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1. How did you get into 29?
Ahaha Coldplay, I've been listening to their stuff since A Rush of Blood To The Head.I don't care what anyone says about this band, it's very nostalgic for me.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Mice Parade. The first song I heard by them was "Focus On The Rollercoaster." I think it's a beautiful sounding song.

3. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Deerhoof ! Well just one, The Runners Four. The songs are fun.

4. What is your favorite song by 5?
Death Cab for Cutie. Probably 405. I love that song, it made me cry when I first heard it.

5. What is your favorite song by 15?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs....hmm I bought Fever To Tell in 6th grade I think. I think Pin is my favorite song.

6. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
BEIRUT? All their songs make me giggle with joy haha. But I really love Scene World, Carousels, and Nantes. Those are favorites. God they sound amazing live.

7. What is your favorite song by 10?
Cold War Kids? Definitely "Pregnant." I love his voice in it and the french in the background sounds pretty.

8. What is a good memory you have involving 30?
Hmm. A tie between Regina Spektor and Sublime. Sublime definitely reminds me of crazzzy family parties and my mom, haha. Regina Spektor was running around in the rain.

9. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Sigur Ros? Every song brings me joy. Buy the Heima DVD, it changed my life. I really love "Agaetis Byrjun". The piano is amazing.

10. How many times have you seen 26 live?
I almost saw 311 once. But no I haven't. I heard they sound good live.

11. What is the first song you heard by 23?
Boy Least Likely To? Warm Panda Cola. It was a great memory.

12. What is your favorite album by 11?
A Lesson In Crime. I like the crazy mess of Tokyo Police Club.

13. Who is your favorite member of 1?
KEVIN DREW. That guy is amazing. He has a wonderful voice and his solo album is great!

14. Have you ever seen 14 live?
The Blow? I almost did [wow once again haha]. The girl I was supposed to go with forgot to buy the tickets.

15. What is a good memory involving 27?
Feist? Christmas and listening to "Lonely Lonely"

16. What is your favorite song by 16?
Silversun Pickups... definitely Kissing Families. I like his voice, and his lazy eye.

17. What is your favorite album by 18?
Weird. I don't have a number 18. I'll go with #20, since I have two... Modest Mouse. Jeez. The first mix CD I got was when their popular album came out, though there were songs from The Moon and Antartica. I like that album.

18. What is your favorite song by 21?
I don't have a #21...weird. I'll go with Albert Hammond Jr. Everyone Gets A Star. Like it:]

19. What is the first song you heard by 25?
Wtf. I don't have a #25. Well I'll go with Psapp then. Probably Tricycle, it's really sad song, but adorable video.

20. What is your favorite album by 2?
Animal Collective!? How do I choose. Sung Tongs.I can listen to that whole album. Every song evokes some emotion in me. I really want to see them live.

21. What is your favorite song by 3?
Jack Johnson? Probably Sitting Waiting Wishing.


22. What is your favorite song by 8?
Mirah? Engine Heart is a forever favorite. That was my theme song of last summer.

23. How many times have you seen 17 live?
I don't have a #17 either. Alright... Arcade Fire? I haven't seen them live. But I hear they go into the audience and play. Well in a article I read.

24. What is the worst song by 12?
Worst song by Taking Back Sunday? Divine Intervention. It's so cheesy. It bugs me for some reason.

25. What was the first song you heard by 28?
The American Analog Set? Punk As Fuck. Though I only listen to it when I'm sad.

26. What is your favorite album by 7?
The Books? Lost and Safe. I am thankful I bought that album from Rasputin.

27. What is your favorite song by 24?
I don't even have a #24. Shit I'm switching to different list. Ok. Camera Obscura? Definite Sun On His Back & I don't do crowds. I have two faves.

28. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy?
Red Hot Chili Peppers? Definitely By The Way. I love that song.

29. What is your favorite album by 4?
Architecture In Helsinki? IN Case We Die. That's a good one. I love the funky horns.

30. How many albums do you own by 20?
Kings of Convenience....Riot On An Empty Street. It's a great album. I can listen to it anywhere.

