Take your top 20 artists. For each of these artists, collect the top 5 similar artists. The resulting number of unique artists is your eclectic score. If the score is small (extreme = 5) your musical preferences are very limited, and if it is large (larger than 80, extreme = 100), then you have an eclectic musical preference. You can compute your own score at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/eclectic.php

My eclectic score is currently




The 93 related artists for my profile are A Silver Mt. Zion, Amina, Animal Collective, At the Drive-In, Ataxia, Balmorhea, Battles, Beck and The Flaming Lips, Blackfield, Boards of Canada, Bob Dylan, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Caribou, Caspian, Coldplay, Colleen, Desert Sessions, Do Make Say Think, Eagles of Death Metal, Eluvium, Erlend Øye, Feist, Four Tet, Fridge, Grouper, Hammock, Hella, Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions, Jonny Greenwood, José González, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Kyuss, LCD Soundsystem, Labradford, Leonard Cohen, Liars, Manitoba (2), Masters of Reality, Mice Parade, Modest Mouse, Mogwai, Mojave 3, Mondo Generator, Mono (2), Muse, Nick Cave, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, No-Man, Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez, On a Friday, Opeth, Pineapple Thief, Portugal. The Man, Prefuse 73, Radiohead (2), Riverside, Set Fire to Flames, Sigur Rós, Silent Strike, Slowdive, Sondre Lerche, Soul Coughing, Spoon, Stars of the Lid (2), Suie Paparude, Sunday People, Tera Melos, The Black Keys, The Dead Texan (2), The Fall of Troy, The Flaming Lips, The Greenhornes, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The Mars Volta, The Raconteurs, The Sound of Animals Fighting, The Strokes, The Sundays, The White Stripes, The Whitest Boy Alive, Thom Yorke (2), Tom Waits, Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle, Tortoise (2), Trespassers William, Twinemen, Unu, Wolf Parade, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, aievea, dredg, múm, Ólafur Arnalds

Mix for May/June/July/August

1. Shearwater - The Snow Leopard
2. Islands - Creeper
3. Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood
4. Earlimart - For The Birds
5. The Disciplines - Best Mistake
6. Death Cab for Cutie - Grapevine Fires
7. Sam Roberts - Sundance
8. Ben Sollee - A Change Is Gonna Come
9. Beck - Gamma Ray
10. Wolf Parade - Fine Young Cannibals
11. Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains - Ways To Come Home
12. Wallis Bird - Counting to Sleep
13. The Stills - Rooibos/Palm Wine Drinkard


Check my blog for more info and link to playlist.

this is a 2-part journal about artists that don't get the recognition they deserve (well, actually it's just about giving you all musical tips if you're bored and looking for something new which nobody knows about)

in the second part it will be about bands with less than 1,000 listeners...even more obscure!

in random order:

1. Beatbeat Whisper

A guy and a girl make some nice folk songs together..it's all very quiet and soothing. Ayla Nereo sometimes reminds me of one of these new generation folk singers (Alela Diane, Mariee Sioux) and i prefer it when she sings... the other guy, also known as That Blasted Hound (which can be downloaded for free on archive.org) is okay too...
For Fans Of: softly singing whispering folk songs

2. Jacob Borshard
People who are into ukelele pop must have heard of this guy. But if you like twee this is stuff for you. and it's free! On www.creebobby.com you can download two albums... go Ukelele!

3. Benji Cossa
You like sixties pop? This guy is from the Magik Markers label (the label, not the band) and makes lo-fi songs that are reminiscent of The Kinks or the beatles. Oh well, anything sixties and poppy actually.

4. Misophone
A great cover from Daniel Johnston, Sound like a super cool version of Beirut but better. This is just amazingly underrated...songs as if they were recorded in the thirties, found just last year, and probably being legendary in 10 years. So it must be...

