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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. Nell
MoT
서태지
Dear cloud
peterpan complex
Vanilla Unity
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Donawhale
Huckleberry Finn
(8)

2. ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION
9mm Parabellum Bullet
ART-SCHOOL
the pillows
UVERworld
チャットモンチー
NUMBER GIRL
(6)

3. My Aunt Mary
Deli Spice
Thomas Cook
Vodka Rain
Lucid Fall
언니네 이발관
재주소년
브로콜리 너마저
Bulldog Mansion
(8)

4. 자우림
김윤아
Cherry Filter
이적
W & Whale
(4)

5. アンティック-珈琲店-
SuG
LM.C
彩冷える
ゾロ
THE KIDDIE
ＡＬｉＢｉ
イロクイ。
vistlip
(8)

6. ELLEGARDEN
the HIATUS
ONE OK ROCK
flumpool
(3)

7. Incubus
Foo Fighters
(1)
...yeah I don't listen to that much American music, I can't really think of any artists that are like Incubus :x

8. The Shins
Flake Music
Band of Horses
The Decemberists
Rogue Wave
Spoon
Modest Mouse
White Rabbits
The Strokes really, last.fm?
(8)

9. The Dresden Dolls
Amanda Palmer
Regina Spektor
Tegan & Sara
(3) lol what the hell there's nothing like The Dresden Dolls

10. 杉本善徳
ＧＬＡＣＩＥＲ
Mix Speaker's,Inc.
ダウト
華族
ＨＥＲＯ
ポワトリン
えんそく
(7) last.fm doesn't seem to think so, but the last four are actually quite like Yoshinori;;

11. アリス九號.
GIVUSS lol
ViViD
abingdon boys school whatever you say
清春
(4)

12. スガシカオ ...lolwat
坂本真綾
(1)

13. ムック
Plastic Tree
D'espairsRay
BUCK-TICK
(3)

14. 雅-miyavi-
Acid Black Cherry
(1) lol

15. Waive
(0) haha of course;;

16. Queens of the Stone Age
(0) lol that's not surprising

17. PIERROT
Angelo
キリト
ｂｏｏｇｉｅｍａｎ They're not popular enough to show up on last.fm's similar artists page, but ｂｏｏｇｉｅｍａｎ is REALLY similar to PIERROT.
(3)

18. Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Be Your Own Pet
Arcade Fire
The Strokes
The White Stripes
Rilo Kiley, except I actually like Yeah Yeah Yeahs :|
Pixies
PJ Harvery
The Geraldine Fibbers
(8)

19. Radwimps
polyABC So says I; nobody knows who they are.
(1)

20. 東京事変
椎名林檎
(1)

Total: 78
lol but really my taste is so eclectic. My last.fm charts are not accurate at allll

50. Cat Power - You Are Free (2003)


Best Tracks: Good Woman, He War, Names






49. Hawksley Workman - Lover/Fighter (2003)


Best Tracks: We Will Still Need A Song, Anger As Beauty, Even An Ugly Man






48. Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat (2006)


Best Tracks: Rise Up With Fists!!!, The Charging Sky, Melt Your Heart





47. Feist - Let It Die (2004)


Best Tracks: Mushaboom, Let It Die, One Evening






46. Matthew Good - Hospital Music (2007)


Best Tracks: Champions of Nothing, Born Losers, Odette





45. Radiohead - Hail To The Theif (2003)


Best Tracks: 2+2=5, There There, A Punch Up at A Wedding






44.M.I.A.- Arular (2005)


Best Tracks: Sunshowers, Bingo, 10 Dollar






43. Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (2008)


Best Tracks: Inní mér syngur vitleysingur. Gobbledigook, Ára Bátur





42. Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter III (2008)


Best Tracks: Shoot Me Down, 3 Pear, Mr. Carter





41. Interpol - Antics (2004)


Best Tracks: Take You On A Cruise, Next Exit, Evil






40. Kanye West - Graduation (2007)


Best Tracks: Good Morning, Flashing Lights, Everything I Am





39.Death Cab for Cutie - Plans (2005)


