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Hi guys,

I hope you had nice holidays whether you did celebrate them or not.
Last week was quite relaxing for me, but unfortunately I wasn't able to scrobble lots of tracks when I was home. :-/ So my stats are again a bit odd...


Most played artists:

> The Sounds : Yes, I'm currently really into their music. It's catchy and rocking... and I would say that it resembles some 80s style.

> Céline Dion : Well, contemplative times claim contemplative music. :-P And this singer definitely has some wonderful songs.

> Alicia Keys : I took some time to listen to her new songs and I was amazed how well those tracks seem to blend between soul and pop music. Maybe there are some new favorites on the way. ^^

Most played tracks:

> Straight No Chaser by Mr Hudson : A funny thing about this song is that I actually didn't want to like it, but the tunes are really lovely when I think about it. Some verses are kind of locked inside my head. Catchy catchy catchy :-P ... so be careful ^^

> No One Sleeps When I'm Awake by The Sounds : Oh, here's another great song by this brilliant band. The title alone feels original and fresh... and so does the sound of The Sounds :-D Feel free to check it out.

Alright, if everythings goes well I'll write another entry to sum up this whole year of scrobbling.
If not this will be my last lines of 2009. Anyway.. happy new year!

CU + take care

In no particular order:

Pink Mountaintops - Outside Love
Annie - Don't Stop
Dan Auerbach - Keep It Hid
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
Lightning Dust - Infinite Light
Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
The Sounds - Crossing The Rubicon
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Heartless Bastards - The Mountain
A.C. Newman - Get Guilty
Charlotte Hatherley - New Worlds
Blakroc - Blakroc
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Compilations and re-releases:
The Beatles - Remasters
The Vaselines - Enter The Vaselines

Just wanted to put it somewhere. I may have forgotten a few support bands, and I've excluded local/unsigned bands as I can't remember them all.
Aiden
Alexisonfire x2
Alien Ant Farm (Sonisphere 09)
All That Remains
American Eyes
Anti-Flag
The Archie Bronson Outfit
Art Brut
Ash
A Static Lullaby
Avenged Sevenfold (+ Sonisphere 09)
Bang On!
Biffy Clyro
Black Tide
Blue October
Brand New
Bring Me the Horizon
Buckcherry (Sonisphere 09)
Bullet For My Valentine x3 (+ Sonisphere 09)
Bullets & Octane
Candiria
Cannibal Corpse
Cansei de Ser Sexy
Cathedral
Children of Bodom
The Clik Clik
Coheed & Cambria (Sonisphere 09)
Communique
The Dead 60s
Dead by April (Sonisphere 09)
Dead by Sunrise (Sonisphere 09)
The DEAR & DEPARTED
The Departure
DeVotchKa
Diablo
Dir en grey
The Dresden Dolls
Eighteen Visions
The Explosion
FACT (Sonisphere 09)
Fear Of Music
Feeder x3 (+ Sonisphere 09)
Fightstar x2
Flogging Molly x2
Four Year Strong
Frightened Rabbit
Funeral for a Friend x2
The Ghost Frequency
The Ghost of a Thousand
Gratitude
H.I.M.
Hadouken! x2
Hawthorne Heights
Hot Water Music
Howling Bells
Hundred Reasons (Sonisphere 09)
I Am the Avalanche
ill Scarlett
In Case of Fire
InMe
It Dies Today
Jim Noir
Johnny Truant
The Kabeedies
Kevin Devine
KT Tunstall
Ladytron
Lamb of God (Sonisphere 09)
Limp Bizkit (Sonisphere 09)
Linkin Park (Sonisphere 09)
Machine Head (Sonisphere 09)
The Matches
Maximo Park
Mindless Self Indulgence x2
MIT
Moneen
Mr. Scruff
MxPx
My Chemical Romance x2
New Found Glory
Nine Black Alps
Nine Inch Nails (+ Sonisphere 09)
November Coming Fire
Open Hand
Pendulum x2
People in Planes
Pepper
Placebo
Plus 44
Poison the Well
Reamonn
Rise Against
Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Shut Your Eyes & You'll Burst Into Flames
Skindred (+ Sonisphere 09)
SOiL (Sonisphere 09)
The Sounds
South Central DJs
The Starting Line
Stereophonics
Still Remains
Street Dogs
Taking Back Sunday (+ Sonisphere 09)
Templeton Pek
Thursday x2
Trivium
Twin Atlantic (Sonisphere 09)
Unfinished Drawings
The Used (Sonisphere 09)
V FORMATION
Zebrahead (Sonisphere 09)
The Zico Chain
So far. I'm going to update each time I go to a gig. Good times.

