11. Muse - The Resistance


10. Doves - Kingdom Of Rust


9. Editors - In This Light And On This Evening


8. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion


7. Pearl Jam - Backspacer


6. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - The Century of Self


5. Thrice - Beggars


4. Mew - No More Stories Are Told Today I'm Sorry They Washed Away


3. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest


2. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix


1. The Boxer Rebellion - Union

Hi

Voting is currently taking place to include four new artists in the British Rock Artists League for its fourth season. The British Rock Artists League is a competition between the country's greatest rock artists to see who is the best. It is decided entirely by voters, and works in a round robin format. Plus there is an alternative cup that runs alongside it.

Click here to vote for the four new artists! Looking forward to having you participate!

Artists already in Season 4

The Beatles Pink Floyd Led Zeppelin The Who The Clash Queen Radiohead The Rolling Stones Blur Muse David Bowie Black Sabbath The Cure Oasis Joy Division Iron Maiden Sex Pistols Placebo Coldplay The Verve Franz Ferdinand Arctic Monkeys Deep Purple The Smiths Dire Straits Kaiser Chiefs Motörhead Manic Street Preachers The Stone Roses Bloc Party The Kinks Kasabian The Libertines Porcupine Tree Pulp Travis Editors Genesis Yes Snow Patrol The Police Cream The Jam Stereophonics Klaxons The Kooks Judas Priest Mogwai Jethro Tull Feeder Belle and Sebastian Keane King Crimson T.Rex Biffy Clyro The Sisters of Mercy Oceansize Anathema Marillion My Dying Bride Buzzcocks Suede The Jesus and Mary Chain Elbow Primal Scream The Fratellis Ash Rainbow The Futureheads Bauhaus Slowdive Lostprophets Camel Napalm Death Paradise Lost Carcass

Artists relegated from the league at the end of Season 3

Venom Diamond Head DragonForce Bullet For My Valentine


Artists that have been voted for already

65daysofstatic Al Stewart Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias Alestorm Amplifier Amusement Parks on Fire Architects Art Brut Babyshambles Bal-Sagoth Barclay James Harvest Big Linda Black Grape Blackfield Bôa Bolt Thrower British Sea Power Bush Catatonia Cathedral Chikinki Chumbawamba Cock Sparrer Crass Crippled Black Phoenix Depeche Mode Discharge Doves Echo & The Bunnymen Electric Light Orchestra Electric Wizard Emerson, Lake & Palmer Eric Clapton Evile Fall of Efrafa Foals Forefather Funeral for a Friend Gallows Gary Numan George Harrison Glasvegas Godflesh Gomez Gorillaz Happy Mondays Hawkwind I Am Kloot Ian Brown Idlewild iLiKETRAiNS James Jesu Johnny Foreigner Kitty Hudson KT Tunstall Kula Shaker Late of the Pier Los Campesinos! Lush Madness Magazine Manatees Mansun Maxïmo Park Mothlite Mumford & Sons Nazareth Oi Polloi One Night Only Patrick Wolf Paul Weller Penetration Peter Doherty PJ Harvey Portishead Public Image Ltd. Pure Reason Revolution Queen Adreena Razorlight Reuben Richard Ashcroft Ride Saxon Seth Lakeman Sham 69 Shed Seven Siouxsie and the Banshees Skunk Anansie Skyclad Sons and Daughters Spacemen 3 Spiritualized Status Quo Super Furry Animals Supergrass Supertramp Sweet Syd Barrett Television Personalities Tesseract The Adicts The Adverts The Automatic The Beautiful South The Charlatans The Cooper Temple Clause The Cribs The Damned The Darkness The Draytones The Enemy The Exploited The Eyes Of A Traitor The Home Guard The Horrors The Kills The La's The Little Flames The Mission The Raincoats The Rakes The Rascals The Rifles The Specials The Stranglers The Toy Dolls The Vibrators The View The Wombats The xx The Yardbirds TheTrees Turin Brakes Upcdowncleftcrightcabc+start Uriah Heep White Lies Whitesnake Wire X-Ray Spex Nine Black Alps Wild Beasts

Top Ten Albums

No particular order.

1. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
2. Eels - Hombre Loco
3. Madness - The Liberty Of Norton Folgate
4. Dinosaur Jr - Farm
5. Karen O and the Kids - Where The Wild Things Are
6. Raekwon - Only Built For Cuban Linx II
7. Ian Brown - My Way
8. Sonic Youth - The Eternal
9. Neutal Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea: Vinyl Reissue
10. Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan - An Audience with Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan - Live at the Union Chapel: Bootleg

Last FM - Top Ten Artists

As culled from the Last FM list.

1. Eels
2. Pavement
3. The Gutter Twins
4. Dinosaur Jr.
5. Neutral Milk Hotel
6. Paul Westerberg
7. Madness
8. Buffalo Tom
9. Mos Def
10. Wilco

Last FM - Top Ten Tracks

As culled from the Last FM list.

1. Eels - The Look You Give That Guy
2. Greg Dulli - Tell Everyone
3. Neutral Milk Hotel - The Fool
4. Neutral Milk Hotel - Two Headed Boy
5. Madness - Bingo
6. Wheat - Don't I Hold You
7. Eels - Prizefighter
8. Dinosaur Jr. - Over It
9. Paul Westerberg - Lookin' Up In Heaven
10. Greg Dulli - King Only

Last FM - Top Ten Albums

As culled from the Last FM list.

1. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
2. Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan - An Audience with Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan - Live at the Union Chapel: Bootleg
3. Paul Westerberg - Folker
4. Mos Def - The Ecstatic
5. Greg Dulli - Live at Triple Door
6. Dinosaur Jr. - Farm
7. Eels - Hombre Lobo
8. Eels - Blinking Lights And Other Revelations
9. Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted: Luxe & Reduxe
10. dEUS - Worst Case Scenario

001: I Monster - Goodbye Sun
002: Peter Doherty - Last Of The English Roses
003: Eels - That Look You Give That Guy
004: Jarvis Cocker - I Never Said I Was Deep
005: Peter Doherty - Lady Don't Fall Backwards
006: Noel Gallagher - Half the World Away
007: I Monster - A Sucker For Your Sound
008: I Monster - Dear John
009: Jamie T - Earth, Wind & Fire
010: The Rumble Strips - Not The Only Person
011: I Monster - The Best
012: The Rifles - Fall to Sorrow
013: Peter Doherty - Broken Love Story
014: Pet Shop Boys - The way it used to be
015: Eels - Beginner's Luck
016: Lisa Ekdahl - Give Me That Slow Knowing Smile
017: Jarvis Cocker - You're In My Eyes (Discosong)
018: Iggy Pop - A Machine For Loving
019: Reverend and The Makers - Hidden Persuaders
020: Mélanie Pain - Peut Etre Pas
021: Erobique & Jacques Palminger - Wann strahlst Du?
022: Arctic Monkeys - The Jeweller's Hands
023: The Dead Weather - I Cut Like a Buffalo
024: The Rumble Strips - Welcome To The Walk Alone
025: Eels - My Timing Is Off
026: Franz Ferdinand - Bite Hard
027: Eels - The Longing
028: Psapp - Screws
029: Eels - Ordinary Man
030: Franz Ferdinand - Katherine Kiss Me
031: Ancient Astronauts - Surfing the Silvatide
032: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Crazy
033: Jarvis Cocker - Further Complications
034: Peter Doherty - A Little Death Around the Eyes
035: Beck - Stranger Song
036: Pet Shop Boys - More than a dream
037: The Rumble Strips - Daniel
038: Reverend and The Makers - Mermaids
039: Arctic Monkeys - Cornerstone (Maida Vale Studios 2009)
040: Franz Ferdinand - Live Alone
041: The Dandy Warhols - The Last High
042: God Help The Girl - God Help The Girl
043: Ian Brown - Just Like You
044: Jarvis Cocker - Fuckingsong
045: Timber Timbre - Lay Down In The Tall Grass
046: Au Revoir Simone - Another Likely Story
047: The Ideal Husband - I'll Stop To Play With You
048: Ian Brown - Marathon Man
049: Dial M for murder! - Do You Think So I Don't
050: Regina Spektor - The Calculation
051: Charlotte Gainsbourg - Heaven Can Wait
052: Eels - In My Dreams
053: The View - Unexpected
054: Camera Obscura - Forest and Sands
055: 1990s - The Box
056: The City and Horses - Little Finland
057: Iggy Pop - I Want To Go To The Beach
058: Beck - Suzanne
059: Jamie T - Hocus Pocus
060: Monsters of Folk - Baby Boomer
061: Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses
062: Camera Obscura - You Told a Lie
063: Peter Doherty - Arcady
064: The Ideal Husband - Objects in the mirror
065: The Clean - In the Dreamlife You Need a Rubber Soul
066: The Kingsbury Manx - Over the Oeuvre
067: God Help The Girl - Perfection As A Hipster
068: The View - Shock Horror
069: Sodaphon - Local Comic Yesterday Store
070: Laleh - Big City Love
071: 1990s - Local Science
072: Holidays on Ice - Eat A Peach
073: The Whitest Boy Alive - Rollercoaster Ride
074: The View - Distant Doubloon
075: The Albertans - Warring Man
076: Jarvis Cocker - Leftovers
077: Dial M for murder! - NYC (Now You Care)
078: The View - Double Yellow Lines
079: Holidays on Ice - Fortune
080: Pet Shop Boys - Love etc.
081: Sodaphon - Early Morning Ticket
082: Peter Doherty - Sheepskin Tearaway
083: I Monster - Cool Coconuts
084: Charlotte Gainsbourg - Dandelion
085: God Help The Girl - I'm In Love With the City
086: Sodaphon - What´s In The News?
087: MJ Hibbett & the Validators - My Boss Was In An Indie Band Once
088: Peter Doherty - Salomè (Acoustic)
089: Jamie T - Emily's Heart
090: Regina - Terveiset paivantasaajalta
091: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - The Sun Ain't Shining No More
092: Jamie T - Castro Dies
093: Mélanie Pain - if you knew
094: Dial M for murder! - You said
095: Jamie T - Sticks 'n' Stones
096: Holidays on Ice - Dog House
097: Mélanie Pain - My name
098: Kissogram - The Deserter
099: Iggy Pop - Spanish Coast
100: Mélanie Pain - Tomorrow Never
101: The National - So Far Around The Bend
102: Diving With Andy - Sugar Sugar
103: Jarvis Cocker - Slush
104: Raz Ohara And The Odd Orchestra - Miracle
105: Manic Street Preachers - Doors Closing Slowly
106: Jonna Lee - Lake Chermain
107: Golden Silvers - True Romance (True No. 9 Blues)
