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I just realized that I never posted this for last year so here it is. My top albums and concerts of the year 2008. 2009 edition to come shortly.

#30 Does It Offend You, Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into (UK)

Highlights: Let's Make Out, Dawn Of The Dead
Crazy album that's all over the place.

#29 No Age - Nouns (Los Angeles)

Highlights: Sleeper Hold, Eraser
Great indie/noise rock duo.

#28 Beck - Modern Guilt (Los Angeles)

Highlights: Chemtrails, Gamma Ray
Beck amazingly has reinvented his sound again. The album is great, although it is a little more dull than his previous works.

#27 The Stills - Oceans Will Rise (Montreal)

Highlights: Don't Talk Down, Panic
An unexpected comeback after their poor sophomore effort. This has a similar feel to 'Without Feathers'.

#26 Crystal Stilts - Alight of Night (New York)

Highlights: The Dazzled, Shattered Shine
Very dark, swoony album.

#25 Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing (UK)

Highlights: Sweet Love for Planet Earth, Bright Tomorrow
Crazy weird experimental/noise/electronic duo that shifts between beautifully twinkling and harshly abrasive.

#24. Foals - Antidotes (UK)

Highlights: Electric Bloom, Olympic Airways
Extremely British math rock band. I love their use of harmonics.

#23. The Kills - Midnight Boom (UK/US)

Highlights: Sour Cherry, Last Day of Magic
Ultra lo-fi garage/blues rock duo.

#22. ¡Forward, Russia! - Life Processes (UK)

Highlights: We Are Grey Matter, Welcome To The Moment (The Rest Of Your Life)
No more number-titled tracks, but this album is still great.

#21. Secret Machines - Secret Machines (New York)

Highlights: Underneath The Concrete, Atomic Heels
First album after the departure of lead guitarist Ben Curtis. Not as good as their first two, but still enjoyable.

#20 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid (UK)

Highlights: A Friend Of Ours, One Day Like This
Fucking beautiful album.

#19 Cold War Kids - Loyalty to Loyalty (Whittier, CA)

Highlights: Against Privacy, I've Seen Enough
While not as solid as their debut, there's definitely a good number of great songs on here.

#18 Why? - Alopecia (Oakland, CA)

Highlights: The Vowels Pt. 2, Fatalist Palmistry
Really cool mix of indie and hip-hop. My favorite lyricist of the year.

#17 Tapes 'n Tapes - Walk it Off (Minneapolis)

Highlights: Le Ruse, The Dirty Dirty
They replaced the two-step grit of their debut with a whole lot of fuzz and it works surprisingly well.

#16 The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave (Sweden)

Highlights: The Gardener, I Won't Be Found
Absolutely amazing Dylan-esque folk album out of Sweden.

#15 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend (New York)

Highlights: M79, Walcott
Worth all the hype? Probably not. That doesn't stop it from being a really great album though.

#14. The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely (Detroit)

Highlights: Many Shades of Black, Consoler of the Lonely
A surprise release that surprisingly holds up to their debut.

#13. Plants and Animals - Parc Avenue (Montreal)

Highlights: Good Friend, Feedback in the Field
One of my favorite finds of the year. This Broken Social Scene-ish trio's debut doesn't have a single weak track.

#12. Wild Beasts - Limbo, Panto (UK)

Highlights: She Purred, While I Grrred, Brave Bulging Buoyant Clairvoyants
Weird, weird, weird album. Amazing.

#11. Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair (New York)

Highlights: Blind, Time Will
Sweet disco-ish album. Antony Hegarty's vocal guest spots make the entire album.






Highlights: Genesis, DVNO
While technically a 2007 album, this meant a lot to me in 2008. Loud printer-esque house duo out of France. Seeing them live changed my life. This album is straight epic.




Highlights: Flume, Skinny Love
By now most everyone has heard the story behind this album. Justin Vernon, having lost his band and his girlfriend, went into 'hibernation' in a cabin in Wisconsin and this was the product. Incredibly subtle, beautiful indie-folk.




Highlights: Aluminum Park, Remnants
While they've lost their southern-rock feel a little bit, they've replaced it with an appreciation for the strange. This album is half good old rock, half experimental deviations. It'll be interesting to see where they go next.




Highlights: Top Drawer, Poor Jackie
Man Man's third album is proudly just as strange as their first two, combining doo-wop, gypsy, jazz, punk rock, and just about everything else into one zany package. Ballad of Butterbeans has the best xylophone solo i've ever heard. Check this one out.




