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i don't know why:

1 Andrew Bird 26
2 Tim Ten Yen 25
3 Bat for Lashes 22
4 Fever Ray 17
5 Amadou & Mariam 15
6 Ali Farka Touré 13
7 Arco 12
8 The Knife 11
8 Asobi Seksu 11
8 Animal Collective 11
8 Alela Diane 11
8 Aqualung 11

1 Wipers 22
2 Euros Childs 15
2 Kristin Hersh 15
4 Deerhoof 13
4 The Fiery Furnaces 13
4 Os Mutantes 13
7 Kate Bush 12
8 Cornelius 11
8 No Age 11
8 Life Without Buildings 11
8 Beulah 11

1 Slow Club 43
2 worriedaboutsatan 32
3 Deadmau5 28
4 Volcano Choir 18
5 The Wrens 14
6 The Very Best 12
7 Peter Broderick 11
8 Blue Roses 10
9 Beirut 9
10 The Tough Alliance 8

poo. this is only what i listen to whilst sitting in front of a computer feeling mildly depressed.

1. The Mountain Goats 25
2. Le Loup 16
3. A Sunny Day in Glasgow 14
4. Califone 12
5. Tune-Yards 11
6. Peaches 10
7. The Low Miffs and Malcolm Ross 9
7. HEALTH 9
7. Department of Eagles 9
10. Au 8

1. The new album is incredible, and has made my cry a bit.
2. I actually hate this band now. Really can't stand them. Won't be listening to them again.
6. Why is no one talking about the new peaches album? I think its the only thing i put in the recommended thread that no one has ^this'd. Listen to it, its great!

1 Oi Polloi 49
2 Devendra Banhart 22
3 Flying Lotus 19
4 Vashti Bunyan 18
5 Tortoise 13
5 The Caretaker 13
7 Alice Coltrane 12
7 Steeleye Span 12
9 Turid 11
10 Vagn Holmboe 9

1 Enablers 39
2 Keelhaul 37
3 Shrinebuilder 30
4 Celan 23
4 Pelican 23
6 Led Bib 19
6 David Sylvian 19
8 A Storm of Light 13
9 Porn 11
9 Boris 11
9 Fennesz 11

1) Got Tundra, along with some other stuff from Southern. Really great, the most exciting thing I've heard for a while that has anything to do with post-rock. Going to pick up the rest of their stuff, I think.

2) Triumphant Return To Obscurity is really great, there's a really impressive balance of mathiness and heaviness and melody, and just some really good songwriting.

3) It didn't blow me away immediately, but it's growing on me quite a lot. It's pretty mellow, considering who's involved. It's tempting to think of it as similar to what Mastodon were trying to achieve with Crack The Skye, but far better executed.

4a) Halo is really cool. Awesome riffs, and the the more industrial/avant-garde bits you can pick out really make it fresh and exciting.

4b) New one is pretty good. I'd always avoided Pelican, thinking they were at the more boring post-rock end of post-metal, but this has some very nice riffs throughout, and very few cliched 'slow melancholy build to huge crescendo' bits that plague most of this type of stuff.

6a) Sensible Shoes is a very good album. It's a lot more melodic than their last one, some bits come dangerously close to even being hooks. Recommended for fans of this new wave of british jazz stuff.

6b) Manafon. Interesting, and pretty nice. Some fantastic moments, like the sax solo on emily dickinson, but it might be better if Sylvian didn't sing over so much of his collaborator's work.

8) New album, much like the old album, with a few marked developments here and there. Recommended for anybody looking for something different but still safely in the Neurosis/Isis school of post-metal.

9a) Got The Devil Makes Three. Unfortunately it's pretty boring really, Merzbow just makes a lot of thick, uninteresting noise, and when the band does show up they're just playing run of the mill sludge under it all. Might need more listens I suppose, but I'm not really feeling much of an urge to go back to it anytime soon.

