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Monthly Top Artists

Jun-2006
The Dresden Dolls (12 plays)
Jul-2006
Goldfrapp (54 plays)
Aug-2006
Ladytron (244 plays)
Sep-2006
Goldfrapp (60 plays)
Oct-2006
The Knife (235 plays)
Nov-2006
The Knife (139 plays)
Dec-2006
Goldfrapp (174 plays)
Jan-2007
Aim (95 plays)
Feb-2007
Yazoo (58 plays)
Mar-2007
The Knife (129 plays)
Apr-2007
Freeform Five (74 plays)
May-2007
Ladytron (244 plays)
Jun-2007
The Knife (81 plays)
Jul-2007
Fischerspooner (118 plays)
Aug-2007
múm (109 plays)
Sep-2007
múm (64 plays)
Oct-2007
Felix da Housecat (72 plays)
Nov-2007
Mindless Self Indulgence (62 plays)
Dec-2007
Daft Punk (219 plays)
Jan-2008
múm (77 plays)
Feb-2008
Daft Punk (164 plays)
Mar-2008
Goldfrapp (114 plays)
Apr-2008
múm (124 plays)
May-2008
Martina Topley-Bird (125 plays)
Jun-2008
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (39 plays)
Jul-2008
Sophie Barker (411 plays)
Aug-2008
The Knife (97 plays)
Sep-2008
Siouxsie and the Banshees (233 plays)
Oct-2008
Siouxsie and the Banshees (253 plays)
Nov-2008
Ladytron (113 plays)
Dec-2008
Kate Bush (128 plays)
Jan-2009
Queen Adreena (181 plays)
Feb-2009
Auf der Maur (141 plays)
Mar-2009
Charlotte Gainsbourg (147 plays)
Apr-2009
Client (133 plays)
May-2009
Björk (174 plays)
Jun-2009
Ladytron (217 plays)
Jul-2009
Siouxsie and the Banshees (314 plays)
Aug-2009
Ladytron (210 plays)
Sep-2009
Klaus Nomi (107 plays)
Oct-2009
Björk (87 plays)
Nov-2009
Nine Inch Nails (92 plays)

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YACHT - Summer Song
(“See Mystery Light” - 2009, DFA)

Qua - Goodmorning Sun
(“Q&A” - 2008, Love & Mercy) #

Broadcast and The Focus Group - Ritual / Looking In
(“Broadcast And The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age” - 2009, Warp)

The White Noise - Here Come The Fleas
(“An Electric Storm” - 1969, Island)

Siouxsie and the Banshees - Coal Mind (Kid Jensen Session)
(“At The BBC” 3xCD+DVD box - 2008, Polydor) (recorded 1982)

Frank & The Can I Speaklys - You Shout Minus Blood
(“Frank & the Can I Speaklys/Soul of Condemned Ape” split 7inch - 2009, Farmer Frontier/Rivulet of Spores) #

Rand & Holland - It's Alright
(“Caravans” - 2007, Spunk) #

Fuck Buttons - Surf Solar (Radio Edit)
(“Surf Solar” single - 2009, Atp)

Yazoo - Goodbye 70's
(“Upstairs At Eric's” - 1982, Mute)

Luke Vibert - Hot Sick
(“We Hear You” - 2009, Planet Mu)

Filewile - One Space Town
(“Blueskywell” - 2009, Mouthwatering)

FREE CHOICE - Green Groove
(“Free Choice/Mental Powers” split 7inch - 2009, Fifth Column) #

Atlas Sound - Quick Canal (feat. Laetitia Sadier)
(“Logos” - 2009, 4AD/Kranky)

Silver Bone Tone - The Machines
(“B Sting” - 2009, self-released) #

Erasers - You Can Take Better Care Of Yourself
(“Erasers” CD-R - 2009, Owls) #


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A Year and a half ago on april 1st I did a 'What Country Are Your Top 100 from?' decided to do one each half year, so now with october 1st it's time to do another :-)