3rd season on Last FM and 3rd journal dedicated to all the gigs I've been this past season. Haven't "gig'ed" as much as last year but I was some pretty amazing stuff. And some other way less impressive. So, here we are:

Season 2007-2008

09/10/2007: Yo La Tengo
09/14/2007: Modeselektor + Mice Parade + Dntel + Amon Tobin + Luke Vibert
09/29/2007: Matt Elliott

10/02/2007: Menomena + Dog Day
10/07/2007: Biffy Clyro
10/14/2007: Bad Brains
10/19/2007: Feist + Gonzales
10/26/2007: Animal Collective + Islaja
10/27/2007: Elvis Perkins + Mel Dune

11/02/2007: Arcade Fire + Clinic
11/07/2007: Future of the Left + Graffen Volder
11/10/2007: Justice + Digitalism + Boys Noize + Dr Lektroluv
11/12/2007: Dolorean + Okkervil River
11/14/2007: Beirut
11/17/2007: Two Gallants + Blitzen Trapper
11/18/2007: José Gonzalez + Great Lake Swimmers + Little Dragon
11/21/2007: The Brunettes + Crèvecoeur
11/23/2007: Akron/Family + Phosphorescent
11/27/2007: The Good Life
11/29/2007: Caribou

12/02/2007: The Hives + Quit Your Dayjob + Dan Sartain
12/10/2007: Ed Harcourt
12/19/2007: Alela Diane + Alina Hardin
12/21/2007: Dizzee Rascal + DJ Medhi

01/18/2008: Iron & Wine
01/28/2008: Jimmy Eat World + Sparkadia

02/08/2008: Stars + Apostle of Hustle
02/09/2008: The Von Bondies
02/27/2008: Le Loup
02/28/2008: Jens Lekman + Lucky Fonz III

03/01/2008: Digitalism + Pantha du Prince + The Honk Kong Dong
03/11/2008: Editors + The Mobius Band
03/18/2008: Tegan & Sara + Northern State
03/23/2008: Hadouken!
03/24/2008: The Kills
03/26/2008: The Wombats

04/08/2008: Calvin Harris
04/15/2008: Alela Diane + Mariee Sioux + Jana Hunter
04/19/2008: DeVotchKa + Marino Punk
04/21/2008: 65daysofstatic + Transit

05/03/2008: M83 + The Whip + These New Puritans + As in Rebekkamaria + Prinzhorn Dance School
05/05/2008: dEUS + Black Box Revelation
05/06/2008: Tinariwen
05/07/2008: Jamie Lidell + Gotye
05/08/2008: Portishead + Kling Klang
05/09/2008: of Montreal + I'm From Barcelona + Chrome Hoof + Two Gallants + We Are Scientists
05/10/2008: Justice
05/11/2008: Robert Plant + Alisson Krausse + Scott Matthews + T-Bone Burnett
05/13/2008: Friendly Fires + HEALTH + Bunny Rabbit + Yelle
05/17/2008: Vampire Weekend

06/11/2008: Midnight Juggernauts
06/21/2008: Dub Inc.

And then, festival season...
I Hope I get to go to a lot more concerts in 2008-2009...

I made a Top 40 lists a while back which can be found here

Not many changes, most stood the test of repeat listen after repeat listen. I know MGMT is now loved and adored by 15 year olds all around the world and it won't give me any "indie cred" to list it so high, but start to finish it is an unbelievably solid album and my favorite track on it has changed several times since it hit the internet last year.

You will notice however "In Rainbows" fell completely out of my Top 10, I just grew tired of the album I guess. I rarely listen to it now.

1)MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
2)Kevin Drew - Spirit If...
3)LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
4)Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
5)Beirut - The Flying Club Cup
6)Deerhunter - Cryptograms
7)Panda Bear - Person Pitch
8)of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
9)Mice Parade - Mice Parade
10)Le Loup - The Throne Of The Third Heaven Of The Nations' Millennium General Assembly

I made a top 100 lists a while back, which can be found here. These are songs that have held up even 8-19 months later.

1)Panda Bear - Carrots
2)Deerhunter - Spring Hall Convert
3)MGMT – Of Moons, Birds & Monsters
4)Beirut - Guyamas Sonora
3)LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
4)Animal Collective - Fireworks
5)Kevin Drew - Gang Bang Suicide
6)Yeasayer – Wait for the Summer (Live Version)
8)Battles - Atlas
9)Low - Hatchet
10)Mice Parade – Sneaky Red

In no particular order...

