My recommendations are

Andrew Bird Animal Collective Arcade Fire Bat For Lashes Beck Belle and Sebastian Björk Broken Social Scene Cat Power Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Destroyer Final Fantasy Frog Eyes Hot Chip Islands Jens Lekman Kate Bush Los Campesinos! M. Ward Madonna Mates of State Menomena Metric Mirah Modest Mouse Neutral Milk Hotel New Young Pony Club PJ Harvey Regina Spektor Rilo Kiley Róisín Murphy Sons and Daughters St. Vincent Stars Sunset Rubdown Tegan and Sara The Apples in Stereo The Arcade Fire The Concretes The Cribs The Decemberists The Flaming Lips The Long Blondes The Mountain Goats The National The Shins The Unicorns Tilly and the Wall Voxtrot of Montreal

1. What's your favorite song by 15?
Billy Talent; river Below.

2. How did you get into 20?
Nine Days... hahah I mean, everyone loved "story of a girl" when it came out, i got their cd and really liked them... still listen to them... that's it.

3. Who is your favorite member in 1?
Stars, i would marry amy milan.

4. Whats your favorite lyric bit by 29?
Rilo Kiley, a better son/daughter
crawl back into bed to dream of a time when your heart was open wide and you love things just because, like the sick and dying

5. Have you ever seen 22 live?
Maxïmo Park... i fucking wish

6. What's your favorite album from 10?
Alexisonfire, crisis.

7. Do you own any merchandise from 3?
Motion City Soundtrack, i used to have a poster

8. What is a good memory you have of 7?
Protest the Hero; fake-running away from home to go to a different state to see them open for all that remains.

9. Is there a member of the same age as you in 2?
The Matches, i wish.

10. When did you first get into 8?
Parkway Drive, i guess last year when devin left for europe

11. Who likes 4 along with you?
Death Cab for Cutie; fucking everyone.

12. Which song did you first hear from 16?
Dashboard Confessional; oh god, as lovers go maybe?

13. What song made you fall in love with 5?
Tegan and Sara, i know i know i know and wake up exhausted. what renewed my love for them was the con and back in your head

14. Which song do you not like by 18?
Red Hot Chili Peppers, ooh. cabron

15. Why do like 14's songs?
Hot Hot Heat; i love the vocals and the lyrics are so wonderful and different

16. Where did you first hear 6?
Rise Against; to be honest, the first time i heard them was in the lords of dogtown soundtrack. then justin made me listen to more of them and i fell in love

17. How long was 19 a singer before you liked them?
The Hush Sound; they were a band for a few years before i liked them, idk how long they were singers.

18. Does 13 have a song that gives you a bad memory?
The Beatles; lots of nostalgia leaning towards the sad side of the spectrum. but it's the beatles, and they're still incredible.

19. When did you get into 17?
Bloc Party; freshman year

20. How long have you been into 9?
Atreyu, freshman year

21. If 11 had a concert 300 miles away, would you drive there to see them?
Brand New, probably not unless people accompanied me.

22. How many CDs do you own of 12?
Bright Eyes, one

23. Does 21 have a song that makes you cry?
The Postal Service, yes.

24. Does 27 have a song that makes you happy?
Mae, sometimes.

25. Does 23 have a song that makes you smile?
Jim Sturgess, of course.

26. What's the last song you've listened to from 28?
Something Corporate, konstantine?

27. Is there a song by 32 that you've listened to more than 30 times?
Incubus, probably not.

28. What is a song from 50 that you've only listened to once?
The Raconteurs, none

29. Is there a song you are sick of hearing by 24?
Relient K, several.

30. What song got you into 40?
All That Remains, the entire album the fall of ideals got me into them, but if i had to choose one song... probably this calling

31. What is your favorite single by 25?
Switchfoot, either stars or amateur

32. If 49 hated you, what would you do?
Atmosphere, i would probably cry

33. What would you say if 42 or one of the members from 42 asked you out?
Portishead, that would be so weird and i would say no...

34. Would you care if 41 had a boyfriend/girlfriend?
Emmure, hahahhahaha

35. Who has the best voice in 46?
Air, omg probably best vocals in any band ever

36. Do you think 26 is/are good looking?
Evergreen Terrace, they are all so good looking

37. How many times have you listened to your favorite song by 36?
The White Stripes, fell in love with a girl, easily over a hundred times.

38. How many CDs do you own of 30?
Copeland, one

39. Is there a song from 38 that makes you mad?
The Magnetic Fields, sad not mad

40. Which member from 31 do you want to see go solo? If 31 is only one artist, what would you do if they joined a group?
Coldplay, no.