1. England (60)
Duran Duran
Depeche Mode
The Cure
New Order
The Power Station
Roxy Music
Erasure
Arcadia
Tears for Fears
Muse
David Bowie
Ultravox
Japan
Queen
Pet Shop Boys
George Michael
The Human League
Oasis
Robbie Williams
Eurythmics
Andy Taylor
Iron Maiden
The Police
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Def Leppard
Mike & The Mechanics (new)
Kajagoogoo
Bryan Ferry
Thompson Twins
Genesis
Yazoo
Heaven 17
Morrissey
Spandau Ballet
Elvis Costello & The Attractions
Talk Talk
Wham!
Placebo
Kim Wilde
The Smiths
Asia
Level 42
ABC
Blur
The Beatles
Phil Collins
Prefab Sprout
Joy Division
Martin L. Gore
Paul McCartney
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Marc Almond (new)
Soft Cell
Dave Gahan
The Pretenders
Bauhaus
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Culture Club
Judas Priest
Take That (re)

NOTE: Still at #1, and from 59 to 60 artists, off the charts are Pink Floyd (#102) and Suede (#104)

2. US (19)
Madonna
Garbage
Mötley Crüe
Alice Cooper
KISS
The B-52's
Michael Jackson
Van Halen
Prince & The Revolution
Bon Jovi
Janet Jackson
Prince
Nine Inch Nails
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Belinda Carlisle
Eagles
The Killers
Sparks
Blondie

NOTE: Still at #2, but down from 21 to 19 artists, off the charts are: Guns N' Roses (#101) and Metallica (#105)

3. Denmark (7)
Nephew
TV-2
Mew
Private
Shu-Bi-Dua
Moi Caprice
Johnny Deluxe

NOTE: no change in position or artists

4. Scotland (4)
Cocteau Twins
Simple Minds
Altered Images
Franz Ferdinand

NOTE: no change in position or artists

5. Sweden (3)
ABBA
Roxette (re)
Europe

NOTE: Up one on the charts due to the comeback of Roxette

6. Wales (2)
James Dean Bradfield
Manic Street Preachers

NOTE: down with no change in position or artists

7. Ireland (1)
U2

NOTE: no change in position or artists

7. Norway (1)
a-ha

NOTE: no change in position or artists

7. Australia (1)
INXS

NOTE: no change in position or artists

7. Georgia (1)
Katie Melua

NOTE: no change in position or artists

7. Canada (1)
Bryan Adams

NOTE: no change in position or artists

Dieter's New Wave music, 2nd edition, shuffle:

1. Joy Division - Insight
   
2. A Flock of Seagulls - Wishing (I Had a Photograph of You)
   
3. Echo & The Bunnymen - Bring On The Dancing Horses
   
4. Bananarama - Cruel Summer
   
5. Flash and the Pan - Midnight Man
   
6. Talking Heads - Road To Nowhere
   
7. The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
   
8. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities In Dust
   
9. Talking Heads - And She Was
   
10. Erasure - Stop
    
11. The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
    
12. Howard Jones - New Song
    
13. Men at Work - Down Under
    
14. Blondie - The Tide Is High
    
15. Joy Division - Transmission
    
16. Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
    
17. Simple Minds - Alive And Kicking
    
18. Paul Young - Love Of The Common People
    
19. Heaven 17 - Temptation
    
20. The Cure - Let's Go To Bed
    
21. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - The Power Of Love
    
22. Blondie - Call Me
    
23. Blondie - One Way Or Another
    
24. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me)
    
