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Weekly:

1 Death Grips 21
2 Swans 15
3 Lightning Bolt 12
3 Dustin Wong 12
5 Kraftwerk 11
5 Damien Jurado 11
7 Orbital 10
7 Shackleton 10
7 Julia Holter 10
10 Black Dice 9
10 Beirut 9
12 First Aid Kit 7
12 Demdike Stare 7
14 Laurel Halo 6
15 Godspeed You! Black Emperor 4
15 Daniel Menche 4

Monthly:

1 First Aid Kit 55
2 Dustin Wong 49
3 Mark McGuire 24
4 Death Grips 23
5 Orbital 20
6 Swans 19
7 Dr. John 16
7 Optimo (Espacio) 16
9 Iron & Wine 15
9 Rustie 15
11 Steve Hauschildt 14
12 Lightning Bolt 13
13 Damien Jurado 12
13 AU 12
13 Dylan Ettinger 12
16 Kraftwerk 11
16 Pete Swanson 11
16 Bersarin Quartett 11
16 Bon Iver 11

1 Actress 30
2 Sigur Rós 22
3 Every Time I Die 15
4 Green Day 14
5 The White Stripes 13
5 Maxïmo Park 13
7 The Offspring 12
7 The Cribs 12
7 Bombay Bicycle Club 12
10 The Cooper Temple Clause 11
10 Yeah Yeah Yeahs 11
10 Thrice 11
10 Santigold 11
10 Other Lives 11
10 Poliça 11
16 Massive Attack 10
16 Graham Coxon 10
16 Caribou 10
19 Glassjaw 9
20 Four Tet 5

1 Polica 57
2 Julia Holter 38
3 Billy Woods 35
4 Bright Eyes 34
5 2:54 31
6 Moonface 29
7 Actress 26
8 FOE 25
9 Twin Shadow 24
10 Bear in Heaven 22
11 Sunset Rubdown 22
12 Father John Misty 19
13 Grandaddy 18
14 Errors 18
15 Johnny Foreigner 18
16 Los Campesinos! 18
17 Blood Red Shoes 17
18 Lower Dens 17
19 Kanye West 15
20 Desaparecidos 14

Monthly:
1 Death Grips 186
2 Los Campesinos! 108
3 La Sera 103
4 Schoolboy Q 102
5 Bright Eyes 83
6 Lotus Plaza 80
7 Moonface 74
8 Bear in Heaven 73
9 Desaparecidos 68
10 Actress 62
11 Liars 58
12 Polica 58
13 Deerhunter 50
14 Johnny Foreigner 46
15 Julia Holter 45
16 Human Don't Be Angry 44
17 M83 39
18 Patrick Wolf 39
19 Billy Woods 35
20 The Antlers 33

1 Julia Holter 62
2 Wire 51
3 Dinosaur Jr. 32
4 Kate Bush 31
5 Freddie North 30
6 Doomtree 20
7 Junior Boys 17
8 Clark 16

month
1 Wire 123
2 The Walkmen 96
3 Julia Holter 95
4 Paul Simon 70
5 Cluster 69
6 MGMT 53
7 Santigold 52
8 Scott Walker 43

WEEKLY

01 Allo Darlin' 104
02 Stereolab 60
03 Marina & The Diamonds 37
04 Hundred Waters 36
05 CocoRosie 32
06 The Aislers Set 28
07 Casiotone For The Painfully Alone 24
08 Quakers 21
09 Standard Fare 15
09 Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland 15

New Allo Darlin' is just an incredible record. Listened to it five times in a row yesterday and listen to it thrice more since, just about to put it on once again. Described them to incandenza last night as the indie-pop megazord, they sound like they've absorbed the entire history of guitar pop music and taken the best bits out of it all. My favourite band.

the Hundred Waters record is also very good. I made a thread about them. Like organic folky textures really cleverly married with hypnagogic pop ?? Listen on their site or youtube or whatever.

Was hoping the name change would make Hype Williams sound like something better than just an inept James Pants. unbelievably over-feted.