Best Tracks: Marching Bands of Manhattan, What Sarah Said, Soul Meets Body






38. Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lake State (2003)


Best Tracks: Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid), For the Widows in Paradise, For the Fatherless in Ypsilanti, The Upper Penisula




37. Kanye West - The College Dropout (2004)


Best Tracks: Spaceship, All Falls Down, Jesus Walks





36. The New Pornographers- Twin Cinema (2005)


Best Tracks: Sing Me Spanish Techno, The Bleeding Heart Show, Use It






35. Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight (2008)


Best Tracks: The Modern Leper, I Feel Better, Backwards Walk





34. Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004)


Best Tracks: The World At Large, Float On, Bury Me With It





33. Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (2007)


Best Tracks: Spitting Venom, People As Places As People, March Into the Sea






32. Lupe Fiasco - The Cool (2007)


Best Tracks: Hip-Hop Saved My Life (featuring Nikki Jean), Intruder Alert, Little Weapon






31. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)


Best Tracks: Untitled, NYC, Stella Was A Diver and She Was Always Down






30. Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica (2000)


Best Tracks: Life Like Weeds, Paper Thin Walls, Lives






29. Kanye West - Late Registration (2005)


Best Tracks: Heard ‘Em Say, Touch the Sky, Diamonds From Sierra Leone





28. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife (2006)


Best Tracks: The Crane Wife 3, The Island, Sons and Daughters





27. Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion (2009)


Best Tracks: My Girls, In the Flowers, Summertime Clothes





26. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago (2008)


Best Tracks: Re:Stacks, Skinny Love, Blindsided





25. Cat Power - The Greatest (2006)


Best Tracks: Lived in Bars, Living Proof, The Greatest






24.. Matthew Good - VANCOUVER (2009)


Best Tracks: Empty’s Theme Park, The Boy Who Could Explode, The Vancouver National Anthem





23 . Death Cab for Cutie - Transatlanticism (2003)


Best Tracks: Title and Registration, Transatlanticism, Lack of Color





22 . Bat for Lashes - Two Suns (2009)


Best Tracks: Siren Song, Daniel, Pearl’s Dream





21 . Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (2005)


Best Tracks: Like Eating Glass, Pioneers, This Modern Love






20 . Lupe Fiasco - Food and Liquor (2006)


Best Tracks: The Instrumental , American Terrorist, Hurt Me Soul





19 . Jimmy Eat World - Futures (2004)


Best Tracks: 23, Polaris, Futures





18. Feist - The Reminder (2007)


Best Tracks: 1234, My Moon, My Man, So Sorry





17. The Decemberists - Picaresque (2005)


Best Tracks: The Engine Driver, On the Bus Mall, We Both Go Down Together






16.Sigur Rós - Takk… (2005)


Best Tracks: Saeglópur, Hoppípolla, Glósóli






15.Rilo Kiley - More Adventerous (2004)


Best Tracks: Portions For Foxes, The Absence of God, It’s A Hit






14.Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene (2005)


Best Tracks: It’s All Gonna Break, 7/4 (Shoreline), Windsurfing Nation





13.Matthew Good Band - The Audio of Being (2001)


Best Tracks: Advertising on Police Cars, Tripoli, Sort of A Protest Song







12.k-os - Joyful Rebellion (2004)


Best Tracks: The Love Song, Crucial, Man I Used to Be






11.Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)


Best Tracks: Modern World, Shine A Light, I’ll Believe in Anything





10. The National - Boxer (2007)


Best Tracks: Fake Empire, Mistaken For Strangers, Slow Show






09. Radiohead - In Rainbows (2007)


Best Tracks: Videotape, Reckoner, 15 Step





08. M.I.A. - Kala (2007)


Best Tracks: Bamboo Banga, Paper Planes, 20 Dollar







07. The National - Alligator (2005)


Best Tracks: Abel, Mr. November, Secret Meeting





06. Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2005)


