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1. Björk - Vespertine (2001)
2. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (2008)
3. Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell (2004)
4.Lykke Li - Youth Novel (2008)
5. Elbow - Asleep In The Back (2001)
6. Elvis Perkins - Ash Wednesday (2007)
7. Martina Topley-Bird - Quixotic (2003)
8. Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)
9. The Stands - All Years Leaving (2004)
10. Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha (2007)
11. The Libertines - Up the Bracket (2003)
12. Primal Scream - Xtrmntr (2000)
13. Guillemots - Through The Windowpane (2006)
14. Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of Bewilderbeast (2000)
15. The Strokes - Is This It (2001)
16. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell (2003)
17. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2005)
18. The Acorn - Glory Hope Mountain (2008)
19. Doves - Lost Souls (2000)
20. Bowerbirds - Hymns for a Dark Horse (2008)
21. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black (2006)
22. Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum (2009)
23. Beirut - Gulag Orkestar (2006)
24. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin (2007)
25. Whiskeytown - Pneumonia (2001)
26. The Roots - Phrenology (2002)
27. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - B. R. M. C. (2001)
28. Horse Feathers - Words Are Dead (2006)
29. Willy Mason - Where The Humans Eat (2004)
30. Jenny Lewis - Acid Tongue (2008)
31. Ryan Adams - 29 (2005)
32. The Cubical - Come Sing These Crippled Tunes (2009)
33. Feist - The Reminder (2007)
34. The National - Boxer (2007)
35. Rilo Kiley - More Adventurous (2004)
36. PJ Harvey - Stories From the City, Stories From the Sea (2000)
37. Midlake - The Trials Of Van Occupanther (2006)
38. Gruff Rhys - Candylion (2006)
39. Micah P. Hinson - And the Gospel of Progress (2005)
40. Elbow - Leaders Of The Free World (2005)
41. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses (2005)
42. Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (2008)
43. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible (2007)
44. TV on the Radio - Dear Science (2008)
45. Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene (2005)
46. Andrew Bird - Noble Beast (2009)
47. DeVotchKa - How It Ends (2004)
48. Fionn Regan - The End of History (2006)
49. Bowerbirds - Upper Air (2009)
50. Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2005)
51. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest (2009)
52. Neon Neon - Stainless Style (2008)
53. The White Stripes - White Blood Cells (2003)
54. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/ The Lyre Of Orpheus (2004)
55. Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Raising Sand (2007)
56. Devendra Banhart - Cripple Crow (2005)
57. Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster.... (2008)
58. Ed Harcourt - The Beautiful Lie (2006)
59. Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat (2005)
60. Jarvis Cocker - The Jarvis Cocker Record (2006)
61. Kasabian - Kasabian (2004)
62. Radiohead - Kid A (2001)
63. Richard Hawley - Coles Corner (2005)
64. Sigur Rós - ( ) (2002)
65. Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans (2004)
66. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz (2009)
67. Bat for Lashes - Fur And Gold (2007)
68. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)
69. Ohbijou - Beacons (2009)
70. My Morning Jacket - Z (2005)
71. Stephen Fretwell - Magpie (2004)
72. Deerhunter - Microcastle (2008)
73. The White Stripes - De Stijl (2001)
74. Richard Hawley - Lady's Bridge (2007)
75. Radiohead - In Rainbows (2008)
76. PJ Harvey - White Chalk (2007)
77. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
78. Jamie T - Panic Prevention (2007)
79. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Ballad of the Broken Seas (2006)
80. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006)
81. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (2005)
82. India Arie - Acoustic Soul (2001)
83. Grandaddy - The Sophtware Slump (2000)
84. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)
85. Super Furry Animals - Hey Venus! (2007)
86. Eels - Daisies of the Galaxy (2000)
87. Joan As Policewoman - Real Life (2005)
88. Howling Bells - Howling Bells (2006)
89. The Coral - Roots & Echoes (2008)
90. Monsters of Folk - Monsters of Folk (2009)
91. Turin Brakes - The Optimist LP (2001)
92. Future of the Left - Curses (2006)
93. Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me (2002)
94. Grinderman - Grinderman (2007)
95. Joanna Newsom - The Milk Eyed Mender (2004)
96. Joe Gideon & The Shark - Harum Scarum (2008)
97. She Keeps Bees - Nest (2009)
98. Okkervil River - The Stand Ins (2008)
99. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Letting Go (2006)
100. The Dodos - Visiter (2008)

Can't be arsed to write an essay, so here's my baker's dozen in order:

1. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart -The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

My favourite album of the year by quite a sizeable distance.Not seen this in any end-of-year lists so far, but this, for me, has been one of my most played and loved albums of this year. Yeah, it's shameless early MBV/JAMC grave-robbing, but that's the reason I love it. It takes me back to those great times. And for this reason, I'll be eternally grateful to this album for making me feel young again:)) This is Music to fall in love to/with. Frankly, I'm surprised it hasn't been more popular, it's perfect pop. Excellent.

