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Recommended Songs (sorted by most recommended songs)

Moving to New York : The Wombats (Score = 445.88)
First Love : The Maccabees (Score = 401.15)
Hurricane Jane : Black Kids (Score = 385.51)
Say Aha : Santogold (Score = 384.58)
Can You Tell : Ra Ra Riot (Score = 368.69)
The Age of the Understatement : The Last Shadow Puppets (Score = 356.12)
After Hours : We Are Scientists (Score = 355.64)
Empire : Kasabian (Score = 350.38)
Can't Stand Me Now : The Libertines (Score = 341.97)
New In Town : Little Boots (Score = 332.12)
Kill the Director : The Wombats (Score = 330.2)
Shadows : Midnight Juggernauts (Score = 328.02)
Over And Over : Hot Chip (Score = 325.24)
Here It Goes Again : OK Go (Score = 313.14)
An Honest Mistake : The Bravery (Score = 312.79)
Standing On The Shore : Empire of the Sun (Score = 310.62)
The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth : Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (Score = 303.57)
Is There a Ghost : Band of Horses (Score = 297.84)
Drugs In My Body : Thieves Like Us (Score = 293.06)
Shine a Light : Wolf Parade (Score = 291.09)
Dying Is Fine : Ra Ra Riot (Score = 289.43)
You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb : Spoon (Score = 283.16)
Someone Great : LCD Soundsystem (Score = 280.78)
Such Great Heights : The Postal Service (Score = 279.23)
Bang Bang You're Dead : Dirty Pretty Things (Score = 279.14)
Deadwood : Dirty Pretty Things (Score = 278.1)
Lazy Eye : Silversun Pickups (Score = 275.58)
Homecoming : The Teenagers (Score = 271.75)
Pogo : Digitalism (Score = 270.67)
Flathead : The Fratellis (Score = 269.8)
The Race : Cajun Dance Party (Score = 261.8)
Fa-Fa-Fa : Datarock (Score = 261.18)
The Girls : Calvin Harris (Score = 256.4)
Over and Over Again (Lost and Found) : Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (Score = 254.95)
I BELIEVE : Simian Mobile Disco (Score = 252.75)
An End Has A Start : Editors (Score = 250.82)
In The Morning : Razorlight (Score = 249.7)
Middle of Nowhere : Hot Hot Heat (Score = 247.12)
Get Myself Into It : The Rapture (Score = 237.52)
Ooh La La : Goldfrapp (Score = 233.81)
Let's Dance To Joy Division : The Wombats (Score = 233.74)
Emily Kane : Art Brut (Score = 231.2)
O Valencia! : The Decemberists (Score = 230.23)
Limelight : Apparat (Score = 229.52)
Shoot The Runner : Kasabian (Score = 228.1)
It's Not Over Yet : Klaxons (Score = 225.74)
E.S.T. : White Lies (Score = 224.95)
Phantom Limb : The Shins (Score = 224.15)
I Predict A Riot : Kaiser Chiefs (Score = 222)
Meddle : Little Boots (Score = 215.65)
Away From Here : The Enemy (Score = 214.14)
Silver Lining : Rilo Kiley (Score = 209.35)
21st Century Life : Sam Sparro (Score = 207.37)
You Know Me Better : Róisín Murphy (Score = 203.86)
Girls in the Back : White Rose Movement (Score = 203.62)
In The Hospital : Friendly Fires (Score = 201.03)
Smokers Outside the Hospital Doors : Editors (Score = 200.6)
My Heart Rate Rapid : Metronomy (Score = 197.03)
Birds : Apparat (Score = 196.57)
Oh Mandy : The Spinto Band (Score = 193.8)
Same Jeans : The View (Score = 193.06)
Always Like This : Bombay Bicycle Club (Score = 191.29)
The Bucket : Kings of Leon (Score = 190.07)
Satellites : September (Score = 188.95)
Golden Skans : Klaxons (Score = 185.78)
Hang You From the Heavens : The Dead Weather (Score = 184.88)
Calm Like You : The Last Shadow Puppets (Score = 184.78)
Monster : The Automatic (Score = 184.42)
I Found Out : The Pigeon Detectives (Score = 183.47)
Anyway You Choose To Give It : The Black Ghosts (Score = 177.19)
Books From Boxes : Maxïmo Park (Score = 177.14)
I Want Nothing : The Black Ghosts (Score = 176.16)
Take Me To The Riot : Stars (Score = 175.69)
Automatic : Dead Disco (Score = 175.22)
Sofa Song : The Kooks (Score = 175.01)
Satellite Mind : Metric (Score = 174.44)
Fluorescent Adolescent : Arctic Monkeys (Score = 173.49)
Morden : Good Shoes (Score = 171.98)
Athene : Hercules and Love Affair (Score = 171.81)
Nothing Better : The Postal Service (Score = 171.61)
Kelly : Van She (Score = 171.16)
Decent Days And Nights : The Futureheads (Score = 168.51)
Bohemian Like You : The Dandy Warhols (Score = 168.11)
Release Me : Agnes (Score = 167.64)
Shooting Star : Air Traffic (Score = 166.82)
Pass It On : The Coral (Score = 166.16)
Private Affair : The Virgins (Score = 163.93)
Hook Me Up : The Veronicas (Score = 163.81)
She's Got You High : Mumm-Ra (Score = 160.16)
Your Ex-Lover Is Dead : Stars (Score = 158.88)
Break : The Cinematics (Score = 158.71)
Standing Next to Me : The Last Shadow Puppets (Score = 158.53)
Generator : The Holloways (Score = 158.18)
Vanished : Crystal Castles (Score = 156.34)
When I Grow Up : The Pussycat Dolls (Score = 156.02)
Ain't No Rest For The Wicked : Cage the Elephant (Score = 155.71)
Speakerphone : Kylie Minogue (Score = 155.4)
Atlantis To Interzone : Klaxons (Score = 155.22)
About Your Dress : The Maccabees (Score = 154.41)
Teen Lovers : The Virgins (Score = 154.19)