5. Paleo
Sounds a bit as if he could be part of Sunset Rubdown or Wolf Parade, or Clap your Hands Say Yeay, but he just keeps it all acoustic. Voice to get used to, but he has got great songs, especially his debut album Misery Missouri. you can find 365 songs of him online, but it's hard to pick and choose the favourites (mostly because i haven't listened to all of them)

6. The Love Letter Band
Everyone keeps on looking for the New Neutral Milk Hotel, but this band is slowly reaching that level. It's a bit more twee sometimes but if you hear these guys sing "No Grave is gonna keep me down", you don't care about Neutral Milk Hotel no more. lo-fi godliness

7. Chris and Thomas
The Simon & Garfunkelof the 21st Century. Not as calm though (well still acoustic)...but it's got somewhat more rhythm...also think of Kings of Convenience

8. Fire On Fire
New Weird America, but then with songs. Animal Collective could've done an intimate acoustic session covering Hangman's Blues. It's Also Bob Dylan. Not all songs are that good, but good enough for you to just check it out.

9. imadethismistake

tEenage punk, but it appeals to me. great anyway

10.Soft Hearted Scientists

another mostly acoustic band, which makes me think of the flaming Lips on tranquilizers.

That's it!
the list with less than 1,000 listeners is longer (25), but that will be for in a couple of days...

Just a list of a few of my favourite songs, since I have nothing better to do.

A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It?
A Tribe Called Quest - Ham 'n' Eggs
Arcade Fire - Headlights Look Like Diamonds
Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
Arcade Fire - Crown Of Love
Arcade Fire - Broken Window
Arcade Fire - Building Downtown (Antichrist Televison Blues)
The Beatles - A Day in the Life
Blackalicious - Powers
Bright Eyes - Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh
Bright Eyes - At the Bottom of Everything
Bright Eyes - Let's Not Shit Ourselves (To Love and to Be Loved)
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
The Clash - Jimmy Jazz
The Clash - The Card Cheat
The Clash - Somebody Got Murdered
The Cure - Plainsong
The Cure - Lullaby
The Cure - Disintegration
The Cure - Untitled
The Cure - The Lovecats
The Cure - Just Like Heaven
The Cure - One Hundred Years
The Cure - The Empty World
David Bowie - Time
David Bowie - Five Years
David Bowie - Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
The Elected - Biggest Star
Grandmaster Flash - The Message
Joy Division - Atmosphere
Joy Division - Disorder
Joy Division - She's Lost Control
Kent - Socker
The National - Abel
Neutral Milk Hotel - Holland, 1945
Okkervil River - For Real
Okkervil River - Black
Okkervil River - A Stone
Okkervil River - No Key, No Plan
Okkervil River - Another Radio Song
Okkervil River - Red
Okkervil River - The War Criminal Rises and Speaks
Okkervil River - (Shannon Wilsey On The) Starry Stairs
Pixies - I've Been Tired
Pixies - Gigantic
Prince - Let's Go Crazy
Radiohead - Let Down
Sigur Rós - Hoppípolla
Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot
Sunset Rubdown - The Mending of the Gown
Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming
Wolf Parade - Shine a Light
Wolf Parade - Dear Sons and Daughters of Hungry Ghosts
Wolf Parade - I'll Believe in Anything
Wolf Parade - This Heart's on Fire
Wolf Parade - Soldier's Grin
Wolf Parade - Language City
Wolf Parade - The Grey Estates

01. How did you get into 29? (IAMX)
My friend was a big fan... listened out of curiosity... starting liking him.. saw him live... loved him.

02. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? (Casiotone for the Painfully Alone)
Etiqutte I.D.

03. What's your favorite lyric by 33? (El Guincho)
"tú eres mi luz y yo te cantaré todo lo que todo lo que todo lo que sé si tú eres mi luz yo te cantaré todo lo que todo lo que todo lo que sé"

04. How did you get into 49? (M83)
A friend gave me their CDs. I listened to Saturdays = Youth...

05. How many albums by 13 do you own? (Islands)
I own both of them.

06. What is your favorite song by 50? (Slint)
Probably Breadcrumb Trail

07. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? (Liz Phair)
Fuck and Run made me cry the first time I heard it because it was so accurate to my life a year ago.

08. What is your favorite song by 15? (Wolf Parade)
I'll Believe in Anything is one of the best songs. Period.

09. What is your favorite song by 5? (The Unicorns)
I really don't have a favourite by them. Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? is just perfect for me.