2. Wilco (The Album)-Wilco

Another solid album from Jeff Tweedy and Co. They seem to have got over their 'difficult' period (which was also excellent. YHF is one of my all-time favourites), and seem to have settled into an accessible, dare I say, MOR, radio-friendly sound. That's not a criticism. This album is a pleasure from start to finish. The sound suits them, and they seem fresh and untroubled these days.

3. My Way-Ian Brown

what more needs to be said about this man? One of my heroes from way back. This is perhaps his most solid album. The music is fantastic, and his lyrics are in fine fettle. It sounds a bit like a hip-hop album, which suits his voice, never the best singer in the world, but he seems to have found a style which suits his obvious limitations. Unfortunately, as one review observed, it seems to have an air of finality about it. If so, it's a great way to bow out after an illustrious career.

4. Humbug-Arctic Monkeys

So then, that difficult third album. Mostly produced by Josh Homme, it's pretty dark and moody, as expected, but it's a mature effort. The shoutboxes and forums were awash with 'not as good as the first one' cries. Good. They've moved on, they're not teenagers in Sheffield anymore. Deal with it. Damned if you don't progress, damned if you do, it seems. After multiple listens, it reveals itself to be the equal to its predecessors, but the boo-boys obviously can't get past one listen, such is the limited attention span of the modern music fan. shame, it's a corker.

5. Monsters of Folk-Monsters of Folk

Whoah! A folk supergroup! Sounds very Travelling Wilburys/CSNY, doesn't it? The result of Conor Oberst, M. Ward and Jim James' collaboration is a stellar effort. The first half of the album is faultless, the second half tails off a bit towards the end. But with three of the biggest talents in American music at the moment, not much can go wrong. Excellent.

6. It's Blitz-Yeah Yeah Yeahs

When you've got one of the best guitarists in the business, ditching the guitars in favour of synths is indeed a bold move. But they lost none of their edge as they made a play for the dancefloor. Still one of the most exciting live bands around, this is an excellent addition to their canon. A long time fan, It's probably my favourite by them. That's saying a lot.

7. Dark Night Of The Soul-Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse

Uber producer, danger Mouse and Mark Linkous, essentially Sparklehorse, combine forces for this corker of an album. I've loved Sparklehorse for years, but get this, he hardly even sings on it. Why bother when you've got a guest-list like this?: (deep breath) wayne Coyne, Gruff Rhys, Iggy Pop, Black Francis, Julian Casablancas, james Mercer, jason Lytle, Suzanne Vega, Nina Perssons and Vic Chestnutt. Wow! The album is in three very distinct 'acts' and hangs together perfectly. Awesome stuff. Oh yeah, and David Lynch is involved too.

8. Album-Girls

To be honest, I don't know too much about this band, as I live in China and miss a lot of the hype surrounding bands. But I picked up this by chance, and it's definitely a winner. Of course it was hyped on the internet, but well-deserved I think. Pretty laid-back, they seem to be able to toss off shoegaze-y-meets-Beach Boys melodies with relative ease. A surprising one, then, but a pleasant surprise. Just don't call me a hipster!

9. Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix-Phoenix

Phoenix have been burrowing away now, reasonably unnoticed, for quite a few years, tossing out albums every couple of years. Everyone seems to know them, but they never seem to have got that elusive mainstream support. All that changed with this, their fourth, and best album. It's a joy from start to finish, with no filler. Let's hope they can capitalise on this and get the success they so richly deserve.

10. Merriweather Post Pavilion-Animal Collective

Ok, let's get this out of the way. I didn't want to include this, because it seems to be everyone's number one this year, and doesn't need anymore praise heaped upon it. Then I decided not o be such a churlish twat. It's not my number one, but there's no denying that it's certainly one of the best records of this year, if not, this decade. If we'll still be listening to any of these albums in ten years, it'll probably be this one. From the cover in, it's a full-on, psychedelic treat. Nine albums in and they've struck gold. This is a classic album.