ARTISTS
Social Distortion
Rise Against
Jonas Brothers
Lostprophets
Sum 41
Fightstar
Story of the Year
Anti-Flag
Cauterize
All-Time Low
The Sounds
The Offspring
blink-182
Dropkick Murphys
3 Doors Down
Switchfoot
Treble Charger
Zebrahead
The Killers
Ten Second Epic
Matt Willis
Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Flogging Molly
Green Day
Three Days Grace
Nickelback
AFI
Pennywise
Mobile
Busted

ALBUMS
Social Distortion - Sex, Love, & Rock 'n' Roll
Lostprophets - Liberation Transmission
Rise AgainstThe Sufferer and the Witness
Rise Against - Appeal To Reason
Cauterize Disguises
Fightstar - Be Human
Jonas Brothers - Jonas Brothers
Story of the Year - In the Wake of Determination
Anti-Flag - The Bright Lights of America
All Time Low - Nothing Personal
The Sounds - Crossing The Rubicon
Matt Willis - Dont Let It Go To Waste
Ten Second Epic - Hometown
Treble Charger -Detox
Lostprophets - Start Something
Jonas Brothers - A Little Bit Longer
Sum 41 - Chuck
Social Distortion - White Light, White Heat, White Trash
Cauterize - So Far From Real
Switchfoot - Nothing Is Sound
Story of the Year - The Black Swan
Jonas Brothers - Lines, Vines and Trying Times
Sum 41 - Does This Look Infected?
3 Doors Down - 3 Doors Down
Mobile - Tomorrow Starts Today
Scary Kids Scaring Kids - The City Sleeps in Flames
Fightstar - One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours
AFI - DECEMBERUNDERGROUND
Story of the Year - Page Avenue
Faber Drive - Can't Keep A Secret

SONGS
Social Distortion - Reach for the Sky [149 plays]
Rise Against - Survive [76 plays]
Fightstar - War Machine [44 plays]
blink-182 - Stockholm Syndrome [42 plays]
Jonas Brothers - Hollywood [40 plays]
Lostprophets - A Town Called Hypocrisy [37 plays]
Beatsteaks - To Be Strong [30 plays]
Jonas Brothers - Hold On [29 plays]
Lostprophets - 4:AM Forever [29 plays]
Sum 41 - Hooch [29 plays]
Atreyu - Blow [29 plays]
Matt Willis - Crash [29 plays]
Jonas Brothers - Paranoid [27 plays]
Jonas Brothers - A little Bit Longer [26 plays]
Social Distortion - I Wasn't Born to Follow [26 plays]
3 Doors Down - Runaway [25 plays]
Story of the Year - Wake Up [25 plays]
Alkaline Trio - Fall Victim [25 plays]
Cauterize - Dare You To Scream [24 plays]
The Sounds - No One Sleeps When I'm Awake [23 plays]
Rise Against - Injection [23 plays]
Franz Ferdinand - Michael [23 plays]
City and Colour - Sleeping Sickness [23 plays]
Social Distortion - Cold Feelings [22 plays]
All Time Low - Weightless [22 plays]
The Sounds - Beatbox [22 plays]
Metric - Help I'm Alive [22 plays]
Mobile - New York Minute [21 plays]
Rise Against - Whereabouts Unknown [21 plays]
The Killers - Human [21 plays]

i hope this list has doubled in size by the end of 2010

2009
The Growlers (December)
Rooney (November)
The Growlers (November)
Julian Casablancas (November)
No Age (November)
Pixies (November)
Brazilian Girls (Treasure Island 09)
Girl Talk (Treasure Island 09)
The Streets (Treasure Island 09)
MSTRKRFT (Treasure Island 09)
MGMT (Treasure Island 09)
Phoenix (September)
Arctic Monkeys (September)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (September)
Arctic Monkeys (Øya 09)
Glasvegas (Øya 09)
Jonas Brothers (June)
BIG BANG (May)
Turbonegro (May)
Bob Dylan (March)
Oasis (March)

2008
god knows what i was doing this year

2007
Muse (October)
The Dandy Warhols (August)
Rolling Stones (August)
BIG BANG (Roskilde 07)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (Roskilde 07)
The Sounds (Roskilde 07)
My Chemical Romance (Roskilde 07)
queens of the stoneage (Roskilde 07)
Klaxons (Roskilde 07)
Muse (Roskilde 07)
Arctic Monkeys (Roskilde 07)
Björk (Roskilde 07)
The Killers (Roskilde 07)
Arcade Fire (Roskilde 07)

2006
Klovner i Kamp (May)

50. Jet - Shaka Rock
49. David Guetta - One Love
48. Marié Digby - Breathing Underwater
47. Marianas Trench - Masterpiece Theatre
46. Sliimy - Paint Your Face
45. Röyksopp - Junior
44. Colbie Caillat - Breakthrough
43. V.V. Brown - Travelling Like The Light
42. Gary Go - Gary Go
41. Oren Lavie - The Opposite SIde Of The Sea

40. Anjulie - Anjulie
39. Adiam Dymott - Adiam Dymott
38. Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young
37. Just Jack - All Night Cinema
36. You Say Party! We Say Die! - XXXX
35. Miss Li - Dancing The Whole Way Home
34. fun. - Aim and Ignite
33. Frankmusik - Complete Me
32. Kate Voegele - A Fine Mess
31. The Fray - The Fray