Best Tracks: The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is out to Get Us!, They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!, Chicago





05. Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It in People (2002)


Best Tracks: Shampoo Suicide, Looks Just Like the Sun, Lover’s Spit, Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl, Almost Crimes






04 .Radiohead - Kid A (2000)


Best Tracks: Motion Picture Soundtrack, How To Disappear Completely, Everything In It’s Right Place, Optimistic, Idioteque






03.Matthew Good - Avalanche (2003)


Best Tracks: Weapon, Avalanche, While We Were Hunting Rabbits, Pledge of Allegiance, Near Fantastica






02.Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)

Best Tracks: Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels), Neighborhood #3 (Power Out), Haiti, Rebellion (Lies), Wake Up





01 .Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American (2001)


Best Tracks: Cautioners, A Praise Chorus, If You Don’t, Don’t, Hear You Me, Bleed American




Yup, Bleed American at #1. Despite the fact that it was raked across the coals by Pitchfork, it was my quintessential album during those early university years. I probably won't have held it such high regard had it been released a few years ago, but the album still holds up today. Jim's dual vocals with Rachel Haden on tracks like "Cautioners" are close to perfection. It's one of the few albums i'd say is consistently strong from top to bottom. I think the album, (and the band in general) are pretty underrated and get unfairly lumped with other pop-rock/emo bands. Chase This Light didn't help to shake that stigma, but i'm hopeful for the new album.

Arcade Fire at #2 was a no-brainer. Avalanche probably would have had that spot if Matt chose to omit "Song for the Girl" from the record but it's easily his best solo record to date. Kid A is everyone's favourite, and with good reason, - being the album that re-invented Radiohead and ushered in the "digital age" of music. In Rainbows was a worthy follow-up in 2007. Both National records were fantastic, Broken Social Scene were one of the best live bands of the decade and thanks in part to it's all star cast featured on You Forgot It In People. M.I.A.'s long awaited follow up to Arular exceeded expectations and propelled her to stardom, thanks to the success of Paper Planes, even though the rest of the album is just as good. And Sufjan Stevens second album in his now abandoned fifty states project was epic. And that's it for list making for a long time.

100. The Smashing Pumpkins - Machina (2000)


Best Tracks: Stand Inside Your Love, I of the Mouring, Age of Innocence






99. Joanna Newsom- The Milk-Eyed Meander (2004)


Best Tracks: Peach, Plum, Pear, Swansea, Bridges and Balloons






98. The Delgados - Hate (2003)


Best Tracks: Coming in From the Cold, The Light Before We Land, All You Need Is Hate






97. Death Cab for Cutie - We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes (2000)


Best Tracks: Title Track, Little Fury Bugs, Technicolor Girls






96. Lykke Li - Youth Novel (2008)


Best Tracks: Little Bit, I’m Good, I’m Gone, Dance Dance Dance






95. Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy (2005)


Best Tracks: For Real, The Latest Toughs, A Stone







94. Rilo Kiley - The Execution of All Things (2002)


Best Tracks: Paint’s Peeling, With Arms Outstretched, Spectacular Views






93. Weezer - The Green Album (2001)


Best Tracks: Don’t Let Go, Photograph, Island in the Sun






92. Green Day- American Idiot (2004)


Best Tracks: Jesus of Suburbia, Holiday, Boulevard of Broken Dreams






91. Bat for Lashes - Fur And Gold (2007)


Best Tracks: Horse And I, What’s A Girl To Do?, Priscilla







90. Against Me! - Reinventing Axl Rose (2002)


Best Tracks: Baby, I’m An Anarchist!, Pints of Guinness Make You Strong, I Still Love You Julie






