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and using the sacred name of last.fm to declare it, too. HAVE YOU NO SHAME?

2. Stars of the Lid - 295
3. Herman Melville - 241
4. Animal Collective - 239
5. Joanna Newsom - 190
6. Four Tet - 188
7. Shackleton - 155
8. Mount Eerie - 144
9. Titus Andronicus - 141
10. Six Organs of Admittance - 140
11. Swans - 136
12. Oneohtrix Point Never - 135
13. Actress - 134
14. Dirty Projectors - 129
15. Michel Thomas - 128

1. Mostly obsessive listening to Mumps, etc. when it was first released. Calmed down a bit now but still think it deserves way more praise than the lacklustre reviews it got across the board. I guess it resonated with me 'cause I was like going through some tough times, yeah?
3 & 15. Depressing because I still couldn't tell you most of what happens in Moby Dick and still can't really speak any French.
4. Not so keen on the new album really, apart from a couple of songs. I can't foresee a year that Animal Collective won't be in my top ten most listened though.
8. Really surprised by how much of him I've listened to - I guess there was a week or so of heavy listening after seeing him support Earth, and the new albums are super good.
9. So glad this clicked for me, I was so disappointed on the first couple of listens because it's so stripped down compared to The Monitor. Friggin' love it now, and realise that another huge concept album would've just been samey.
11. Headed out to find a copy of SOundtracks for the Blind today, wish me luck.

1 Anaïs Mitchell - 797
2 Sharon Van Etten - 587
3 Foreign Fields - 425
4 Frank Ocean - 347
5 Grimes - 335
6 Chromatics - 308
7 Boy Friend - 277
8 Chairlift - 261
9 The Maccabees - 260
10 The National - 232

This is a bit of a lie. I have listened to the original cast recording of Wicked about a bajillion more times than anything else this year, but it refuses to scrobble properly.

1. Shearwater
2. The Go-Betweens
3. The Fall
4. Wire
5. Field Music
6. Ryan Adams
7. Radiohead
8. Michael Nesmith & The First National Band
9. Liars
10= Silver Jews
10= Throwing Muses

No idea how Ryan Adams got in there - must have been a short-lived phase. And Radiohead are only there because I was trying to see what all the fuss is about - I still only really like In Rainbows.

Nonetheless:

1. Mark McGuire 189
2. Ween 179
3. Death Grips 117
4. Swans 108
5. Damien Jurado 107
6. Archers of Loaf 106
7. Nicolas Jaar 95
8. Gang Colours 87
9. Guided by Voices 84
10. Stevie Wonder 83
10. Dustin Wong 83
12. Gerry Read 82
13. First Aid Kit 79
14. Liars 77
15. Do Make Say Think 72

2. RIP :(
7. This album completely passed me by in 2011, but it's really something. I can almost forgive him for having the temerity to be younger than me.
8 & 10b. Two sleeper albums from this year that have been thoroughly underappreciated.

I did most of my listening in the first half of the year while studying, all I've done since then is work.

1 Grimes 449
2 Chromatics 416
3 The Soft Moon 411
4 The Field 261
5 The Magnetic Fields 222
6 Sharon Van Etten 221
7 Ultra Vivid Scene 208
8 Neon Indian 205
9 Mac DeMarco 187
10 John Maus 174
11 Tamaryn 157
12 Twin Shadow 148
13 His Name Is Alive 138
14 When Saints Go Machine 137
15 Ringo Deathstarr 128

Only started listening to Mac DeMarco in the past few weeks.