9b) New 7". Rather good, but a quite strange. There's some reference to the sound of the Japan mix of Smile, but there's also more big pop-hooks. Some Jesu style Metal-Gaze on 8 too. Be interesting to see if this ends up as an interesting but isolated offshoot or if they do more stuff in this style.

1 Johnny Foreigner 62
2 The Mountain Goats 24
3 Broadcast and The Focus Group 23
4 Kill It Kid 22
5 The Lovely Eggs 14
6 Julian Plenti 11
6 Pulp 11
6 The Leisure Society 11
9 Blue Roses 10
9 Les Savy Fav 10

3 Of which precisely one is like what one would describe as a proper song. More Focus Group than Broadcast.
4 Surprised more people aren't picking up on their album - seems to be getting either amazing reviews or ignored.
5 Yes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6taA3gESuc

1 The Smiths 126
2 Algernon Cadwallader 45
3 Bear vs. Shark 25
4 WHY? 22
5 mclusky 19
6 Cutting Pink with Knives 16
7 Beck 12
8 John Frusciante 9
8 Mos Def 9
10 Beastie Boys 5

1 Yo La Tengo 111
2 Mogwai 33
3 Ghostface Killah 28
4 Sufjan Stevens 20
5 Sonic Youth 18
6 The Avalanches 17
7 The White Stripes 16
8 Oneida 15
8 Modest Mouse 15
8 OutKast 15
8 Animal Collective 15
12 Sigur Rós 14
13 Willie Isz 13
13 Burial 13
13 Jay-Z 13
16 Grizzly Bear 12
16 Tim Hecker 12
16 Girls 12
16 The Very Best 12

Anywhoo...

1. Evan Caminiti - 58
2. Elm - 47
3. Fennesz - 34
4. Aphex Twin - 24
5. Fennesz & Sakamoto - 22
6. Emeralds - 17
6. Natural Snow Buildings - 17
8. Magnog - 16
9. Philip Jeck - 14
9. Stephan Mathieu - 14
9. Oren Ambarchi - 14

1. Astounding desert drone-doom-folk.
2. Yep, he's still amazing. Somewhere between Earth and MBV (bonus interview with him at my blog antennastoheavenblog.blogspot.com)
6. a Passing Away <3 <3 <3

1 Queens of the Stone Age 21
2 OutKast 19
2 Ramones 19
2 Rancid 19
5 Red Hot Chili Peppers 16
6 Radiohead 15
6 Pixies 15
8 DJ Shadow 14
8 The Pogues 14
8 Orbital 14
11 School of Seven Bells 13
11 The Sugarcubes 13
11 Sparklehorse 13
14 Queen 12
14 Teenage Fanclub 12

1 Th' Faith Healers 26
2 The Dismemberment Plan 23
2 Broadcast 23
4 Evangelista 22
5 TV Ghost 21
6 No Age 12
7 Talulah Gosh 10
7 Unrest 10
7 Algernon Cadwallader 10
10 The Clean 9

1 let's wrestle 66
2 forward russia 38
3 kylesa 27
4 gaza 20
5 at the drive-in 18
6 dungen 17
7 joy division 15
8 midlake 10
8b dinosaur jr 10
10 karen dalton 9
11 flaming lips 8
11b bad brains 8
13 mastodon 7
14 animal collective 4
14 the streets 4

4 pretty amazing... theyre touring with baroness & earthless in the states :(
10 i like karen dalton. she was a cherokee apparently, thats cool.
13 gave crack the skye another shot, it's no for me.