ey kids!

the 3 globetrotters in Thieves Like Us annouce a tour that leads them through germany, austria and switzerland this december!
check the tourdates on www.seayourecords.com

or here on last.fm for example:
http://www.lastfm.de/event/1284631+Thieves+Like+Us

Paper Birds 3 rd album entitled Thaumatrope will be released this november, expect great songwriting and great prose as always, definitly one of the albums of the year for us, cd comes with great artwork and booklet!

the album will be presented live for the first time here:
http://www.lastfm.de/event/1172837+PAPER+BIRD+ALBUM+PRESENTATION+%28-+SIR+TRALALA%29

The Terrordactyls seemed to have a great time in europe, their self titles album is now available over here through Seayou (cd/digital) and Bachelor Records (vinyl)! as you might know Kimya Dawson helped out on the vocals on a great track called devices here, they also made a nice video which you can watch here:






happy winter!!!!

Just a simple list. :-)

Goldfrapp
IAMX
Vampire Weekend
Florence + The Machine
Little Boots
Kosheen
La Roux
Madonna
The Knife / Fever Ray
TV on the Radio
Cut Copy
Passion Pit
Gary Numan
M83
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
St. Vincent
Joanna Newsom
Phoenix
MGMT
Hot Chip
Radiohead
Metronomy
Thieves Like Us
Junior Boys
Yeasayer
Ladyhawke

Oh! - We Have Band
Drugs In My Body - Thieves Like Us
White Winter Hymnal - Fleet Foxes
Gas and Matches - HEADPHONES
Music Takes Me Up (Feat. Alice Russell) - Mr Scruff
Strange Enough (Designer Drugs Radio Edit Remix) - N.A.S.A. feat. Ol' Dirty Bastard, Karen O. & Fatlip

Rating 1 stars - Hatred (I really do not like this):

Aaskereia, Abandoned Grave, Aborym, Absurd, Ahab, Chainsaw Dissection, Circle of Dead Children, Clitoridus Invaginatus, No Age, The Darkness.
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Rating 2 stars - Annoying (Please switch this off):

Aardvarks, Abomination, Abscess, Adam Beebe-Infanticide, Adventure Time, Agalloch, Agathodaimon, Agonoize, Air, Alec Empire, Alex Metric, Alternative Control, Andreas Tilliander, Brutal Truth, Burial, Cartridge, dalt wisney, Deconformity, Dissection, Eddie Sender, Fuck...I'm Dead, GORESHIT, Guttural Decay, Headhunter, Hellsaw, Hercules and Love Affair, Inherit Disease, Inkvisition, Internal Bleeding, Moondog, Morbid Angel, Mourning Beloveth, Negator, No Anchor, Ophiolatry, St. Germain, The Bloody Beetroots, The Blue Nile, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Hacker, The Police, Thornesbreed, Thou Art Lord, Ufomammut, Villages, Virgin Prunes, Void Settler, Zombie Nation.
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Rating 3 stars - Dull (This is boring, isn't there something better)