(10) Stereolab - 273

Was convinced at the start of the year that I would end up with about a thousand plays by this band. Everyone's favourite French autonomist lounge punks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdG4WpqIgvM

(09) Perfume - 300

It's quite nice that they ended up at 9 = 3x3 and with 300 plays as there is 3 of them and their best record is called (triangle symbol) which could be called bandwagon jumping if they didn't do it - 3 - years ago. It's Japanese electronic pop and if that doesn't sound up your street have a peak at this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4VXvAg3IGg

(08) Maher Shalal Hash Baz - 303

Would have double the plays if it was actually possible to get hold of half of these records. Also a few of the songs are too short to scrobble I think. Just good pop music innit. Sounds a bit like some schoolchildren trying to play 'The Last Waltz' by The Band in full.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUa78y4k2aw

(07) Jens Lekman - 313

Think his album from this year is maybe his worst but it didn't stop it getting a load of plays as he still has the best tunes for us indie kids who still believe in the power of true love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5lO5kIqP8A

(06) Don Lennon - 318

Remember when we all used to spend hours trawling thisismyjam.co.uk? The only two things I found from it that I still love are the song 'O Caroline' by Matching Mole (via Luke Haines) and this guy (via erstwhile DiSer poosie) . He's a bit like Jonathan Richman, Magnetic Fields, that kind of thing but on the more recent records he combines the classic pop sound with the delivery of a stand up but most importantly all the songs I've heard are great. All of my mates that I've shown him to love Don Lennon and maybe you will too. Here's a tune he has about The Dave Matthews Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGlVvfokSz8

(05) Julia Holter - 324

Everyone loves Julia Holter so I won't bang on about her. Feels like I haven't listened to her much in the second half of the year but that doesn't mean the last album isn't good and I think some recent talk of it being 'disappointing' is a bit silly considering it is basically the same as the first record.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2-XjYIuJxw

(04) The Just Joans - 364

Probably the biggest shock for me is how high The Just Joans have got up on this list. Usually I can remember some time in the year where I particularly enjoyed listening to a band when it comes to these end of year lists but nothing with this lot. Not to say I don't think they're a good band - I think they're a great band. Pure, miserable Scottish pop songwriting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX694KGjtF4

(03) Kyary Pamyu Pamyu - 426

It's the MVP of the kawaii scene Miss KPP. Her album 'Pamyu Pamyu Revolution' was my favourite of the year easily. She is like a combination of all the best things I used to love as a child - Neopets, Yu-Gi-Oh, Lady Gaga, false eyelashes &c.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GivkxpAVVC4

(02) Allo Darlin' - 579

Looking back on the time I went mental and spent two to three months exclusively posting on the internet about how much I love Allo Darlin', it doesn't feel like a golden period in my life but the songs on Europe remind of happier times when I let it all go and gave my heart to a pop band.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZCH2dP5plY

(01) The Aislers Set - 842

A lot of plays but I have a lot of love for this band. They put out three perfect, magical records about a decade ago and then split up which I'm pretty sure makes them the first band to get #1 on my last.fm of the year without releasing a record in the same time. Which is a shame in some ways as I am going on about how people need to stop living in the past but when the music is this good how can you go wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TL5h8B3-UQ

1. Flying Lotus - 222
2. The Maccabees - 178
3. Japandroids - 175
4. The Black Keys - 151
5. Future of the Left - 134
6. Action Bronson - 113
7. Arctic Monkeys - 99
8. Kanye West - 98
9. The xx - 93
10.The Men - 85
11.Jessie Ware - 83
12.Poliça - 77
13.DIIV - 66
14.Blood Red Shoes - 65
15.Grimes - 64
16.The Magnetic Fields - 63
17.Purity Ring - 61
18.Crystal Castles - 60
19.Disclosure - 57
20.Tame Impala - 55

Very surprised to see Kanye, Arctic Monkeys, Black Keys and Blood Red Shoes but would attribute a lot of this to the GF. Reckon John Talabot would be right up there if my iPod plays ever got scrobbled.

Otherwise it's probably fairly accurate. Loved Japandroids and Action Bronson this year, while FlyLo has probably had most plays year on year since I set up my account so no surprise really, although UTQC isn't quite up there with Cosmo or L.A. imho.

1 The Fall 1,002
2 Future of the Left 445
3 Bob Dylan 402
4 Guided by Voices 310
5 Devo 276
6 Mogwai 215
7 Beastie Boys 206
8 Beck 171
9 Pixies 154
9 Radiohead 154

I'm listening to the Perverted By Language bonus disc right now so that number is still rising.