41. What does your favorite song from 48 remind you of?
Sara Bareilles, sitting outside of jesse's house in the rio with sarah

42. Did you hate 43 at first?
Jack's Mannequin, surprisingly yes.

43. Does your best friend also listen to 33?
Jack Johnson, no.

44. Do you think your parents would like 37?
Blink-182, hahah i don't even like them so i would doubt it

45. Does 47 have a song that makes you want to dance?
Metric, sooo many songs

46. Have you ever seen 34 in person?
Alkaline Trio, yes! they were wonderful.

47. Do you like 44's name?
Flyleaf, not really.

48. Is there someone in 45 that you want to go out with?
Against Me! and maybe.

49. Do you know anyone that hates 39?
Wilco, is it even possible to hate wilco?

50. Have you ever danced to a song from 35?
Paramore in the car with hinman all the time.

Oh, good evening Last.fm. How you doing today? I brought you a gift for our anniversary. One year! Can you believe that? Hmm... what? You don’t remember? Sure you do, it’s in my profile page, under my username. It says “47,036 plays since 26 Aug 2007”

Ahhhh, I see. Today is only the 22nd. Well, I just couldn’t wait!

I had known about your existence for some time, but it never quite interested me. Kind of didn’t make sense from a distance. Then one sunday afternoon, I’m all bored and ended up here. Without much thinking I just decided to sing up. Things never been the same...

What I like about last.fm:
- It’s all about the music! Yeah, sure you can make “friends”, but again, it all revolves around music.
- It’s less time consuming than visiting several sites for the bands/artist you like. You don’t need to browse much away from here. You have pictures, streaming, even videos. And it’s nice to see what other people have to say about a certain song, album or artist... you don’t need to specifically sing up for anything. It’s all one search or click away. I personally love to just shout a certain thought that came to my mind as I listened to a song.
- You get the pulse of what people like, or why they like it... at least a snapshot.
- The events pages, flickr pics, and linking journals are pretty good features as well.
- It’s help me discovered lots of great music. More than their actual recommendation, to me it’s more interesting the “Similar artist” feature and seeing what other people, that like some of the music I listen to, are digging. Other great features such as track previews and radio stations help greatly!

On top all of that, the main highlights to me have been: stats and journals.

Stats
Presumably the main reason we join last.fm. Serves its purpose like no other, in my opinion. Although, I have to admit that stats make me somewhat self-conscious from time to time... like every 20 minutes time! It has completely changed the way I listen to music, for better or worse.

I mean, before I joined this place, I had no idea I listened so much to the Arctic Monkeys. In all seriousness. I rarely play them and they are still in my top 10!

Them and Menomena were the only artists that went beyond the 1000 plays mark back then. It’s not that I’ve stopped liking them, but there are artist I like better that lack such prominent chart recognition. Then it hit me, all their songs are so freaking catchy and short, I play them back to back all the time. To me, it feels like one normal length song, when I just listened to it twice... so that’s the reason.

It’s also fueled several ‘themed’, play count increasing weeks or any other stat malignancy. Like right now, me and my pledge to stop listening to The Twilight Sad for one entire month.... well, to be honest, I may have picked up on that without last.fm, just like I did with Menomena... it was common sense to realize it was just too much!

All in all, charts are cool. Like all that matters in the world is your Top 40, screw the radio!

With the new and revamped site, we can’t bitch anymore when it’s tuesday and your charts are nowhere to be found! Remember? Those were the days... Now we have the rolling charts, that are somewhat cool too.

I’ve been studying my stats and here are some relatively cool finds:

Grizzly Bear dominated my first week in last.fm with 152 plays. My most played track being On a Neck, On a Spit with 15 plays. And their sophomore effort, Yellow House dominating the album charts with 113 plays.

It makes sense that the first song that got 'loved' was that very same track, back in August 2007.

The biggest number one count for an artist in a single week was Radiohead with 317 times. On the week of, you guessed it, Sunday 14 October 2007 - release week of in rainbows. Although, not all those play counts are attributed to that album, I started playing their older stuff prior to the release, you know to get me in a Radiohead mood.

That makes me a bit mad, to be honest. Not because I got caught on the hype, like pretty much everyone else, but the new library has made me realize how little play time I've been giving them in these past two years! Meaning, when I'm browsing their page in my library, it doesn't represent properly their once, almost crushing, dominance in my ears. And/or gives the In Rainbow tracks more recognition than they deserve! So, yeah I may start some Radiohead listening streak some time soon.