108: Bishop Allen - Tiger, Tiger
109: Fryars - Lakehouse
110: Psapp - The Camel's Back
111: Kasabian - Ladies And Gentlemen (Roll The Dice)
112: Peter Doherty - Palace Of Bone
113: God Help The Girl - Musician, Please Take Heed
114: Dial M for murder! - The Mourning Comes The Morning After
115: Spoon - Got Nuffin
116: Ian Brown - Stellify
117: The Rifles - Science in Violence
118: Charlotte Gainsbourg - Time of the Assassins
119: The Whitest Boy Alive - Island
120: Kissogram - Rubber And Meat
121: the Little Hands of Asphalt - Blue & Green
122: Kissogram - Tonight I'll Go Out Alone
123: Franz Ferdinand - No You Girls
124: Das Pop - Girl Be A Man
125: balstyrko - Jagten paa noget
126: Kasabian - Where Did All the Love Go?
127: Mélanie Pain - Celle de mes vingt ans
128: God Help The Girl - The Psychiatrist Is In
129: Dial M for murder! - Fiction of her dreams
130: Wild Beasts - All the Kings Men
131: Friska Viljor - If I Die Now
132: Franz Ferdinand - Twilight Omens
133: Eels - Prizefighter
134: Kissogram - Prominent Man
135: Pet Shop Boys - Pandemonium
136: Regina - Tapaa minut aamulla
137: Franz Ferdinand - Can't Stop Feeling
138: Air - Sing Sang Sung
139: Hockey - Too Fake
140: Jan Delay - Kommando Bauchladen
141: God Help The Girl - He's a Loving Kind of Boy
142: Erobique & Jacques Palminger - Finsterwalde
143: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - The Golden Age
144: Jamie T - British Intelligence
145: Reverend and The Makers - Long Long Time
146: Dial M for murder! - You can't have me
147: Jarvis Cocker - Angela
148: Jamie T - Chaka Demus
149: Regina - Sain levyt joita et halua kuunnella
150: Phantom Ghost - All manner of thing shall be well
151: Timber Timbre - Magic Arrow
152: The Albertans - We're On Our Own
153: The Ideal Husband - Terrified
154: Beck - Stories of the Street
155: Dial M for murder! - Oh no!
156: The Rumble Strips - London
157: balstyrko - Roennebaer
158: Regina - Musta musta puutarha
159: Station 17 feat Fettes Brot - Ohne Regen Kein Regenbogen
160: Oliver Koletzki - Zuckerwatte (feat. Juli Holz)
161: Hockey - Song Away
162: Monsters of Folk - Goodway
163: Jarvis Cocker - Hold Still
164: The Decemberists - The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned)
165: Pet Shop Boys - Vulnerable
166: Say Hi - November Was White, December Was Grey
167: Gregory Alan Isakov - One of Us Cannot Be Wrong
168: Sodaphon - Drama
169: Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson - Relator
170: The Rifles - The Great Escape
171: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Around The Bend
172: Kasabian - Fire
173: The xx - Infinity
174: Arctic Monkeys - Dangerous Animals
175: Iggy Pop - Les Feuilles Mortes
176: Reverend and The Makers - Silence Is Talking
177: The Rifles - For the Meantime
178: Erobique & Jacques Palminger - Kathrin + Lars
179: Wave Machines - Keep The Lights On
180: I Monster - Escape from New Yorkshire
181: The Coronas - Far From Here
182: Gorillaz - Broken (demo)
183: Mika - Dr. John
184: Hockey - Everyones The Same Age
185: Mando Diao - Gloria
186: Super Furry Animals - Mt.
187: Franz Ferdinand - Backwards On My Face (Dub Version)
188: I Monster - A Pad Is Waiting
189: Kasabian - West Rider Silver Bullet
190: Das Pop - Let Me In
191: Editors - Papillon
192: Reverend and The Makers - No Soap In a Dirty War
193: Jonathan Johansson - Aldrig ensam
194: The Rifles - Romeo & Julie
195: The Flaming Lips - I Can Be A Frog
196: The National - Mansion On The Hill
197: Laroca - Brassic
198: Röyksopp - Happy Up Here
199: Bishop Allen - The Magpie
200: Flight of the Conchords - Hurt Feelings
201: Friska Viljor - People Are Getting Old
202: Regina Spektor - Laughing With
203: Golden Silvers - Queen of the 21st Century
204: Jamie T - Chaka Demus
205: Charlotte Gainsbourg - Le Chat Du Café Des Artistes
206: Jonathan Johansson - En hand i himlen
207: I Monster - Lust For A Vampyr
208: Mando Diao - Go Out Tonight
209: Gorillaz - Electric Shock (Demo)
210: The View - 5 Rebeccas
211: Little Dragon - Swimming
212: Cornershop - Operation Push
213: Das Pop - The Last Love
214: Monsters of Folk - Magic Marker
215: Hockey - Curse This City
216: M. Ward - Never Had Nobody Like You
217: El Perro del Mar - Change Of Heart
218: God Help The Girl - A Down and Dusky Blonde
219: Say Hi - Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
220: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Runaway
221: A Band Called Quinn - Fluff Girl
222: The xx - Islands
223: Kent - Svarta linjer
224: Beck - One Of Us Cannot Be Wrong
225: Jason Lytle - Birds Encouraged Him
226: Parker Lewis - Bash the Cynicals