1 Efterklang 826
2 Philco Fiction 640
3 Laura Gibson 573
4 Den Svenska Björnstammen 558
5 Shearwater 549
6 Gemma Hayes 540
7 Keith Kenniff 515
8 Meursault 503
9 SoKo 501
9 Sleep Party People 501
11 Soap&Skin 485
12 Dillon 460
13 Boy 459
13 Grand Salvo 459
15 Get Well Soon 457
16 Sons Of Noel And Adrian 456
17 Sigur Rós 439
18 Old Amica 430
19 PASCAL PINON 418
20 Princeton 370

1 Brand New 447
2 Pixies 387
3 Jawbreaker 251
4 The Exploding Hearts 229
5 Descendents 184
6 Left for Dead 178
7 Japandroids 174
8 The Thermals 172
9 Flying Lotus 152
10 Mogwai 151
11 Death Grips 144
12 Integrity 140
13 Negative Approach 139
14 Aphex Twin 124
15 Royal Headache 106
16 Archers of Loaf 103
17 Animal Collective 102
18 Title Fight 101
19 Curren$y 99
20 Morrissey 93

1. always and forever <3 don't remember listening to them that much though.
4. best band ever
6. splitting heads is my favourite hardcore album i think OF ALL TIME

1 Rolo Tomassi 1,137
2 Sleater-Kinney 921
3 Los Campesinos! 741
4 Converge 488
5 Fugazi 429
6 The Microphones 314
7 Punch 292
8 Bikini Kill 253
9 65daysofstatic 231
10 Circle Takes the Square 226
10 Pulled Apart By Horses 226
12 Veils 211
12 Blood Red Shoes 211
14 At the Drive-In 198
15 Brontide 178

1 Converge 325 - I listen to AWLWLB every day for nearly a month.
2 Ceremony 272 - Not so much Zoo but revisiting the much better Rohnert Park
3 Perfume Genius 162 - :'(
4 Broken Social Scene 145 - My favourite band ever.
5 Joyce Manor 142 - Finally came to the UK. Their songs are all like two minutes long so this is probably an hour of music.
6 The Dismemberment Plan 134
7 Sigur Rós 129
8 The Hold Steady 113 - I like drinking and listening to The Hold Steady
9 Purity Ring 109
10 Old Man Gloom 108 - My second favourite 'heavy' record after Converge.

1. Mew 484
2. The Cure 445
3. Michael Jackson 330
4. Orbital 286
5. Coldplay 246
6. Underworld 215
7. Django Django 159
8. Stevie Wonder 153
9. Frank Ocean 145
10. Swans 140
11. Aphex Twin 138
12. John Coltrane 137
13. Portishead 125
14. Radiohead 124
15. Lost in the Trees 123

1. John Maus 897
2. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti 690
3. Animal Collective 576
4. Nite Jewel 458
5. Grimes 398
6. Peaking Lights 353
7. Bear In Heaven 321
8. Dirty Projectors 285
9. Julia Holter 261
10. Liars 247
11. Islet 215
12. Panda Bear 213
13. Beach House 207
14. Twin Shadow 205
15. How To Dress Well 203

Getting pretty tight scrobble-wise with the last few. Surprised that Ariel Pink isn't top given how much I've listen to Mature Themes, which is great. John Maus, as ever <3

1 Johnny Foreigner 1,518 - only got their first 2 albums this year, hammered them ever since
2 Beach House 630 - bloom mainly
3 Shrag 547 - canines is ACE
4 Sleigh Bells 504 - i think about 20% of this is comeback kid alone
5 Metric 479 - new album was good i reckon
6 Blood Red Shoes 368 - new album was alright. first one still gets regular plays
7 Anamanaguchi 328 - scott pilgrim vs the world: the game soundtrack is AWESOME
8 Elle Milano 248 - i love elle milano but no idea how i have achieved 248 plays this year
9 We Are the Physics 241 - only band i discovered in 2012 that's in my top 10 :/
10 La Sera 239 - really liked the album, thought it'd be higher than 10th