11. Two Dancers-Wild Beasts

A relative newcomer to this band, I missed their first album, and have only recently got into this album. It's eccentric, in the way The Smiths and Morrissey are/were. They're the obvious touchstones, both lyrically and musically. If you can stomach his voice, there's a lot to enjoy here. I predict good things for this band.

12. Primary Colours-The Horrors

I wasn't expecting this. Their first album was a steaming pile of dogshite, and they were just NME-hyped scenesters with more hair than tunes. I wanted to hate this album too, but my mate kept harrassing me through Facebook to listen to 'Sea Within A Sea'. well, I heard that, and I was gobsmacked. They've totally transformed their sound from wannabe goth garage band to a Krautrock/MBV/Joy Division/Psychedelic Furs behemoth of a band. The most unexpected, pleasantly surprising album of the year.

13. My Maudlin Career-Camera Obscura

I've been a fan of this band for a while now. They've gone from being a poor-man's Belle and Sebastian to, in my opinion, something even better. Their last album was a great record, but they have progressed (slightly), beefed up their sound, and this is a thing of great beauty. Its Spectoresque wall-of-sound approach is exquisitely orchestrated, and Tracyanne Campbell's gorgeous vocals and lyrics envelop you and warms the cockles. It's an album for lovers about love, whether in it or out of it, it's saccharine and bittersweet. It's one of the best albums of the year. Another band who have caught more attention this year. Good look to 'em. They deserve it.

There we have it then. Honourable mentions go to the albums released this year by:

Bat for Lashes, Dinosaur Jr., Bad Lieutenant, M. Ward, Jamie T, Fever Ray, Doves, The xx, Air, Kasabian, Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions, The Felice Brothers, Jason Lytle, The Big Pink, Neko Case, Peter Doherty, Julian Casablancas, Soulsavers, Lily Allen, The Raveonettes, Grizzly Bear, White Lies, Richard Hawley, Florence and The Machine, La Roux, The Low Anthem, Lady GaGa, Dizzee Rascal, The Drums and last but not least Super Furry Animals

Sorry if I've missed any. I'm sure I have.

Cheers,

have a good Christmas and New Year.

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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
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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
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Baysix
Beach House
Be A Familiar
Bears of Labrador
Beat Union x2
Beck x2
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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
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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
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Happy Penguin Hungry Bear x2
Hard-Fi
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Hatebreed
Haven
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Heaven Shall Burn
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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
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Hockey
Holiday In Hawai'i
Hollywood Ending
Holton's Opulent Oog
Holy Fuck
Home Grown x 2
Hondo Maclean X 4
Hoodlums
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hospitality
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Hot Puppies
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Howling Bells x2
Hundred Reasons x5
Hush the Many
I Am The Avalance
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I Had An Inkling
I Love Polan
Ida Maria
Idiot Pilot x5
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Iggy And The Stooges
Ignite
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Instruction x2
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Spot
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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

The Bird and the Bee – Polite Dance Song
Lily Allen – Straight to Hell
SoKo – I Will Never Love You More
Fever Ray – If I Had A Heart
MGMT– Of Moons, Birds & Monsters
She & Him – Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Hysteric
Basement Jaxx – Raindrops
Phoenix – Love Like a Sunset
Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
Passion Pit – The Reeling
Bat for Lashes – Daniel
Chairlift - Bruises
Florence + The Machine – Kiss With A Fist
Jamie T - Chaka Demus
Kleerup - Until We Bleed (feat. Lykke Li)
Muse - United States of Eurasia (+Collateral Damage)
Arctic Monkeys - Cornerstone
Atlas Sound - Walkabout (w/ Noah Lennox)
Julian Casablancas – 11th Dimension
♫ ~♥ (ﾉ´∀｀*)ﾉ~♫ music feeds my soul

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. Muse (9)
// Franz Ferdinand
// Placebo
// Kasabian
// Radiohead
// The Killers
// Arctic Monkeys
// Kaiser Chiefs
// Keane

2. The Strokes (17)
// Julian Casablancas
// Albert Hammond, Jr.
// Little Joy
// The Libertines
// Kings of Leon
// The Last Shadow Puppets
// Moptop

3. Arctic Monkeys (20)
// The Rascals
// The Kooks
// Milburn

4. Radiohead (26)
// Thom Yorke
// Jonny Greenwood
// Coldplay
// Interpol
// Blur
// Beck

5. The Beatles (35)
// John Lennon
// George Harrison
// Paul McCartney
// Ringo Starr
// Paul McCartney & Wings
// Wings
// The Who
// The Rolling Stones