Highlights: Couleurs, Skin Of The Night
The soundtrack to my summer.




Highlights: Lies, Strange Times
The duo's fifth album is the first produced in a studio and it's immediately evident. While less garagey than their previous efforts, its nice to hear a band successfully evolve their sound into something bigger.




Highlights: My Friend, Hang On
I hate comparing a band to the Beatles, but with Dr. Dog I have no choice. From the vocal harmonies to the psychedelic tendencies, Dr. Dog are indie rock's Beatles. This, their fifth album, is the best yet.




Highlights: The Rip, Machine Gun, Silence
This was the first Portishead album I ever listened to and it blew me away. It combines elements of trip-hop with a Liars-esque take on noise rock to create something that is hauntingly beautiful. Not one poor track.




Highlights: The Handshake, Electric Feel, Weekend Wars, Pieces of What
I don't have much to say. This album is great, and, even though the first few songs got all the recognition, it's the last few that really complete the experience.




Highlights: Soldier's Grin, Call It a Ritual, California Dreamer, Kissing the Beehive
Both Wolf Parade albums have been my #1 album of the year. I can't get enough of these guys. I wish they weren't so focused on their side projects, because this is the shit right here. Not as edgy as their first, but the songwriting is overall more solid.

EP of the Year: The Cool Kids - The Bake Sale (Chicago)

Highlights: Black Mags, What Up Man
At 10 tracks this is hardly an EP, but the debut should come out sometime soon. These guys are a refreshing breath of air into the crap-filled rap market.

Top 5 Concerts of the Year
1. Radiohead/Rage Against the Machine - Lollapalooza - 8/1&2
2. Wolf Parade - Fillmore - 7/17
3. Justice - Treasure Island Music Festival - 9/20
4. The Black Keys - Metro (Chicago) - 7/31
5. Cypress Hill/MSTRKRFT - Live 105's BFD - 6/7

Metallica
Guns N' Roses
The Madd
The La La Lies
Beth Jeans Houghton
Bombay Bicycle Club
Four Dead In Ohio
Grammatics
Jack Peñate
Kid Harpoon
Mirrors
The Boxer Rebellion
Wild Beasts
KoЯn
Linkin Park
Slipknot
Stone Sour
System of a Down
Cypress Hill
Muse
Golden Earring
Anouk
Osdorp Posse
Johan
Tim Knol
Beatrice van der Poel
The Prodigy
Arctic Monkeys
Scissor Sisters
Crystal Antlers
Enter Shikari

First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 8 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

Similar artists
Thurston Moore
Ciccone Youth
Lee Ranaldo
Free Kitten
Dinosaur Jr. x2
Pixies
Yo La Tengo
Pavement x3
Zwan
Billy Corgan
James Iha
Silverchair
Stone Temple Pilots x2
Auf der Maur
Jane's Addiction
Soundgarden x3
A Tribe Called Quest
Run-D.M.C.
Cypress Hill
De La Soul
House of Pain
Public Enemy
OutKast
Fugees
John Lennon
George Harrison
Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr
Paul McCartney & Wings
Wings
The Who
The Rolling Stones
Morrissey
Joy Division
The Cure
Echo & The Bunnymen
New Order
The Stone Roses
Pulp
The Libertines
Modwheelmood
Trent Reznor
Marilyn Manson
Tweaker
Halo33
Black Light Burns
Puscifer x2
KMFDM
John Frusciante
Ataxia
Rage Against the Machine
Foo Fighters
Audioslave
Nirvana
John Frusciante and Josh Klinghoffer
Incubus
Skepta
JME
Roll Deep
Ghetto
Kano
Jammer
Frisco
Durrty Goodz
Eddie Vedder
Temple of the Dog
Alice in Chains
Mother Love Bone
Mad Season
Screaming Trees
Kanye West
Nas
R. Kelly & Jay-Z
Fabolous
Beanie Sigel
Lupe Fiasco
Notorious B.I.G.
Drake
Porno for Pyros
Perry Farrell
Dave Navarro
Satellite Party
The Panic Channel
Faith No More
Blind Melon
Tricky
Portishead
Lamb
UNKLE
Morcheeba
Hooverphonic
Sneaker Pimps
Archive
David Gilmour
Roger Waters
Syd Barrett
Led Zeppelin
The Doors
Rick Wright
Jefferson Airplane
King Crimson
Thom Yorke
Jonny Greenwood
Muse
Placebo
Coldplay
Interpol
Blur
Beck
The Chemical Brothers
Maxim
Pendulum
The Crystal Method
Fatboy Slim
Prodigy
Apollo 440
Lunatic Calm
fIREHOSE
Hüsker Dü
Mission of Burma
Wipers
Mike Watt
Saccharine Trust
Fugazi
Flipper
Les Claypool
Les Claypool and the Holy Mackerel
Colonol Claypool's Bucket Of Bernie Brains
Les Claypool's Frog Brigade
Sausage
Oysterhead
Infectious Grooves
Mr. Bungle
A Perfect Circle
Peach
ASHES dIVIDE
Rishloo
Riverside
Deftones
Porcupine Tree
The Breeders
Frank Black
Sonic Youth x2
Frank Black and the Catholics
Black Francis
The Flaming Lips x2
Built to Spill
Guided by Voices
Condo Fucks
Galaxie 500
The Sea and Cake