1. Grimes (343)
2. St. Vincent (221)
3. My Bloody Valentine (208)
4. Boards of Canada (176)
5. Broadcast (170)
6. Yo La Tengo (169)
7. Andrew Bird (159)
8. Radiohead (156)
9. Beach House (144)
10. A Sunny Day In Glasgow (142)

1. Radiohead - 648
2. Flying Lotus - 421
3. My Bloody Valentine - 335
4. Grizzly Bear - 297
5. Akira Yamaoka - 246
6. Aphex Twin - 170
7. Pavement - 117
8. Autechre - 112
9. Coldplay - 109
10. Nick Drake - 107
11. Slowdive - 104
12. Massive Attack - 102
13. Manic Street Preachers - 76
13. Frank Ocean - 76
15. The Chemical Brothers - 74
15. Chromatics - 74
17. The Avalanches - 72
18. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross - 69
19. The Beach Boys - 68
20. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - 65
20. The Antlers - 65

I think there's some scrobbling issues, but that's more or less it. Played the new FlyLo religiously for a bit there.

1 Blind Lemon Jefferson 229
2 The Mountain Goats 228
3 Rancid 202
4 Charley Patton 176
5 The Magnetic Fields 166
6 Mount Eerie 136
7 The Olivia Tremor Control 132
8 Spiritualized 131
9 Sugar 130
10 Beach House 125

1, 4: a brief-lived attempt to explore the history of the blues.
3. All in the last month, gig preparation
6,7: listening to see if I liked them, before Mangum's ATP
9: playing the Copper Blue re-release 3 or 4 times.

1 Talk Talk 311
2 Arthur Russell 245
3 Low 238
4 The Hidden Cameras 166
4 Yppah 166
6 Elbow 132
7 Hopeless Local Marching Band 131
8 My Bloody Valentine 129
8 Sun Kil Moon 129
10 Mew 128
11 Motoro Faam 127
12 The Antlers 120
13 Go-qualia 118
14 Iron & Wine 113
15 Tindersticks 106

I5- I have The Something Rain on a CD that won't work on t'laptop, or Tindersticks would be top.

1. Arthur Russell - 349
2. The Caretaker - 304
3. Tindersticks - 258
4. How to Dress Well - 253
5. Belle and Sebastian - 248
6. Destroyer - 241
7. Blur - 210
8. Julia Holter - 181
9. Beach House - 177
10. blink-182 - 168

3- Patience (After Sebald) has been pretty much 100% ignored in any end of year lists, which is sad cos it's ace, possibly his best.

4- I really think that HTDW is one of the best new songwriters in years and years, the songs are so thematically focussed, too- it really MEANS something. Plus he was amazing at XOYO.

7- A lot of this is just from listening through the Blur 21 box set. Some great rarities.

10- No idea how I've listened to Blink 168 times. Might have something to do with them being mint, though.

1 Afghan Whigs 596
2 Girls Aloud 398
3 M. Ward 378
4 Madonna 341
5 New Order 310
6 Blur 288
7 Frank Ocean 258
8 Jay-Z 250
9 Cat Power 248
10 The Weeknd 244
11 Nas 236
12 Al Green 222
13 Arctic Monkeys 209
14 The Cribs 208
15 R.E.M. 207

1 Super Furry Animals 241
2 My Bloody Valentine 146
3 The Beatles 143
4 Mogwai 140
4 Propagandhi 140
4 Best Coast 140
7 Japandroids 119
8 Sun Kil Moon 116
9 Laura Marling 112
10 mclusky 109

I have no idea why SFA are 100 above all other artists! Must have gone on a proper binge, I think I listened to all their records in order once, so that is a huge chunk of songs. Japandroids is helped by the House That Heaven Built being listened to nearly 30 times on its own.

Tom Waits (185)
Max Richter (62)
Aphex Twin (57)
Swans (48)
Nasum (36)
Ray Charles (35)
Jeff Buckley (34)
Converge (33)

Nasum might be a little misleading though, them being grindcore and all.