Mogwai x2
Mars Volta
DJ Shadow
DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist x2
Minus the Bear x3
Built to Spill x2
Pleasureboaters
Radiohead x2
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
Blue Scholars x3
Common Market x2
Mos Def
Mix Master Mike
CKY
Tortoise
Daniel Lanois
Death Cab for Cutie x2
MF DOOM x2
Swollen Members x2
Sweatshop Union
The Appleseed Cast
Sigur Ros
Earth
Native Guns
Macklemore x3
Lateef The Truthspeaker
Wolfmother
Silversun Pickups
The Translucents x7
Pickwick
Grand Archives x3
Sera Cahoone
S
Explosions in the Sky x2
The Beats, Man
Cloud Cult
Clinic
The Album Leaf
Flaxion
Retribution Gospel Choir
Eluvium
Mice Parade
Kira Kira
Tom Brosseau x2
Sage Francis
Buck 65
Alias
Sue Quigley Band
Tess Jubran
Interpol
Liars x2
Band of Horses
The Drones
Tyler Ramsey
Bee Simonds
Zion I
Grayskul
The Mighty Underdogs
Everclear
The Shins
Modest Mouse
Jurassic 5
The New Pornographers
Pedro the Lion
The Dandy Warhols
Jewel
The Decemberists
Photek
Tegan and Sara
Violent Femmes
Queens of the Stone Age
Nas
The Presidents of the United States of America x3
Harvey Danger
Public Enemy
Lichens
Fuck Buttons
Janelle Monáe
Jamie Lidell
Pinback
Rafael Anton Irisarri
Hauschka
Deerhunter
Velella Velella
Daedelus
Master Musicians of Bukkake
Kinski
Broken Social Scene
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band
Visqueen
Say Hi
The Lonely Forest x3
David Bazan
Aurora
Wildcat choir x5
Jeremy Enigk
The John's Guerrilla
Shellac
Amon Tobin
Fresh Espresso
The Saturday Knights
Mono
Maserati
Tristeza
Z-Trip
Kid Koala x2

Pearl Jam
Counting Crows
Nine Inch Nails
Mice Parade
Brad Mehldau
Metallica
The Shins
Modest Mouse
Beck
Incubus
Silverchair
Tori Amos
Imogen Heap
Jerry Cantrell
Better Than Ezra
VAST
As Tall as Lions
Minus the Bear
Days of the New
Foo Fighters
System of a Down
Black Sabbath
Steve Miller Band
Local H
Rammstein
Sevendust
Korn
Alanis Morisette
Goo Goo Dolls
Pete Yorn
Jet
Citizen Cope
Flogging Molly
Maria Taylor
Boy Hits Car

I saw this on someone and lol'd.

Of course I love all these bands. I'm insulting them for the lulz. I love them so hard!

Jars of Clay
All of your lyrics are either cheesy Xtian bull or don't make any sense. And the Hammond B3 went out of style a while ago, but on the other hand so did the whole alt-country genre, so why do you have to do both?

Tortoise
Grow some balls and play it loud every now and then.

Sigur Rós
Gay.

Project 86
Most. Pretentious. Lyrics. Ever. I AM A ROCKSTAR AND WISH I WAS GOFFIK. HEAR ME ROAR! [insert misinterpreted historical event]!

Porcupine Tree
Just because it sounds progressive, that doesn't mean that it is progressive.

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Give up. You're trying too hard to be epic. Just play some music. Also, no one cares about your art, and personal lyrics come across as meaningless, not interesting and cryptic.

The Mercury Program
Using delay pedals like they're sequencers doesn't fool anyone. We all know that the point is to try and get away with only playing two notes over and over.

Slowdive
Yaaaaawn.

of Montreal
Techno remixes of The Beatles. That's you in a nutshell.

Mice Parade
Mice Parade? More like Rice Pam-ade. Umm... I can't figure anything out for this one.

/// may 20th ///


BUME

1. Fantastic Plastic Machine - French Kiss (9:43)
2. Almadrava - Savanna (5:06)
3. Boat club - All The Time (5:03)
4. Håkan Hellström - Mississippi kan vänta (4:56)
5. Basia Bulat - Snakes and Ladders (3:09)
6. René Aubry - Frenesie (3:22)
7. Monade - invitation (6:45)
8. P'Tang - Mars Is A Giant Flat For Rent (3:26)
9. René Aubry - Soleils (2:47)
10. Basia Bulat - I Was a Daughter (2:54)
11. Grace Chang - Tong qing xin (2:42)
12. Benoît Charest - Cabaret Opening (Les Triplettes de Belleville OST) (3:13)
13. Klaus Nomi - Just One Look (3:19)
14. Fálkarnir - Flugufrelsarinn [Cover] (4:27)
15. The Young Gods - Charlotte (2:04)