151/160

Nice!!

MY FAVORITE ROCK ALBUMS

*Pixies - Come on Pilgrim / Surfer Rosa / Doolittle / Bossanova / Trompe le Monde

*The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / The White Album

*The Clash - The Clash / London Calling

*Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols

*Blur - Think Tank / Modern Life Is Rubbish / The Great Escape

*The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses

*Kaiser Chiefs - Employment

*Nirvana - Nevermind

*Peyote Asesino - Terraja

*Santogold - Santogold

MY FAVORITE HIP-HOP/RAP ALBUMS

*A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders / The Low End Theory

*Q-Tip - Kaamal the Abstract

*Dr. Dre - 2001

*Immortal Technique - Revolutionary Vol. 2

*Nas - Illmatic

*Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth

*Cypress Hill - Temples of Boom

*Dizzee Rascal - Boy in Da Corner

*Calle 13 - Calle 13 / Residente o Visitante

*Vico C - Desahogo / En Honor a La Verdad / Emboscada

MY FAVORITE POP ALBUMS

*Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke

*The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing

*La Roux - La Roux

*Little Boots - Hands

MY FAVORITE REGGAETON ALBUMS

*Alexis & Fido - The Pitbulls / Sobrenatural

*Daddy Yankee - Barrio Fino / El Cartel: The Big Boss

*Don Omar - The Last Don / King Of Kings

*Divino - Todo A Su Tiempo (Platinum Edition)

*Eliel - El Que Habla Con Las Manos

*Héctor & Tito - A La Reconquista

*Johnny Prez - El Dragón / Knock Out

*Luny Tunes - La Trayectoria / Mas Flow / Mas Flow 2 / Mas Flow - Los Benjamins

*Noriega - Contra la Corriente

*Ñejo & Dalmata - Broke & Famous

*Tego Calderón - El Abayarde / El Enemy de los Guasíbiri / The Underdog

*Tito El Bambino - Top Of The Line

*Tony Touch - The Reggaetony Album

*Trebol Clan - Los Bacatranes

*Voltio - Voltio / Voltage AC

*Wibal & Alex - El Repertorio

*Wisin & Yandel - Pa'l Mundo / Los Vaqueros

*Yaga & Mackie - La Reunión

*zion & lennox - Motivando a la Yal

*Zion - The Perfect Melody / Flow Factory

*DJ Goldy - El Désorden

*Various Artists - Blin Blin Vol. 1 / Gárgolas 5: The Next Generation / Kilates 2, Segundo Impacto / La Misión 4: The Take Over / Los Matadores Del Género / MVP / MVP 2: The Grand Slam / Sangre Nueva / The Godfather / Los Anormales