MONTHLY

01 Quakers 190
02 The Aislers Set 173
03 Allo Darlin' 128
04 THEESatisfaction 96
05 Stereolab 77
06 Field Music 73
07 Perfume 71
08 Julia Holter 70
09 Tigercats 62
10 Molly Nilsson 48
10 Big Baby Gandhi 48

The Quakers record is loads of really short songs so it was obviously going to be top. I am still obsessed with The Aislers Set so I think they will stay in that position for some time yet though I imagine within a week Allo Darlin' will be way in front of everyone else. Molly Nilsson is really cool

1. Beastie Boys 89
2. Fleetwood Mac 54
3. The Hentchmen 49
4. Jacques Brel 44
5. Electric Six 42
6. Thunderbirds Are Now! 41
7. Ryan Allen & His Extra Arms 28
8. Holy Fuck 19
9. The White Stripes 17
10. So Cow 16
11. Tiger & Woods 15
12. Django Django 14
       Errors 14
14. Beirut 12
       The Flaming Lips 12
       Worrier 12
17. !!! 11
       The Beatles 11
20. The Alphabet 10
       Evil Cowards 10

1 - RIP MCA :(

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1. Electric Six 165
2. No Monster Club 117
3. Beastie Boys 93
4. jj 73
5. Biffy Clyro 72
6. Johnny Headband 69
7. The Hentchmen 67
8. Atlas Sound 64
9. AFX 59
10. Squarehead 58
11. Radiohead 57
12. Django Django 55
       Fleetwood Mac 55
14. Troy Gregory 51
15. Coyote Clean Up 50
16. Adebisi Shank 49
17. Jacques Brel 47
18. And So I Watch You From Afar 46
19. Thunderbirds Are Now! 41
20. The Flaming Lips 38
       ¡Pelea! 38

I miss MCA already :(

1) Shackleton 30
2) Cut Hands 28
2) Roly Porter 28
4) THEESatisfaction 26
5) Beastie Boys 22
5) The Caretaker 22
7) The Weeknd 18
8) Grails 16
8) Actress 16
10) Demdike Stare 15

1) Quite excited to hear the new record, I'll get my download on monday. Have been preparing by revisiting earlier stuff.

2) b) Did a thread on him which no-one read. Had wrongly written him as more murky hazy post-dubstep stuff in the same vein as Vex'd, but woah, it's a bit of a departure. Indulge me. http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/music/4340962

4) I like this, but I don't like all of it yet. I dunno, it's sort of indigestible and a bit chaotic, which really surprised me given how smooth the mixtapes are.

5)b) Good dinner party muzak. F'real. All my guests commented on the music in a positive way.

1 Actress 45
1 Chromatics 45
3 Moonface 29
4 Ólafur Arnalds 22
5 Sigur Rós 20
5 Gayngs 20
7 Caribou 16
8 Grimes 15
9 Beach House 12
9 Grizzly Bear 12

Monthly...isn't very interesting, I'll leave it.

1 motorpsycho 36
2 beastie boys 21
3 motorpsycho & stale storlokken 15
4 his hero is gone 12
5 torche 11
6 today is the day 10
7 zammuto 9
8 harvey milk 8
9 jenny hval 7
10 eyehategod 4
11 disfiguring the goddess 4
12 the cure 3
13 dr octagon 3
14 the replacements 3
15 howard roberts 2

1 the more i listen the more special they seem
2 great shame. RIP. mostly hello nasty, maintain it's their strongest record.
3 b a n a n a s. that trumpet percussion on the third track is inspired and when it comes back in with the queezy harmonized violin line! mint.
4 grand bash through monuments to thieves
6 remember to forget is beautiful, love steve-o.
7 that video in the thread has got me well jealous, looks like the perfect life to me, great music ofc.
9 rune grammofon 4ev
11 dunno. don't think i've ever enjoyed one of these producer does metal things. it is idiosyncratic though, got to give him that.

1. My Bloody Valentine - 36
2. Archers of Loaf - 21
3. Wolf Parade - 17
4. Guided by Voices - 12
5= Kanye West - 10
5= The Cribs - 10
7. Bob Dylan - 8
8. AZ - 6
9= Pavement - 5
9= Nick Drake - 5
9= Common - 5
9= Bright Eyes - 5

TOTW: Thanks to theShipment's Kanye thread, probably Common - Be, the way the different parts get introduced is masterful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp4_r8_MMho

Weekly:
1. Herman Melville - 56
2. Michel Thomas - 28
3. Stars of the Lid - 23
3b. Sacred Harp - 23
4. The Locust - 22
5. John Fahey - 19
5b. Shackleton - 19
6. Actress - 15
6b. Hype Williams - 15
7. Modest Mouse - 14
8. Sufjan Stevens - 12
9.Daughters - 10
9b. Lee Noble - 10

3b - Really beautiful Fahey-esque guitar stuff mixed with drone/chants and stuff. Brilliant and free! http://www.mediafire.com/?c08eughupb257nu
4 - Woke up at 6.30 this morning and was really grumpy so listened to Plague Soundscapes. Fucking rad!
5b - Music for the Quiet Hour was such a great surprise.
6b - Don't really know where these listens came from. Really not a fan.
9. Canada Songs!