89. Matthew Good - White Light Rock & Roll Review (2004)


Best Tracks: We’re So Heavy, Blue Skies Over Bad Lands, Empty Road






88. Holly McNarland - Home Is Where My Feet Are (2003)


Best Tracks: Do You Get High?, More, Watching Over You






87. Sigur Rós - () (2002)


Best Tracks: Untitled 1, Untitled 4, Untitled 8






86. Thom Yorke- The Eraser (2006)


Best Tracks: The Eraser, Harrowdown Hill, Black Swan






85. Okkervil River- The Stage Names (2007)


Best Tracks: Unless it Kicks, Our Life Is Not A Movie, Or Maybe, Savannah Smiles






84. Bright Eyes - Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002)


Best Tracks: Lover I Don’t Have To Love, Bowl of Oranges, Method Acting






83. The Cardigans - Super Extra Gravity (2005)


Best Tracks: Little Black Cloud, Good Morning Joan, Don’t Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds)






82. Phoenix - It’s Never Been Like That (2006)


Best Tracks: Consolation Prizes, Napoleons Says, Long Distance Call





81. The Appleseed Cast- Peregrine (2006)


Best Tracks: February, Sunlight Ascending, Ceremony






80. Hawksley Workman - (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves (2007)


Best Tracks: No Beginning No End, Old Bloody Orange, Striptease







79. Arcade Fire- Neon Bible (2007)


Best Tracks: No Cars Go, Black Wave/Bad Vibrations, Intervention






78. Broken Social Scene Presents Kevin Drew
- Spirit If… (2007)


Best Tracks: Frightening Lives, TBFT, Lucky Ones






77. The Format - Dog Problems (2006)


Best Tracks: Time Bomb, The Compromise, She Doesn’t Get It








76. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell (2003)


Best Tracks: Maps, Y Control, Modern Romance







75. The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving (2000)


Best Tracks: Everything Must Go!, Aside, Left and Leaving







74. Joanna Newsom- Ys (2006)


Best Track: Emily






73.Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It’s Blitz! (2009)


Best Tracks: Skeletons, Heads Will Roll, Hysteric






72.Sunset Rubdown - Dragon Slayer (2009)


Best Tracks: Silver Moons, Idiot Heart, You Go On Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II)






71.Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam (2007)


Best Track: For Reverend Green, Peacebone, Fireworks







70. The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic (2000)


Best Tracks: Mass Romantic, Letter From An Occupant, The Fake Headlines






69. Godspeed you! Black emporer - Lift Your Skinny Fists like Antennas To Heaven (2000)


Best Track: Storm







68. The Weakerthans - Reconstruction Site (2003)


Best Tracks: The Reasons, Time’s Arrow, Plea From A Cat Named Virtue





67. Why? - Alopecia (2008)


Best Tracks: Fatalist Palmistry, The Vowels Pt.2 , These Few Presidents







66. The Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts (2003)


Best Tracks: Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect, California One, July, July!







65. Stars - Set Yourself on Fire (2004)


Best Tracks: Your Ex-Lover Is Dead, Ageless Beauty, One More Night







64. The Postal Service - Give Up (2003)


Best Tracks: Nothing Better, Such Great Heights, The District Sleeps Alone Tonight






63. Stars - In Our Bedroom After The War (2007)


Best Tracks: The Night Starts Here, Bitches in Tokyo, Life 2: The Unhappy Ending







62. Bright Eyes - I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning (2005)


Best Tracks: At The Bottom Of Everything, We Are Nowhere And It’s Now, First Day of My Life







61. Deltron 3030 - Deltron 3030 (2000)


Best Tracks: 3030, Things You Can Do, Battlesong








60. Pinback - Autumn Of The Seraphs (2007)


Best Tracks: Barnes, Good to Sea, Blue Harvest








59. The Format - Interventions and Lullabies (2006)


Best Tracks: On Your Porch, The First Single, Give It Up Sea





58. Sunset Rubdown- Random Spirit Lover (2007)


Best Tracks: The Taming of The Hands That Came Back To Life, The Mending of the Gown, For the Pier (And Dead Shimmering)