1 Grimes 266
2 Julia Holter 233
3 Menomena 221
4 Liars 209
5 Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland 208
6 Grizzly Bear 177
7 Chromatics 171
8 Django Django 167
9 Sharon Van Etten 165
9 Gonjasufi 165
11 Serge Gainsbourg 157
12 Los Campesinos! 154
13 Laurel Halo 150
14 Barry Andrewsin Disko 148
15 Josephine Foster 135

1 Beastie Boys 162
2 Torche 158
3 Clutch 141
3 Future of the Left 141
5 Her Parents 133
6 Faith No More 109
7 Pulled Apart By Horses 105
8 Turbonegro 101
9 Mastodon 72
10 Hot Water Music 68

Wow, MCA's death hit me hard it seems. Don't remember listening to PABH that much.

1 Her Parents 267
2 Brian Eno 37
3 Why? 33
4 Chris 31
5 The Rolling Stones 28
6 The Kinks 25
6 Tim Hecker 25
8 Trouble Books 21
9 Marseille Figs 18
10 Talking Heads 17
10 Death Grips 17

1. OFWGKTA 476
2. The Maccabees 424
3. The xx 374
4. Alt-J 324
5. Frank Ocean 302
6. Grimes 298
7. Drake 247
8. Los Campesinos! 244
9. Mystery Jets 179
10. Marina & the Diamonds 167

a mixture of scrobbles from iphone, ipad and laptop

1 Shack 595
2 The Go-Betweens 310
3 Hot Chip 280
4 The Posies 232
5 Sufjan Stevens 214
5 The Brian Jonestown Massacre 214
7 Beachwood Sparks 208
8 Menomena 207
9 Tame Impala 185
10 Django Django 181

1. Mystic 93
2. Buck 65 88
3. The Triffids 85
4. The Waterboys 82
5. Gang Starr 80
6. Blue Sky Black Death 73
7. Mirf 55
8. Kate Bush 51
9. Jean Sibelius 50
9. Myka 9 50
11. Sam Cooke 49
11. Sir Edward Elgar 49
13. Bob Dylan 47
13. Solillaquists of Sound 47
15. Al Green 46
15. Bed?ich Smetana 46
17. Alexander Glazunov 44
17. Astronautalis 44
19. Boards of Canada 43
20. Ludwig van Beethoven 42

The usual, really. Waterboys plays are all the album of Yeats poems from last year, which I got for my Dad last Christmas and copied off him. BSBD plays will mostly be Noir, and Astronautalis ones are probably entirely This Is Our Science, but otherwise there's not much from this decade. Dunno where Dessa's at, she must not be scrobbling or something.

01 Weezer 338
02 Mountain Man 262
03 Otis Redding 205
04 Fucked Up 176
05 Pixies 174
05 John Fahey 174
07 Pissed Jeans 163
08 Bastions 136
09 Calexico 125
10 Cat Power 121

1. Field Music 513
2. Flying Lotus 382
3. Actress 307
4. The National 298
5. Bruce Springsteen 250
6. Anaïs Mitchell 226
7. Trouble Books 221
8. Radiohead 203
9. The Magnetic Fields 181
10. Ryan Adams 172
10. Hot Chip 172
10. Poliça 172
13. Teebs 171
14. The Shins 162
15. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah 152
16. Fleetwood Mac 151
17. Tom Waits 148
18. Emeralds 147
19. Bon Iver 143
20. Ned's Atomic Dustbin 142

just for those keeping score

1 J Dilla 598
2 Vakula 189
3 Black Jazz Consortium 154
4 K-Def 151
5 Morrissey 147
6 14KT 117
7 Slum Village 114
8 A.R Kane 112
9 The Smiths 108
10 Jay Dee 102

1 Deftones 422
2 Radiohead 420
3 Brand New 326
4 I Am the Avalanche 240
5 The Cribs 225
6 Liars 223
7 Poliça 215
8 Fleetwood Mac 214
9 Refused 211
10 FOE 198
11 The Wannadies 187
12 Why?177
13 Bloc Party 160
14 Hundred Reasons 156
15 The Antlers

I deleted all the ones that stacked up that one time I left it running over the weekend. There's also nearly a thousand songs from my phone that never scrobbled, whatever. Otherwise the Isley Brothers, Ohio Players, Tree, Miguel, Kendrick would probably top this list with much higher numbers. Also my favorite rock albums (High on Fire and Gojira) didnt make this list but I listened to those a ton too.