IZIA, Wu-Tang Clan, Suprême NTM, Assassin, Nirvana, IAM, Bob Marley & The Wailers, La Spirale, Django Reinhardt, Squarepusher, The Prodigy, Necro, Ill Bill, Cypress Hill, Craig Armstrong, Heather Nova, La Coka Nostra, Scala & Kolacny Brothers, Keny Arkana, Bérurier Noir, Birdy Nam Nam, System of a Down, dead prez, Le Peuple de l'Herbe, Beastie Boys, Busta Rhymes, Alpha & Omega, House of Pain, Seth Gueko, Aphex Twin, Profecy, DJ Krush, Prefuse 73, R.A. the Rugged Man, Rage Against the Machine, Laurent Garnier, Dead Can Dance, Kool Keith, High Tone, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Erik Truffaz, Portishead, Wax Poetic, Johnny Cash, Foreign Beggars, Lady Sovereign, Sinéad O'Connor, Vitalic, Radikal Dub Kolektiv, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jan Garbarek, Svinkels, Love Spirals Downwards, KRS-One, Dave Clarke, DJ Cam, The Doors, Clint Mansell, Lisa Gerrard, Fat Jon, Les Gourmets, The Beatles, Johannes Heil, KoЯn, Sleater-Kinney, Wax Tailor, B-Real, J Dilla, Filastine, Two Fingers, Asian Dub Foundation, Eminem, Jefferson Airplane, Autumn's Grey Solace, Gym Class Heroes, Shpongle, Herbie Hancock, Radiohead, Rockin' Squat, Mike Patton, Björk, Esbjörn Svensson Trio, Waldeck, Millencolin, Massive Attack, This Ascension, Lordz of Brooklyn, Ensemble Badila, Snoop Dogg, The Problemaddicts, Dub Syndicate, Groundation, Wolf Myer Orchestra, Beth Orton, Oh No, Edward "Kid" Ory, The Offspring, Venetian Snares, Alexander Kowalski, Rageous Gratoons, Noir Désir, Ben Harper, Nas, Ideal J, Verbose, Micropoint, The Black Seeds, Metallica, General Elektriks, Buraka Som Sistema, The Chemical Brothers, Thom Yorke, Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke, Ayọ, EZ3kiel, Amon Tobin, Mano Negra, King of Conspiracy, Bob Marley, Moondog, 25G, Jimi Hendrix, Bauchklang, Moderat, Sigur Rós, DJ Muggs & Planet Asia, Louis Armstrong, Son Doobie, Tryo, Kronos Quartet, Iration Steppas, Looptroop, Mysa, Nine Inch Nails, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Olympic Gramofon, Leftfield, Fairy, Joy Division, 2Pac, Peace Orchestra, Eek-A-Mouse, Snowgoons, Heiko Laux, The Temptations, Le Trio Joubran, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Guru, Flunk, Earl Hines, Erykah Badu, Burning Spear, Mary Lou Williams, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Oi Va Voi, 80kidz, Infected Mushroom, Animal Collective, The Quantic Soul Orchestra, NOMAK, Year of No Light, Horace Andy, The Cinematic Orchestra, Red Snapper, Nneka, Leila, NOFX, Lucky Thompson, Cal Tjader, Le Klub des 7, Jeff Buckley, Manu Chao, Wagon Christ, Drummers of the Societe Absolument Guinin, Barney Wilen, Ol' Dirty Bastard, UNKLE, Erik Truffaz & Sly Johnson, The Blue Stars, Underworld, Shurik'N, Arsonists, Madeleine Peyroux, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, Nostalgia 77, Terry Callier, Medine, Fingathing, Big Daddy Kane, Macka B, Keith Jarrett Trio, Iration Steppas Meet D. Rootical, De La Soul, Chali 2na, Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters, John Coltrane, DJ Food, Sergent Garcia, Rockamovya, Antonio Vivaldi, Notorious B.I.G., Sidney Bechet et Claude Luter, Tracy Chapman, Angélique Kidjo, EPMD, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, St. Germain, Daft Punk, Fat Freddy's Drop, Fatboy Slim, Johnny Clarke, RJD2, René Thomas, Soul Assassins, Deftones, Kaophonic Tribu, Linkin Park, The Skatalites, Muse, Belleruche, Sunflower Caravan, Les Reines Prochaines, DJ Shadow, Mass Hysteria, múm, Кочани Оркестар, Israel Vibration, Jurassic 5, Gelka, Lionel Hampton, Lost in Hildurness, Hilight Tribe, Shadow Dancer, Elek Bacsik, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Tânia Ârab, Troublemakers, William Orbit, Plastikman, The Specials, CunninLynguists, dead prez & DJ Green Lantern, Mansfield.TYA, Thievery Corporation, Raphael Saadiq, Smooth, Kery James, DJ Muggs vs. GZA/Genius, Love Is Colder Than Death, Miss Kittin & The