57. The Field - From Here We Go To Sublime (2007)


Best Tracks: A Paw in My Face, Over the Ice, Good Thing End






56. M83 - Saturdays=Youth (2008)


Best Tracks: Kim & Jessie, Graveyard Girl, You, Appearing




55. The Streets - Original Pirate Material (2002)


Best Tracks: Turn the Page, It’s Too Late, Stay Positive






54.Jimmy Eat World- Chase This Light (2007)


Best Tracks: Here It Goes, Dizzy, Let It Happen






53. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Pheonix (2009)


Best Tracks: 1901, Lisztomania, Love Like A Sunset





52. The Strokes - Is This It (2001)


Best Tracks: Last Nite, New York City Cops, Trying Your Luck




51. Wolf Parade - At Mt. Zoomer (2008)


Best Tracks: Kissing the Beehive, California Dreamer, Fine Young Cannibals

She & Him
Rilo Kiley
Lady GaGa
Howling Bells
Elliott Smith
Michael Buble
The Eames Era
Placebo
Rasputina
The Chalets
The Whispertown 2000

blah for my benefit really, I've not the best of memories. :)

Amanda Palmer
Top artist by far. I saw her on Sept 12th in London - day after my birthday, day of my graduation. Best day of the year. She was incredible. Such a great person.

Basia Bulat
I've loved this Canadian beauty for a while but it's only recently that I've become totally addicted to music. Her voice warms every inch of me.

Hannah Fury
Every time I listen to her, I feel like I'm in a haunted playground.

The Mamas and The Papas
My friend Nikki and I shared a few months of total fixation on this classic band. Their music was so fun/relaxing/awesome to listen to and even more fun to sing and play on the guitar.

Maria Taylor
Her voice is sublime. I could listen to her sing for hours and never get bored.

Edith Piaf
I love French music and Piaf's voice soars through my soul. I can feel the pain and beauty in her voice every time I listen to one of the songs. Je ne regrette rien :)

Mazzy Star
They got me through my dissertation in the first half of my year. Mellow enough to keep me calm, soft enough not to distract me.

The Mountain Goats
I know I'm late to the party but I discovered the wonder of John Darnielle when I became obsessed with the song Going to Georgia. Saw him perform in London. Brilliant.

Russian Red
Such beautiful music; such a beautiful voice.

Rilo Kiley
...But that goes for every year.

I'm sure there are more. This is just off the top of my slightly intoxicated head :)

The person who filled this out before me had really pathetic taste in music... Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus. o.o

1. How did you get into 29? (Arctic Monkeys)
-It was quite a while ago, so I'm not really sure. I must have been at least 12 or 13.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? (The Killers)
-Somebody Told Me. Am had it on some mixed CD, whenever it was that the song came out. Were we like 14?

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33? (Rilo Kiley)
-"You say I choose sadness, that it never once has chosen me. Maybe you're right."

4. How did you get into 49? (Hollywood Undead)
-I asked my ex what he'd like on his mixed CD that I was making him, and he said a whole bunch of Hollywood Undead. We had both only heard Undead at that point. So I guess my ex got me into them?

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? (The Magnetic Fields)
-Well, I have their entire discography... on my laptop. :p

6. What is your favorite song by 50? (Three Days Grace)
-Animal I Have Become.

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? (Keane)
-Oh, plenty. Especially We Might As Well Be Strangers.

8. What is your favorite song by 15? (Deerhoof)
-I really have no idea. I usually listen to them as a whole... if that makes any sense.

9. What is your favorite song by 5? (Tegan and Sara)
-I suppose My Number and This Is Everything have always been my favorites. But recently I've been enjoying Hello and Hell.

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? (Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin)
-Oregon Girl. AKA Oregon Boy. :p

11. What is the worst song by 40? (Imogen Heap)
-Getting Scared.

12. What is your favorite song by 10? (Islands)
-Switched On, Devout, Heartbeat, aaand Creeper. As if I could pick. :3

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? (Everclear)
-My hun. :)

14. What is your favorite song by 38? (Jack's Mannequin)
-I'm thinking Spinning. :)

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? (Björk)
-Very doubtful. I enjoy the songs, but they don't suddenly make me happy.