227: Ian Brown - Laugh Now
228: Das Pop - Fool For Love
229: WhoMadeWho - The Plot
230: The xx - Stars
231: Mando Diao - High Heels
232: Holidays on Ice - Dust Bunnies
233: Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Lady Jessica and Sam
234: Mando Diao - You Got Nothing On Me
235: Just Jack - 253
236: God Help The Girl - Stills
237: balstyrko - intet stopper helt
238: Kissogram - Backseat of my Mind
239: Girl With The Gun - In the sunshine
240: Monsters of Folk - Map Of The World
241: Laleh - Go Go
242: Bat for Lashes - Daniel
243: Charlotte Gainsbourg - Master's Hands
244: Wave Machines - I Go I Go I Go
245: Mika - Good Gone Girl
246: Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Fall Aside
247: Mélanie Pain - Plus Vite Que Le Temps
248: Arctic Monkeys - Potion Approaching
249: Johnny Cash - Big River (Count De Money Remix)
250: The Whitest Boy Alive - Courage
251: The Raveonettes - Suicide
252: Miss Kittin & The Hacker - Ray Ban
253: Regina Spektor - Genius Next Door
254: Jan Delay - Überdosis Fremdscham
255: Jay-Jay Johanson - Medicine
256: Voxtrot - Berlin, Without Return
257: RipChord - Shoot You Down
258: Das Pop - Wings
259: Laroca - La Glorieta
260: Mando Diao - Dance With Somebody
261: 1990s - Balthazar
262: The Dead Weather - 3 Birds
263: The Cribs - We Share The Sames Skies
264: Morrissey - That's How People Grow Up
265: Mike Patton - Chelios
266: Peter Von Poehl - Near the End of the World
267: audie darling - Little Bird
268: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - The Road
269: Graham Coxon - Humble Man
270: Noah and the Whale - My Broken Heart
271: M. Ward - For Beginners
272: Flight of the Conchords - Carol Brown
273: Urlaub in Polen - marseilles swell
274: Friska Viljor - Sunny Day
275: The Brute Chorus - All The Pilgrims
276: Ancient Astronauts - All Of The Things You Do
277: The Nightgowns - Solid Gold 2
278: Holidays on Ice - Plunkett St Push
279: Little Dragon - Never Never
280: Charlotte Gainsbourg - Looking Glass Blues
281: Jan Delay - Showgeschäft
282: The Cribs - Cheat On Me
283: James - Not So Strong
284: Ödland - Les yeux de l'oiseau
285: Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - The Family
286: Cornershop - Judy Sucks A Lemon For Breakfast
287: Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension
288: Starfucker - Medicine
289: The xx - Basic Space
290: Sodaphon - Shalalalala
291: Erobique & Jacques Palminger - Henri le chat
292: The Raveonettes - Bang!
293: Wave Machines - The Greatest Escape We Ever Made
294: Psapp - Parker
295: A Band Called Quinn - D.I.Y.
296: Darren Hayman & The Secondary Modern - Amy and Rachel
297: MPHO - Last Supper
298: The Lightning Seeds - Said And Done
299: The Gossip - Dimestore Diamond
300: A Camp - Bear on the Beach
301: The City and Horses - I don't want to dream
302: Duncan Sheik - The Tale of Solomon Snell
303: Polly Scattergood - Please Don't Touch
304: The Flaming Lips - Sagittarius Silver Announcement
305: Desire - MIRROIR MIRROIR
306: Maxïmo Park - A Cloud of Mystery
307: Madness - The Liberty Of Norton Folgate
308: Oh Sweet Music! - four long years
309: Muse - Uprising
310: Jay-Jay Johanson - Lighting strikes
311: Flight of the Conchords - You Don't Have To Be A Prostitute
312: Fryars - Olive Eyes
313: Timid Tiger - Palm beach bar
314: Oliver Koletzki - Headshaped box (feat. Kate Mosh)
315: RipChord - Another World
316: The Dutchess and the Duke - Scorpio
317: Telekinesis! - Imaginary Friend
318: The Flaming Lips - Convinced Of The Hex
319: The Raveonettes - Heart Of Stone
320: A Camp - Here Are Many Wild Animals
321: The Mary Onettes - God Knows I Had Plans
322: Ian Brown - In The Year 2525
323: The Dutchess and the Duke - Sunrise / Sunset
324: Wave Machines - The Line
325: Jay-Jay Johanson - Broken Nose
326: Kent - Idioter
327: Lucky Fonz III - Summer Day
328: Findlay Brown - If I Could Do It Again
329: Frankmusik - Gotta Boyfriend
330: Little Boots - Love Kills
331: Just Jack - So Wrong
332: Girl With The Gun - Coast to coast
333: John ME - Sister
334: Beck - Master Song
335: Mika - Lover Boy
336: Jason Lytle - Brand New Sun
337: Ancient Astronauts - Classic
338: Air - So Light Is Her Footfall
339: Camera Obscura - Honey in the Sun
340: The Whitest Boy Alive - 1517
341: A Band Called Quinn - The Glimmer Song
342: Shelley Short - Mockingbird
343: Man Like Me - Booze
344: Music Go Music - Light of Love
345: The Bird and the Bee - Love Letter To Japan
346: Maia Hirasawa - South Again
347: Cornershop - The Roll Off Characteristics (Of History In The Making)
348: The Holloways - Jukebox Sunshine
349: Jason Lytle - Yours Truly, The Commuter
350: Man Like Me - 9 Lives