A Hawk and a Hacksaw, A Place to Bury Strangers, A Secret Society, ABBA, Above, Absurd Minds, Accept, Ace of Base, Acylum, Æther, Afrika Bambaataa, Afro Celt Sound System, Agnes, Aïboforcen, Aim, Akon, Alien Sex Fiend, Alkonost, Alpha & Omega, Alva Noto, Amesoeurs, Amiina, Animal Collective, Arms and Sleepers, Bat for Lashes, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Bohren & der Club of Gore, Boom Bip, Broadcast, C-Lekktor, Congorock, Dead Combo, DilemN, Disease, DJ Muggs, DragonForce, Drumcorps, Dual Core, Editors, Electro Hippies, Element, Fila Brazillia, GAM, Genesis, God Is an Astronaut, Graveworm, Gwynbleidd, Impure Wilhelmina, Insect Warfare, Interlace, Intuit, Ladytron, Lali Puna, Leighton Meester, Lesbians on Ecstasy, Liechtenstein, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Mamiffer, Mortician, Mount Sims, My Bloody Valentine, Panic Lift, Peaches, Pitbull, Planet Funk, Portishead, PQM, Primordial, Realms and Evolution, Ronario, Ryan Farish, Saafi Brothers, Samsas Traum, Sebus Veutgiryn, Septic Flesh, Signum, Síol Na Gréine, Soft Machine, Soulja Boy, Standeg, Tagged, Telefon Tel Aviv, The J.B.'s, The Olivia Tremor Control, The Shadows, The Smiths, Thieves Like Us, Tiga, Varathron, Wolves in the Throne Room, Yppah.
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Rating 4 stars - Poor (I will listen to, but is it really worth it)

Aaron Carter, Abinet Agonafir, Abyssinia Infinite, Ace, Adversus, Age of Jets, Airlock, Al Martino, Alabama, Albert Hammond, Alesana, Alithia, All The Cold, Alphabeat, Amália Rodrigues, Arnej, Asriel, Beauty's Confusion, Black Lips, Black Widow, Blue Sky Black Death, Branford Marsalis, Charlie Feathers, ChipHydra, Cougar, Damien Rice, Daughtry, Day26, Digitalism, Donna Lewis, Einherjer, Faster Pussycat, GirlJoy, Grasstowne, Happoradio, Helen Trevillion, Illnath, Infinity, Innerpartysystem, Karmacoda, Kitchens of Distinction, Madina Lake, Massive Attack, Max, Mechanical Apfelsine, Mihai Edrisch, MSTRKRFT, múm, Narkotiki, Noisia, Pain Of Salvatio, ROUND TABLE featuring Nino, Sally Shapiro, Scientist, Steve Angello, Stone Gods, Strand & NonGenetic, Suga Shikao, Teräsbetoni, The Ambition, The Halloween Singers, The Presets, Tool, Transatlantic, U2, Ulver, Wanda Jackson, Warrant, Wye Oak.
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Rating 5 stars - OK (I have no real opinion on this band)

¡Forward, Russia!, A, A Bunny's Caravan, Aaron Zigman, ABC, AC/DC, Adamo, Aerosmith, Afflicted, After School, Afterlife, Agents, Akercocke, Al Bowlly, Al Dexter & His Troopers, Al Jarreau, Alabama 3, Alabama Thunderpussy, Alan Vega, Alèmayèhu Eshèté, Alex Gopher, Alexander Rybak, Alexandre Desplat / Aaron Zigman, Ali Farka Touré, Alice in Videoland, Alison Krauss, All Shall Perish, Alma Cogan, Aloha, Altered Images, Amadou & Mariam, Amber Pacific, Andrea True Connection, Angus & Julia Stone, Artwood, Attack! Attack!, Aventura, Avskum, Benjamin Bear, Bersuit Vergarabat, Blackfoot, Blood Red Shoe, Bracket, Cemetary, Chicks on Speed, Client, Cradle of Filth, Dark Princess, Disclose, Forever the Sickest Kids, Goldfrapp, Groove Armada, Hot Bitch Arsenal, Hyper Crush, Jahn Teigen, Jez Lowe, Kickback, Lesley Gore, Lights, Malfunkshun, Mariana Aydar, Mediæval Bæbes, Megurine Luka, Miss Kittin, Moke, Morcheeba, Morning Musume., Niels Frevert, No Relax, Nosferatu, Oasis, Old & In the Way, OLIVIA, Once, Patricia Vonne, Rebellion, Sabaton, Sonic Youth, Soulsavers, Tenacious D, Terminal Choice, The Attery Squash, The Dubliners, The Flaming Lips, The Long Winters, The Meters, The Script, The Sonics, The Strokes, The Thrills, Time Was, Tommy Sparks, xAFBx, Yelle, Zion I.
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Rating 6 stars - Reasonable (I will choose to listen to, I may buy an album by them at the right price)