16. Is there a song by 25 that makes you sad? (Shiny Toy Guns)
-I don't believe so. I think these last two questions need to be swapped. :p

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? (Gregory and the Hawk)
-I'm not entirely sure, but I do believe it might have been Boats and Birds.

18. What's your favorite lyric by 11? (The Sounds)
-I'm not really sure, since I don't pay complete attention to their lyrics. How about "We'll be the same tomorrow, 'cause we've all been Painted by Numbers." ;)

19. Who is a favorite member of 1? (Death Cab for Cutie)
- -fangirl scream- Benjamin Gibbard!!!! !!!! !!! ! ! !!!!

20. Is there a song by 14 that makes you happy? (Shakira)
-Hips Don't Lie. Of course. :p

21. What is a good memory involving 27? (Mirah)
-Mm. Sleepless nights. And yes, that is a good memory. :) <3

22. What is your favorite song by 16? (Immaculate Machine ((they're only number 16...?)))
-C'mon Sea Legs, hands down.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? (Alive In Wild Paint)
-I can't remember. :\

24. What is your favorite album by 18? (Coconut Records)
-Davy.

25. What is your favorite song by 21? (Jason Mraz)
-Clockwatching.

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? (Disturbed)
- -eye roll at self- Probably Ten Thousand Fists.

27. What is your favorite album by 3? (Akeboshi)
-Roundabout.

28. What is you favorite song by 2? (CAKE)
-Jolene or Comfort Eagle. And every other song by them...

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? (The Honorary Title)
-I'm not really sure, but I think it was probably Frame by Frame, since I was introduced to the band by Amber, and that's her favorite song by them. Idk. Maybe she'd remember. :p

30. What is you favorite song by 8? (The Shins)
-New Slang. Mmm. Memories. <3 :)

31. How many times have you seen 17 live? (The Postal Service)
-Never, haha. And I most likely never will, considering they're like. Nonexistent now. :p There's always DCFC. XP

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? (Starfucker)
-Haaaha. Just their name makes me happy. :p

33. How did you get into 12? (Tokyo Police Club)
-How did I get into them? All by myself, that's how! Haha. Actually I really can't remember. It was about three or four years ago.

34. What is the worst song by 45? (Say Hi to Your Mom)
-I'm not sure. I haven't listened to them much recently. Also, I like mostly all their songs, soooo. XP

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? (Sea Wolf)
-I can't remember at all, unfortunately.

36. What is the first song you ever heard by 48? (Socratic)
-May I Bum A Smoke.

37. How many times have you seen 42 live? (Beck)
-Never, and I don't plan on ever seeing them live.

38. What is you favorite song by 36? (Pedro the Lion)
-When They Really Get to Know You They Will Run.

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? (The Offspring)
-I really have no idea. That would have been a long time ago. o:

40. What is you favorite album by 7? (The New Pornographers)
-Challengers of course.

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? (System of a Down)
-Just about every single one of their songs. :)

42. What is your favorite album by 41? (Sondre Lerche)
-Phantom Punch. o:

43. What is your favorite song by 24? (Throw Me the Statue)
Waving At The Shore. :D

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? (Jem)
-None that come to mind on the spot.

45. What is your favorite song by 35? (Serj Tankian)
-Sky Is Over or Lie Lie Lie.

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? (Eminem)
-The Kids. Kehe. And Without Me. And. Well. Most of his songs. :p

47. What is your favorite album by 4? (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
-You are impossible.

48. Who is a favorite member of 37? (Weezer)
-Rivers Cuomo. He was just in an accident, actually. D:

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? (Bishop Allen)
-Not sure. You know, this survey would be a million times better if you gave different questions rather than just repeating the same five or so.