1 Deadmau5 103
2 Miike Snow 57
3 Tom Waits 47
4 The Flaming Lips 26
5 Belle and Sebastian 17
5 Shit and Shine 17
7 Mogwai 13
8 The Big Pink 12
8 Bon Iver 12
10 Telekinesis 11

1 Bert Jansch 33
2 Emeralds 23
3 Fleetwood Mac 20
4 Rambutan 10
5 Taped Hiss 8
6 Mark McGuire 7
6 Dolphins Into the Future 7
6 God Willing 7
6 Isaac Willow 7
6 High Wolf 7
6 Peaking Lights 7
12 Sean McCann 6
13 Tomutonttu 5
13 Natural Snow Buildings 5
13 Pocahaunted 5
13 Harmonia 5

1 a new discovery for me. autumnal.
4 good synthy stuff. buy stuff like this from me at www.colourride.co.uk/distro.html - shameful
6f imaginary falcons is excellent

1. Deadmau5 290
2. Tiësto 176
3. Electric Six 20
4. Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse 14
5. Dublin Duck Dispensary 11
     Calvin Harris 11
7. Cursive 10
8. Black Eyed Peas 8
     Clone Quartet 8
10. Ministry 7

Track of the week: Tiësto - Century
with Calvin Harris on cheese vocals <3

1. Get Scraped, Random Album Title, and For Lack of a Better Name are all fucking class
2. I didn't think I'd listened to the album THAT much.. I like the songs with Jónsi, Kele, Calvin and Nelly Furtado the best :) and Fresh Fruit.
4. Dark Night of the Soul is pretty damn good
7. Mama I'm Swollen is also good
8a My friend forced me to like "Meet Me Halfway" :(
10. Wondered what the song at the end of The Hurt Locker was, discovered it was on Rio Grande Blood (I don't listen to it much) WHERE'S BIN LADEN?

1 Electric Six 81
2 Bats 51
3 Obits 32
4 Billy Vincent 29
5 Rocket from the Crypt 26
6 The Donnas 21
7 Tenacious D 17
8 Jetplane Landing 11
9 dev/null 9
10 Down I Go 8

1 - DEVIL NIGHTS, NIGHTS WITH THE DEVIL DERRRRIIIVING AROUND THE CIIIIITTTTAAAAAAAYYYY
2 - My favourite band at the moment <3 www.myspace.com/leatherbeatsfeather
9 - grind/gabba shit http://www.cockrockdisco.com/freemusic.html

1 J Dilla 42
2 Stereolab 28
3 Flying Lotus 27
4 Ghostface Killah 22
5 Marco Polo & Torae 21
6 Jeru the Damaja 20
6 This Heat 20
8 Scritti Politti 19
9 Nite Jewel 18
9 Hudson Mohawke 18
11 HEALTH 17
12 Fungi Girls 16
13 Raekwon 15
13 Perfect Future 15
15 Castevet 12

5) up there with Cuban Linx II as one of this year's strongest rap albums. Primo-esque boom-bap. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes that sort of thing.
6b) the Peel sessions album is amazing. Horizontal Hold is staggering.
11) have to say I was pretty disappointed with them in Manchester in midweek. Are their sets usually 25 minutes long? The whole thing felt a bit half-arsed, except the drummer, who is a dude.

which is nice.

1) Gene Clark 14
2) Steely Dan 13
3) Neil Young 11
4) Lurker of Chalice 10
5) Pink Reason 9
6) Kowloon Walled City 8
6) Destroyer 8
8) Warren Zevon 6
9) Pissed Jeans 3
9) Big Black 3

1 Jamie Lidell (43)
2 The National (39)
3 Clearlake (35)
4 Therapy? (32)
5 Datassette (26)
6 Boards of Canada (23)
7 Butthole Surfers (18)
8 Brian Eno (13)
9 The Tuss (10)
10 Orbital (9)
10 Dan Deacon (9)
12 This Will Destroy You (8)
13 Neil Young (5)
13 Underworld (5)
13 Kaki King (5)

1: Old school and new school Jamie Lidell. Shockingly... while his avant garde stuff is pretty awesome, he's just too damn good a soulsmith these days.
2: I have come to the conclusion that they're the American Elbow. This is no bad thing, but no doubt that'll set some idiot into apoplexy at the mere insinuation.
3: Clearlake deserve so much more than they get. It's heartbreaking, Cedars should have made the p4k top 200 of 2000.
4: Happy people have no stories
5: Oh look, it's Datassette. Again. I swear Datassette is going to accidentally end up being my no.1 artist on last.fm
9: OH HAI Richard D James under yet another name. When's the new album out?
12: A Three-Legged Workhorse remains one of the finest slices of Post-Rock since the whole movement started.