3 Inches of Blood, 3OH!3, A Case of Grenada, A Day Called Desire, a mafia, A Plea For Purging, Abacaxi, Abbey Lincoln, Abdullah Ibrahim, Abuso Sonoro, Adam and the Ants, Afghan Whigs, After the Burial, Agency, Agent Blue, AI, Aiden, Aja Addy, Al Cohn, Al Green, Al King, Al Pancho, Alan Howarth, Alannah Myles, Albert Hammond, Jr., Albert Washington, Alestorm, Alex Chilton, All That Remains, All Time Low, Aly & AJ, Amadou Balake, Amebix, America, Ania Dąbrowska, Art Blakey, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Beach Mercer, Big Youth, Black Diamond Heavies, Blanche, Blutengel, Bob Dylan, Bomb & Scary, Born of Osiris, Broadway Calls, Bryan Scary, Bush, Cage the Elephant, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, Cat Power, Converge, Crazy Town, Cruachan, Dananananaykroyd, Delirium Tremens, Dion & The Belmonts, Drop Dead, Gorgeous, Dub War, Dusty Springfield, Eek-A-Mouse, Electrocute, Eric Von Schmidt, Every New Day, Felix da Housecat, Funeral for a Friend, Gama Bomb, Gang of Four, God Help The Girl, Goldfinger, Guns N' Roses, Havana 3 A.M., I Monster, I See Stars, Icke & Er, Igor Stravinsky, Jason Mraz, John Carpenter, John Otway, Jon Spencer, Kafeína, King Tubby, Korpiklaani, La Roux, Little Boots, Lucky Fonz III, Lush, Mad Cobra, Mims, My Baby wants to eat your pussy, Nachtgeschrei, Nine Inch Nails, R.E.M., Radio Birdman, Robots in Disguise, Rory Gallagher, Rossington Collins Band, Run Toto Run, Satyricon, Scary Chicken, SDI, Shaznay Lewis, Shena Ringo, Spinnerette, Split Habit, Starfucker, Stevie Nicks, Stoneman, Styles P, Television, The Be Good Tanyas, The Beautiful Girls, The Bones, The Boomtown Rats, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, The Doors, The DSC Project, The Filmscore Orchestra, The Haunted, The Hellacopters, The Herd, The Home Guard, The Innocence Mission, The Maine, The Monsters, The Rogers Sisters, The Sleeping, The Trashmen, The Tremeloes, The Unicorns, Tricky, U-Roy, Vive la Fête, Warface, Weird Al Yankovic, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Zaunpfahl, Zeromancer, Zootsings, ZZ Top.
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Rating 7 stars - Good (I will choose to listen to, I will buy an album by them)

20 Bulls Each, 3Dbs Down, 45 Grave, 59 Times the Pain, A Wilhelm Scream, Abbi Walker, Abby Travis, abingdon boys school, Abnormal Sunday, Above the Law, Absent Mindead, ACID HEAD, Adele, Adema, Adrenalin O.D., Aesop Rock, After Forever, Afterhours, Aggression, Airhead, Akala, Alanis Morissette, Albert Ammons, Alesha Dixon, Alexander Scriabin, Alexei Lubimov, Alexisonfire, Alien Ant Farm, All About Eve, All Saints, Alpha Boy School, Alternative TV, Alton Ellis, Amen, Anti-Product, Argue Damnation, As I Lay Dying, Asian Dub Foundation, Banda Bassotti, Bauchklang, Béla Bartók, Bessie Smith, Big in Japan, Black Grape, Blood Duster, bluekilla, Boyz Too Sick, Buffalo Tom, Cannae, Capleton, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Charlie Brown Gets a Valentine, Chillerton, Chris Cornell, Chuck Ragan, Chumbawamba, Civilized Animal, Cledus T. Judd, co.uk, Cocoa Tea, Commonplace, Crazy Arm, Credit to the Nation, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Cyco Miko, D.I., Damone, Danny Elfman, Datura, Deacon Blue, Dead Letter Dept., Del Amitri, DevilDriver, Dilated Peoples, Doom, Dragster, Echobelly, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Elastica, Ellen and the Escapades, Epica, Eye for an Eye, Five Horse Johnson, FM2000, Foo Fighters, Frau Doktor, Gigolo Aunts, God Forbid, Gov't Mule, Grandmaster Flash, Green Jellÿ, Habakuk, Hot Water Music, imadethismistake, Imperial Vipers, In Flames, Insolence, Inspiral Carpets, Joell Ortiz, Kaiser Chiefs, Killa Kela, Lady Sovereign, Latterman, Living Colour, M.O.P., Madness, Magic System, Manic Street Preachers, Mary Hopkin, Modern Life Is War, Mr. Bones, Muff Potter, Murder by Death, My Passion, N.O.R.E., Nasum, Natas, Ned's Atomic Dustbin, Nightrage, Norma Jean, Oh, Sleeper, Operator Please, Over It, Painstake, Paul Weller, Pearl Jam, Perry Como, Planlos, Pleymo, Pop Will Eat Itself, Psychopathic Rydas, Queens of the Stone Age, Racine, Raging Speedhorn, Rammstein, Recon, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Resident Weirdo, Righteous Jams, Roots Manuva, Rudi, Sack Trick, Saliva, Scanners, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Scout Niblett, Sheer Terror, Sizzla, Skindred, Skinlab, Slapstick, Smash Mouth, Snoop Dogg, Spellbound, Stan Getz, Steve Marriott, Synchromystickz, Tanita Tikaram, Tanto Metro, Tard, Tearjerkers, Terrorvision, That Handsome Devil, That Petrol Emotion, The Androids, The Arcade Version, The Bottrops, The Butlers, The Chariot, The Coral, The Cranberries, The Cumshots, The Fat Cats, The Forgotten, The Goats, The Hitchers, The J. Geils Band, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Know How, The Paper Chase, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Presidents of the United States of America, The Quireboys, The Saints, The Slapstickers, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Wonder Stuff, Them Crooked Vultures, Thrice, Transvision Vamp, Vacant Stare, Vagiant, Void, Wack Trucks, Weapons, Will Smith, Wolfpack Unleashed, Your Highness Electric, Zealous1, Zee Avi, Zero Boys.
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Rating 8 stars - Very Good (Music that gives me a good feeling, I will own their back catalogue as eventually)