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? (Panda Bear)
Bro's is so fucking flawless. Ah... it's one of the best songs from this decade and definitely the best of its year.

11. What is the worst song by 40? (Stars)
I don't know. Stars are pretty limited sometimes... and a lot of the time they are pretty cheesy. I have to be in the right mood for them.

12. What is your favorite song by 10? (Radiohead)
Everything in Its Right Place, likely.

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? (Fleet Foxes)
None yet... I have the possibility of seeing them up to 3 times this year, despite missing them in San Francisco when they sold out at my favourite venue.

14. What is your favorite song by 38? (The Microphones)
Probably I Want Wind to Blow.

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? (The Magnetic Fields)
Absolutely Cuckoo. Also, The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side because it's so fucking good.

16. Is there a song by 25 that makes you sad? (Gang of Four)
No.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? (The Arcade Fire)
I don't remember. My friend was playing me songs by them ... later I asked who they were... then I got Funeral.

18. What's your favorite lyric by 11? (Final Fantasy)
Your head is shouting
Please please please,
please please please
Don't let your cock do all the work

19. Who is a favorite member of 1? (Patrick Wolf)
What a lame, lame, lame, lame fucking question for him. Obviously, it is Patrick. How anti-climactic.

20. Is there a song by 14 that makes you happy? (Elliott Smith)
Well, I typically listen to him when I'm feeling depressed, so yeah...

21. What is a good memory involving 27? (Okkervil River)
I don't' have any particular good memories. However, I intend to see them with Nicole. :)

22. What is your favorite song by 16? (The Dodos)
Probably Jodi.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? (Explosions in the Sky)
The first song that I remember hearing is Your Hand in Mine.

24. What is your favorite album by 18? (The Velvet Underground)
The Velvet Underground & Nico, easily.

25. What is your favorite song by 21? (Beach House)
Either Gila or D.A.R.L.I.N.G..

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? (Joy Division)
Disorder.

27. What is your favorite album by 3? (Neutral Milk Hotel)
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.

28. What is you favorite song by 2? (Joanna Newsom)
For favourites... Peach, Plum, Pear.

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? (Xiu Xiu)
Crank heart.

30. What is you favorite song by 8? (of Montreal)
Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse, probably.

31. How many times have you seen 17 live? (M.I.A.)
Once and she was fucking amazing.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? (The Flaming Lips)
Honestly, I've only heard The Soft Bulletin.

33. How did you get into 12? (Why?)
I became addicted to the first four tracks of Alopecia and eventually the whole album.

34. What is the worst song by 45? (Beirut)
I don't know the songs well enough, especially their titles.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? (The Knife)
Heartbeats.

36. What is the first song you ever heard by 48? (Daft Punk)
I would assume that it was One More Time.

37. How many times have you seen 42 live? (Cut Copy)
Once and I danced like a mad man!

38. What is you favorite song by 36? (The Olivia Tremor Control)
Courtyard.

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? (Björk)
I have no fucking idea... I've been listening to her forever.

40. What is you favorite album by 7? (Broken Social Scene)
That would definitely be, without any hesitation, You Forgot It in People.

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? (LCD Soundsystem)
New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down... it reminds me of Kermit the Frog.

42. What is your favorite album by 41? (Jeff Mangum)
Either. Yes, I've heard the one-track 30+ minute Bulgarian Folk music recording and it's WONDERFUL.

43. What is your favorite song by 24? (Sufjan Stevens)
Chicago.

44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? (The Jesus and Mary Chain)
It definitely wasn't seeing them live; they were pretty lacklustre. It was definitely when I saw Lost in Translation in theatres for the first time when Just Like Honey plays at the end.

45. What is your favorite song by 35? (Battles)
Holy fuck, Atlas! Atlas! Atlas!

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? (Jens Lekman)
I smile during almost all of his songs. Jens is one of the cutest humans ever.

47. What is your favorite album by 4? (Animal Collective)
[album artist=Animal Collective]Strawberry Jam[/album or Feels.

48. Who is a favorite member of 37? (Girl Talk)
He's solo...

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? (Modest Mouse)
I have no idea. I definitely heard them before I started listening to them with knowing who they were. That would be 3rd Planet.

