Last FM

1 Muse 26
2 Nailborab 24
3 The Dead Weather 21
4 Yeah Yeah Yeahs 16
5 And So I Watch You From Afar 14
6 Ennio Morricone 13
7 The White Stripes 12
7 The La's 12
9 The Strokes 11
9 The Black Keys 11
11 Neil Young 10
11 Funkadelic 10
11 Bob Dylan 10
14 Jimi Hendrix 9
15 Oasis 8
 
1 MGMT 46
My frienRAB and I are kind of late on Oracular Spectacular so there's been a recent obsession with them.
2 Grizzly Bear 36
Mostly from the new album Veckatimest. But I'm really starting to get into this band and I actually think I like the older stuff better.
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Last 7 days:

1 Big Star 64
2 The LemonheaRAB 33
3 Tom Waits 32
3 The dB's 32
5 The Replacements 21
6 The Clean 19
7 The Soft Boys 18
8 Brian Wilson 17
9 R.E.M. 16
10 David Bowie 14
11 Slint 13
12 The Dream Syndicate 12
13 The Velvet Underground 10
13 Guided by Voices 10
13 Swirlies 10
13 Josef K 10
17 John Cale 9
18 The Beatles 8
19 U.N.P.O.C. 5
20 Leonard Cohen 3
21 Pixies 1
 
^ I really like "Incalculable Effects" from Supporting Caste. Also it took me a while to appreciate Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes, at the time I got it I'd only heard How to Clean Everything and it's drastically different. I like their harder stuff better now. Their first was too much like NOFX, even the vocals.
 
I think this is the most balanced week I've ever had, no artist with 100 plays more then another:

1 David Bowie 66
2 mc chris 46
3 Lydia 37
4 Sufjan Stevens 35
5 Oasis 33
5 Astronautalis 33
7 Eminem 26
8 Asheru 22
8 Be Your Own Pet 22
10 Iron & Wine 19
11 Tom Waits 17
11 Regina Spektor 17
13 Transplants 16
14 Lagwagon 14
15 Explosions in the Sky 13
 
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1 Bedouin Soundclash 63
2 Jay-Z 45
3 The Fall of Troy 25
4 Jimmy Eat World 24
5 Rilo Kiley 20
5 AFI 20
7 Iron & Wine 18
8 Finch 17
9 Cocoon 16
10 Dr. Dog 14
 
Last 7 Days
1 Radiohead 52
2 Pixies 37
3 Interpol 35
4 Muse 33
5 The Smiths 32
6 Coldplay 31
7 The Killers 15
8 Gorillaz 6
8 Patrick Wolf 6
10 Yeah Yeah Yeahs 5
10 The Unicorns 5
12 Bob Dylan 4
12 Oasis 4
14 Bon Iver 3
14 Eazy-E 3
 
Last 7 days:

1 Danny Byrd 29 (the years best liquid Drum N bass for sure)
2 Digital Analog Band 23 (awesome balearic arabient chillout)
3 The Blues Busters 20 (Early Ska with a sweet soul vibe. Fantastic and reco for any classic Soul fan)
4 23 Skidoo 16 (like Can but with African rhythms)
4 General Rudie 16 (Modern Ska that tip's it's hat to the classsic sound)
6 The 4-Skins 14 (classic Oi band from the 80's)
7 Porcupine Tree 13 (apparently they dabble in prog :)
7 Mucky Pup 13 (scatalogical Hardcore crossover from the late 80's)
9 Star 12 (my new Shoegaze find)
9 The Coventry Automatics 12 (later to become the brilliant Specials)
9 Fleetwood Mac 12 (their 60's Blues stuff was brilliant)
12 Treponem Pal 11 (French industrial Metal from the 90's)
12 Snuff 11 (a piss taking Hardcore punk band from the late 80's)
12 The Rolling Stones 11 (I took a chance and played an early album of theirs but still can't get into them)
15 Kruder & Dorfmeister 10 (arabient remixers extraordinare)
15 Fink 10 (soulful/melancholic solo artist who I still can't get enough of)
15 The Bloody Beetroots 10 (new Electro Dance schizz- upbeat)
18 The Killing 9 (Grindcore with slower metal passages too)
18 Tactical Sekt 9 (More banging EBM that should be played loud)
18 Sly & Robbie 9 ( The immortal duo strut their Reggae/Dub stuff)

My super-eclectic score is currently

839/1000​
 
Well, here's my list for the last 7 days:

The Pogues - 46
Joy Division - 21
Family Fodder - 21
Flux of Pink Indians- 18
Sparklehorse - 17
The Clean - 15
Medium Medium - 14
Slowdive - 14
Civilised Society? -12
The La's - 11
 
last 7 days

Devo 56
Big Black 35
Unwound 32
The Heroine Sheiks 29
Philip Jeck 25
The Vandals 21
Those Poor BastarRAB 21
Jawbreaker 19
The Thermals 19
Death In June 17
Swans 17
Magik Markers 17
Blonde Redhead 16
Carl Orff 16
16 Horsepower 16
Audio Sports 15
Lau Nau 14
Rival Schools 13
Jets To Brazil 12
Calexico 10
 
The week:

1 Arcade Fire 78
2 Bright Eyes 58
3 Johnny Flynn 41
4 Suede 38
5 The Beatles 23
6 The Beach Boys 18
7 Belle & Sebastian 16
8 The Tallest Man on Earth 15
9 Bob Dylan 12
10 Modest Mouse 11
11 Joy Division 10
12 The xx 9
13 Blur 7
13 The Strokes 7
13 The Strange Boys 7
 
I hate it when people use the 'widespread taste in music' excuse when what they really mean is 'I listen to sh*t'.
I might make that a banning offence ;)
 
I'd go with Rickenbacker's advice on this one. Brilliant as the Drift is, it's no starting point. Get hold of all his first four solo albums, set a day aside and listen to them all one after the other - they're all around the half-hour mark when it comes to running time, so it won't be that time-consuming.

Another good gateway into Walker's later, avante-garde stuff is the last ever Walker Brothers album Nite Flights. The first four tracks were written by Scott, and they really are quite something. The rest of the album's rubbish, but it's worth it for those first four songs.
 
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