BUM

16. Destroyalldreamers - Sombrer Dans La Folie (3:42)
17. Caspian - Further Up (4:26)
18. I Hear Sirens - Everything Was Black and White Except the City Lights (6:24)
19. Gillespie - Ku je (4:32)
20. Mice Parade - Focus On the Roller Coaster (4:59)
***
21. Stockholm Monsters - Fairy Tales (4:27)
22. The Glove - Like an Animal (4:44)
23. 800beloved - The Skeleton Collection (3:45)
24. The Comsat Angels - Be Brave (3:46)
25. X-Mal Deutschland - Zu Jung zu Alt (3:30)
26. The Associates - arrogance gave him up (3:01)
27. Xiu Xiu - Ceremony (Joy Division cover) (4:28)
***
28. Film School - What I Meant to Say (3:23)
29. Longwave - Wake Me When It's Over (4:05)
30. Ringo Deathstarr - some kind of sad (2:05)
31. The Vera Violets - My Goodbye (2:53)
32. Astaire - L-L-Love (3:50)
33. Blanka - I Smell Of You (2:35)
34. Secret Shine - Loveblind (4:32)
35. Ides of Space - Arthur's Car (2:35)
36. Mooger Fooger - comps 405 (3:15)
37. The Vera Violets - Touch (2:31)
38. The Depreciation Guild - Digital Solace (3:28)
39. Screen Vinyl Image - Roaming Spirit Freedom (5:56)

BU

40. Death Disco - Crveni Signali (1:49)
41. Alikopter - Zvuci Tisine (live) (3:12)
42. lea's friend - Zvakaca (5:08)
43. Dobri Isak - Sinoc si sanjao da si Pas (3:02)
44. Trotakt Projekt - Nesto drugo (2:55)
45. Boye - (Gde) Mozemo se sresti (2:52)
46. Galebovi - Sjene na Vodi (2:11)
47. Karlowy Vary - Ulice (3:10)
48. Dobri Isak - Ona se igra Nozem (2:12)
49. Cao picke - Pesem B (3:06)
50. PROFILI PROFILI - Ventilatori I (3:35)
51. Death Disco - Kosulje (1:59)
52. Blitzkrieg - Robovi Vremena (2:45)
53. Kurac Od Ovce - Ono sto cinim (2:29)
54. Piknik - Nikad kao Bane (3:59)
55. Boye - Kakav je to Ples (4:42)
56. Obojeni program - Najbolji Prijatelj (4:00)
57. Let 3 - Rijecke picke (3:34)
***
58. Leut Magnetik - Fyer Fox (2:13)
59. Beograd - Mrak (2:35)
60. Ilegalne emocije - Don't Let It Go Away (3:35)
61. Lollobrigida - Party (2:40)
62. Usro Usravi i Žvaljo Žvaljavi - Jadna mu mati Nykanen (3:28)
63. Leut Magnetik - Vecchia Cola (4:05)
64. Margita Je Mrtva - Blitzmädel (6:51)
65. Ilegalne emocije - Ja Sam Tvoj Ti Si Moj (5:05)
66. Ilegalne Emocije - Ja Sam Tvoj Ti Si Moj (5:05)
67. monofonik - Ljubav je kriva za sve (3:47)

B

68. Black Lung - Concrete Octopus (3:49)
69. PixelToy - 迴轉木馬 (3:57)
70. Oliver's geisha - (F)lovver (4:25)
71. Bangkok Impact - the Floor (4:32)
72. Olga Kouklaki - Getalife (4:14)
73. Souvenir - Accident A Londres (Jaime Cristobal Remix) (5:31)
74. Tribeca - Solitude (2:50)
75. Butterwings - Although We Know (3:42)
76. Githead - To Have and To Hold (3:55)
77. Hercules and Love Affair - Blind (feat. Antony Hegarty) (6:21)
78. Jori Hulkkonen - Lo-Fiction (feat. Jerry Valuri) (5:37)
79. Glass Candy - Life After Sundown (6:16)
80. The Whitest Boy Alive - Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix) (8:28)


\\\ april 22nd \\\

U

1. Pacific UV - Arson (10:01)
2. Benoît Pioulard - La Guerre de Sept Ans (3:08)
3. Crippled Black Phoenix - The Northern Cobbler (7:32)
4. The McCarricks - Sunshine Dust (2:31)
5. Steven Severin - Tormented (3:23)
6. Salaryman - The Companion (4:10)
7. State River Widening - desertique (3:50)
8. Michael Heilrath - wenn man sex haben will (4:08)
9. Thomas Dinger - Ballgefluster (7:07)
10. Soundpool - Butterflies (6:06)
11. Nic Bommarito - Once A Freak Always A Freak (3:40)
12. Working for a Nuclear Free City - The Tape (3:17)
13. And So I Watch You From Afar - wpb 6am (2:54)
14. 3epkano - Cesare's Theme (3:14)
15. Mooncake - Mooncake (3:20)
16. I Hear Sirens - everything was black and white except the city lights (6:24)
17. Suffocate For Fuck Sake - I Keep My Eyes On The Ground, Afraid Of Meeting Someone I Know (4:27)
18. Gnac - Nautical Episodes (5:07)
19. Kyte - Home (2:40)
20. A Company - Ferry, Bus and the Lorry (2:03)