01 I Monster: A Dense Swarm Of Ancient Stars


02 Peter Doherty: Grace/Wastelands
03 Eels: Hombre Lobo
04 Jarvis Cocker: Further Complications


06 Franz Ferdinand: Tonight Franz Ferdinand / Blood
07 Jamie T: Kings & Queens
07 Pet Shop Boys: Yes
08 Iggy Pop: Preliminaires
09 Mélanie Pain: Compilation Song
10 Reverend and The Makers: A French Kiss In The Chaos
11 The Rumble Strips: Welcome To The Walk Alone


12 God Help The Girl: God Help The Girl / Stills EP
13 Ian Brown: My Way
14 Dial M for murder!: Fiction Of Her Dreams
15 Beck]artist]: Songs Of Leonard Cohen
16 Arctic Monkeys: Humbug
17 Noel Gallagher: The Dreams We Have As Children
18 Regina: Puutarhatrilogia
19 Monsters of Folk: Monsters of Folk
20 The Ideal Husband: No bye no Aloha
21 Erobique & Jacques Palminger: songs of joy
22 Charlotte Gainsbourg: IRM
23 Timber Timbre: Timber Timbre
24 The Whitest Boy Alive: Rules
25 The View: Which Bitch?
26 Das Pop: Das Pop
27 Hockey: Mind Chaos

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28 The Rifles: The Great Escape
29 Sodaphon: The Pros And Cons Of Having Nothing / I No Longer Identify With Holden Caulfield
30 Psapp: The Camel's Back
31 Camera Obscura: My Maudlin Career
32 The Dead Weather: Horehound
33 Kissogram: Rubber & Meat
34 The Asteroids Galaxy Tour: Fruit
35 The City and Horses: I Don't Want To Dream
36 Holidays on Ice: Pillage Before Plunder
37 Just Jack: All Night Cinema
38 Flight of the Conchords: I Told You I Was Freaky
39 Nick Cave & Warren Ellis: The Road - Original Film Score
40 balstyrko: Jagten på noget
41 1990s: Kicks
42 Mando Diao: Give Me Fire
43 Jan Delay: Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Soul
44 The Raveonettes: In And Out Of Control
45 Air: Love 2
46 Wave Machines: Wave If You're Really There
47 The xx: xx
48 Regina Spektor: Far
49 Jay-Jay Johanson: Self-Portrait
50 The Cribs: Ignore The Ignorant

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(alphabetical)
A Band Called Quinn: Sun Moon & Stars
A Camp: Colonia
Ancient Astronauts: We Are To Answer
Art Brut: Art Brut vs. Satan
audie darling: Full of Ghosts
Au Revoir Simone: Still Night, Still Light
Bellman: Mainly Mute
Bishop Allen: Grrr...
Cornershop: Judy Sucks Lemon For Breakfast
Danielle Ate the Sandwich: Things People Do
Editors: In This Light
Eleni Mandell: Artificial Fire
Frankmusik: Complete Me
Friska Viljor: For New Beginnings
Fruit Bats: The Ruminant Band
Golden Silvers: True Romance
Goodbye Ivan: The K Syndrome
Gregory Alan Isakov: This Empty Northern Hemisphere
His Name Shall Breathe: There Is an Earthquake Inside of Me
Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions: Through The Devil Softly
Johnny Cash: Johnny Cash Remixed
Jonathan Johansson: En hand i himlen
Jonna Lee: This Is Jonna Lee
Julian Casablancas: Phrazes For The Young
Kasabian: The West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum
Kent: Rod
Laleh: Me and Simon
Laroca: Valley of the Bears
Leo Abrahams: The Grape And The Grain
Lisa Ekdahl: Give Me That Slow Knowing Smile
Little Dragon: Machine Dreams
M. Ward: Hold Time
Manic Street Preachers: Journal For Plague Lovers
Mika: The Boy Who Knew Too Much
Mike Patton: Crank 2: High Voltage
Morrissey: Years of Refusal
Musette: Datum
Noah and the Whale: The First Days Of Spring
Ödland: The Caterpillar
Oliver Koletzki: Großstadtmärchen
Parker Lewis: Parker Lewis
Peter Bjorn and John: Living Thing
Phoenix: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Polly Scattergood: Polly Scattergood
Röyksopp: Junior
Say Hi: Oohs And Aahs
Sophie Madeleine: LOVE.LIFE.UKULELE
The Albertans: Legends Of Sam Marco
The Dandy Warhols: The Dandy Warhols Are Sound
The Decemberists: The Hazards of Love
The Flaming Lips: Embryonic
The Kingsbury Manx: Ascenseur Ouvert!
The Lightning Seeds: Four Winds
The Nightgowns: Sing Something
Voxtrot: Berlin, Without Return
WhoMadeWho: The Plot
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: It's Blitz!