Miguel 125
Frank Ocean 84
A.G. 74
Future 64
Kanye West 64
Carly Rae Jepsen 64
Boldy James 63
The Beatnuts 61
The-Dream 61
Soundgarden 60
Maxwell 57
Tree 56
Killer Mike 56
Torche 55
Tower Of Power 54
Kendrick Lamar 54
Black Sabbath 52
Hall & Oates 51
Laza Morgan 51

mewithoutYou 99
Now, Now 61
Mountain Schmountain 46
Perfume Genius 44
Niki & the Dove 39
aus 38
Deftones 37
Ben Folds Five 36
Joni Mitchell 35
Purity Ring 35
cokiyu 31
Wye Oak 29
Sleep Party People 28
PJ Harvey 23
Fiona Apple 23

Top 15 as it gets a bit close down there...

1) Actress 502
2) Flying Lotus 449
3) Madlib 424
4) Shackleton 325
5) Frank Ocean 273
6) Tim Hecker 263
7) Ben Frost 243
8) El-P 188
9) Swans 184
10) Andy Stott 167
11) Juju & Jordash 165
12) Six Organs of Admittance 163
13) Ekoplekz 162
14) Earth 160
15) The Caretaker 158

1. Guided by Voices - 1,280
2. Archers of Loaf - 197
3. Pavement - 181
4. And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - 153
5. Preston School of Industry - 152
6. The War on Drugs - 149
7. Kurt Vile - 122
8. Superchunk - 120
9. Animal Collective - 119
10. Yuck - 113
11. Robert Pollard - 112
12. Echo Lake - 108
13. Cymbals Eat Guitars - 107
14. Andrew Bird - 105

So glad I got to see Archers and Trail of Dead live, both excellent. Very surprised by how many listens Echo Lake got, don't even think the album is all that great

Patrick Watson 1,156
Efterklang 420
Pearl Jam 377
Bat for Lashes 348
Mogwai 343
Bon Iver 277
Wild Beasts 272
Menomena 256
Sigur Rós 246
Radiohead 246

It is mostly stuff I had to write about, though - especially Watson, who I reviewed and later interviewed. Still seems bafflingly high, though (although he is a very underrated artist...).

01. Run DMT - 599
02. Clams Casino - 505
03. Turbowolf - 477
04. Blur – 475
05. Ssaliva - 426
06. Wild Nothing - 403
07. Mogwai - 388
08. How to Dress Well - 378
09. Perfume Genius - 373
10. Twin Shadow - 368
11. Joy Division - 341
12. Peaking Lights - 330
13. Lilacs & Champagne – 329
14. T. Rex – 325
15. A Place to Bury Strangers - 291
16. Cloud Nothings - 282
17. John Talabot – 281
18. Halls – 280
19. The Soft Moon - 278
20. Cold Cave - 274

1 – Quite rightly number 1, though somewhat surprising. Mostly plays during the summer, when such lysergic sounds are at their most compelling

2 - <3 Clammy Clams, and so does Mrs Meat. The instrumentals just don’t need any vocals on top, and are better for it in most cases. So intricate.

3 - <3 the Woof, and so does the boy – a lot of these plays are at the behest of a 4-year old, though this is Grown Up Rock. The covers ep is great, their own tracks destroy. Can't wait for the new album this year (assuming it will be this year). I still have no idea why they are not stadium sized huge.

4 – All from playing the 21 box set, inspiring a big Bur revival in my house. Blur is the best album by far, but the Parklife bonus stuff of the demos they took to the studio prove what a truly great band they were. Most people think Blur is the isolated album, but I believe Parklife is the aberration in their discography, it’s them reacting very directly to, and predicting the arc of the cultural zeitgeist. Blur isn’t such a big change in style compared to Modern Life, all the seeds for it are there (beyond the Smiths guitars Graham already has an eye on US sounds). Yeah, Blur – best British band of the 90’s, by far.