999, 100 Demons, 25 ta Life, A Billion Ernies, A Day to Remember, A Global Threat, A Static Lullaby, Accustomed to Nothing, Acoustic Front of Resistance, Across Five Aprils, Adam Linder, Adequate Seven, Against Me!, Agallah "The Don Bishop", Agent Orange, Agression, Akrobatik, Albert Collins, Albert King, Alejandro Escovedo, Alice Cooper, alice in chain, Alice Russell, Alicia Keys, Alisha's Attic, Alison Moyet, All, All Out War, Angel Cage, Angelic Upstarts, Anthony B, Atreyu, Audioslave, Aynsley Lister, Babar Luck, Backfire!, Banane Metalik, Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution, Barcode, Batmobile, Beastie Boys, Big D and the Kids Table, Bionic Jive, Black Friday '29, Black My Heart, Bloodhound Gang, Bloodsimple, Bob Marley, Bobaflex, Born From Pain, Boss Hog, Brotha Lynch, Buck-O-Nine, Bun Dem Out, Butt Trumpet, Calabrese, Cancer Bats, Captain Dan & The Scurvy Crew, Casey Jones, Choking Susan, Choking Victim, Civet, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Dead End Cruisers, Dead Hearts, Demented Are Go!, Descendents, Deviate, Die Happy, Die So Fluid, Diesel Park West, Dillinger Four, Distemper, Dog Eat Dog, Down by Law, Dr. Dre, Drongos For Europe, Dropkick Murphys, Dry Kill Logic, Dust Junkys, DYS, Eazy-E, Edna's Goldfish, Embraced by Hatred, Eminem, Evergreen Terrace, Faith No More, Final Prayer, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Turner, Furious Styles, Godless Wicked Creeps, Goldblade, Government Issue, Gravediggaz, Guano Apes, Gutter Demons, Hadouken!, Harry Chapin, Haste the Day, Hoods, Howlin' Wolf, Ian McNabb, Ice Cube, Ill Bill, In Blood We Trust, Insane Clown Posse, Insane Poetry, It Dies Today, J.J. Fad, Jamie Madrox, Janis Joplin, Jesse Dangerously, Jimmy Reed, Joanne Shaw Taylor, John Lee Hooker, Kid Dynamite, Kill Your Idols, Klingonz, Knuckledust, KoЯn, Lady Saw, Less Than Jake, Levellers, Lightnin' Hopkins, Lone Ranger, Looking Up, Loudon Wainwright III, Lower Class Brats, Maceo Parker, Machine Head, Mad Caddies, Mad Sin, MC Frontalot, Menstrual Tramps, Mishkin, Miss Li, Mr. Hyde, MxPx, My Ruin, N.A.S.T.Y., Nirvana, No Doubt, No Sports, Ocean Colour Scene, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Olias Fall, Once Over, One Minute Silence, Os Catalépticos, OS101, Otis Rush, OutKast, Papa Roach, Path Of Resistance, Period Pains, Plan B, Primus, Propagandhi, Public Enemy, Pura Vida, Raised Fist, Ramones, Reach the Sky, Ready Steady Go!, Refused, Rise Against, Riz Mc, Rob Zombie, Robert Johnson, Sa-Ra Creative Partners, Sarah Blackwood, Scars of Tomorrow, Scary Bitches, Scribe, Seasick Steve, Senser, Sepultura, Settle the Score, Shadows Fall, Shark Attack, Shattered Realm, Sinai Beach, Skaos, Slayer, Snapcase, Snot, Soldiers, Sonny Boy Williamson, Stellar Corpses, Still Remains, Stretch Arm Strong, Strung Out, Sugarland Slim, System of a Down, Tech N9ne, Temple of the Dog, The 57th Dynasty, The Alchemist, The B Sharps, The Babylon Whackers, The Banner, The Beautiful South, The Boys, The B-Sharps, The Busters, The Code, The Creepshow, The Damned, The Dictators, The Godfathers, The Grit, The Icicle Works, The Knife, The Mitchell Brothers, The Offspring, The Planet Smashers, The Porkers, The Selecter, The Spook, The Vandals, The Vibrators, The Warriors, This Is Hell, Thunder, Tiger Army, To Kill, Total Chaos, Toxic Narcotic, Van Morrison, Voice of the Beehive, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Wayne County & The Electric Chairs, Whiskey Rebels, Wiley, Wiley aka Eskiboy, Wisdom in Chains, Wu-Tang Clan, X-Ray Spex, xTyrantx, Your Demise.
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Rating 9 stars - Great (Really good music, I will own their back catalogue as soon as possible)