1 Girls [24]
1 Of Montreal [24]
3 Kanye West [18]
4 Pixies [17]
5 Wild Beasts [16]
5 Yo La Tengo [16]
7 mclusky [14]
8 The Cure [13]
8 Rival Schools [13]
10 Franz Ferdinand [12]
10 Neutral Milk Hotel [12]
10 Pavement [12]
10 Queens of the Stone Age [12]
10 Sonic Youth [12]

Nirvana 26
Sights & Sounds 15
This Is Hell 14
Mos Def 13
Girl Talk 12
Radiohead 10
Mew 9
Mudvayne 9
Between the Buried and Me 8
A Perfect Circle 7

1 Evangelista 52
2 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti 14
2 Celan 14
4 The Unicorns 13
5 Harvey Milk 10
6 Ulver 9
7 Make Up 8
8 The Evens 7
8 Nurse With Wound 7
8 CocoRosie 7
8 Die Haut and Nick Cave 7
8 Exile 7
8 Einstürzende Neubauten 7

New Evangelista is pretty good. Undecided if it is better than Hello, Voyager though.
Celan is ok. May be a grower but not as good as the sum of the original parts.

Nothing can compete with the MuDvAyNe up there though^^ unfortunately.

1 Young Widows 59
2 Charlie Parr 57
3 Kurt Vile 33
4 Mission of Burma 24
5 The Ex 23
6 To Kill a Petty Bourgeoisie 17
7 Sian Alice Group 16
8 Times New Viking 18
9 Techno Animal 14
10 Arizona Amp and Alternator 13

1 Mudhoney 30
2 Celan 24
3 Young Marble Giants 22
3 Enablers 22
5 Bardo Pond 19
5 Mission of Burma 19
7 Unsane 17
8 Lou Barlow 15
9 Baroness 14
9 Red House Painters 14
11 Torche 13
11 Papa M 13
11 Sebadoh 13
11 Have a Nice Life 13
15 Sonic Youth 11

1 - All superfuzz bigmuff in preperation of seeing them tonight, told it was a must see so i'm there.
2 - Still amazing, serious love form me, am pretty gutted that i only started listening after they played in London.
3a - well, i gave it ago, its nice but not completely compelling.
3b -on the other hand is awesome, mainly tundra and its full of riffs and choons and greatness.
5a - now firmly stuck in my favourite bands group
5b - should branch out to more than VS.
7 - Hmmm, just getting into them. Good.
11d - Put death consciousness on one afternoon, it really is a bit epic. might put it on again this afternoon.

8.9/10

1 DNA 61
2 Yo La Tengo 47
3 A Sunny Day in Glasgow 43
4 Luna 37
5 Times New Viking 29
6 Mars 21
7 Sylvain Chauveau 19
8 Glenn Branca 17
9 The Aislers Set 14
10 Auburn Lull 13
11 The Apples in Stereo 12
11 The Phenomenal Handclap Band 12

1 Grammatics 47
2 The Twilight Sad 39
3 The Wrens 38
4 Ryan Adams 32
5 M83 27
6 Bloc Party 23
7 ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead 13
8 The xx 12
8 Arcade Fire 12
10 Cymbals Eat Guitars 9
10 Kings of Leon 9

1 pixies 23
2 de rosa 22
3 black mountain 20
4 alec ounsworth 14
5 the horrors 12
6 kings of leon 11
7 we are scientists 10
8 the antlers 9
8 ramones 9
10 neutral milk hotel 8
11 dananananaykroyd 7
11 phoenix 7
11 oceansize 7
11 supergrass 7

01 melvins 41
02 baroness 36
03 built to spill 34
04 japandroids 21
04 fiery furnaces 21
04 vince guaraldi trio 21
07 kong 20
08 papa m 13
09 animal collective 11
10 shellac 9

01 Houdini and Stoner Witch. What's a good new one to get? The two drumkit one is it?
02 New one out tomorrow. Anyone had a listen yet?
03 A few plays of Conventional Wisdom. God, I love that track.
04b Still loving I'm Going Away.