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27 December 2009 (Week 52)
TW LW ARTIST - TITLE WC PP
1 NEW Ellie Goulding - Wish I Stayed 1 1
2 18 Laura Marling - Goodbye England (Covered In Snow) 2 2
3 1 Ash - Arcadia 3 1
4 22 Fischerspooner - Supply & Demand 5 4
5 10 The Automatic - Interstate 3 5
6 NEW Fall Out Boy - Alpha Dog 1 6
7 NEW Fink - Sort Of Revolution 1 7
8 33 Late of the Pier - Blueberry 2 8
9 NEW Boy Crisis - The Fountain of Youth 1 9
10 9 The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling 6 3

11 NEW Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo 1 11
12 2 Tegan and Sara - Hell 3 2
13 4 Beat!Beat!Beat! - Stars EP 4 4
14 NEW The Black Eyed Peas - Meet Me Halfway 1 14
15 12 Two Door Cinema Club - I Can Talk 5 2
16 14 Röyksopp - This Must Be It 10 5
17 26 George Michael - December Song (I Dreamed Of Christmas) 2 17
18 23 Julian Casablancas - I Wish It Was Christmas Today 3 18
19 13 People In Planes - Last Man Standing 4 13
20 3 Crystal Fighters - I Love London 4 3

21 6 Lady GaGa - Bad Romance 3 2
22 19 Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man 8 4
23 24 Passion Pit - Little Secrets 5 11
24 15 The Futureheads - Struck Dumb 3 15
25 16 Biffy Clyro - The Captain 9 11
26 17 Jamie Cullum - I'm All Over It 6 1
27 11 Mr Hudson - White Lies 6 7
28 25 The Feeling - Feels Like Christmas 3 25
29 31 Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You 15 3
30 NEW Empire of the Sun - Without You 1 30

31 32 3OH!3 feat. Katy Perry - Starstrukk 5 31
32 84 Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name 2 32
33 34 Jet - Back Door Santa 2 33
34 39 The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York 15 12
35 60 Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah 10 4
36 52 Weezer - Christmas with Weezer EP 3 36
37 66 Band Aid 20 - Do They Know It's Christmas? 15 6
38 NEW Gold Panda - Quitter's Raga 1 38
39 NEW Ash - Pripyat 1 39
40 NEW Robbie Williams - You Know Me 1 40

41 21 Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love 6 18
42 NEW Delphic - Counterpoint 1 42
43 NEW Owl City - Umbrella Beach 1 43
44 NEW Hope & State - The Ever True 1 44
45 5 Shakira - She Wolf 6 5
46 8 Ash - The Dead Disciples 3 8
47 28 Ellie Goulding - Under the Sheets 10 1
48 NEW Snow Patrol - An Olive Grove Facing The Sea 1 48
49 29 Fever Ray - If I Had A Heart 3 4
50 38 Ian Brown - Just Like You 7 28

51 59 The Golden Filter - Thunderbird 3 51
52 36 Florence + The Machine - You've Got The Love 7 6
53 40 Theoretical Girl - Red Mist 2 40
54 35 Flashguns - Matching Hearts, Similar Parts EP 5 21
55 41 Joe McElderry - The Climb 2 41
56 NEW Everything Everything - My Keys, Your Boyfriend 1 56
57 7 Daughtry - What About Now 6 2
58 27 Chipmunk - Oopsy Daisy 6 21
59 30 MSTRKRFT feat. John Legend - Heartbreaker 22 6
60 53 Marina & the Diamonds - Mowgli's Road 2 53

61 82 Patrick Wolf - Damaris 2 61
62 20 Alicia Keys - Doesn't Mean Anything 12 6
63 37 Wave Machines - Punk Spirit 15 8
64 46 The Amplifetes - It´s My Life 11 4
65 47 Alphabeat - The Spell 11 3
66 48 Paramore - Brick By Boring Brick 6 40
67 58 The Hot Melts - Edith 9 2
68 44 Basement Jaxx feat. Lightspeed Champion - My Turn 2 44
69 61 Faithless - Sun to Me (Faithless Dub) 2 61
70 65 The Drums - Let's Go Surfing 12 1

71 70 Fight Like Apes - Jake Summers 2 70
72 75 Spinnerette - All Babes Are Wolves 10 3
73 81 Regina Spektor - Eet 4 40
74 NEW Yeasayer - Ambling Alp 1 74
75 88 Mat Riviere - F.Y.H EP 3 64
76 RE The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End) 12 23
77 49 The Puppini Sisters - Jingle Bells / The Little Match Seller (Silent Night) 12 12
78 50 Pearl Jam - Got Some / Just Breathe 4 47
79 51 Ash - True Love 1980 3 51
80 55 LCD Soundsystem - Bye Bye Bayou 3 55

81 56 Paolo Nutini - Pencil Full of Lead 11 2
82 57 Them Crooked Vultures - Mind Eraser, No Chaser 7 18
83 62 30 Seconds To Mars - Kings And Queens 7 8
84 64 Asher Roth feat. Keri Hilson - She Don't Wanna Man 11 6
85 68 Ash - Joy Kicks Darkness 3 68
86 76 MSTRKRFT feat. Nore & Isis - Bounce 3 76
87 86 Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension 4 25
88 87 Silversun Pickups - Substitution 4 29
89 89 Ash - Tracers 3 66
90 97 Camera Obscura - The Blizzard 3 90

91 45 Snow Patrol - Just Say Yes 15 1
92 63 The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die (Liam H Re-amped Version) 5 19
93 67 Blink-182 - I Won't Be Home For Christmas 13 49
94 80 Róisín Murphy - Orally Fixated 6 19
95 83 Muse - Undisclosed Desires 7 13
96 96 Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds 4 84
97 RE Nizlopi - JCB Song 13 1
98 42 Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 2 42
99 43 The Wombats - Is This Christmas? 5 2
100 54 Slade - Merry Xmas Everybody 12 11

The Singles Chart is based on weekly playcount.