The most times a single track got played during a single week was Mapped By What Surrounded Them (Alternate Version) by The Twilight Sad, on the week ending Sunday 15 June 2008. It was played 32 times!... It was the release week of the EP, alright!

Artist that have dominated my weekly charts

One week apiece for the following artists:
Beirut
Jason Collett
Joy Division
Menomena (<<<shocker to me! They've been number two on many weeks though)
Minus the Bear
of Montreal
Radiohead
The National
Thrice

Two times for these:
The Big Sleep
Yeasayer

Three times:
Animal Collective
Grizzly Bear
The Besnard Lakes

Most popular chart toppers:
Frightened Rabbit - 5 weeks
Xiu Xiu - 6 weeks
The Twilight Sad - 16 weeks (now here's a shocker!)

Journals
A newfound interest to me. I’ve written a lot of them, this is my 30th journal. And only two of them have been completely useless. One a lyrics game and the other one the ‘survey’. Also, there was a Musical Timeline So, you can imagine how many artist are in there.

To celebrate this great feature, I’ve decided to make a list of all those journals by artist. It will also serve me as an index from now on.

The following set of artist were somewhat mentioned… ordered alphabetically, then grouped by the single journal that bounds them for all eternity.

!!!
Natasha Bedingfield
New Young Pony Club
PJ Harvey
Tacks, the boy disaster
DGA Awards 2007 - Nov 21 2007

120 Days
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Jack Johnson
Metallica
Sigur Rós
Team Sleep
Third Eye Blind
A dreamy playlist - Nov 22 2007

22-20s
Incubus
Jimmy Eat World
Tegan and Sara
The Features
Better said with songs - Nov 9 2007

Akron/Family
Day for Night
*new* music that will surely have some dominance over my charts this year - Apr 12 2008

Band of Horses
Noisettes
My 15 most played albums of 2007 - Jan 22 2008

Broken Records
i hear sirens
In my playlist: new and noteworthy (July - August 2008) - Aug 20 2008

Broken Social Scene
Muse
TV on the Radio
Favorite flickr photos of my Top 20 artist - May 16 2008

Coldplay
What else could be expected? - Oct 27 2007

Death Cab for Cutie
Metric
No Doubt
Rogue Wave
The Shins
Weezer
What else could be expected? - the encore - Oct 31 2007

Depeche Mode
Elvis Presley
Lenny Kravitz
Good remix vs. Bad Remix - Jun 14 2008

Fuck Buttons
No Age
6 down 6 to go - Jun 29 2008

Panda Bear
Person Pitch - Mar 22 2008

The Moldy Peaches
The Moldy Peaches by The Moldy Peaches - Mar 22 2008

The next group had two journals a piece, writing is increasing. Some may be misleading... they were merely mentioned

A Perfect Circle
Good remix vs. Bad Remix - Jun 14 2008
A dreamy playlist - Nov 22 2007

Deerhoof
Favorite flickr photos of my Top 20 artist - May 16 2008
DGA Awards 2007 - Nov 21 2007

Elbow
6 down 6 to go - Jun 29 2008
The Seldom Seen Kid - Mar 30 2008

Feist
DGA Awards 2007 - Nov 21 2007
What else could be expected? - Oct 27 2007

Jason Collett
6 down 6 to go - Jun 29 2008
Here's to being here - Apr 02 2008

Justice
Good remix vs. Bad Remix - Jun 14 2008
DGA Awards 2007 - Nov 21 2007

LCD Soundsystems
My 15 most played albums of 2007 - Jan 22 2008
DGA Awards 2007 - Nov 21 2007

M83
6 down 6 to go - Jun 29 2008
Three releases, one busy week - Apr 26 2008

Slaraffenland
Private Cinema - May 14 2008
*new* music that will surely have some dominance over my charts this year - Apr 12 2008

Sleater-Kinney
Favorite flickr photos of my Top 20 artist - May 16 2008
Better said with songs - Nov 9 2007

St. Vincent
DGA Awards 2007 - Nov 21 2007
What else could be expected? - Oct 27 2007

The Big Sleep
6 down 6 to go - Jun 29 2008
*new* music that will surely have some dominance over my charts this year - Apr 12 2008

The Dodos
6 down 6 to go - Jun 29 2008
*new* music that will surely have some dominance over my charts this year - Apr 12 2008

The Killers
Better said with songs - Nov 9 2007
What else could be expected? - the encore - Oct 31 2007