1 Richard Hawley 25
2 The Mountain Goats 24
3 Girls 19
4 The Big Pink 16
4 Spiritualized 16
4 Monsters of Folk 16
7 The Housemartins 14
7 Karen O and the Kids 14
7 Lou Barlow 14
10 Teenage Fanclub 13

1 Stars 66
2 Deer Tick 55
3 Belle and Sebastian 45
4 Alela Diane 41
5 Horse Feathers 39
6 Telekinesis 35
7 Ben Gibbard 34
8 The Big Pink 33
9 Mogwai 28
10 My Bloody Valentine 23
10 The Honorary Title 23

1 The xx 36
2 The Fall 21
3 So Cow 20
4 The Strange Boys 17
5 Sic Alps 13
6 Kurt Vile 12
7 Reigning Sound 9
7 Sonic Youth 9
9 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 4
9 The Hunches 4
9 The Wedding Present 4
12 The Modern Lovers 1

1 Karen O and the Kids 43
2 The xx 40
3 Girls 27
4 Idlewild 19
5 Camera Obscura 16
6 Richmond Fontaine 13
7 Bright Eyes 12
8 Julian Plenti 10
8 Joy Division 10
10 The Wrens 9
11 Monsters of Folk 7
11 Bon Iver 7
13 Volcano Choir 6
13 Yeah Yeah Yeahs 6
13 Yo La Tengo 6
16 Interpol 2
17 The Horrors1
17 Sune Rose Wagner 1

1 Fugazi 66
2 Jason Lytle 42
3 Dag Nasty 30
4 Hot Water Music 26
5 Cursive 23
6 The Smiths 20
6 Jawbreaker 20
8 Black Flag 15
9 Converge 14
10 Slayer 12

1 Ella Fitzgerald 38
2 Cold Cave 26
3 Saint Etienne 19
4 Gary War 14
5 My Bloody Valentine 9
6 The Kinks 8
6 School of Seven Bells 8
6 Albert Ayler 8
9 Lush 7
9 Fuck Buttons 7
9 Nas 7
12 Beak> 6
13 Sarah Vaughan 5
13 Stephen Malkmus 5
15 Aphex Twin 4

1 HEALTH 56
2 Mew 51
3 Zomby 47
4 The xx 32
5 Boys Noize 31
6 Pictureplane 26
6 The Antlers 26
8 WHY? 25
9 Girls 22
9 JJ 22
11 Kurt Vile 21
12 NODZZZ 20
13 Burial 19
13 Times New Viking 19
15 Shit and Shine 17
15 Flying Lotus 17
15 Algernon Cadwallader 17

Anyway, I'm with you muggers. Despite having rediscovered the CD as a medium of playing musak.

1) Lightning Bolt 19
2) Baroness 9
3) Califone 8
4) Six Organs of Admittance 7
5) dälek 6
6) Los Llamarada 2
6) Comets on Fire 2
8) Sly & The Family Stone 1
8) White Rainbow 1

1) The new album is amazing. Finally, an album of theirs that I like!!!!
5) Hurrah for tuesday at The Croft.
6) a) Yeah. Good scuzzy awesomeness from their WFMU session
6) b) The Black Cassette: http://silvercurrant.blogspot.com/2009/10/comets-on-fire-black-cassette.html
8) c) Sorta Sun Araw-y trippy goodness. Minus points for using the words Boogie-Woogie in song titles.