50. What is your favorite song by 20? (Page France)
-Ribs.

151. Why? - Rubber Traits
I love the subtle stuff going in the background of this song, especially the vocals between 1:00 and 1:30.

152. Animal Collective - Safer
Animal Collective doesn't make songs this weird anymore, unfortunately. There is so much to love here: the looping piano, the assorted screaming ("I'M ALRIIIIIIGHT!" and "Now don't get too freaky on me!"). Also, my last.fm username comes from this song, so I couldn't not include it.

153. Joanna Newsom - Sawdust & Diamonds
If you've been paying attention you'll notice that every track from Ys is on this list. If I had to get rid of one, I guess it would be this one, but that doesn't mean it's not an incredibly good song. The highlight: "I wasn't born of a whistle or milked from a thistle at twilight. No, I was all horns and thorns, sprung out fully-formed, knock-kneed and upright. So enough of this terror, we deserve to know light and grow evermore lighter and lighter..."

154. And So I Watch You From Afar - Set Guitars to Kill
Wow, this is the most in-your-face post-rock song of recent times. It will blow you away. I expect more great things to come from these guys.

155. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
Maybe the best bassline of the decade.

156. The Knife - Silent Shout
This is such a sexy song, especially the synth solo.

157. Rilo Kiley - Silver Lining
Speaking of sexy, how about that Jenny Lewis's voice?

158. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth
Alec Ounsworth's voice, not so much. But this is an amazing song.

159. M83 - Skin Of The Night
This would be a great song to drive around at night to, especially if it's windy.

160. Bon Iver - Skinny Love
I actually prefer Re: Stacks to this, but they're both really good songs.

161. Passion Pit - Sleepyhead
When the EP came out, I listened to this song nonstop. It's funny how Passion Pit seems to be everywhere now. Manners isn't as good as Chunk of Change, but I'm glad they've gained popularity.

162. Mew - Snow Brigade
Sweet chorus, even if the lyrics are a bit stalkerish. (Much like 156, actually.)

163. Final Fantasy - Song Song Song
I can't tell whether that's pizzicato at the beginning (he didn't play this song when I saw him live), but however he does it, it's awesome. Almost as awesome as the ending.

164. Alcest - Souvenirs d'un autre monde
I think this album is slightly overrated (although the lyrics are uniformly excellent), but this track stands out. Very shoegazey.

165. Mew - Special
This song is like a rocket through me. I don't listen to Mew enough, but every time I do, I'm impressed by them.

166. Muse - Starlight
I can see how a lot of Muse fans hate this. I don't listen to it much anymore (Origin Of Symmetry is more lasting), but for a time I listened to it incessantly.

167. Dirty Projectors - Stillness Is the Move
Angel Deradoorian joining Dirty Projectors was the best thing that ever happened to them, as evidenced by Bitte Orca.

168. Oasis - Stop Crying Your Heart Out
Admittedly, Heathen Chemistry is far from the best Oasis album, but this song gets me every time.

169. Rachael Yamagata - Sunday Afternoon
Not as immediately appealing as the majority of Happenstance, but it really makes use of her smoky vocals, particularly the climax.

170. Fuck Buttons - Surf Solar
Blistering yet danceable. Fuck Buttons is one of the most original bands out there.

171. The Decemberists - The Tain (Parts I, II, III, IV, V)
Considering how popular The Decemberists are, you'd think this would be better-known. It's totally epic, even though I can't see much of a connection with the Irish mythological epic it's named after.

172. Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
When I first heard this on the radio, I scrambled to find out who this band was. I suspect I wasn't the only one.

173. Kaki King - These Are The Armies Of The Tyrannized
Very Mogwai-ish, which is a good thing.

174. Los Campesinos! - This Is How You Spell "HAHAHA, We Destroyed The Hopes And Dreams Of A Generation Of Faux-Romantics"
"We have to take the car 'cause the bike's on fire!"

175. Final Fantasy - This Is the Dream of Win & Regine
The way Owen Pallett sings "I tried, and tried, and tried to keep the crowds away" is heart-breakingly plaintive.

176. Muse - Time Is Running Out
Their danciest song, which sort of foreshadowed the direction they went with Black Holes and Revelations.

177. MGMT - Time to Pretend
Really, there's nothing I can say that hasn't already been said.

178. Battles - Tonto
Atlas is the best song from Mirrored, by a long shot, but this is much more complex. The ending is a bit slow, but there's so much going on in the first half.

179. The Antlers - Two
I pretty much knew in February that Merriweather Post Pavilion was going to be my favourite album of 2009, but in the race for second place, I didn't expect a band I had never listened to before to win. Hospice is mind-blowingly good, though. Most of the compositions are pretty expansive, but this one's really tight, and it works well.

180. Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
The video is a bit creepy (see: the uncanny valley), but I always thought Grizzly Bear was a bit creepy anyway.

181. Spoon - The Underdog
In the wrong hands, this song could end up being pretty campy, especially the horns, but this is Spoon.

182. Dirty Projectors - Useful Chamber
I'm glad Dirty Projectors haven't lost ALL their wacky experimentalism.

183. The Mars Volta - Viscera Eyes
I wish you could love a song more than once on last.fm.

184. The Antlers - Wake
One of the expansive compositions from Hospice. Highlights: "letting people iiiiiiiiin," the "don't be scared to speak..." section, and of course the ending.

185. Animal Collective - Water Curses
Where to start? First of all, this is one of the best EPs I've ever heard. It's got three really strong tracks, and Seal Eyeing isn't bad either. But this track stands out. It's incredibly joyful (I mean, it has the lyric "I want to be like water and slip into your throat and make you feel alive and good"), and there's so much good stuff going on - the jagged synthesizer (or whatever it is) in the background during the "I don't think you know just what you're doing" section drives me crazy. It's really too bad that it would be pretty much impossible to play live.

186. Rachel's - Water From the Same Source
This song was used in the movie Hancock, for some reason. I didn't complain, though.

187. Yndi Halda - We Flood Empty Lakes
It's no Illuminate My Heart, My Darling!, but still awesome. A one-minute condensed version of this song was used in an ad for Fuel TV, and it wasn't half bad, despite being 11 minutes shorter than the original.

188. Coheed and Cambria - Welcome Home
Some seriously awesome solos.

189. Dan Deacon - Wham City
The a cappella recapitulation of the chorus near the end never fails to bring a smile to my face. The beginning is kind of reminiscent of In C.

190. Stars - What I'm Trying to Say
Ultra-catchy, and the lyrics are based on a fairly original conceit, which is rare for a love song.

191. 65daysofstatic - When We Were Younger & Better
This should be a movie soundtrack.

192. Dido - White Flag
Dido has about three good songs, and one incredible song (this one, naturally).

193. Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
Such harmonies! I try not to think about the lyrics when I listen to this song though, because they're so depressing and the music is so calming.

194. Rachael Yamagata - Worn Me Down
Rachael Yamagata basically doesn't have any songs I really dislike, because her voice is so good, but this is her best.

195. Los Campesinos! - You! Me! Dancing!
Wow, so twee. I love the spoken-word bit at the end: "And we're all like how Rousseau depicts man in the state of nature: we're undeveloped, we're ignorant, we're stupid, but we're happy").

196. Stars - Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
"And all of the time you thought I was sad, I was trying to remember your name."

197.MGMT - The Youth
This track kind of got overlooked with the popularity of Kids and Time to Pretend, but it's my favourite song from the album. The chorus makes it a perfect youth anthem.

198. Feist - 1234
It must suck for Sally Seltmann, who basically wrote this song, to see how popular Feist has become because of it. I'm just glad it exists, though.

199. Mew - 156
My favourite Mew song. "Don't you just love goodbyes?"

200. Yeasayer - 2080
This must be the best Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel song I've ever heard!