50. What is your favorite song by 20? (No Age)
Here Should Be My Home.

I've always got time to kill.

1. How did you get into 29? (Pixies)
I think I heard Monkey Gone to Heaven somewhere and I was hooked.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? (The Jesus and Mary Chain)

Snakedriver, when I saw The Crow.

3. How many albums by 13 do you own? (Modest Mouse)
Seven

4. What is your favorite song by 5? (Elliott Smith)
Wow, that's tough. I'll always love Needle in the Hay because of the way it was featured in The Royal Tenenbaums (besides the fact that it's beautiful on its own). Last Call, Waltz #1, and Pitseleh are also favorites.

5. What is your favorite song by 15? (Pavement)
That's also tough! A three-way tie between Passat Dream, Fin, and Stop Breathin'.

6. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? (The National)
Green Gloves, hands down. I could (and have) listen to it for hours.

7. What is your favorite song by 10? (Deerhunter)
Spring Hall Convert! 4 minutes and 30 seconds of heaven.

8. What is a good memory you have involving 30? (Slowdive)
Hearing When the Sun Hits for the first time. It was winter. I was blown away.

9. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? (Wolf Parade)
Modern World makes me very happy for some reason, despite its dystopian implications.

10. How many times have you seen 26 live? (Jeff Buckley)
None. That would have been one hell of a show...

11. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? (Fugazi)
Waiting Room. That bassline is like addictive lava bubbling from a pure punk volcano.

12. What is your favorite album by 11? (Mogwai)
Probably Come On Die Young.

13. Who is a favorite member of 1? (Cut Copy)
Dan Whitford! Time Stands Still when I think of him. <3

14. Have you ever seen 14 live? (Sigur Rós)
Not yet. Not YET.

15. What is a good memory involving 27? (Swervedriver)
Just hearing them for the first time. I was reading a review of Mezcal Head on PopMatters and the reviewer described Never Lose That Feeling as having "one of the most orgasmic guitar crescendoes ever committed to tape." Naturally, I was intrigued. He was pretty much on the money.

16. What is your favorite song by 16? (Joy Division)
Probably Disorder. It's the very first song I heard by them and I was hooked from then on. Peter Hook-ed, if you will.

17. What is your favorite album by 18? (Junior Boys)
I don't actually own any albums from them, but I guess I'll have to say So This Is Goodbye, since I have more songs from that than Last Exit.

18. What is your favorite song by 21? (Atlas Sound)
River Card, followed by Recent Bedroom.
Lost and Found (for A.O.) is pretty sweet, too.

19. What is the first song you ever heard by 25? (Josef K)
Heaven Sent. It was heaven-sent.

20. What is your favorite album by 2? (Ride)
Nowhere. Nothing can match its grandeur and transcendent bliss. I should probably listen to Going Blank Again in full (I don't have much interest in Carnival of Light or Tarantula except maybe as documents of the band's demise), but I doubt it could take away the place that Nowhere has in my heart.

21. What is you favorite song by 3? (Sonic Youth)
...Damn. I think I'll have to do a Top 5:
1. Shadow of a Doubt
2. Marilyn Moore
3. Sunday
4. No Queen Blues
5. Schizophrenia

22. What is you favorite song by 8? (Mark Lanegan)
Creeping Coastline Of Lights.

23. How many times have you seen 17 live? (The Clash)
None. I wasn't even alive when they disbanded.

24. What is the worst song by 12? (The Cure)
Do they even have any bad songs? If so, I haven't heard them.

25. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? (Chapterhouse)
Falling Down. Classic classic classic, so totally 90s.

26. What is you favorite album by 7? (Wilco)
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

27. What is your favorite song by 24? (Andrew Bird)
At the moment, Happy Birthday Song.

28. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? (The Lemonheads)
Into Your Arms. So simple and sweet. Lots of happy memories tied to this one.

29. What is your favorite album by 4? (Radiohead)
Probably Kid A.

30. How many albums do you own by 20? (Interpol)
Two. Plus fistfuls of demos, remixes, and other rarities; I was immersed in Interpol for quite a while.