Hacker, YAS, Chet Baker, Pendulum, Claude Bolling, Hubert Rostaing, Georges Brassens, Refractory, Scarface, Bill Coleman, Funkdoobiest, Telefon Tel Aviv, Lightning Bolt, Morcheeba, DJ Mitsu The Beats, Tricky, Hafdís Huld, Sidsel Endresen & Christian Wallumrød & Helge Sten, Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse, Akhenaton, Alif Tree, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Maurice Meunier, TAT, Carl Craig & Moritz von Oswald, Stéphane Grappelli, Black Uhuru, Kid Loco, Common, Ellen Allien, Roots Manuva, Joris Voorn, Method Man, Jah'licious, Hux Flux, Toots Thielemans, Blockhead, Rokia Traoré, Max Romeo, Cœur de Pirate, Method Man & Redman, RND, Volta & FX909, Venetian Snares & Speedranch, The Rolling Stones, BHASS Project, Orchestre National de Jazz, Pink Floyd, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Michel Legrand, Sayag Jazz Machine, Emilie Simon, Late Night Fruit, Buddy Banks, Pan•American, Booba, DJ Muggs vs. Planet Asia, The Kumba Mela Experiment, Jeff Mills, Ulytau, ZAMAN 8 & Hafez Modir, Ematom, Harmonic 313, Freestylers, The Gladiators, Control Machete, The Bush Chemists, Twista, Orange Street, The Roots, Michael Jackson, Los Hermanos, Dub Incorporation, RZA, The Ananda Shankar Experience and State of Bengal, Da Taz, Thelonious Monk, Limp Bizkit, Mr. Oizo, 雅-miyavi-, Ella Fitzgerald, Sex Pistols, AC/DC, Minty Fresh Beats, Gus Gus, Gideon, Themselves, Parabellum, K2R Riddim, Easy Star All-Stars, Rhythm & Sound, The Toraia Orchestra Of Algiers, Lee "Scratch" Perry & King Tubby, Keziah Jones, Ataraxia, TTC, Immortal Technique, Coldcut, A Tribe Called Quest, Lali Puna, Rhoda Scott & Kenny Clarke, Iron Maiden, Dizzy Gillespie, Pierre Michelot, Umek, Miles Davis, Gang Starr, DJ Muggs, Orbital, OutKast, Anthony Rother, Donald Byrd Quintet, Diego, Igorrr, Raekwon, Pharoahe Monch, Dream Theater, Anoushka Shankar, Sonny Criss, The Smashing Pumpkins, K's Choice, Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor, The Herbaliser, Blakroc, Lenny Kravitz, Cujo, Cosma, Killarmy, Big Punisher, Jamiroquai, Charles Mingus, Missak, Burial, Bernard Peiffer and his Saint-Germain-des-Prés Orchestra, Albert Nicholas, Édith Piaf, Mix Master Mike, Maceo Parker, Rae & Christian, Steel Pulse, Hocus Pocus, Opeth, Dee Nasty, Tom Waits, DJ Fresh, Manu le Malin, Khoiba, Animaltek, Peter Tosh, Steppenwolf, Alter Ego, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Boards of Canada, Red Hot Chili Peppers9, Bernard Zacharias et ses solistes, Ill Bill & Necro, Sublime, Crystal Distortion, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, GZA/Genius, Salmonella Dub, Harold Nicholas et son Orchestre, Grems, Missy Elliott, Sammy Price & Lucky Thompson, The Herbaliser Band, Ghostface Killah, Cranes, Slaine, Necro & Ill Bill, Lars Klein, Outlines, Saïan Supa Crew, John Dahlbäck, Junior Murvin, Delinquent Habits, Dubians, Arom & Gourmets Beatclub, Afu-Ra, Slide Hampton, Agoria, 2Pac & The Outlawz, Archive, The Alchemist, Somogo, Toots and The Maytals, Philip Glass, Ray Charles, Sia, Marcel et son Orchestre, Trust, Aretha Franklin, Sinsemilia, Public Enemy, Buck Clayton, James Brown, Zenzile & High Tone, The Streets, Adam F, Oscar Peterson, The Abyssinians, Improvisators Dub, Yuksek, Alanis Morissette, Alici, CAKE, Up, Bustle and Out, Art Blakey, Scan X, DMX, Etikal Lab, Lady B, Keith Jarrett, David Carretta, Cocteau Twins, Lhasa de Sela, Jacques Brel, Charlie Singleton, Dimitri from Paris, Bonobo, Emmanuel Top, CéU, Kosheen, Jungle Brothers, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Nada Surf, Cercle Rouge, Monolake, Marilyn Manson, Rachid Taha, Alain Goraguer, Dub Pistols, Jimmy Archey, Pat Metheny, Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass, Jimmy Riley, Wailing Souls, Taigaz, Air, Triston Palmer, Donald Byrd, Promoe, Ice Cube, Gang Gang Dance, Barbara Morgenstern, Technasia, Dubmood, Josh Wink, Eddy Louiss, Africa Combo & Bugge Wesseltoft.