White Rabbits
My 15 most played albums of 2007 - Jan 22 2008
DGA Awards 2007 - Nov 21 2007

The following set was honored with 3 journals each:

Arctic Monkeys
Favorite flickr photos of my Top 20 artist - May 16 2008
My 15 most played albums of 2007 - Jan 22 2008
DGA Awards 2007 - Nov 21 2007

Beirut
Favorite flickr photos of my Top 20 artist - May 16 2008
My 15 most played albums of 2007 - Jan 22 2008
DGA Awards 2007 - Nov 21 2007

Handsome Furs
Favorite flickr photos of my Top 20 artist - May 16 2008
My 15 most played albums of 2007 - Jan 22 2008
DGA Awards 2007 - Nov 21 2007

of Montreal
Favorite flickr photos of my Top 20 artist - May 16 2008
My 15 most played albums of 2007 - Jan 22 2008
DGA Awards 2007 - Nov 21 2007

Arcade Fire
Favorite flickr photos of my Top 20 artist - May 16 2008
My 15 most played albums of 2007 - Jan 22 2008
DGA Awards 2007 - Nov 21 2007

The National
Favorite flickr photos of my Top 20 artist - May 16 2008
My 15 most played albums of 2007 - Jan 22 2008
DGA Awards 2007 - Nov 21 2007

Voxtrot
Favorite flickr photos of my Top 20 artist - May 16 2008
Better said with songs - Nov 9 2007
What else could be expected? - the encore - Oct 31 2007

Xiu Xiu
WAAC: Xiu Xiu - The Air Force - Jul 15 2008
6 down 6 to go - Jun 29 2008
Good remix vs. Bad Remix - Jun 14 2008

With 4 journals:

Grizzly Bear
Good remix vs. Bad Remix - Jun 14 2008
Favorite flickr photos of my Top 20 artist - May 16 2008
A dreamy playlist - Nov 22 2007
What else could be expected? - Oct 27 2007

Thrice
6 down 6 to go - Jun 29 2008
Favorite flickr photos of my Top 20 artist - May 16 2008
Three releases, one busy week - Apr 26 2008
*new* music that will surely have some dominance over my charts this year - Apr 12 2008

Almost gettting to the top... 5 journals!

Frightened Rabbit
6 down 6 to go - Jun 29 2008
Frightened Rabbit + The Brother Kite @ Pianos - May 29 2008
Favorite flickr photos of my Top 20 artist - May 16 2008
Three releases, one busy week - Apr 26 2008
*new* music that will surely have some dominance over my charts this year - Apr 12 2008

Radiohead
Good remix vs. Bad Remix - Jun 14 2008
Favorite flickr photos of my Top 20 artist - May 16 2008
My 15 most played albums of 2007 - Jan 22 2008
Better said with songs - Nov 9 2007
What else could be expected? - Oct 27 2007

The Besnard Lakes
Favorite flickr photos of my Top 20 artist - May 16 2008
Volume I - Mar 22 2008
My 15 most played albums of 2007 - Jan 22 2008
DGA Awards 2007 - Nov 21 2007
A dreamy playlist - Nov 22 2007

Almost. There. 6 journals for these two groups!

Animal Collective
Favorite flickr photos of my Top 20 artist - May 16 2008
Animal Collective's Take Away Show - Feb 05 2008
My 15 most played albums of 2007 - Jan 22 2008
Strawberry Jam - Dec 02 2007
DGA Awards 2007 - Nov 21 2007
What else could be expected? - Oct 27 2007

Menomena
Good remix vs. Bad Remix - Jun 14 2008
Favorite flickr photos of my Top 20 artist - May 16 2008
My 15 most played albums of 2007 - Jan 22 2008
DGA Awards 2007 - Nov 21 2007
Friend and Foe - Nov 17 2007
Better said with songs - Nov 9 2007

And the most talked about artist of my first year in last.fm is…. *drumroll*

The Twilight Sad
With a whooping 8 journals! <<< TOTALLY UNEXPECTED! I mean, did you see that coming?! I think not...
A musical fix: And She Would Darken the Memory and I'm taking the train home - Jul 31 2008
6 down 6 to go - Jun 29 2008
Here, it never snowed. Afterwards it did EP - Jun 14 2008
Good remix vs. Bad Remix - Jun 14 2008
Favorite flickr photos of my Top 20 artist - May 16 2008
My 15 most played albums of 2007 - Jan 22 2008
Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters - Nov 24 2007
DGA Awards 2007 - Nov 21 2007

This recap pretty much begs the question: why do I listen so freaking much to The Twilight Sad?! Well, besides the obvious ‘I love their music’ response, I’ve been thinking about it and the most direct answer is best explained with another question: have you ever listened to a band you think can really leave a mark in music? Forget mainstream success, mega loads of albums sells, a billion scrobbles or headlining the same festival two days in a row. I’m talking about being remembered long after they’ve stopped making music.

