1. How did you get into 29? Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
I heard "And No More Shall We Part" on the radioin the car, and I loved it. At the same moment, my dad said how he thought it sounded terrible.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? Dead Can Dance
"The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove", coincidentally, on the same radio program.

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33? Castanets
We ain't free, my love/we are not our masters

4. How did you get into 49? Sage Francis
Christine was listening to him in the…

In the spirit of well loved opposite bands such as Jon Bovi (see SNL), I've started brainstorming for my own opposite band. Here's some ideas:

Deathbed of Cleanliness
We'd have such songs as "This Morning in Ice", "Rusted Cock", "BFF", "Lavender's Blessing", "Peasant Carrying-The-Child-To-Term", "His Physical Form In The Sun", "Ivory Disrobed For Sunrise", "Dawn And His Cold Shoulder", "Life Science For Beginners", many of which are performed on the live album "Dead Deterrent For The Living".

Rousseau
"Vegan Barf Bucket", "Rasputin", "Future Enemy's Enemy", "Here's The Boy!", "balls?", "Valedictorian", "Scaly Legs", "That Continent", "Life Life (God God God God…

Sat 4 Apr – The Deadfly Ensemble, Love in Shadows

Interspersing musical performance with a fifth-grade calibur Western play, with dialogue that is helpfully translated by an assistant for potentially Bulgarian crowd members proves, once again, that Lucas Lanthier & co. are some of the foremost minds in live music performance today. Add to the fact that most of the songs were reported to be about cowboys, and we have a winning combination.

If you have a chance to see The Deadfly Ensemble, take it.

Album Of The Year:
Portishead - Third
A triumphant return. 2008 did not get off to a good start with reunion albums (see disappointments), but Portishead manage to surpass even Dummy with this, my pick for album of the year. Every song on this album is brilliant and as a whole it's even moreso than the sum of its parts.

2. Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head
Largely panned by critics, I loved the 1987 4AD feel that this album had. Sure, Scarlett doesn't have a particularly great voice. But guess what? Neither does Tom Waits.…

With reunions now in fashion, Has-been bands will surely cash in,
Like the Pixies, Zeppelin and the Pumpkins, Blur thought that they might.
Old guitars they'll soon be strapping, festivals they'll play, and mapping
Routes to tour and crowds all clapping, clapping through the summer night.
Glastonbury concert bookers keep the ticket prices' hight,
But quoth the Mogwai, "Blur: Are Shite"

1. How did you get into 29? Bauhaus– High School, looking up Goth bands

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 23? Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds– "No More Shall We Part". I heard it on the radio with my dad. He made a comment about how he thought it was aweful, but inside, I was thinking, 'Holy shit, this is awesome!"

3. What’s your favorite lyric by 33? Michael Gira– Not counting the songs he's re-recorded solo from his other bands, I'll say from "Surrogate" "The voice in…

Take your top 25 artists, and find out how many listeners they have.

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1 Swans 49354
2 Jarboe 9245
3 Joy Division 526153
4 The Angels of Light 29472
5 Neko Case 163672
6 Talking Heads 430087
7 Tom Waits 415816
8 Radiohead 1415688
9 Alien Sex Fiend 45072
10 Nine Inch Nails 739099
11 Low 164581
12 Christian Death 51884
13 Noir Désir 113275
14 The Jesus and Mary Chain 242780
15 Neutral Milk Hotel 417876
16 Devendra Banhart 309352
17 Sigur Rós 614268
18 Neurosis 67798
19 The Cure 944973
20 Siouxsie and the Banshees 219114
21…