hip hop / glitch hop / wonkie / bassline / bootleg / breakbeat / drum and bass

1 Get Yuh Own Jneiro Jarel
2 Ooops Hud Mo
3 1-9-9-9 Common f. Sadat X
4 The Healer Erykah Badu
5 La La La Danny Breaks
6 None In Mind Koushik
7 Little Bit of Feel Good (Boreta Remix) Jamie Lidell
8 You'll Find A Way (Switch & Sinden Remix) Santogold
9 Backyard Betty (Two Fingers remix) Spank Rock
10 Mistadobalina Del tha Funkee Homosapien
11 California Love 2Pac & Dr. Dre
12 Summertime Dj Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Princ
13 The Message (datashat Remix) Grand Master Flash & The Furios Five
14 Talking All That Jazz Stetsasonic
15 Hand On The Pump (Muggs' Blunt Remix) Cypress Hill
16 Fight The Power Public Enemy
17 Insane In The Brain Cypress Hill
18 O.P.P. Naughty by Nature
19 I Get Money (Lazer Sword Neon Mix) 50 Cent
20 Conscious Ferilla Kraddy
21 Mama Said Knock You Out LL Cool J
22 The Jellyfish Danny Breaks
23 Ready Or Not (Salaam's Rmx) The Fugees
24 Whoomp! (There It Is) Tag Team
25 Angry ft.Tippa Irie The Bug
26 Go Ballistic feat. Ardominal Ghislain Poirier
27 Bad (Mowgli is Bad Remix) Michael Jackson
28 Samo Ti (Zombie Disco Squad Remix) Faggot Fairy's
29 Hey U (Switch & Sinden Remix) Basement Jaxx
30 Drop It (Drop the Lime Rmx) Mathhead
31 Bulletproof (Zinc Remix) La Roux
32 Kid Conga (feat MC Miltinho) Daniel Haaksman
33 I_Want_You_(Bok Bok_remix) Dre Skull
34 Moombah (Afrojack mix) Silvio Ecomo & Chuckie
35 Party All Knight (True Pseudo Remix) Eli Smith
36 Just Be Mowgli
37 Setting Me Free Hot City
38 Mars (Exclusive Herve Re-Fix) Herve
39 Hey ! (Foamo Remix) Diplo & Laidback Luke
40 War (Blatta & Inesha Go To Luanda Remix) Rampage
41 In for the Kill [Skream's Let's Get Ravey Mix] La Roux
42 Timber Coldcut
43 Tripping On Sunshine (Sunshine Dub) DJ Duke & The Breaking Crew
44 Smack My Bitch Up Prodigy
45 Get Down Jack Beats
46 Pon de floor' feat. Vybz Kartel Major Lazer
47 Insomnia (The Hump Day Project Remix) Faithless
48 Techno Skank slaughtermob (BANDIT & SILVER FOX)
49 Thunderstruck (Tittsworth Remix) AC/DC
50 Sweet Assed Child O Mine (Drop the Lime remix) Guns N Roses
51 Everyone Nose (All The Girls Standing in the line for the Bathroom) N.E.R.D
52 Searchin' for my Rizzla Ratpack
53 On A Ragga Tip 97 SL2
54 Sesames Treet Smart E's
55 Music LTJ Bukem
56 Chemical Imbalance (DJ Die Mix) Karime Kendra
57 Dude (Zinc Vocal Mix) Beenie Man
58 Aztec Spor
59 Contra feat. Lomax Xample
60 Clear Skyz (Break Remix) Die
61 Ashram Klute
62 Ghost Whisper Pyro
63 Unknown (Vocal) Dylan & Eminem
64 Thugtronika Instra:mental
65 Watching You Instra:mental
66 Hubble Raiden
67 Can't Get Over You Calibre
68 Wonder Where d bridge
69 You Got Me Erykah Badu & Blu Mar Ten
70 A Thousand Beautiful Things (Blu Mar Ten Remix) Annie Lennox
71 Donnie Darko Soundtrack - Mad World