DROP OUTS (18)
LW ARTIST - TITLE WC PP
69 Ash - Return of White Rabbit 2 69
71 Eagles - Please Come Home For Christmas 2 71
72 Dean Martin - A Winter Romance EP 3 23
73 Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town 9 25
74 Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmastime 14 52
77 Them Crooked Vultures - New Fang 3 30
78 The Killers - A Great Big Sled 12 2
79 Band Aid II - Do They Know It's Christmas? 5 38
85 Puddle of Mudd - Spaceship 3 20
90 Boy Crisis - Dressed To Digress 27 1
91 Arctic Monkeys - Cornerstone 10 23
92 WHAM! - Last Christmas 12 13
93 Elton John - Step Into Christmas 4 25
94 The Water Babies - Under The Tree 19 2
95 Empire of the Sun - Standing On The Shore 5 64
98 Status Quo - It's Christmas Time 3 39
99 The Maccabees feat. Roots Manuva - Empty Vessels 3 66
100 David Guetta feat. Estelle - One Love 5 13

WEEKLY PLAYLIST
27 December 2009

90 playlisted tracks (including new entries)

PLAYLISTED TRACKS (A-Z)
Alicia Keys - Doesn't Mean Anything
Alphabeat - The Spell (Digital Dog Radio Edit)
The Amplifetes - It´s My Life (Original)
Ash - Arcadia
Ash - The Dead Disciples
Ash - Joy Kicks Darkness
Ash - Pripyat
Ash - Tracers
Ash - true love 1980
Asher Roth feat. Keri Hilson - She Don't Wanna Man
The Automatic - Interstate
Basement Jaxx feat. Lightspeed Champion - My Turn
BEAT!BEAT!BEAT! - Fireworks
Biffy Clyro - The Captain
The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
The Black Eyed Peas - meet me halfway
Boy Crisis - The Fountain Of Youth
Camera Obscura - The Blizzard
Cheryl Cole - Fight For This Love
Cheryl Cole feat. Will.i.am - 3 Words
Chipmunk - Oopsy Daisy
Crystal Fighters - I Love London (Goldierocks Remix)
Daughtry - What About Now
Delphic - Counterpoint (Original)
The Drums - Let's Go Surfing
Ellie Goulding - Wish I Stayed
Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets
Empire of the Sun - Without You (New Version)
Everything Everything - My Keys, Your Boyfriend
Faithless - Sun to Me (Faithless Dub)
Fall Out Boy - Alpha Dog
Fever Ray - If I Had A Heart
Fight Like Apes - Jake Summers
Fightstar - A City on Fire
Fink - Sort Of Revolution (The Cinematic Orchestra Remix)
Fischerspooner - Supply & Demand (Autoerotique Remix)
Flashguns - I Don't Not Love You
Florence + The Machine - You've Got The Love
The Futureheads - Struck Dumb
George Michael - December Song (I Dreamed Of Christmas)
Gold Panda - Quitter's Raga
The Golden Filter - THUNDERBIRD
Hope & State - The Ever True
The Hot Melts - Edith
Ian Brown - Just Like You
Jamie Cullum - I'm All Over It
Joe McElderry - The Climb
Joy Orbison - Hyph Mngo
Julian Casablancas - I Wish It Was Christmas Today
Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension
Lady GaGa - Bad Romance
Late of the Pier - Blueberry
Laura Marling - Goodbye England (Covered In Snow)
LCD Soundsystem - Bye Bye Bayou
Lostprophets - Where We Belong
Marina & the Diamonds - Mowgli's Road
Mat Riviere - FYH
Mr Hudson - White Lies
MSTRKRFT feat. Nore & Isis - Bounce
MSTRKRFT feat. John Legend - Heartbreaker
Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds
Muse - Undisclosed Desires
Owl City - Umbrella Beach
Paolo Nutini - Pencil full of lead
Paramore - Brick By Boring Brick
Passion Pit - Little Secrets
Patrick Wolf - Damaris
Pearl Jam - Got Some
Pearl Jam - Just Breathe
People in Planes - Last Man Standing
The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die (Liam H Re-amped Version)
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name
Regina Spektor - Eet
Robbie Williams - You Know Me
Róisín Murphy - Orally Fixated
Röyksopp - This Must Be It
Shakira - She Wolf
Silversun Pickups - Substitution
Snow Patrol - Just Say Yes
Snow Patrol - An Olive Grove Facing The Sea (2009 Version)
Spinnerette - All Babes Are Wolves
Tegan and Sara - Hell
Them Crooked Vultures - Mind Eraser, No Chaser
Theoretical Girl - Red Mist
Two Door Cinema Club - I Can Talk
Wave Machines - Punk Spirit
Yeasayer - Ambling Alp
30 Seconds to Mars - Kings and Queens
3OH!3 feat. Katy Perry - Starstrukk

NEW ENTRIES
Cheryl Cole feat. Will.i.am - 3 Words
Fightstar - A City on Fire
Lostprophets - Where We Belong

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FEATURED ALBUMS
The selection of best albums of 2009

OFF THE PLAYLIST
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So I’ve slacked off a bit and fallen a few months behind. Like any great procrastinator I’ve devised a short cut and blended Oct and Nov together! Since the start of Dec I’ve shifted into festive mode and listening mostly to Christmas tunes so eventually I’ll have do a holiday tunes blog as well. Until then, here’s the best Tunes of The Month(s) for Oct, Nov & Dec. Album of the Year and of the Decade are coming soon!