(hed) Planet Earth, 4FT Fingers, Adolescents, AFI, Against All Authority, Alkaline Trio, All For Nothing, B.B. King, Babyboom, Bad Religion, Bane, Billy Talent, Black Flag, Blood for Blood, Brainless Wanker, Buddy Guy, Cheap Sex, Clawfinger, Comeback Kid, Crime in Stereo, Cynical Smile, Cypress Hill, Danny Diablo, Dead Kennedys, death before dishono, Die Hunns, Discipline, Dizzee Rascal, Eastfield, Elmore Jame, Eric Clapton, First Blood, Funkoars, Gorilla Biscuits, Hazen Street, HorrorPops, Icepick, Imperial Leisure, Jesse James, Justin Sane, Kelly Kemp, Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards, Metallica, Minor Threat, N.W.A, No Allegiance, NoComply, NOFX, Oxymoron, Pitchshifter, Pulkas, Queen, Reagan Youth, Roger Miret and the Disasters, Schaffer The Darklord, Slipknot, Social Distortion, Soundgarden, Suicide Bid, Terror, The Dead Pets, The Exploited, The Forces of Evil, The Jam, The JB Conspiracy, The Peacocks, The Skints, The Suffrajets, The Unseen, Thick As Blood, Tim Armstrong, Walls of Jericho, Xzibit, Youth of Today.
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Rating 10 stars - Love It (I have to listen to this band as much as possible)

Agnostic, Anti-Flag, Capdown, Frank Zappa, Gallows, Gash, Green Day, H2O, Hatebreed, King Prawn, Madball, PJ Harvey, Rage Against the Machine, Rancid, Random Hand, Sick of It All, Sonic Boom Six, Subhumans, The Clash, The Filaments, The King Blues, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, They Might Be Giants.
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This is my personal taste and not a criticism of anybodies music, or taste. I set this up so that all the new bands I have found I can easily know what I think of them

HORSE SHOES
Order the new 1000 series release by Horse Shoes right now or pick it up in your favorite record shop on September 22.

HORSE SHOES' obsession with strong melodies and perfect pop comes across loud and clear on the debut release "The Imperial School". Drowsy, unrefined boyish vocals and lo-fi production set the stage for the saddest and simplest three minute pop songs the world has ever known. If you're a fan of classic Sarah Records (The Field Mice, The Hit Parade) or current Swedish pop (The Embassy, Air France, The Legends) Horse Shoes "The Imperial School" is something you won't want to miss! Having already played concerts in Stockholm and New York City, Jacob and Drew have big dreams and short attention spans. Read more.

Available now as part of the 1000 series on limited CD+7" format.
>> Download free MP3


Katsen
We're pleased to announce Shelflife will be releasing the debut album "It Hertz!" by the electronic pop duo Katsen for North America on October 13. Following on from cameo appearances in compilations such as "Bot POP" (Happy Robots) and "Electronically Yours Vol.1" (Undo/ EMI), "It Hertz!" is the full-length offspring of Katsen's eight-year partnership; the love of the square wave and all things Casio. For fans of: Section 25, Ladytron, Mint Royal, My Favorite, Annie, Compute Read more.

