Just thought I'd share a quick playlist that I put together this month. It's a (generally) upbeat, catchy mix of songs to kick off the summer.

1. Blood On Our Hands - Death From Above 1979
2. Bodysnatchers - Radiohead
3. Tessellate - Tokyo Police Club
4. So Says I - The Shins
5. Go With The Flow - Queens of the Stone Age
6. Big Sur - The Thrills
7. Heath - Arizona
8. Headwires - Foo Fighters
9. Sea of Love - Cat Power
10. Of Moons, Birds & Monsters - MGMT
11. Ripped Knees - No Age…

I'm not claiming that these are the twelve greatest albums ever created (although I think a few of them would qualify), but they're pretty awesome, and happen to be my personal favourites.

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12. Dig Me Out - Sleater-Kinney
Dig Me Out is raw, and it has a great mix of aggression and vulnerability. Carrie Brownstein goes from yelping through the opening title track to trading off tender vocals with Corin Tucker on "One More Hour". The rest of the album is a great battle between similarly contrasting emotions.

11. Boxer - The National
2007’s Boxer was released a mere…

Note: I'm using my top 10 artists from the last 12 months.

Name your top 10 artists on your Last.fm profile page.

1. Ryan Adams
2. The Replacements
3. R.E.M.
4. The Beatles
5. Arcade Fire
6. The Raconteurs
7. Nirvana
8. Against Me!
9. Bon Iver
10. Rufus Wainwright

Now answer the questions according to the numbers.

What was the first song you ever heard by #6? (The Raconteurs)
"Steady, As She Goes". It's still one of my favourites of theirs.

What is your favorite album from #2? (The Replacements)
Let It Be. Tim and Pleased to Meet Me…

These are my top twenty favourite albums of 2008. These are the albums from the past year that affected me most. And I think there are at least a couple albums on here that not everyone has heard. So, you know, while you’re ripping me apart for having Coldplay and Oasis on here, you can check out Matt Mays and Teddy Thompson at the same time and discover some great new music.

20. Narrow Stairs - Death Cab For Cutie

19. Dig Out Your Soul - Oasis

18. Volume One - She & Him

17. Bring Me Your Love -…

People seem prone to complain endlessly about how much new music sucks. There are some valid arguments, but I feel that there’s still good music out there. Maybe it’s not in as large supply as it once was, but it’s out there. In this journal, I’m counting down the 25 best albums released so far in the 21st century.

25. Is This It - The Strokes (2001)
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On this debut album from The Stokes, the New York boys introduced us to their unique brand of jittery rock. This album helped to incite the so-called “garage rock” scene of the…

Here's another survey about my top artists ;) For some of them I didn't have an artist in that spot, or there were multiples. So I just chose the nearest one, or my favourite :P

1. how did you get into 29?
My Bloody Valentine. I'd heard great thingds about their album Loveless, and I saw it at the library, so I gave it a listen.

2. what was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Ryan Adams. Good question. Probably Stars Go Blue, but I didn't even know it was by him until I became…

Name your top 10 most played bands on Last.fm:

1 Red Hot Chili Peppers
2 The Beatles
3 Radiohead
4 Nirvana
5 The Smashing Pumpkins
6 Wilco
7 Coldplay
8 R.E.M.
9 The White Stripes
10 The Vaselines (tied with Foo Fighters)

Now answer the questions according to the numbers:

What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
I'm not sure…whatever song they sang on Conan on his Chicago show.

What is your favorite album of 2?
I'll say The Beatles (the White Album). Or Revolver

What is your favorite lyric that 5 has sung?
"I wanted…

I'm a little late, but at least this has given me some time to hear a few more albums. It's a mix of some indie and mainstream stuff. There's still a lot of albums from '06 that I've heard good things about, but haven't gotten around to checking out yet. Here's my favourite albums of 2006:

Top 10

10. At War With the Mystics - The Flaming Lips
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Not knowing much about the band, I checked out this CD, and I really liked it. It'll probably take a couple more listens to truly appreciate it though.

9. Amputechture -…