UU

21. John Cooper Clarke - Evidently Chicken Town (live) (0:31)
22. A Certain Ratio - Shack Up (3:12)
23. My Dad Is Dead - Put It Away (3:09)
24. Section 25 - She's So Pretty (3:39)
25. The Stockholm Monsters - Winter (3:10)
26. Act - Ping Pong (2:19)
27. John Lydon - Grave Ride (4:28)
28. Athletico Spizz 80 - effortless (3:06)
29. The March Violets - 1 2 I Love You (3:07)
30. The Undertones - here comes the summer (1:44)
31. TV21 - Ideal Way Of Life (2:30)
32. El Columpio Asesino - Lucas 44-48 (4:00)
33. Cap Pas Cap - WE GOT STAND TALL (2:04)
34. Juniper Moon - ¿Volverás? (2:18)
35. X-Ray Spex - Identity (2:22)
36. B-Movie - Nowhere Girl (Version) (6:27)
37. X-Mal Deutschland - Incubus Succubus II (4:44)
38. Gavin Friday - I Want To Live (4:03)
39. Blaine L Reininger - Monkey Boys (6:10)
40. The The - that was the day (3:58)
41. O.M.D. - Electricity (3:39)
42. Killing Joke - Sanity (4:44)
43. The Glove - This Green City (4:13)
44. Frazier Chorus - Nothing (4:22)

***
45. Elf Power - Skeleton (2:12)
46. Say Hi to Your Mom - Angels And Darlas (3:32)
47. The Automatics - Lone (5:17)
48. New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Big (6:07)
49. super thirty-one - Elacca (2:40)
50. Seabear - Libraries (3:18)
51. Crooked Fingers - You Threw a Spark (3:16)
52. Starlet - When Sun Falls On My Feet (3:45)
53. The Electric Cinema - Heat Exchange (4:09)
54. The Waterboys - We Will Not Be Lovers (7:02)

***
55. Curve - Galaxy (3:57)
56. Electrafixion – Zephyr (radio edit) (3:54)
57. 120 Days - Get Away (4:40)
58. Radio 4 - Party Crashers (4:58)
59. The Yours - Fat Is Selfish (4:38)
60. Fjord Rowboat - Can't See The Sun (3:33)
61. model morning - without you i'm lost (5:01)
62. Tears Run Rings - Run Run Run (4:43)
63. The Voices - Nobody Knows The Way I Feel (7:10)

UUU

64. Les Visiteurs du Soir - Je T`ecris D`un Pays (4:50)
65. ADULT. - Don't You Stop (Original Mix) (5:27)
66. Mary Moor - Pretty Day (2:57)
67. Deux - Game and Performance (3:35)
68. belladonnakillz - Tribute 2 Drugz (4:10)
69. Death To Structure - The Serenade Of Pikachu (0:37)
70. Bubblegum Octopus - Neighbors Do Bad Things (2:24)
71. Desert Planet - Teleport Ride (3:08)
72. Germlin - Royal Wolf (Featuring Yoko Oh No!) (1:30)
73. Strawberry Machine - The Roomnumber Is 3021 (2:46)
74. Comix - Touche Pas Mon Sexe (3:11)
75. my little airport – sad merchan (digilick remix) (4:39)
76. Vitor Hublot - Aller Simple (3:41)
77. Matt and Kim - Dash After Dash (3:40)
78. Takako Minekawa - Fantastic cat (3:58)

***
79. Farben - Live At The Sahara Tahoe, 1973 (7:12)
80. Differnet - Saurau (6:24)
81. Liberto - No Idea (4:56)
82. Jori Hulkkonen - Lo-Fiction (feat. Jerry Valuri) (5:37)
83. Pier Bucci - Tita (5:53)
84. The Legends - Heart (3:10)
85. Post Industrial Boys - Lula (3:45)
86. inje - na tavanu (4:33)
87. Gentle Touch - Pieter van den Hoogenband (5:51)