6. Oasis (43)
// Noel Gallagher
// The Stone Roses
// The Verve
// Stereophonics
// Richard Ashcroft
// The La's
// Ian Brown

7. Franz Ferdinand (45)
// The Fratellis
// The Rakes

8. The Cribs (53)
// The Maccabees
// Jamie T
// Bombay Bicycle Club
// Good Shoes
// The Paddingtons
// The Courteeners
// Johnny Foreigner

9. M83 (62)
// School of Seven Bells
// The Radio Dept.
// Slowdive
// Maps
// The Album Leaf
// Air France
// Hammock
// Eluvium

10. We Are Scientists (69)
// The Futureheads
// Maxïmo Park
// Boy Kill Boy
// The Automatic
// Bloc Party
// Mystery Jets

11. Nine Inch Nails (78)
// Modwheelmood
// Trent Reznor
// Marilyn Manson
// Tweaker
// Halo33
// Black Light Burns
// Puscifer
// KMFDM

12. The Presets (87)
// Pnau
// Midnight Juggernauts
// Grafton Primary
// Van She
// Cut Copy
// Muscles
// Bag Raiders
// Simian Mobile Disco

13. Foals (93)
// Maths Class
// Late of the Pier
// These New Puritans
// Friendly Fires
// Youthmovies

14. Hot Chip (100)
// LCD Soundsystem
// Junior Boys
// Metronomy
// Fujiya & Miyagi
// Lo-Fi-Fnk
// Grovesnor

15. Howling Bells (109)
// The Duke Spirit
// The Joy Formidable
// Giant Drag
// The Long Blondes
// Waikiki
// The Grates
// Little Birdy
// Sky Larkin

16. Friendly Fires (114)
// Passion Pit
// Jack Peñate
// The Temper Trap
// Frankmusik
// Delphic

17. The Last Shadow Puppets (115)
// The Little Flames

18. Glasvegas (123)
// White Lies
// Broder Daniel
// The View
// Timo Räisänen
// Kent
// The Twilight Sad
// Laakso

19. Rage Against the Machine (132)
// One Day as a Lion
// Audioslave
// Zack De La Rocha
// Street Sweeper Social Club
// The Nightwatchman
// Limp Bizkit
// Red Hot Chili Peppers
// Incubus

20. Yeah Yeah Yeahs (140)
// Metric
// The Kills
// Be Your Own Pet
// Arcade Fire
// Florence + The Machine
// The Gossip
// Bat for Lashes

NME published a list of the top 100 albums of the start of this century along with a top 100 tracks one and now instead of just reading it, I decided to also do some thing with it.
My problem with NME lists is, that they're pretty narrow minded with their focus on mostly british and US music. But since this was the first list I came across, I'll use this one, starting with the places 100 till 51.


The top 100 greatest albums of the decade
http://www.nme.com/list/albums-of-the-decade/158049

100 MGMT Oracular Spectacular *
(2007)
I like(d) some songs of it?

99 The Maccabees Colour It In
(2007)
who?

98 Gorillaz Demon Days
(2005)
I love DARE, I didn't listen to the album though.

97 Sigur Ros Agaetis Byrjun *
(1999)
should be much much higher up this list!

96 Shellac Excellent Italian Greyhound
(2007)
nope

95 Björk Vespertine *
(2001)
not my favourite Björk album

94 Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster Horse Of The Dog
(2002)
I know they exist, but I really can't remember them anymore

93 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
(2005)
wasn't really that much interested

92 The Sleepy Jackson Lovers
(2003)
Sleepy Jackson argh!! Reminds me of a great birthday actually, but muscially...nope!

91 Les Savy Fav Let’s Stay Friends
(2007)
I know the name...

90 Gallows Orchestra Of Wolves
(2006)
another case of I know the name, but never gave them a dedicated listen

89 Frightened Rabbit The Midnight Organ Fight
(2003)
who?!

88 Bonnie Prince Billy The Letting Go
(2006)
I tried it, but no.

87 Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago
(2003)
doesn't ring a bell

86 The Twilight Sad Forget The Night Ahead
(2009)
nope

85 Roots Manuva Run Come Save Me
(2001)
not exactly my cup of tea

84 Regina Spektor Soviet Kitsch *
(2004)
I gave it a chance, it didn't work

83 Laura Marling Alas, I Cannot Swim
(2008)
nope

82 mclusky Mclusky Do Dallas
(2005)
I know they exist and that's it.