A

First: a balladeer
Last: Azure Ray
Fav: Alejandro Fuentes, Alex Swings Oscar sings!, Ani DiFranco, Armchair Cynics
88 in Total


B

First: Baby Bash
Last: B-Zet
Fav: Backstreet Boys, Beatfabrik, Ben's Brother, Britney Spears
81 in Total


C

First: Caesars
Last: Cypress Hill
Fav: Carrie Underwood, Cary Brothers, Casper, City and Colour, Colbie Caillat, Cryptic
64 in Total


D

First: DaJule Steilz
Last: Dusty Springfield
Fav: DaJule Steilz, Daniel Powter, Dash Berlin, Daughtry, Dave Koz, Die Happy, Dishwalla
69 in Total


E

First: Eamon
Last: Eye Alaska
Fav: Eastmountainsouth, Elisa, Evans Blue, Eye Alaska
37 in Total


F

First: F.R.
Last: Fusion
Fav: Faith Hill, Favorite, Ferras, Fiva, FIVA & MNEMONIC, Fiva MC & DJ Radrum, Frankmusik
41 in Total


G

First: G.M.C
Last: Gym Class Heroes
Fav: Glashaus, Goo Goo Dolls, Green Eyed Stare, Gregor Meyle, Griffin House
33 in Total


H

First: H Is Orange
Last: Hurt
Fav: Herbert Grönemeyer, Holly Brook, Holly McNarland, Hollywood Undead
21 in Total


I

First: I-94
Last: Intwine
Fav: Inflabluntahz, Ingrid Michaelson
19 in Total


J

First: J. Stress & Azrael
Last: Justin Timberlake
Fav: Jack's Mannequin, Jakalope, Jet Black Stare, Jimmy Eat World, Jintanino, John Mayer, Josh Hoge, Juli
68 in Total


K

First: K.I.Z.
Last: Kyle and Brent
Fav: K.I.Z., Karmina, Katharine McPhee, Kelly Clarkson, Kidneythieves, Kings of Leon, Kutless
55 in Total


L

First: La Quinta Estación
Last: Lynzie Kent
Fav: Laith Al-Deen, Leigh Nash, Lesley Roy, Lifehouse, Like A Storm, Lionel Richie, Lu, Luxuslärm
53 in Total


M

First: M83
Last: My Favorite Highway
Fav: Maria Mena, Marit Larsen, Marquess, Mat Kearney, Matt Nathanson, Matt Wertz, Meat Loaf, Me'Shell NdegéOcello, Metro Station, Miley Cyrus, Montana Max, Mopz Wanted, Morcheeba, My Favorite Highway
82 in Total


N

First: Natalie Bassingthwaighte
Last: Nosliw
Fav: Nathan Angelo, NEEDTOBREATHE, Nekst86, Nickelback, Niraj Chag
34 in Total


O

First: Oasis
Last: Outlandish
Fav: Ólafur Arnalds, Olivia Broadfield, One Less Reason
13 in Total


P

First: P!nk
Last: Pyranja
Fav: Parabelle, Peter Bradley Adams, Peter Fox, Phil Collins, Philipp Poisel, Prinz Pi, Prinz Porno
50 in Total


Q

First: Queen
Last: Quintino
Fav: Quietdrive
3 in Total


R

First: R. Kelly
Last: Ryan Star
Fav: Rapsoul, Reamonn, Red Goodbye, Robyn, Ronan Keating, Ryan Adams
56 in Total


S

First: Saad
Last: System of a Down
Fav: Sara Bareilles, Schiller, Shiml, Silbermond, Simple Plan, Sine, Slovo, Söhne Mannheims, Stabbing Westward, Staind, State of Shock, StilRize, Sunrise Avenue
123 in Total


T

First: Taichi
Last: Tyler Hilton
Fav: Taichi, Taylor Swift, Teddy Geiger, Terra Naomi, The Campaign, The Fray, The Script, The Veronicas, The White Tie Affair, Three Days Grace, Tina Dico, Tom Albrecht, Tone Damli Aaberge, Tracy Chapman, Train
91 in Total


U

First: U2
Last: Uyama Hiroto
Fav: Uh Huh Her, Uncle Kracker
8 in Total


V

First: Valezka
Last: Vonda Shepard
Fav: Vanessa Hudgens, Vienna Teng
11 in Total


W

First: Wallace Coleman
Last: Wyclef Jean
Fav: Wallace Coleman, William Fitzsimmons
12 in Total


