When I started doing this annual post in 2010, I posted it on Jan 1st. Finally, it makes its triumphant return to the first day of the year!

( Numbers and lists )

One of my friends posted his top ten for November on Facebook and since I've been listening to a lot of music this month, I felt like following suit ( Read more... )

You've probably seen the Facebook meme where you are given a band and have to answer a few questions about them ( Read more... )

Less tardy than last year.

My top 10 listened artists with (2012 playcount) and [overall ranking since 2005]

1. Shihad (230) [2]
   
2. The Prodigy (175) [10]
   
3. Fear Factory (146) [14]
   
4. The Sisters of Mercy (136) [1]
   
5. Garbage (117) [28]
   
6. Pendulum (96) [92]
   
7. Electric Six (88) [14]
   
8. Joy Division (80) [5]
   
9. Scooter (73) [89]
   
10. Flunk (67) [165]

This is a surprising list ( Read more... )

Click play on this delightful video of William Shatner singing 'Mr Tamborine Man'. Scroll down to look at the GIF below.

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Inspired by a twitter discussion with Gina, who I recently discovered is my LA Sisters sister. I should have guessed actually... At any rate, here's my pick of essential non-album* Sisters tracks ( Read more... )

It's late, but I'm going to do it anyway, in no small part because I'll enjoy reading it again next year. Even if it will be a bugger to find on my LJ calendar... Here's what I had to say last year; the same caveats apply to 2011.

( Numbers and Lists )

My 2011 Last.fm music charts were late this year.

There was some debate last night about the best Morrissey song. Unsurprisingly, all of the contenders were actually by The Smiths.

My contention was 'How Soon is Now', one of my favourite songs of all time, here in a fantastic live version that really demonstrates the power of the song, for me.

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The cover that introduced me to How Soon is now, and ( Read more... )

Musical snippets don't get much play here anymore. Instead, I tend to post videos and links on Facebook. However I have are a few links floating around the deserves a less ephemeral treatment.

From the forthcoming American version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo comes Trent Reznor's latest piece of brilliance, a cover of Led Zepplin's ' ( Read more... )