5 – More lysergic hypnogogic mind-melt

6 – Given enough listens, Nocturne makes it’s very deep and assured presence felt. It takes a while to really appreciate but once you do it becomes better than Gemini, and better than most stuff this year.

7 – Can’t stop listening to Hardcore will Never Die. Too good. Yay Mogwai on form!

8 – Probably my album of the year, because a year where the How To Dress Well album is number one would be a really special year, right?

9 – Didn’t ever really connect with Put Yr Back N 2 It like I did with Learning. A pity.

10 – Another pity that the follow up pales in comparison to the first. Mr Lewis Jr was never really going to be able to match the flawless Forget though was he? Except for Five Seconds.

11 – One of those bands that just never gets boring.

12 – Mostly listens to 936, because it’s another perfect album that I am addicted too. Lucifer couldn’t match it, but it’s pretty nice.

13 – Surprised this hasn’t appeared in more year end lists just for the novelty value. Interesting enough to have staying power beyond that though – it’s a really good album

14 – Another band that never gets boring.

15 – I really like Worship. At first it seems a little underwhelming compared to Exploding Head, but it’s actually just as noisy and ferocious just a little less constantly and the aggression is tempered by more obvious melodies rather than ripping straight into the hard stuff.

16 – This was my unchallenged album of the year for a long while back there. I still don’t understand what people don’t like about it – I don’t hear any contrivance at all, just a great garage, grungy punky album with devastating pop hooks.

17 – Fin is lush despite even a non-computer literate person like me being able to hear the preset sounds. Too many really effective tracks on it to distract from the overall effect.

18 – What a beautiful album ARC is.

19 – Zeroes is pretty rad. Kind of heard the same song in 20 variations now, but5 that is more than fine by me since the template is killer

20 – I would probably take Cherish The Light Years to a desert island with me. Very surprised this isn’t number 1 in this list the amount I listen to it. Maybe Last.fm can’t see the scrobbles for all that dry ice.

1 White Denim 154
2 Django Django 151
3 Cocteau Twins 141
4 Tall Ships 134
5 Menomena 101
6 The Lemonheads 99
7 Death in Vegas 87
8 Liars 82
9 White Rabbits 74
10 Orbital 72

1 Wilco 839
2 Neutral Milk Hotel 727
3 The Dismemberment Plan 530
4 Paws 527
5 Perfume Genius 498
6 Guided By Voices 447
7 Death Grips 446
8 Radiohead 401
9 Minutemen 375
10 Madvillain 355
11 Grandaddy 333
12 Blur 286
13 Danny Brown 271
14 Elliott Smith 269
15 MF DOOM 254
16 Hüsker Dü 251
17 Shabazz Palaces 247
18 Titus Andronicus 236
19 Kendrick Lamar 229
20 Graham Coxon 216

1 Future of the Left 329
2 Django Django 252
3 Cloud Nothings 202
4 Liars 194
5 Teeth of the Sea 177
6 Baroness 169
7 The Shins 144
8 Jack White 137
9 Exitmusic 129
10 Killer Mike 119

also, last.fm def doesn't track me as well as it used to
1 Morrissey 166
2 Tame Impala 126
3 Phish 123
3 The Beatles 123
5 Radiohead 118
6 Grouper 115
7 Kasabian 92
8 The Caretaker 71
9 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 69
10 Andrew Bird 56

1 The Byrds 192
2 Easterhouse 186
3 Cocteau Twins 173
4 The Fall 168
5 The Wedding Present 163
6 McCarthy 156
7 Tim Hecker 128
8 Guided by Voices 123
9 Gang of Four 112
10 Yo La Tengo 111
10 Madlib 111
12 Clams Casino 97
13 Bitch Magnet 93
14 Archers of Loaf 92
14 The Durutti Column 92
16 Television Personalities 91
17 NoMeansNo 90
18 Jefre Cantu-Ledesma 87
19 NUMBER GIRL 86
20 The Smashing Pumpkins 85