25. Yello - Oh Yeah
    
26. New Order - Regret
    
27. Duran Duran - Girls On Film
    
28. The Cure - Pictures Of You
    
29. Joy Division - Shadowplay
    
30. Eurythmics - Who's That Girl?
    
31. Cocteau Twins - Ivo
    
32. Duran Duran - A View To A Kill
    
33. Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music - Dance Away
    
34. The Cars - Drive
    
35. Billy Idol - White Wedding (Part 1)
    
36. Pet Shop Boys - It's a Sin
    
37. Martha & The Muffins - Echo Beach
    
38. ABC - The Look of Love
    
39. Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
    
40. Blondie - Heart Of Glass
    
41. Echo & The Bunnymen - People Are Strange
    
42. The Vapors - Turning Japanese
    
43. Joy Division - Heart and Soul
    
44. Cock Robin - The Promise You Made
    
45. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes
    
46. Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
    
47. Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again
    
48. Simple Minds - Waterfront (Union Jack remix)
    
49. Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
    
50. The Style Council - You're The Best Thing
    
51. The Cure - Cut Here
    
52. Alison Moyet - Love Resurrection
    
53. Depeche Mode - Stripped
    
54. R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
    
55. Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
    
56. Spandau Ballet - Lifeline
    
57. Tears for Fears - Shout
    
58. The Communards - Don't Leave Me This Way
    
59. Cyndi Lauper - True Colors
    
60. Erasure - Who Needs Love Like That
    
61. Heaven 17 - Sunset Now
    
62. The Pretenders - Kid
    
63. Suzanne Vega - Luka
    
64. The Cure - Lullaby
    
65. Yazoo - Don't Go
    
66. Pet Shop Boys - Heart
    
67. The Cure - Just Like Heaven
    
68. Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On (Duet With Nena)
    
69. Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
    
70. Adam & The Ants - Prince Charming
    
71. Tears for Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
    
72. a-ha - Hunting High And Low
    
73. Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music - More Than This
    
74. The B-52's - Rock Lobster
    
75. Talk Talk - It's My Life
    
76. Dead or Alive - In Too Deep
    
77. Thompson Twins - Hold Me Now
    
78. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Welcome to the Pleasure Dome
    
79. The Cure - High
    
80. Anne Clark - Our Darkness (Original)
    
81. Depeche Mode - Master And Servant
    
82. The Pretenders - Tattooed Love Boys
    
83. The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?
    
84. Depeche Mode - Enjoy The Silence
    
85. Madness - One Step Beyond
    
86. Animotion - Obsession
    
87. Spandau Ballet - True
    
88. A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran
    
89. Tears for Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love
    
90. Cyndi Lauper - Girl Just Want To Have Fun
    
91. Depeche Mode - World Through My Eyes
    
92. The The - This Is the Day
    
93. Paul Young - Come Back And Stay
    
94. The Pretenders - Brass in Pocket
    
95. Joy Division - Isolation
    
96. Yazoo - Nobody's Diary
    
97. Joy Division - New Dawn Fades
    
98. Soft Cell - Tainted Love
    
99. Depeche Mode - People Are People
    
100. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Dear Prudence
     
101. Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone
     
102. Stranglers - Golden Brown
     
103. Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
     
104. Simple Minds - Promised You A Miracle
     
105. Talking Heads - Houses in Motion
     
106. Depeche Mode - Precious
     
107. David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
     
108. Joy Division - Dead Souls
     
109. Blondie - Dreaming
     
110. Naked Eyes - Always Something There To Remind Me
     
111. Echo & The Bunnymen - Seven Seas
     
112. XTC - Senses Working Overtime
     
113. Joy Division - Disorder
     
114. Visage - Fade To Grey
     
115. Eurythmics - Here Comes the Rain Again
     
116. Adam & The Ants - Stand And Deliver
     
117. David Bowie - China Girl
     
118. The Smiths - William, It Was Really Nothing
     
119. Talking Heads - Burning Down the House
     
120. Boomtown Rats - Banana Republic
     
121. Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive!
     
122. Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music - Oh Yeah
     
123. The Cure - Close To Me
     
124. The Smiths - What Difference Does It Make
     
125. Kim Wilde - Kids In America (Duet With Charlotte Hatherley)
     
126. The Cure - In-Between Days
     
127. Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar
     
128. Nik Kershaw - I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
     
129. Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know?
     