Monthly:

1. Herman Melville - 150
2. Michel Thomas - 99
3. Actress - 67
4. Stars of the Lid - 51
5. Blackest Lava - 44
6. Sun Araw, M. Geddes Gengras & The Congos - 43
7. Sufjan Stevens - 42
8. Shackleton - 37
9. Sacred Harp - 34
10. Sunhiilow - 31

Weekly:
1 Jack White - 29
2 Orbital - 20
3 Death Grips - 18
4 Chromatics - 17
5 The Men - 14
5 Rusko - 14
7 Santigold - 13
7 Django Django - 13
9 The Cribs - 12
10 Beach House - 10

Monthly:
1 Miike Snow - 56
2 Grimes - 51
3 Death Grips - 31
4 Jack White - 29
5 The Men - 24
6 Django Django - 23
7 School of Seven Bells - 22
8 Orbital - 20
9 Beach House - 19
10 Chromatics - 17

La semaine:
1 Wire 21
2 Kanye West 15
3 M. Ward 12
3 St. Vincent 12
5 Yo La Tengo 11
5 Sun Kil Moon 11
5 Marissa Nadler 11
8 New Look 10
9 Poliça 9
10 Orbital 4
10 American Football 4
10 Grimes 4

Le mois:
1 Hot Chip 44
1 Sleigh Bells 44
3 Cocteau Twins 37
3 Grimes 37
5 Lotus Plaza 26
6 Zola Jesus 24
7 Poliça 22
8 Orbital 21
8 Wire 21
10 The Microphones 18
10 Matthew Dear 18

Très cool!

1 Big Flame 20
2 The Byrds 18
3 Actress 16
4 The Azusa Plane 15
5 Medicine 14
6 Jefre Cantu-Ledesma 12
7 Scientist 11
7 Lucy 11
9 X-O-DUS 10
9 The Green Kingdom 10
11 Cocteau Twins 9
11 Trouble Books 9
13 oOoOO 8
13 Action Bronson 8
15 Lotus Plaza 7

monthly:

1 The Byrds 46
2 McCarthy 40
3 Lotus Plaza 31
4 Easterhouse 28
5 Wire 27
6 Sad Souls 24
7 Slum Village 20
7 Big Flame 20
9 Archers of Loaf 18
9 Apollo Brown & OC 18
11 The Smashing Pumpkins 17
11 Gang of Four 17
11 World Domination Enterprises 17
14 Pete Rock 16
14 Actress 16

I am going to litter this one with links, just bcuz.

WEEK:

01. Black Breath - 31
01. Blackest Lava - 31
03. Horse Feathers - 30
04. Chromatics - 28
05. The Sandwitches - 20
06. Beach House - 18
07. Wreck and Reference - 17
08. Pete and the Pirates - 14
09. Parov Stelar - 13
10. Spiritualized - 11
10. The Soft Moon - 11
10. Run DMT - 11

1a – Wonderful new record. This and the new High on Fire are giving me a sore neck. Title track is too much: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01daKZbiOKg

1b – Disgusting mix of noise and black metal with subterranean undertones of doom. There's about a thousand free downloads on their Bandcamp. I only got Magical Mortician and have been so into it I haven't got round to listening to anything else yet.

3 – I am warming to Cynic's New Year, I definitely wasn't listening properly before. Fit Against the Country is great: http://soundcloud.com/all-around-sound-blog/horse-feathers-fit-against-the

6 – Bloom is blooming marvellous. Bah. Does what Beach House do pretty much the same as before, which is to say, pretty. Except for the never ending high pitched tone that wobbles on lock through the whole of Irene – that's intended as a compliment. It harmonises and clashes as the rest of the song moves along underneath it. Lovely.