There are a lot of good bands out there, but you don’t really get the they could be legends and my (the neighbor's) kids will be listening to them in 25 years. Well, The Twilight Sad sparks that sort of excitement in me. I’ve been reading around, and I’m not alone in this feeling. So, I guess we must be up to something!

Also, theirs is not the kind of music you’ll truly get if you are listening to it while IMing your friends, checking e-mail, browsing some blog, talking on your cellphone and holding a sandwich with your other hand. Instant gratification is a plague to this world. Most people just don’t pay attention anymore. You pretty much need to keep listening until one day it’ll hit you: these guys are amazing! I mean it didn’t happen to me overnight either.

Their walls of sound are too rich, even after over a year has passed I still feel like I’m discovering some small details in one song or another. This is loud music that begs to be listen with your headphones on and a pretty moderate volume!

I seriously can’t wait for their next album that is being recorded right this second! I mean, not right this second. It must be like 6 AM in Glasgow! But, you know... Also, I’m pretty sure that as soon as they are ready to start promoting that album (early next year) they’ll renew their work visas, cross the freaking Atlantic and start playing some shows over here! I hope they stack up some different shows along the east coast. I may end up calling in sick to work, get an illegal medical certificate and hop to a couple of nearby cities. After so much suffering, I’m not about to let just one single concert be it...

For the record, I do get that same “they can be great” feeling with Menomena. At the end of it all, my Menomena obsession was not properly documented in here... And it was somewhat different, I used to listen only to them, all the time, for over 2 months.... how do you spell obsession?

Here’s to another year!

I just made a playlist on iTunes with all the music that I have "paid" for - it makes up about 46% of my complete library.

If I take into account the fact that some of the music in my library can't be paid for (I'm looking at demos here, in particular from Brand New, Kevin Devine and Manchester Orchestra, in addition to live performances from Jesse Lacey and Kevin Devine and random live covers as well) and subtract those from my total library, I bring my percentage up to about 50%.

It's not a bad percentage and I do buy lots of CDs (I have a thing against downloading full albums online - a bunch of songs from an artist is okay [it's called sampling!], but I don't like stealing whole albums) but now I feel the need to push it higher.

Other things:
Red Hot Chili Peppers lead with the most albums in my collection: 7 (but I count Stadium Arcadium as two separate albums, which doesn't really make sense since I paid for it once, but anyway)
Brand New, Thrice, Our Lady Peace and The Strokes are runners up with three albums each.
I own nothing but paid music from: Anathallo, Arcade Fire, Colour Revolt, Evanescence (still have that album from my middle-school days), Frou Frou, The Jealous Girlfriends, mewithoutYou, Moist, Metric, Red Hot Chili Peppers (both of which are pretty surprising), Snow Patrol, and The Used (also have their first album from middle school).
I steal from everyone else.

Try calculating your own percentage (make a new playlist and go through your library adding all albums and whatever other songs you bought to it, then dividing the final number of tracks on that playlist into your library total. Multiply by 100 = your percentage) to see how guilty you feel afterwards. (:

Fri 8 Aug – All Points West Music & Arts Festival



Artist: Metric

I wasn't able to catch Metric's full performance, but all I cared for was hearing "Combat Baby." When I got to the stage, the band was playing "Handshakes." It was mostly the girls in the audience who were really moving around to the music. But there were guys, too. Emily Haines was sporting a gold dress-like outfit. I have to say, she's pretty energetic on stage. From what I was able to see, Metric's performance at APW was a lively one, and I think the effort to making it was shown.

Of course, when "Combat Baby" began to play, Emily Haines wasn't the only one to start singing. The crowd joined in. I was looking forward to hear this song in particular because users on YouTube post videos that seem pretty good as live acts, so I wanted to see it for myself. The song was great live, and I believe "Calculation Theme" followed.

All in all, Metric did pretty well from what I saw. Haines is chatty with the audience, which is good. I wouldn't mind seeing them again if the chance comes.



Artist: Animal Collective

This isn't a band I listen to. The only song I know of them is "Peacebone," and I'm pretty sure that Animal Collective didn't play that one. I have to say, though, I couldn't really enjoy their set as much as I would have because of the scorching sun and no water. The guy at the entrance told me I had to drain it out of my bottle, and since I was in a hurry to catch Metric's show, I didn't get the time to fill it up again. Basically, for the next few hours, I kind of fasted, simply put.

Animal Collective plays some pretty good songs from what I heard. Sure, I don't know any of the track titles, but my brother told me when they started to play "Fireworks." When that song ended, they made a quick, but suitable transition into an El Guincho-sounding song, which was a song I actually liked.

I think their performance persuaded me to listen to their albums. And that is a good accomplishment for a band: to have your live performance convince first time listeners to listen to you. Bravo!



Artist: Kings of Leon

The thing with Kings of Leon and me is that I know their tunes, but sometimes I'll mix up their song titles. For instance, when they were playing "Molly's Chambers," I thought they played "The Bucket." It's odd, I know. But, when they did play "The Bucket," I was pretty sure I'd be listening to more Kings of Leon after the night.

Kings of Leon are great live performers. They really changed the way I look at them now. I completely understand how serious they are about their work now. The crowd loved KOL, and I did too. The songs they played were great picks too. There wasn't "Red Morning Light," but they made up for that.

"Taper Jean Girl" was amazing to watch them play. The boys who make up Kings of Leon look good, individually, but as an entire group, too. Thom Yorke, during Radiohead's set, even commented that if they were as good looking of KOL, they'd be famous. I'm pretty sure Thom knows that he's already in the biggest band in the world. The modesty striked again.

I even liked "My Party" and "Fans" being played. Everyone broke out in cheers when the band began to play "King of the Rodeo." That song was actually my first KOL song, and I believe I was ten when I heard it. A woman behind me absolutely loves the band as I was able to tell. She knew almost all the lyrics of the songs being played.

My brother told me at the end of the night that he thinks the Kings of Leon are the best band in America. That's his opinion, of course, and I have to say that in this age of music where Vampire Weekend is over-hyped and people swooning over MGMT, I would say that Kings of Leon is definitely one of the best bands in America, if not the first.



Artist: Radiohead

What a night. Radiohead sure knows how to please their crowd. I managed to get a view of Thom Yorke this time since I was much close than the first night, and all I can say about last night's performances was that it was quite the epic setlist for the band. I mean, they played "No Surprises," which was a surprise itself.

The Setlist -->

Reckoner
15 Step
The National Anthem
Kid A
All I Need
Nude
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
Where I End and You Begin
The Gloaming
Faust Arp
No Surprises
Jigsaw Falling Into Place
The Bends
Bangers and Mash
Everything In Its Right Place
Exit Music (For A Film)
Bodysnatchers
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Pyramid Song
Videotape
Airbag
Fake Plastic Trees
There There
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
House of Cards
Planet Telex
Idioteque

They opened with "Reckoner," which got audience members moving around and really into their performance. Maybe it was because of a bigger audience than the night before that the band played their "hits," if you will, and I'm pretty sure a whole lot of fans highly appreciated it.

After they finished "15 Step," the band played "The National Anthem." It was a phenomenal song to be seen live, I'll tell you that. I still can't get over how stupefying that this 'Fab-Five' are. They create beatiful landscapes in their music which takes you to this whole other worlld all together. Radiohead is the band that makes the songs that make you cry, laugh, and live.

The band even played "Kid A." Their performance on Saturday was much better than Friday's, mainly because of the songs they played. I just loved watching them. Radiohead is an engaging group to watch, especially with the stage's visual effects. Thom Yorke even dances in his red skinny pants. How awesome is that?

"Exit Music (For A Film)" was something I didn't expect to hear. I thought that maybe if they played this, there'd be a chance for "Talk Show Host," but they did not perform the latter. Watching Radiohead was almost unbelievable. They had so much energy in them that I think they rubbed off on any of the tired crowd members from standing all day.

People loved hearing "Airbag" and "Fake Plastic Trees." These songs were included in their encore. I suppose it was rare hearing "Planet Telex" live because there was so much applause for the song. The night ended with "Idioteque," which was pretty perfect, like the whole show overall.

Radiohead can really do nothing wrong. Fan or not, you have to give the guys credit and admit if there's any band who knows what they're doing in whatever that may be, then it's Radiohead.

Summer holidays and working full-time yields money to go crazy with when getting new music during free time. Music I've been meaning to get my hands on for a while (like Albert Hammond Jr. [overhyped] & The Kills[awesome]) and music I've only just discovered. I've also stumbled across some good blogs that point me in the right direction, not to mention my fast becoming addiction to last.fm.

Here we go...

ARTISTS&TRACKS
Black Kids -- Partie Tramautic
Bloc Party -- Mercury
Elbow -- Grounds for Divorce
Fleet Foxes -- White Winter Hymnal
Florence and The Machine -- Girl With One Eye
Florence and The Machine -- Kiss With a Fist
Guillemots -- Big Dog
Hercules And The Love Affair -- Hercules Theme
Johnny Foreigner -- Salt, Peppa And Spinderella
Kings of Leon -- Crawl
Kings of Leon -- Sex on Fire
Kleerup -- Until We Bleed (With Lykke Li)
Late of the Pier -- The Bears Are Coming
Late of the Pier -- Space and the Woods
Nathan Fake -- The Sky Was Pink (James Holden Remix)
Noah and the Whale -- 5 Years' Time
The Black Ghosts -- Anyway You Choose To Give It
The Kills -- Sour Cherry
The Presets -- Kicking and Screaming & Yippyo-ay & Talk Like That

ARTISTS&ALBUMS
Albert Hammond, Jr. -- [[¿Como Te Llama?]]
Be Your Own Pet -- [[Get Awkward]]
Boys Noize -- [[Oi Oi Oi]]
Fleet Foxes -- [[Fleet Foxes]]
Guillemots -- [[Red]]
Hercules and Love Affair -- [[Hercules And Love Affair]]
Justice -- [[Cross]]
kacica -- [[Mosaic]]
Kimya Dawson -- [[Alphabutt]]
Kissy Sell Out [[Remixes Album]]
Kitsuné -- [[Maison]]
Kitsuné -- [[Vol 2]]
Kitsuné -- [[Vol 3]]
Kitsuné -- [[Vol 4]]
Kleerup -- [[Kleerup]]
Late of the Pier -- [[Fantasy Black Channel]]
Metric -- [[Grow Up and Blow Away]]
Nathan Fake -- [[Drowning in a Sea of Love]]
Noah and the Whale -- [[Peaceful The World Lays Me Down]]
Operator Please -- [[Cement Cement]]
Operator Please -- [[On the Prowl]]
The Black Ghosts -- [[The Black Ghosts]]
The Grates -- [[Teeth Lost, Hearts Won]]
The Kills -- [[Midnight Boom]]
The Long Blondes -- [[Couples]]
The Presets -- [[Apocalypso]]
Van She -- [[V]]

Overall, my favourite artist discoveries so far this month absolutely have to be:
The Black Ghosts!!
Fleet Foxes!!
The Presets!!
Noah and the Whale
Metric
The Kills
Delphic (saw in Manchester on 9th aug)
Guillemots (fantastic new album)
& kacica (esp. since it took me ages to get their album; but it was worth it!)

btw, i am aware there are some super playlists put together by people online (e.g. crizzle and shankly on the torrent sites) but this is just my own, for me to remember and look back on the future really :)

I took idea for this quiz from my friend gracz54, so forget me, gracz ;)

How does the world see me?
Bloc Party - Like Eating Glass
As some freak who likes eating glass? Sweet...

Will I have a happy life?
Dead Kennedys - Moral Majority
Seems like I won't.

What do my friends really think of me?
Queens of the Stone Age - In My Head
It's the cruelest joke to play
I'm so high, i run in place
Only a line, we separate, so

I keep on playin our favorite song
I turn it up while you're gone
It's all i got when you're in my head and you're in my head so i need it

You're the only thing i've got that i can't seem to get enough
We collide for one embrace, so

Hurry up & wait forever
Hurry up & wait for forever

Well, I didnt knew my friends think of me like a love machine.

Do people secretly lust after me?
Sugarcult - How Does It Feel
Looks like...yes.

How can I make myself happy?
Nirvana - Polly
Yeah. I think that some girl whose name is Polly could make me happy.

What should I do with my life?
Breaking Benjamin - Diary of Jane
I should be mentioned in a diary of Jane? What about Polly?!

Will I ever have children?
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
Holy crap.

What is some good advice for me?
Kaiser Chiefs - Na Na Na Na Naa
"She does not listen she's too wrapped up with all of her things"
"This does not get to me 'cos she's not the kind of girl that I like"
Yay. Thanks!

How will I be remembered?
Dashboard Confessional - Again I Go Unnoticed
Looks like I won't even be noticed..

What is my signature dance song?
Misfits - Halloween
"Dead cats hanging from poles
Little dead are out in groves
I remember halloween"
Cool.



What do I think my current theme song is?
Blink-182 - Story of a Lonely Guy
Im starting to believe that my iPod does know more about me, than me about myself.

What song will play at my funeral?
Poison - Talk Dirty to Me
"You know I never
I never seen you look so good"
Rotfl.

What type of women do I like?
The Killers - Believe Me Natalie
I guess I like women who forgives. In fact that's correct.

Where will you meet your wife?
Dead Kennedys - I Fought the Law
"Drinkin' beer in the hot sun
I fought the law and I won
I needed sex and I got mine
I fought the law and I won"
Just as thought.

Where will you hug your wife for the first time?
Arctic Monkeys - Still Take You Home
In her home? Nice...

What's your secret dream?
Dead Kennedys - Hop With the Jet Set
Oh My God. Really my iPod knows everything about me!

What song best describes you at your drunkest?
Kaiser Chiefs - Time Honoured Tradition
"That is the end of that
That is the end of that
That is the end of that
Ho ho ho ho..."
Yeah, I drink until the booze is out!

What will actually kill you?
Korpiklaani - Hullunhumppa
Looks like my tongue will kill me.

Who will be your slave?
Bloc Party - The Prayer
My prayers will be my slaves? I will have my own religion... nice.

What will you look like at 80 years of age?
Alice Cooper - School's Out
I will be finally out of school!

Where will you meet your life's nemesis?
The Killers - Jenny Was a Friend of Mine
"We took a walk that night, but it wasn't the same"
I will meet nemesis of my life named Jenny on a walk. Nice...


Where did your parents 'create' you?
Green Day - Holiday
On a holiday.

What will happen to you tonight, after you go to sleep?
The White Stripes - Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
Shit.

What is the meaning of your life?
Korpiklaani - Rise
"Out of the silent sea
Came the holy men of war
Killers in the name of god with bible
Cross and book of law
Welcome to the land of ice
Welcome to the land of snow
Please come in and meet our gods
This is not your day"
Yay, great.

What will be the meaning of your death?
Ramones - Hey Ho, Lets Go
"They're forming in a straight line
They're goin through a tight wind
The kids are losing their minds"
Cool.


What do you hate the most?
Scars On Broadway - Exploding/Reloading
"I like, I like suicide
Mixed with Jesus Christ, yeah!
I like, I like Jesus Christ
Mixed with suicide, yeah!"
I totally don't know what does it mean.

What do you love the best?
Lemon Demon - This Hyper World
If my iPod says so.

What makes you feel like jumping out the window?
Linkin Park - Shadow Of a Day
Yeah, Its listening to Linkin Park.

Who would you like to have a tea party with?
Kalmah - The Blind Leader
Totally!

If you could do anything you wanted, what would be the first thing you'd do?
Kaiser Chiefs - Born to Be a Dancer
Nope, I hate dancing.

Recent obsessions/problems?
Yellowcard - Empty Apartament
Yeah, that's preety much correct.


If they were going to make a movie about you, what would it be titled?
Kaiser Chiefs - My Kind Of Guy
Holy Crap.

This Halloween, your costume will be...
Kalmah - The Hellfire
... DEVIL! OH NOEZ!

What are people's reactions when they see me for the very first time?
Queens of the Stone Age - No One Knows
Yeah, pepole's reactions are preety random.

With whom am I going to spend my life?
Flogging Molly - Rebels Of The Scared Heart
Looks like I will drink alot in my life.

What will I be doing in a few years?
Nine Inch Nails - Perfect Drug
"I got my head, but my head is unraveling
Cant keep control, cant keep track of where its traveling
I got my heart but my heart is no good
And youre the only one thats understood
I come along but I dont know where youre taking me
I shouldnt go but youre reaching back and shaking me
Turn off the sun, pull the stars from the sky
The more I give to you, the more I die
And I want you"
That would be really nice.

What is my sexual preference?
The Doors - Hello, I Love You
"Hello, I love you
Let me jump in your game"
Thats Correct. I love every woman that lets me "jump to her game"!

What is my fetish?
Metric -Lips
Not Bad.

What am I afraid of?
Bloc Party - Plans
Thats correct.

How will my dreams come true?
Scars On Broadway - Universe
"A line is drawn up in the sand.."
Shame that I cant draw preety woman in the sand!

What will tomorrow be like?
Guns N' Roses -