130. Nena - 99 Luftballons
     
131. The Undertones - Get Over You
     
132. Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
     
133. Echo & The Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
     
134. The Style Council - Walls Come Tumbling Down
     
135. Madness - Our House
     
136. China Crisis - Black Man Ray
     
137. The Cure - Lovesong
     
138. Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough
     
139. David Bowie - Heroes
     
140. Pet Shop Boys - What Have I Done To Deserve ..
     
141. Spandau Ballet - Musclebound
     
142. Siouxsie and the Banshees - This Wheel's On Fire
     
143. Arcadia - Election Day
     
144. Go West - We Close Our Eyes
     
145. Blondie - Rapture
     
146. China Crisis - Wishful Thinking
     
147. The Cure - Never Enough
     
148. Joy Division - These Days
     
149. Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus
     
150. Culture Club - Time (Clock Of The Heart)
     
151. Blondie - Sunday Girl
     
152. Pet Shop Boys - Suburbia
     
153. The Communards - Never Can Say Goodbye
     
154. Duran Duran - Save A Prayer
     
155. The Cure - Why Can't I Be You?
     
156. Cocteau Twins - Lorelei
     
157. The Style Council - Shout to the Top
     
158. Culture Club - Miss Me Blind
     
159. Alphaville - Forever Young
     
160. The Cure - Killing an Arab
     
161. The Cure - Love Cats
     
162. Sparks - Beat the Clock
     
163. Bananarama - Venus
     
164. Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
     
165. Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)
     
166. Icehouse - Hey, Little Girl
     
167. Joy Division - Atmosphere
     
168. Duran Duran - The Reflex
     
169. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
     
170. The B-52's - Love Shack
     
171. Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On
     
172. Talking Heads - Once in a Lifetime
     
173. The Psychedelic Furs - Love my way (Live)
     
174. The Human League - Being Boiled
     
175. Ultravox - Vienna
     
176. The Cure - Boys Don't Cry
     
177. Eurythmics - Love Is a Stranger
     
178. Joy Division - Digital
     
179. The Cure - Wrong Number
     
180. Blondie - Atomic
     
181. Bananarama - Really Saying Something
     
182. New Order - True Faith
     
183. Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
     
184. Depeche Mode - Everything Counts
     
185. Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music - Same Old Scene
     
186. Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - If You Leave
     
187. Spandau Ballet - Gold
     
188. Blondie - Picture This
     
189. ABC - Poison Arrow
     
190. The Pretenders - Back on the Chain Gang
     
191. The Communards - Tomorrow
     
192. a-ha - Take On Me
     
193. Simple Minds - All the Things She Said
     
194. Culture Club - Church Of The Poison Mind
     
195. The Cure - Friday I'm In Love
     
196. The Cure - Inbetween Days
     
197. Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Völlig Losgelöst)
     
198. The Cure - A Forest
     
199. Spandau Ballet - Only When You Leave
     
200. Split Enz - I Got You
     
201. The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star
     
202. Toni Basil - Mickey
     
203. Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
     
204. The Human League - (Keep Feeling) Fascination
     
205. New Order - Blue Monday
     
206. Falco - Der Kommissar
     
207. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peek-A-Boo
     
208. Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't It Be Good
     
209. Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner
     
210. Kajagoogoo - Too Shy
     
211. Yazoo - Only You
     
212. The Church - Under The Milky Way (Live At 2 Meter Sessies)
     
213. Simple Minds - Someone Somewhere in Summertime
     
214. Madness - It Must Be Love
     
215. Altered Images - Happy Birthday
     
216. Joy Division - Exercise One
     
217. The Cure - The Lovecats
     
218. Bananarama - Shy Boy (Don't It Make You Feel Good)
     
219. Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
     
220. Joy Division - She's Lost Control
     
221. The Knack - My Sharona
     
222. The Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian
     
223. Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music - Angel Eyes
     
224. The Police - Roxanne
     
225. Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
     
226. Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short
     
227. Cocteau Twins - Beatrix
     
228. Depeche Mode - It's No Good
     
229. Duran Duran - New Moon On Monday
     
230. Split Enz - Six Months In A Leaky Boat
     
231. Level 42 - Lessons In Love
     
232. The Human League - Human
     
233. Depeche Mode - Behind The Wheel
     
234. Tears for Fears - Mad World
     
235. Erasure - Sometimes
     
236. The Cure - The Walk
     
237. The Bangles - Manic Monday
     
238. The Police - Every Breath You Take
     
239. Depeche Mode - I Feel You
     
240. The Cure - Mint Car
     
241. Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink
     
242. The The - Uncertain Smile
     
243. Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
     
244. The Human League - Don't You Want Me
     
245. Pet Shop Boys - Always on My Mind
     
246. David Bowie - Let's Dance
     
247. Alphaville - Big In Japan
     
248. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
     
249. Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
     
250. Howard Jones - What Is Love