- have too much time
- read the question
- shuffle your playlist
- try to connect the played track with the question
- and so on
thats all!

1 Why did you decide to take this quiz?
Track: Never Had No One Ever
Artist: The Smiths
Comments: ;-; Because I am so very lonely.

2 Where will you meet your husband/wife?
Track: Sleep Deprivation
Artist: Simian Mobile Disco
Comments: At 2am. :D

3 Where will you "hug" your wife/husband for the first time?
Track: Bitter Sweet Symphony
Artist: The Verve
Comments: In the middle of the street, while walking into people.

4 What is your secret dream?
Track: Future Foe Scenarios
Artist: Silversun Pickups
Comments: To work for a corrupt revolution? O:

5 What song will they be playing at the morgue when they'll perform your autopsy?
Track: She's Not Dead
Artist: Suede
Comments: How very appropriate. Except I want to be dead while they're performing my autopsy tyvm.

6 Who will throw a party after you die?
Track: Still Take You Home
Artist: Arctic Monkeys
Comments: I am not sure but there will be a lot of one-night stands after it. Oh dear.

7 What song describes you when you're so drunk that you can't speak?
Track: Rat Race
Artist: The Specials
Comments: IT IS BECAUSE OF MY SUCKISH JOB. D:

8 What will actually kill you?
Track: Come Back Jonee
Artist: Devo
Comments: A psychopath guitarist. Who runs away. And is called Jonee.

9 Who will be your slave?
Track: The Consort
Artist: Rufus Wainwright
Comments: 8DD RUFUS WILL HE IS MY CONSORT

10 What will you look like at the age of 80?
Track: Gang of 4
Artist: Contract
Comments: Um. Ew. x__x "lust" is not a word I like to associate with old people plzkthx.

11 Where will you meet your arch enemy of life?
Track: Crackity Jones
Artist: Pixies
Comments: o: He is called Jose Jones so I think Mexico?

12 Where did your parents 'create' you?
Track: The Crane Wife 1&2
Artist: The Decemberists
Comments: In a closed room down the hall, apparently.

13 What will happen to you tonight, after going to bed?
Track: Cymbal Rush
Artist: Thom Yorke
Comments: No moar conversation. :P

14 What is the meaning of your life?
Track: Dead to the World
Artist: Nightwish
Comments: )': nothing.

15 What will be the meaning of your death?
Track: Depression
Artist: Black Flag
Comments: D: Making Henry Rollins cry? Wut?

16 How many necrophiles will ravage your corpse?
Track: Desolation Row
Artist: Bob Dylan
Comments: Hoshit. There's a lot of people in this song. Quite a lot are dead, actually. o0

17 What do you hate the most?
Track: The Devil's Work Day
Artist: Modest Mouse
Comments: I HATE NOTHING OTHER THAN EVIL ITSELF wut

18 What do you love the best?
Track: Do You Realize??
Artist: The Flaming Lips
Comments: That the sun don't go down, it's just an illusion caused by the world spinning by. <3

19 What makes you feel like jumping out the window?
Track: DVNO
Artist: Justice
Comments: Guys who think they're all that because they can brainwash a couple of girls into sleeping with them? Yeah, why not. (if you're reading this dvno guy though ur really cool lol.)

20 What do you think about bananas?
Track: Education
Artist: Modest Mouse
Comments: We should know more about them. This generation has almost no knowledge of the banana whatsoever! D:

21 Where would you like to be now?
Track: Enough Space
Artist: Foo Fighters
Comments: Somewhere less cluttered than my room. XD

22 Who would you like to have a tea-party with?
Track: Eternal Life
Artist: Jeff Buckley
Comments: Jeff and all his dead rock star homies. =3

23 How would you describe your childhood?
Track: First Week/Last Week...Carefree
Artist: Talking Heads
Comments: It's hardly over and it was carefree.

24 If you could do anything you want, what would it be?
Track: Forces of Victory
Artist: Gogol Bordello
Comments: I would run away and join the gypsy punks and be epic win at everything! :D

25 Recent obsessions/existential problems?
Track: Gates of Eden
Artist: