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20. Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe

Released 21/4/2009


19. Quantic & His Combo Barbaro - Tradition In Transition

Released 29/7/2009


18. Bob Dylan - Together Through Life

Released 24/4/2009


17. Röyksopp - Junior

Released 20/3/2009


16. Iggy Pop - Preliminaires

Released 25/5/2009


15. Van Morrison - Astral Weeks: Live At The Hollywood Bowl

Released 6/2/2009


14. Leonard Cohen - Live in London

Released 31/3/2009


13. The Aggrolites - IV

Released 6/6/2009


12. W.A.S.P. - Babylon

Released 16/10/2009


11. Archive - Controlling Crowds Part IV

Released 16/10/2009


10. The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die

Released 23/2/2009


9. Easy Star All-Stars - Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band

Released 14/4/2009

8. Sivert Høyem - Moon Landing

Released 1/10/2009


7. Muse - The Resistance

Released 11/9/2009


6. Rancid - Let The Dominoes Fall

Released 2/6/2009


5. John Frusciante - The Empyrean

Released 1/1/2009


4. Shpongle - Ineffable Mysteries From Shpongleland

Released 29/11/2009

3. Pearl Jam - Backspacer

Released 3/11/2009


2. Archive - Controlling Crowds

Released 27/3/2009


1. Alice in Chains - Black Gives Way To Blue

Released 29/9/2009




Created using OnDistantShores's Album Of The Year journal generator.

Amorphis: Skyforger (Progressive metal) (Helsinki, Finland)
Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion (Psychedelic pop, Neo-Psychedelia) (Baltimore, MD, USA)
Be'lakor: Stone's Reach (Melodic death metal) (Melbourne, Australia)
The Chasm: Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm (Death metal) (Ciudad de México, Mexico)
Leonard Cohen: Live In London (Folk, Singer/Songwriter) (Montreal, Canada)
Converge: Axe To Fall (Metalcore, Hardcore punk) (Salem, MA, USA)
Emperor: Live Inferno (Black metal, Symphonic black metal) (Notodden, Norway)
Fashawn: Boy Meets World (Conscious hip hop, West coast hip hop, Boom bap) (Fresno, CA, USA)
The Flaming Lips: Embryonic (Neo-Psychedelia, Experimental rock) (Oklahoma City, OK, USA)
Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest (Psychedelic folk, Indie folk, Indie pop) (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Katatonia: Night Is The New Day (Alternative metal) (Stockholm, Sweden)
Kylesa: Static Tensions (Sludge metal, Stoner metal) (Savannah, GA, USA)
Magma: Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré (Zeuhl) (Paris, France)
Mastodon: Crack The Skye (Progressive metal) (Atlanta, GA, USA)
maudlin of the Well: Part the Second (Progressive rock, Art rock) (Amherst, MA, USA)
Natural Snow Buildings: Shadow Kingdom (Drone, Psychedelic folk) (Vitré, France)
Nile: Those Whom The Gods Detest (Technical death metal, Death metal) (Greenville, SC, USA)
Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt II (East coast hip hop, Hardcore hip hop) (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
R.E.M.: Live at the Olympia (Alternative rock, Jangle pop) (Athens, GA, USA)
The Ruins of Beverast: Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite (Black metal, Atmospheric black metal) (Aachen, Germany)
Shpongle: Ineffable Mysteries From Shpongleland (Psybient, Psytrance) (UK)
Sonic Youth: Live At Battery Park, NYC: July 4th 2008 (Alternative rock, Noise rock) (New York, NY, USA)
Thy Catafalque: Róka hasa rádió (Avant-garde metal, Progressive metal) (Makó, Hungary)
Devin Townsend: Addicted (Industrial metal) (New Westminster, Canada)
Vektor: Black Future (Technical thrash metal) (Tempe, AZ, USA)

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Good records:

Mastodon - Crack The Skye


dälek- Gutter Tactics


Fever Ray - s/t


Rome - Flowers From Exile


Antony and the Johnsons - The Crying Light


Antigama - Warning


Bill Calahan - Sometimes I Wish I Were An Eagle


Causa Sui - Summer Sessions vol. 2 and 3



Flunk - This Is What You Get


Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest


Misstress Barbara- I'm No Human


Ortega Cartel - Lavorama


The Devin Townsend Project - Addicted


Tosca - No Hassle


Current 93 - Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain


Shpongle - Ineffable Mysteries From Shpongleland


Megasus - s/t


Kylesa - Static Tensions


HEALTH - Get Color


Absynthe Minded - st


Soap&Skin - Lovetune For Vacuum


The Flaming Lips - Embryonic


Black Math Horseman - Wylt


Minsk - With Echoes Of Movement In The Stone



Correct records:

The Field - Yesterday And Today


Pure Reason Revolution - Amor Vincit Omnia


TenTypMes - Zamach Na Przeciętność


State of Mind - Faster Than Light


Sally Shapiro - My Guilty Pleasure


Jenny Wilson - Hardships!


Altar of Plagues - White Tomb


Katatonia - Night Is The New Day


pg.lost - In Never Out


múm - Sing Along To Songs You Don't Know


Not good enough:

Spięty - Antyszanty


Phoenix - Wolgang Amadeus Phoenix


Trzeci Wymiar - Złodzieje Czasu


L.U.C - 39/89 Zrozumieć Polskę


Just boring:

Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition


Callisto - Providence


Porcupine Tree - The Incident



...and the best:

Moshic - Hiloola


Sparks - The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman


Claro Intelecto - Warehouse Sessions


Telefon Tel Aviv - Immolate Yourself


Clubroot - s/t




Gigs:

Swayzak

Volbeat

O.S.T.R.

Asymmetry Festival

Lao Che

Fisz Emade jako Tworzywo Sztuczne

Planet L.U.C

II Festiwal Muzyki Filmowej w Krakowie

Aphex Twin

Pijani Powietrzem

UNSOUND Festival - Biosphere, Stars of the Lid, Monolake, Kode9 & the Spaceape, Soap&Skin, 2562, Martyn, Shed, Untold, Jacaszek, Marcel Dettmann, Omar-S, Kadebostan, The Mountain People, Next Life, The National Fanfare of Kadebostany, Mikrokolektyw, SzaZa, Moishe Moishe Moishele

Satyricon - Shining - Dark Fortress - Posthum






To be updated and updated, and updated...

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 Madonna
1 Kylie Minogue
2 Janet Jackson
3 Cher
4 Lady GaGa
5 Britney Spears
6 Danii Minogue
7 Cindy Lauper
8 Spice Girls

#2 Marilyn Manson
9 Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids
10 Nine Inch Nails
11 Rob Zombie
12 Rammstein
13 Deathstars
14 John 5
15 KoЯn
16 Dope

#3 Crass
17 Flux of Pink Indians
18 Conflict
19 Subhumans
20 Rudimentary Peni
21 Zounds
22 Poison Girls
23 Dirt
24 Aus-Rotten

#4 Icon of Coil
25 Combichrist
26 Rotersand
27 Panzer AG
28 Covenant
29 Assemblage 23
30 Seabound
31 Neuroticfish
32 Apoptygma Berzek

#5 Combichrist
Panzer AG
33 Icon of Coil
34 Suicide Commando
35 Grendel
36 Noisuf-X
37 Aesthetic Perfection
38 Agonize
39 :wumpscut:

#6 London After Midnight
40 Fear Cult
41 Clan of Xymox
42 All Gone Dead
43 Cinema Strange
44 Diary of Dreams
45 Rosetta Stone
46 Christian Death
47 Two Witches

#7Nightwish
48 Tarja
49 Epica
50 Within Temptation
51 Delain
52 Vision of Atlantis
53 Leaves' Eyes
54 After Forever
55 Sonata Artica

#8 Megadeth
56 MD.45
57 Anthrax
58 Testament
59 Slayer
60 Exodus
61 Kreator
62 Pantera
63 Annihilator

#9 Fun People
64 Boom Boom Kid
65 Cucsifae
66 Eterna Inocencia
67 Loquero
68 El Otro Yo
69 Shaila
70 Flema
71 2 Minutos

#10 Immortal Technique
72 Jedi Mind Tricks
73 Poison Pen
74 Akir
75 OuterSpace
76 Ill Bill
77 Sabac
78 dead prez
79 Army of the Pharaohs

#11 Propagandhi
80 I Spy
81 Dillinger Four
82 Good Riddance
83 Strike Anywhere
84 Bigwig
85 None More Black
86 A Wilhelm Scream
87 Dead to Me

#12 Social Distortion
88 Mike Ness
89 The Bones
90 Rancid
91 Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards
92 Pennywise
93 Backyard Babies
94 Street Dogs
95 The Bouncing Souls

#13 Siouxsie and the Banshees
96 The Creatures
97 Siouxsie
98 Bauhaus
99 X-Mal Deutschland
100 The Glove
101 Alien Sex Fiend
Christian Death
102 Skeletal Family

#14 1200 Micrograms
103 Talamasca
104 Astrix
105 GMS
106 Hallucinogen
107 Infected Mushroom
108 Shpongle
109 Electric Universe
110 Astral Projection

#15 Depeche Mode
111 Dave Gahan
112 Martin L. Gore
113 Recoil
114 Camouflage
115 De/Vision
116 Erasure
117 And One
118 Pet Shop Boys

#17 Atmosphere
119 The Dynospectrum
120 Brother Ali
121 Slug
122 Eyedea & Abilities
123 Sage Francis
124 Murs
125 Mac Lethal
126 Aesop Rock

#16 Eminem
127 D12
128 50 Cent
129 Obie Trice
130 Stat Quo
131 Benzino
132 Proof
133 Dr. Dre
134 2Pac

#18. Mind.In.A.Box
135 Edge of Dawn
Seabound
136 Pride and Fall
Rotersand
137 Liquid Divine
138 Syrian
Neuroticfish
139 Code 64

#19. Black Sabbath
140 Ozzy Osbourne
141 Judas Priest
142 Dio
143 Heaven and Hell
144 Deep Purple
145 Motörhead
146 Iron Maiden
147 Rainbow

#20. Angelspit
148 Ayria
149 Helalyn Flowers
150 Zombie Girl
151 I:Scintilla
152 Pzychobitch
Combichrist
153 Hanzel und Gretyl
154 Psyclon Nine

That took time -.-

My score is 154/160 :D

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Rootical, De La Soul, Chali 2na, Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters, John Coltrane, DJ Food, Sergent Garcia, Rockamovya, Antonio Vivaldi, Notorious B.I.G., Sidney Bechet et Claude Luter, Tracy Chapman, Angélique Kidjo, EPMD, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, St. Germain, Daft Punk, Fat Freddy's Drop, Fatboy Slim, Johnny Clarke, RJD2, René Thomas, Soul Assassins, Deftones, Kaophonic Tribu, Linkin Park, The Skatalites, Muse, Belleruche, Sunflower Caravan, Les Reines Prochaines, DJ Shadow, Mass Hysteria, múm, Кочани Оркестар, Israel Vibration, Jurassic 5, Gelka, Lionel Hampton, Lost in Hildurness, Hilight Tribe, Shadow Dancer, Elek Bacsik, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Tânia Ârab, Troublemakers, William Orbit, Plastikman, The Specials, CunninLynguists, dead prez & DJ Green Lantern, Mansfield.TYA, Thievery Corporation, Raphael Saadiq, Smooth, Kery James, DJ Muggs vs. GZA/Genius, Love Is Colder Than Death, Miss Kittin & The Hacker, YAS, Chet Baker, Pendulum, Claude Bolling, Hubert Rostaing, Georges Brassens, Refractory, Scarface, Bill Coleman, Funkdoobiest, Telefon Tel Aviv, Lightning Bolt, Morcheeba, DJ Mitsu The Beats, Tricky, Hafdís Huld, Sidsel Endresen & Christian Wallumrød & Helge Sten, Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse, Akhenaton, Alif Tree, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Maurice Meunier, TAT, Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald, Stéphane Grappelli, Black Uhuru, Kid Loco, Common, Ellen Allien, Roots Manuva, Joris Voorn, Method Man, Jah'licious, Hux Flux, Toots Thielemans, Blockhead, Rokia Traoré, Max Romeo, Cœur de Pirate, Method Man & Redman, RND, Volta & FX909, Venetian Snares & Speedranch, The Rolling Stones, BHASS Project, Orchestre National de Jazz, Pink Floyd, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Michel Legrand, Sayag Jazz Machine, Emilie Simon, Late Night Fruit, Buddy Banks, Pan•American, Booba, DJ Muggs vs. Planet Asia, The Kumba Mela Experiment, Jeff Mills, Ulytau, ZAMAN 8 & Hafez Modir, Ematom, Harmonic 313, Freestylers, The Gladiators, Control Machete, The Bush Chemists, Twista, Orange Street, The Roots, Michael Jackson, Los Hermanos, Dub Incorporation, RZA, The Ananda Shankar Experience and State of Bengal, Da Taz, Thelonious Monk, Limp Bizkit, Mr. Oizo, 雅-miyavi-, Ella Fitzgerald, Sex Pistols, AC/DC, Minty Fresh Beats, Gus Gus, Gideon, Themselves, Parabellum, K2R Riddim, Easy Star All-Stars, Rhythm & Sound, The Toraia Orchestra Of Algiers, Lee "Scratch" Perry & King Tubby, Keziah Jones, Ataraxia, TTC, Immortal Technique, Coldcut, A Tribe Called Quest, Lali Puna, Rhoda Scott & Kenny Clarke, Iron Maiden, Dizzy Gillespie, Pierre Michelot, Umek, Miles Davis, Gang Starr, DJ Muggs, Orbital, OutKast, Anthony Rother, Donald Byrd Quintet, Diego, Igorrr, Raekwon, Pharoahe Monch, Dream Theater, Anoushka Shankar, Sonny Criss, The Smashing Pumpkins, K's Choice, Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor, The Herbaliser, Blakroc, Lenny Kravitz, Cujo, Cosma, Killarmy, Big Punisher, Jamiroquai, Charles Mingus, Missak, Burial, Bernard Peiffer and his Saint-Germain-des-Prés Orchestra, Albert Nicholas, Édith Piaf, Mix Master Mike, Maceo Parker, Rae & Christian, Steel Pulse, Hocus Pocus, Opeth, Dee Nasty, Tom Waits, DJ Fresh, Manu le Malin, Khoiba, Animaltek, Peter Tosh, Steppenwolf, Alter Ego, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Boards of Canada, Red Hot Chili Peppers9, Bernard Zacharias et ses solistes, Ill Bill & Necro, Sublime, Crystal Distortion, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, GZA/Genius, Salmonella Dub, Harold Nicholas et son Orchestre, Grems, Missy Elliott, Sammy Price & Lucky Thompson, The Herbaliser Band, Ghostface Killah, Cranes, Slaine, Necro & Ill Bill, Lars Klein, Outlines, Saïan Supa Crew, John Dahlbäck, Junior Murvin, Delinquent Habits, Dubians, Arom & Gourmets Beatclub, Afu-Ra, Slide Hampton, Agoria, 2Pac & The Outlawz, Archive, The Alchemist, Somogo, Toots and The Maytals, Philip Glass, Ray Charles, Sia, Marcel et son Orchestre, Trust, Aretha Franklin, Sinsemilia, Public Enemy, Buck Clayton, James Brown, Zenzile & High Tone, The Streets, Adam F, Oscar Peterson, The Abyssinians, Improvisators Dub, Yuksek, Alanis Morissette, Alici, Cake, Up, Bustle and Out, Art Blakey, Scan X, DMX, Etikal Lab, Lady B, Keith Jarrett, David Carretta, Cocteau Twins, Lhasa de Sela, Jacques Brel, Charlie Singleton, Dimitri from Paris, Bonobo, Emmanuel Top, CéU, Kosheen, Jungle Brothers, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Nada Surf, Cercle Rouge, Monolake, Marilyn Manson, Rachid Taha, Alain Goraguer, Dub Pistols, Jimmy Archey, Pat Metheny, Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass, Jimmy Riley, Wailing Souls, Taigaz, Air, Triston Palmer, Donald Byrd, Promoe, Ice Cube, Gang Gang Dance, Barbara Morgenstern, Technasia, Dubmood, Josh Wink, Eddy Louiss, Africa Combo & Bugge Wesseltoft.

Sab 28 Nov – Time & Space IVShpongle
I'd just like to thank mr posford. it was a very profound experience. And i really treasured the hug he gave me :)

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

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


21. My Bloody Valentine
Loveless


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


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


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


25. Linkin Park
Angry generic emo shit.


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


27. Ayreon
Gets old after while.


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


29. Cynic
Metal Gods!


30. Tom Waits
Absolute genius!


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


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


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


34. John Carpenter
Only around Halloween


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


36. Guns N' Roses
Meh.


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


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


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


40. Thousand Foot Krutch
Generic Christian Rock


41. System of a Down
Such a faux pas


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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



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

Alphabetically. I've come to realize how ridiculous it is to actually try and rank these.

1. A.A. Bondy – When The Devil's Loose
I wish I had a porch and lived in a cabin out in the country. Until the song ends. Then take me back to my normal, yuppie life with high-speed Internet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0DWZ3VBROw

2. Animal Collective – My Girls
The song that turned these unlistenable noisemaking jackasses into everyone’s favorite jam band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zol2MJf6XNE

3. Annie – Songs Remind Me of You
“You’re So Vain” for disco-loving homosexuals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y3FFWPBvBs

4. Big Boi – Shine Blockas (feat. Gucci Mane)
Party at my place, y’all. Shine Blockas will be on repeat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxBt_p8gFkw

5. Boston Spaceships – Tattoo Mission
A Robert Pollard song with a string hook and a Led Zeppelin riff. Yeah, I know, sounds crazy, but it's actually really good.

6. Bruce Springsteen – The Wrestler
The Ram jumps off the top rope, the screen goes black, Bruce Springsteen does his thing and I cry. God damn this is some powerful stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRUEKJIcvbo

7. Built to Spill – Done
It’s kind of funny that I find a song about loneliness to be so comforting. Goes to show I’m not much of a lyrics guy.

8. Built to Spill – Hindsight
“Hindsight brings me down / keeps me on the ground.” Yeah, hindsight hit me pretty hard this year.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Ppc_4Be5o

9. Candlemass – If I Ever Die
Oh. My. God. It’s about time someone released a balls out metal song again where the lead singer doesn’t sound like Doctor Claw.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG9InehQEos

10. Clipse – Kinda Like A Big Deal (feat. Kanye West)
I feel like kinda like a big deal when this comes on my iPod as I walk my dog.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diEVUSBnNc8

11. Clutch – 50,000 Unstoppable Watts
Rage Against the Machine – Sanctimonious Douchebaggery + Awesome Blues Rock = This Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDoKyzHzP14

12.CunninLynguists – Don’t Leave (When Winter Comes) (feat. Slug)
These dudes put out some weed-brownie party song that everyone seemed to really like this year (it wasn’t very good), but you cats are in denial if you think it even came close to this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmpc6vqUyO0

13. Delorean – Seasun
Great song for driving at night. Incidentally, it would be perfect for a car commercial. Let's just hope and pray that never, ever happens.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axi7mudxdmk

14. The Depreciation Guild – Dream About Me
Proof that shoegaze isn’t just a bunch of fuzzy, sad bastard music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXFj94qr0R0

15. Dinosaur Jr. – I Don’t Wanna Go There
I always knew these guys could crank out some extended guitar jams with the best of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qwWbVjKBR0

16. Dinosaur Jr. – Over It
Good alternative to emo for overcoming your sorrows. Works much more quickly, too. I’m movin’ on, dude.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgTJtdn6VjM

17. Dusty Kid – Moto Perpetuo
Oh man, if I ever went to a dance club and the DJ played this techno monster, I'd be throwing some wicked dice rolls on that dance floor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlRlqiXvyCw

18. Faunts – Feel.Love.Thinking.Of
Tyler and imaginary girl fall in love while this song is playing in the background.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_SJXtaTmBc

19. Girls – Lust For Life
Cool song, but I wish I’d never watched the uncensored video where the dude uses a guy’s dong as a microphone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuoTjYYqe4c (Not the uncensored version)

20. Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks
Oh, yay, it’s everyone’s favorite new band.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjecYugTbIQ

21. JJ – Ecstacy
This song takes the only good thing about Lil’ Wayne’s “Lollipop” and makes it safe for white Brooklyn kids.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQgjpkbZ2AU

22. Joker & Ginz – Purple City
I’ve never wanted window-rattling bass in my car until I heard this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bIR_YmiuVw

23. Julian Casablancas – 11th Dimension
Julian, I’ve really missed you. I’m sorry I said the last Strokes album sucked. Can we be friends again?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_h5DMHh5_M

24. Mastodon – Divinations
They took the original Mastodon formula of really heavy riffs and added radio-friendly hooks. Sounds like a recipe for disaster, but that shit actually works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxelXPg961M

25. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Young Adult Friction
The first time I heard this song, I was on my way to purchase barstools from Bed, Bath & Beyond. It deserved so much better than that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4itzHRpltQ

26. Raekwon – 10 Bricks
Just one step below “Verbal Intercourse” and “Knuckleheadz.” If you’re familiar with those songs, you’ll know that’s incredible praise.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzS2dN99KxM

27. Reigning Sound – Stick Up For Me
Memphis feels exactly how this song sounds.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSjdW8I19BQ

28. Shpongle – Electroplasm
I don’t do mushrooms or LSD or the like, but if I did, I would choose this to soundtrack the experience.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3E--ZXTVdw

29. Washed out – Feel It All Around
I want to disappear in this song. Preferably some friends could come with me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PuCkZ1ALkI