81 Field Music Field Music
(2005)
nope

80 Danger Mouse The Grey Album
(2004)
I know it exists, but I never checked it out, because I grew tired of bastard pop like 2 minutes after it turned up.

79 Kings of Leon Youth And Young Manhood *
(2003)
the best was yet to come, but it was a good start

78 Belle & Sebastian Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant *
(2000)
I lub B&S, so there's no way I can be objective about this. :D

77 Isobel Campbell Ballad Of The Broken Seas
(2006)
didn't check it out despite B&S love. wooops!

76 Capdown Civil Disobedients
(2000)
who?

75 The Shins Chutes Too Narrow *
(2003)
me likey who says I!

74 Brand New The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
(2006)
nope

73 Broken Social Scene You Forgot It In People
(2002)
BSS are one of these bands I actually like (been to a concert even), but don't know much of their music.

72 M.I.A. Kala
(2007)
I love Paper Planes

71 Brian Wilson Smile
(2004)
No Beach Boys nutter so I didn't give it a shot

70 Glasvegas Glasvegas
(2008)
I know them, but didn't sit down to listen to them

69 Biffy Clyro Puzzle
(2008)
uhm.... no!

68 The Horrors Primary Colours
(2009)
too tired of listening to NME's band of the moment, sorry if I'm missing something?!

67 Botch We Are The Romans
(1999)
Never heard of them.

66 Mogwai The Hawk Is Howling
(2008)
Don't know the album

65 Muse Black Holes And Revelations *
(2006)
the thing with muse is, that first I don't like their new album and then I end up loving it. Same story here.

64 The Radio Dept. Lesser Matters
(2003)
I know the name

63 Godspeed You Black Emperor Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven
(2000)
No big fan of Godspeed

62 Queens of the Stone Age Rated R
(2000)
whatever you dooooooo don't tell anyone!

61 The National Alligator *
(2005)
I love the album and their concert with it was one of the best I've ever been to.

60 Green Day American Idiot
(2004)
haha no. Dookie will stay the only Green Day album I own (though my sister stole it!)

59 The Hold Steady Boys And Girls In America
(2006)
don't know them

58 Liars Drum's Not Dead
(2006)
I gave up on them before this one came out, so nope.

57 OutKast Stankonia
(2000)
so fresh and so cleeeean!

56 My Morning Jacket Z
(2005)
so not my cup of tea

55 Hard-Fi Stars Of CCTV
(2005)
I'm working for the cash machine! not so keen on the rest

54 The Golden Virgins Songs Of Praise *
(2004)
Wow, I'm really surprised to see them on this list! I think they got kicked off their label after this album and split up in 2006. I guess they just weren't stylish enough for 2004. :(
It got great songs about unrequited love and needs to be known much more broadly!
<3 Staying Sober

53 Jamie T Panic Prevention
(2007)
nope

52 Rufus Wainwright Poses *
(2001)
I still can't decide if I like or dislike Mr Wainwright, but I like this album...

51 The Good, The Bad and the Queen The Good, The Bad And The Queen
(2007)
Not a big Damon Albarn fan, so I didn't give it a shot.

1. Modest Mouse
2. Kings of Leon
3. Interpol
4. The Maccabees
5. Born Ruffians
6. The Cribs
7. Jamie T
8. Los Campesinos!
9. Elle Milano
10. Friendly Fires

What was the first song you ever heard by #6?
- Men's Needs

What is you favorite album by #2?
- Because of the Times

What is your favorite lyric sung by #5?
- "When I saaaaiiiilll back home tooo yooouuuu, I know exactly, just what to doooo" (Hedonistic Me)

How many times have you seen #4 live?
- Just the once, hopefully again in Feb 2010

What is your favorite song by #7?
- Eek, tough one. Probably Calm Down Dearest

Is there a song by #3 that makes you sad?
- There's no way I could be sad when listening to Interpol. If I was pushed for an answer it'd be 'Untitled

What is your favorite lyric sung by #2?
- "Wanted like a substitute, I've been workin' awful hard for you" (True Love Way)

What is your favorite song by #9?
- Curiosity Killed The Popstar

How did you get into #3?
- First time I heard them was on Friends (Untitled) so had a look into them a little bit but it was only in the past year I decided to get all their material after hearing Evil a few times in the pub

What was the first song you heard by #1?
- Float On

What is your favourite song by #4?
- Love You Better

How many times have you seen #9 live?
- None, and never will as they split (n)

What is a good memory you have concerning #2?
- Maybe not a good memory as such but the first two albums always remind me of walking home from work in the winter when it gets dark really early!