30. Paloma Faith - Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful?
29. meg and dia - Here Here And Here
28. The Temper Trap - Conditions
27. The Gossip - Music For Men
26. Erin McCarley - Love, Save The Empty
25. Owl City - Ocean Eyes
24. Diane Birch - Bible Belt
23. Dan Black - UN
22. Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
21. Miike Snow - Miike Snow

20. The Sounds - Crossing The Rubicon
19. Alphabeat - The Spell
18. Athlete - Black Swan
17. Kid Sister - Ultraviolet
16. Polly Scattergood - Polly Scattergood
15. Tiësto - Kaleidoscope
14. The xx - xx
13. Regina Spektor - Far
12. Bat for Lashes - Two Suns
11. Ingrid Michaelson - Everybody

10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
09. Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts
08. Metric - Fantasies
07. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
06. Erik Hassle - Hassle
05. Florence + The Machine - Lungs
04. La Roux - La Roux
03. Little Boots - Hands
02. Imogen Heap - Ellipse

01. Tegan and Sara - Sainthood

1. Tonight: Franz Ferdinand by Franz Ferdinand
Already in January this year when this album was released, I made a bold statement to my friends that this was the album of the year despite 11 more months to come. I still believe so and it has been on steady rotation all year. I think its a fantastic album for a friday afternoon when gearing up for the night

2. Them Crooked Vultures by Them Crooked Vultures
It was many years ago that I felt an excitement about new music comparable to August 9, 2009 when I first heard about TCV and that they were doing their premiere show that same night. After spying on their mysterious homepage for a while (where the only link, marked 'X', did a google earth zoom on where their next show would take place) I managed to get tickets for me and my wife to their show at Hammersmith Apollo in London on December 17th. And at this show, I got to witness Dave Grohl play the drums for 90 minutes in a way that I didn't think was possible anymore. Truly amazing

3. The Resistance by Muse
I have been a steady fan since I heard New Born around 2004. I also got to see them live on that tour which is still one of my top 3 concert experiences ever. This album didn't disappoint me a bit but it wasn't any big surprises either, it is simply a strong and steady album. I passed twice on the opportunity to see them live this year since they will unfortunatley never get close to my memories from that first time

4. Kärlek Är För Dom by Thåström
Before I met my wife, I didn't pay attention to Thåström like his music requires. She introduced him into my life and I thank you, Anna!
Now when me and mr. Thåström know eachother, I dare say that this is his second best album ever as solo artist, second to Skebokvarnsv. 209 from two years ago. During the year 2009 I had the pleasure of seeing him live three times

5. Röd by Kent
I took me 10 years to finally become a fan of Kent which happened shortly after the release of Du & Jag Döden in 2005. From this album I went backwards and re-discovered favourites such as Hagnesta Hill and Verkligen. When their album from two years ago, Tillbaka Till Samtiden, was released I wasn't too impressed but they definitely won my trust back with Röd which was released this year

Runners-up:
- Crossing The Rubicon by The Sounds
- Give Me Fire by Mando Diao
- xx by The xx

Finally, I would like to recommend to you the Christmas song of 2009 (in my very own subjective opinion), Snow Angel by Kate and After. If it wasn't for the last.fm project Unsigned Christmas this song would not have been written. I think everyone interested in music will find this song rewarding

Take care everyone out there and lets hope for some great new music during 2010!

Track number 40,000: Silent Night

Top 20 Artists Overall at the 40,000 mark:
1. Muse 2,475 (1.)
2. God Is an Astronaut 987 (2.)
3. Rise Against 742 (5.)
4. Placebo 739 (6.)
5. Disco Ensemble 727 (3.)
6. Bloc Party 670 (4.)
7. Kent 539 (12.)
8. Von Hertzen Brothers 487 (7.)
9. Foo Fighters 477 (10.)
10. Sigur Rós 475 (8.)
11. Queens of the Stone Age 458 (9.)
12. Radiohead 438 (11.)
13. Weezer 425 (15.)
14. Manic Street Preachers 363 (14.)
15. Mew 322 (-)
16. The Killers 320 (13.)
17. The Sounds 319 (18.)
18. Rubik 288 (16.)
19. Biffy Clyro 274 (re)
19. Editors 274 (re)

Top 10 Tracks Overall:
1. Stockholm Syndrome 66 (1.)
2. From Dust to the Beyond 63 (6.)
3. New Born 62 (1.)
3. Citizen Erased 62 (1.)
5. Map of the Problematique 60 (4.)
5. Hysteria 60 (5.)
7. Plug In Baby 55 (re)
7. Knights of Cydonia 55 (8.)
9. Time Is Running Out 53 (9.)
9. Unnatural Selection 53 (-)
9. Supermassive Black Hole 53 (re)