>> Download MP3
Special offer: preorder the cd right now and receive an instant download of the album on MP3 (320kbps).


Shelflife MP3 shop
I guess we've finally given in to the "digital age" and the many requests we've received to make mp3s available for purchase on shelflife.com, especially for those out of print releases. But being avid vinyl enthusiasts at heart, we're still very much in support of releasing physical products as long as we have the financial ability to. So if you're an MP3 person, dig in and help us fund the many vinyl projects we have on the horizon.
>> View MP3 Shop


September $1 Sale
Select cds priced at just $1 for the whole month of September!
To help clear some space in the basement for new releases, we're having another blow-out sale on some back catalogue stuff. We don't run these very often, so take advantage.
>> See the Sale

Also for Sale
A Smile and a Ribbon Artisokka Brideshead Burning Hearts champagne riot Churchbuilder Days Evening Lights Free Loan Investments HORSE SHOES Katsen Kawaii Kuryakin Language of Flowers Moving Pictures Phoebe Quest River Socialist Leisure Party Souvenir Sushi Sweet William The Consultants The Crooner The Frenchmen The Shermans Thieves Like Us Warm Morning

I don't know how accurate this is, but it amused me ^_^

Recommended Songs (sorted by most recommended songs)

Sugar Boy : Beth Orton (Score = 160.28)
Rock Classics : The Knife (Score = 133.65)
Oxford Comma : Vampire Weekend (Score = 67.19)
I Thought You Said Summer Is Going to Take the Pain Away : Hello Saferide (Score = 64.53)
Nothing Like You (When You're Gone) : Hello Saferide (Score = 59.63)
Tomorrow Go Away : Cub (Score = 47.64)
Radar : Britney Spears (Score = 44.59)
Last Request : Paolo Nutini (Score = 36.96)
The Fame : Lady GaGa (Score = 35.94)
Catch You : Sophie Ellis-Bextor (Score = 35.78)
I Begin to Wonder : Dannii Minogue (Score = 35.19)
Some Girls : Rachel Stevens (Score = 35.12)
Jack The Ripper : Morrissey (Score = 34.78)
Maneater : Nelly Furtado (Score = 33.31)
Gimme More : Britney Spears (Score = 33.17)
Give It 2 Me : Madonna (Score = 32.66)
Our Frank : Morrissey (Score = 31.52)
Keeps Gettin' Better : Christina Aguilera (Score = 29.13)
If This Is Love : The Saturdays (Score = 28.74)
One Word : Kelly Osbourne (Score = 27.78)
Movie Star : Róisín Murphy (Score = 27.21)
Freak Like Me : Sugababes (Score = 27.1)
Put the Needle on It : Dannii Minogue (Score = 26.38)
Wake Up : Lo-Fi-Fnk (Score = 26.15)
Here's Where The Story Ends : The Sundays (Score = 25.17)
You Know Me Better : Róisín Murphy (Score = 24.41)
Call The Shots : Girls Aloud (Score = 23.75)
Tar Heart : Zeigeist (Score = 23.74)
Dusk Til Dawn : Ladyhawke (Score = 23.59)
Around The World : Aqua (Score = 22.69)
Around the World : ATC (Score = 22.49)
The Boy Does Nothing : Alesha Dixon (Score = 22.46)
Girl and the Sea : The Presets (Score = 22.45)
I Can Feel You : Anastacia (Score = 22.43)
Heartbeat : Annie (Score = 22.13)
Det snurrar i min skalle : Familjen (Score = 21.95)
It Feels So Good : Sonique (Score = 21.72)
Forever Lost : The Magic Numbers (Score = 21.23)
It's My Life : Talk Talk (Score = 21.11)
So Good : Rachel Stevens (Score = 20.85)
Konichiwa Bitches : Robyn (Score = 20.44)
Paris Is Burning : Ladyhawke (Score = 20.3)
Miles Away : Madonna (Score = 20.1)
Change : Tears for Fears (Score = 20.02)
Dance Music : The Mountain Goats (Score = 19.72)
I Said Never Again (But Here We Are) : Rachel Stevens (Score = 19.65)
The Equalizer : Junior Boys (Score = 19.58)
Hearts On Fire : Cut Copy (Score = 19.57)
Hand in Glove : The Smiths (Score = 19.56)
Kill the Director : The Wombats (Score = 19.53)
Heretics : Andrew Bird (Score = 19.53)
Buttercups : Cajun Dance Party (Score = 19.13)
Change Channel : Lo-Fi-Fnk (Score = 19.11)
Baby When You're Gone : Juvelen (Score = 19.08)
Anniemal : Annie (Score = 18.95)
Once and Never Again : The Long Blondes (Score = 18.77)
The Cutter : Echo & The Bunnymen (Score = 18.75)
Ice Cream : New Young Pony Club (Score = 18.53)
Listen to Your Heart : D.H.T. (Score = 18.18)
Double Shadow : Junior Boys (Score = 18.16)
Do It : Nelly Furtado (Score = 18.03)
My Delirium : Ladyhawke (Score = 17.79)
You! Me! Dancing! : Los Campesinos! (Score = 17.65)
Sunrise : Angel City (Score = 17.54)
Don't Cry Out : Shiny Toy Guns (Score = 17.4)
Cut the Crap : Alice in Videoland (Score = 17.39)
Just Dance : Lady GaGa (Score = 17.28)
Shit Song : Kate Nash (Score = 17.08)
Bossy : Lindsay Lohan (Score = 17.08)
HUSTLER : Simian Mobile Disco (Score = 16.78)
Heaven : DJ Sammy (Score = 16.73)
Let Me Know : Róisín Murphy (Score = 16.5)
Naked as We Came : Iron & Wine (Score = 16.32)
I Turn To You : Melanie C (Score = 16.25)
True To Life : Röyksopp (Score = 16.19)
I Melt With You : Modern English (Score = 16.13)
Hot Chick : Uffie (Score = 16.11)
Oh Mandy : The Spinto Band (Score = 16.04)
Easy : Sugababes (Score = 15.91)
Nightlife : IAMX (Score = 15.91)
Something Special : The Tough Alliance (Score = 15.9)
Drugs In My Body : Thieves Like Us (Score = 15.85)
Wolf Like Me : TV on the Radio (Score = 15.83)
Making Plans For Nigel : XTC (Score = 15.8)
Radio : Client (Score = 15.8)
Me Plus one : Annie (Score = 15.76)
Rumors : Lindsay Lohan (Score = 15.64)
Nuit blanche : Vive la Fête (Score = 15.51)
Death To Los Campesinos! : Los Campesinos! (Score = 15.49)
God Is a Girl : Groove Coverage (Score = 15.41)
Dashboard : Modest Mouse (Score = 15.32)
Dead Disco : Metric (Score = 15.28)
O Valencia! : The Decemberists (Score = 15.22)
Mannequin : Britney Spears (Score = 15.22)
This Boy's In Love : The Presets (Score = 15.22)
Shake A Fist : Hot Chip (Score = 15.18)
When I Grow Up : The Pussycat Dolls (Score = 15.14)
Into the Nightlife : Cyndi Lauper (Score = 15.11)
The Alternative : IAMX (Score = 15.09)
Up : The Saturdays (Score = 15.06)