7 – Experimental black/drone/doom/noise lovers need the new Wreck and Reference in their lives. And if you don't already know them, get Black Cassette too. Two guys, no guitars, all metal: http://wreckandreference.bandcamp.com/

9 - Parov Stelar is very addictive car listening. So much so, I am awarding All Night the prestigious Track of The Week award, fwiw. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhyqz23neCY

MONTH:

01. Lower Dens - 86
02. Poliça - 77
03. Chromatics - 76
04. High On Fire - 64
05. Parov Stelar - 50
05. Run DMT - 50
07. Wreck and Reference - 47
08. Spiritualized - 43
09. Horse Feathers - 40
10. Cloud Nothings - 32

This just looks like my weekly listening! Boo. I haven't been listening to a massive amount of music recently which says something, although I'm not sure what. I have been Soundclouding Light Asylum's LP a lot, that would probably be in here if Soundcloud scrobbled. There's a stats lovers dream right there.

1 - Lower Dens is a bit too dull to be my top listen for the month, I'm a bit disappointed with myself there.

2 - Polica's Wandering Star might be my Track of the Month, fwiw pt.2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrgZqMBrzBg

4 – The artwork is totally sick and, this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2dVwtZR4M4

5 - I will probably never stop listening to that Run DMT album, especially as the weather is warming up again and it's made for the sun.

10 - Cloud Nothings is probably my album of the year at the moment. Well done Cloud Nothings.

1 The Fall 62
2 Minutemen 43
3 Beastie Boys 39
4 John Cale 17
5 The Wedding Present 16
6 Devo 13
6 Blur 13
6 Sonic Youth 13
9 Six Finger Satellite 12
10 Clinic 11
11 The Beta Band 10
11 Errors 10
13 Killing Joke 9
14 Faust 8
14 Don Caballero 8

3. :(
4. Went to see him the other night, was pretty good but sadly lacking in Paris 1919 material. Then again he didn't have a string section. Gun was great though.

Weekly:

1 El-P 75
2 KOOL A.D. 62
3 Actress 59
4 Death Grips 44
5 Danny Brown 21
6 Lower Dens 20
7 Moonface 19
7 Julia Holter 19
7 OFWGKTA 19
10 Action Bronson 18
11 Chromatics 17
12 St. Vincent 15
13 Bright Eyes 14
13 The Walkmen 14
15 Liars 13

1: New EL-P is great; guy only releases an album every half decade but they're always worth the wait.
2: "51", mixtape from Das Racist member. I've mentioned before how I'm not a big fan of Das Racist but they always hook up with interesting producers/guests and this mixtape is full of Bay Area guys like Main Attrakionz. Still not big on Kool A.D. himself but its worth listening to.
3: Hey, R.I.P is really good!
4: 2Hacker" is pretty much the only track I like off the new one but I love it.

Monthly:

1 R.E.M. 244
2 El-P 83
3 Destroyer 78
4 Frank Ocean 77
5 Liars 70
5 Moonface 70
7 Lou Reed 68
7 Lower Dens 68
9 Sleater-Kinney 66
10 Chromatics 63
11 KOOL A.D. 62
12 Actress 61
13 Big Baby Gandhi 57
14 Children of the Night 53
15 Death Grips 47

Lot of R.E.M. there....

Weekly
1. Trouble Books 58
2. The Wonder Stuff 35
3. Ryan Adams 27
4. The National 25
5. Actress 23
6. Radiohead 22
6. Anaïs Mitchell 22
8. Pixies 15
8. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks 15
10. Death Grips 14
11. Beastie Boys 13
11. Talons' 13
13. Link Wray 12
13. M. Ward 12
13. Father John Misty 12
16. John Martyn 10
16. The Jim Jones Revue 10

A bit of old stuff, a bit of new stuff

Monthly
1. Actress 159
2. Trouble Books 69
3. Ben Folds Five 62
4. Field Music 53
5. Jack White 52
6. Laura Marling 49
7. Radiohead 41
8. Black Mountain 39
9. Ellen And The Escapades 38
10. Orbital 37

1 Dr. Octagon 15
2 Ghostface Killah 14
3 Boogie Down Productions 12
4 David Bowie 11
5 Sonny Rollins 10
6 Slick Rick 6
7 The Upsetters 5
8 Bill Withers 4
8 ScHoolBoy Q 4
10 Lee "Scratch" Perry 3

Monthly

1 Ghostface Killah 143
2 Bill Withers 65
3 Sonny Rollins 45
4 DJ Quik 27
5 Miles Davis 26
6 OFWGKTA 25
7 Stevie Wonder 23
8 Method Man 21
9 Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth 18
10 David Bowie 17
10 Boogie Down Productions 17
10 ScHoolBoy Q 17