X

First: Xavier Naidoo
Last: Xavier Naidoo
Fav: Xavier Naidoo
1 in Total
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Y

First: Yiruma
Last: Your Favorite Enemies
Fav: Your Favorite Enemies
4 in Total


Z

First: Zeichen der Zeit
Last: Zwang
Fav: Zeichen der Zeit
6 in Total


#

First: +44
Last: 257ers
Fav: +44, 3 Doors Down, 3OH!3, 10 Years, 12 Stones, 16 Frames
17 in Total


Soundtracks

First: 8 Mile
Last: Underworld
Fav: City of Angels, Cruel Intentions, Dirty Dancing 2, Hannah Montana The Movie, Jenseits der Stille, La marche de l'empereur, P.S. I Love You, Romeo & Juliet Soundtrack, The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift, Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain
53 in Total

These are the bands I remember seeing live:

2 Unlimited

a balladeer [2] [Photos on flickr]
Absynthe Minded
Amsterdam Klezmer Band [2] [Photos on flickr]
An Gardai
Arling & Cameron

Bad Religion
Balkan Beatz [2]
Benjamin B.
Bettie Serveert [5]
Andrew Bird
Blumfeld
Boh Foi Toch
Brainpower
Claudia de Breij
Bush

Caesar [3]
John Cale
Casiokids
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Claw Boys Claw
Clouseau
C-Mon & Kypski [Photos on flickr]
Codeine
Cooper
Cosmic Psychos
Cropdusters
Cypress Hill

Ellen ten Damme [2]
Daryll-Ann [2]
David Gilmour Girls
Dead Meadow
Dead Moon [3]
Deinum
dEUS [3]
DeVotchKa [Photos on flickr]
De Dijk
Dinosaur Jr. [Photos on flickr]
Doe Maar

The Ex
The Ex + Tom Cora
Extince

Faith No More
Fatal Flowers
Faun [Photos on flickr]
Liam Finn [Photos on flickr]
Frank Black
Frank Black and the Catholics
Fratsen [3]
Fugazi

The Gathering
The Girls
Gogol Bordello [2] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr]
Gore
Gorefest
Gram [Photos on flickr]

Hallo Venray [3] [photos on flickr]
The Harries
Kirstin Hersh
Julia P. Hersheimer [2]
Hit Me TV
The Horse Company [Photos on flickr]
Hotel (the Amsterdam HOTEL, not featured on last.fm) [Photos on flickr]
The Hot Stewards [Photos on flickr]

Ilse DeLange
Infadels [Photos on flickr]

PJ Harvey
The Jack Of Hearts
Marike Jager
Jammah Tammah
Johan [3]
Junkie XL [2]

De Kift [2] [Photos on flickr]
Tim Knol

L7
Leaf
The Lemonheads [2] [Photos on flickr]
Levellers [2]
LPG [2] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr]
Lul

The Mahones [Photos on flickr]
André Manuel
André Manuel & De Ketterse Fanfare [2] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr]
Merry Pierce
Milow
Moke [Photos on flickr]
Mudhoney

Navel [Photos on flickr]
Nerve
No Means No
Normaal [Photos on flickr]

Klaske Oenema
The Opposites
Ottoboy The One Man Trash Band [Photos on flickr]

Pete Philly & Perquisite [Photos on flickr]
Pigmeat
The Pilgrims
Prodigal Sons
Public Enemy

Racoon [2]
De Raggende Manne [2]
Rapalje [3] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr]
Reboelje
Lou Reed
De Rollende Donder Revue
Rollins Band [Photos on flickr]
Room Eleven
RotFront [Photos on flickr]
Rowwen Hèze

The Scene [2]
The Serenes
Shane Shu [Photos on flickr]
Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar
The Sheer
Simmer
Les Singes
Skindred
Soulwax
Soundgarden
Spinvis
De Staat [Photos on flickr]
Stevie Ann
Suede
Superamazoo

The The
The Ting Tings [Photos on flickr]
The Toy Dolls
Triggerfinger [Photos on flickr]
Tröckener Kecks
Tuesday Child
Twarres

Urban Dance Squad [2]

Van Dik Hout
Värttinä
Voicst [3] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr] [Photos on flickr]

We Are Scientists [Photos on flickr]
Ween
Wipers [Photos on flickr]
Within Temptation

Ygdrassil
Dhafer Youssef

Zulu 9.30 [Photos on flickr]

ДДТ [2] [Photos on flickr]

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