Alberta Cross – The Thief & The Heartbreaker
Great blues/rock a la Kings of Leon with a slightly less annoying vocalist. Bonus marks for the band name, even though they’re not from Alberta!

Autolux – Turnstile Blues
This is actually an old album (04) that I’ve just uncovered now. There’s a version of this song with UNKLE that’s even better, but a great, curious hybrid of the reverb rock of Jesus & Mary Chain with the moody vocals of Portisehead.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – 666 Conducer
Oh, the legendary BRMC. I generally don’t care for live albums but I’ll listen to anything from these masters. Watch for them near the top of the “Album of the Decade” blog!

The Bravery – I Have Seen The Future
I was expecting great things from this album as I loved their previous 2, but so far it’s been a bit underwhelming. This track has the same fantastic retro vibe of their previous works and sounds like something from Dr. Who.

Editors – Papillon
The masters of resurrecting Joy Division-style goth are back with their 3rd album, perhaps their best yet. The only others who cover Joy Division so well are Interpol...

Eels – Tremendous Dynamite
These guys remind me of Cake since they're so quirky, which is a pretty high a compliment. They’ve got a bit more Beck-infused rock to their sound which is a very good thing.

Escape Act – God Says
What can I say, I’m obviously a sucker for the glut of bands that are building on the late 80’s/early 90’s alternative sound – here’s another one that is managing to do it without coming off as cheesy.

The Gossip – Heavy Cross
The lead single from their amazing new album, I spent 2 months listening to a “demo” version before I realized I didn’t have the final album version, which is even better. Top 5 album of the year for these guys for sure, and the show in November was fantastic.

The Heavy – How You Like Me Know
WOW!!! This song leapt out and grabbed me the instant I heard it. I would have sworn it was a James Brown 70’s funk throw-down, but then came some very Brit-pop infused jangly guitars for an unexpected hybrid sound that shouldn’t work but is fused marvellously by these guys.

Hockey – Work
The beginning of this song reminds me of “Car Wash” and continues on with the uber-catchy beats throughout. Definitely leveraging the sound of The Strokes, Hives et al but with a bit more pop style.

Ian Brown – Just Like You
After “The World Is Yours” landed in my top 5 albums of 2007 I had great expectations for the former Stone Roses lead singer’s new outing. So far it’s tracking solidly onto my “2009 Disappointments” list but there’s still a few great songs...I just expected more of them.

LCD Soundsystem – Bye Bye Bayou
This will be one of my most anticipated albums of 2010, and the lead single is an exciting preview of things to come. Not a departure from previous albums, which is a good thing. Just more of the funk/dance/rock fusion that puts a smile on your face and gets your butt shaking.

Morrissey – Shame Is The Name
Morrissey’s first release of the year (“Years Of Refusal”) pales in comparison to “Swords”, which is a collection of rarities and b-sides. There’s tons of magnificent gems on this album, this one is the perfect Morrissey song – catchy with just enough melancholy to keep you feeling despondent!

Mumiy Troll – Smog
These guys have that perfect catchy-hook/gritty-darkness/rock-dance fusion that I love (see Kasabian, BRMC, The Music, UNKLE…etc). Maybe if these guys catch on we’ll start seeing some more great Russian rock bands.

Stereophonics – Trouble
I keep waiting for a “killer” track to jump out at me and it’s not happening. Shaping up to be their weakest effort in years, but still above average to most other things out there.

Sub Sub – Crunch
Something very old, but new to me. Sub Sub is actually The Doves in their previous lives, and you can hear much of the Manchester musical influences, even though it’s mostly instrumental and way “dancier” than their current style.

Sweethead – The Great Disruptors
Harkens back to the classic female growl of Joan Jett and more modern women rockers like Sons & Daughters or The Duke Spirit. This whole debut album is pretty darn good, there's a bunch of tracks I could have put on here.

Tommy Sparks – Health Club
You’ll know this artist from his iPod ad featuring “She’s Got Me Dancing” but there’s other worthy goodies on the album as well. A real a retro-sounding trip back into the 80s, loads of fun.

Weezer – Can’t Stop Partying
What a crazy jam-fest of a song. Part way though Lil’ Wayne busts out some lines and you’re thinking “is this some wacky mash-up”? As always, Weezer doesn’t take themselves seriously so they can pull off something this goofy.

Wolfmother – Pilgrim
I’ve finally come across a few tracks on this album that are worthy of a 4 star rating. Definitely a weaker outing with this sophomore effort and will also likely end up on my “Disappointments of 09” list…but a few nuggets of rock goodness are here.

The xx – VCR
I’m seeing lots of people already tossing this around with plenty of “album of the year” accolades but for me this is one of the few good Lo-fi tracks on the album that are more catchy than boring.

Zach De La Rocha - March Of Death (Feat. DJ Shadow)
This is from back in 06 (no idea what “album”) but it’s just amazing to hear that voice with the accompanying assault of funk-rock along with it.