Is there a song by #8 that makes you sad?
- Don't think so

What is your favourite album by #5?
- Their only to date, Red, Yellow & Blue

What is your favourite lyric sung by #3?
- Here, I feel, I wish I could just see it,
The love, the hate, the things that separate
Forcing conscious to conscious, every small attack
It takes a small man to notice, but not to act up
Confrontation, complication needs a foundation
I'm calm baby, I'm calm (Song Seven, sung by Kessler)

What is your favourite song by #1?
- It'll have to be Float On

What is your favourite song by #10?
- Paris

How many times have you seen #8 live?
- NONE, but intend to in Feb 2010

What is your favorite album by #1?
- The Lonesome Crowded West I reckon

What is a great memory you have considering #9?
- Nothing, I don't think. Surprised they're as high as 9 tbh

1. How did you get into 29?
UK Subs - I bought a best of CD at Academy in the UK a few years back because it had over 20 tracks on for £2. Seen them live a few times since, gotta love 'em.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Against Me! - Probably Sink Florida Sink if I remember rightly.

3. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Black Sabbath - They're my favourite band of all time, they're only so low because most of the albums I own by them are on vinyl. I've got Black Sabbath, Paranoid, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Volume 4 on vinyl, Sabotage, Masters of Reality & Technical Ecstacy on CD and the rest on MP3.

4. What is your favorite song by 15?
Rilo Kiley - Probably Silver Lining or A Man/Me/Then Jim.

5. What is your favorite song by 5?
Slade - Probably I Don' Mind.

6. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
The Decemberists - Most of them get me going.

7. What is your favorite song by 10?
Modest Mouse - Probably The World at Large at the moment.

8. What is a good memory you have involving 30?
Jamie T - No physical memories really, just listening to his stuff with mates, always good to sing along to.

9. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Suicide Bid - Wind Ya Batty normally does the trick.

10. How many times have you seen 25 live?
PJ Harvey - Never unfortunately.

11. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
The King Blues - Probably Intro, as I think they played that live when I first saw them.

12. What is your favorite album by 11?
Mattafix - Rhythm and Hymns.

13. Who is a favorite member of 1?
Sublime - Suppose it's gotta be Brad Nowells really.

14. Have you ever seen 14 live?
Animal Collective - Not yet unfortunately.

15. What is a good memory involving 27?
Alkaline Trio - Seeing them live at Leeds last year, very good.

16. What is your favorite song by 16?
Bedouin Soundclash - Probably Music My Rock or Nothing To Say at the moment.

17. What is your favorite album by 18?
Fall Out Boy - Probably Take This to Your Grave.

18. What is your favorite song by 21?
Grown at Home - Either Blaggin' it or Kick in the Beer Can.

19. What is the first song you ever heard by 26?
Oasis - Hmmm, probably Wonderwall, before I actually got into them I was bound to have heard this on the radio.

20. What is your favorite album by 2?
Anti-Flag - For Blood and Empire.

21. What is you favorite song by 3?
The Fall - There's loads but probably either Eat Y'Self Fitter or New Big Prinz.

22. What is you favorite song by 8?
Sonic Boom Six - Either The Devil Made Me Do It or at the moment maybe Rum Little Skallywag but there's loads.

23. How many times have you seen 17 live?
The Gaslight Anthem - Just the once.

24. What is the worst song by 12?
The Pogues - Not all their songs are brilliant but there's no real bad ones.

25. What was the first song you ever heard by 28?
The Distillers - Sing Sing Death House as it was on some free compilation from a magazine.

26. What is you favorite album by 7?
The Smiths - They're all pretty fucking good, but probably either Rank or Louder Than Bombs.

27. What is your favorite song by 24?
Chase And Status - eastern jam is always good, but that whole album's pretty fucking good..

28. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy?
Sleater-Kinney - Once again there's a lot to choose from here, but I'd say Words and Guitar or Oh!.

29. What is your favorite album by 4?
The Clash - The two live ones, Live at Shea Stadium and From Here to Eternity are awesome, other than that probably Sandinista!

30. How many albums do you own by 20?
The Streets - I've got A Grand Don't Come for Free on CD and Original Pirate Material on MP3.