Socialist Leisure Party
ex-Action Painting! (Sarah Records) release new 8 track EP.

The eight songs that make up "Tactical POP! For Coffee Cadets" brim with a relentless vigour that needs no explanation to be understood. The band's briskly strummed guitars and galloping rhythms, and Hitchcock's eternally youthful voice, combine to make some of the most effortlessly engaging pop in recent - or even long-distant - memory. From the unashamedly romantic declaration that is "Scented Crowbar" to the band's eponymous theme song (a playful echo of Orange Juice's "Moscow Olympics"), this is music to which you can dance, fall in love, plot a revolution either personal or public. But it can't be ignored
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Available now as part of the 1000 series on limited CD+7" format.

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Thieves Like Us
Thieves Like Us will visit the US on tour in June, playing select cities on the east and west coasts. On June 9, Shelflife will release a new 4 track 12"-only EP "Really Want To See You Again."
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champagne riot US Tour
Champagne Riot will be supporting Northern Portrait this month for their first US tour.
May 23 - San Francisco, CA at House of Shields (San Francisco Popfest) - 3PM
w/ Gregory Webster, Brilliant Colors, Sourpatch

May 25 - Sacramento, CA at Old Ironside - 8PM
w/ Northern Portrait, Gregory Webster, Baby Grand
Tickets available at the door.

May 28 - Los Angeles, CA at The Knitting Factory AlterKnit Lounge - 8PM
w/ Northern Portrait, The Tartans (a Matinée Recordings/yay! Records night)
Advance tickets available via Ticketweb.

May 29 - Oxnard, CA at The Kenji Shack - 8PM
w/ Northern Portrait, Catwalk (a Matinée Recordings/Yay! Records night)
Tickets available at the door.

May 30 - Santa Barbara, CA at Reds Tapas and Wine Bar - 5PM
w/ Northern Portrait, Catwalk (a Matinée Recordings/Yay! Records night)
All ages happy hour show; advance tickets coming soon right here.