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For this summer my most listened songs are mostly indie/alternative. Here's the list of the stickiest ones.

Jason Mraz - Make It Mine, On Love, In Sadness
Imogen Heap - Closing In, Canvas, psychobabble, Come Here Boy, Headlock
Aqualung - Something To Believe In, Pressure Suit, Good Times Gonna Come
Lifehouse - Whatever It Takes, Broken
Bon Iver - Blindsided
Cary Brothers - Ride


24700th track was Dashboard Confessional - Stolen which I heard at the ending of the movie "Made of Honor".

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01) Marble House - The Knife
02) Today's the Day - Aimee Mann
03) I Will Play My Game Beneath the Spin Light - Brand New
04) Down by the Water - PJ Harvey
05) Pressure Suit - Aqualung
06) Come on Petunia - The Blow
07) She Says (CLA Mix) - Howie Day
08) Paris Train - Beth Orton
09) The Zookeeper's Boy - Mew
10) Kiss Me Goodbye - Johnathan Rice
11) Paper Bag - Fiona Apple
12) Saturday - Josh Rouse
13) Know How - Kings of Convenience
14) Just Another - Pete Yorn
15) Adia - Sarah McLachlan
16) Ever Fallen in Love - Nouvelle Vague
17) Jòga (Howie B Main Mix) - Björk
18) The Golden Age - Beck
19) Birds (Original Version) - Kate Nash

Top 10:
1. Keane
2. The Fray
3. The Long Goodbye (I have two >< I'll make one 4)
4. The Beatles
5. Aqualung
6. The Shins (I have two again, but one doesn't deserve its spot)
7. Beulah
8. Hellogoodbye
9. Cobra Starship
10. Oranges & Lemons

- What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
Caring Is Creepy on the Garden State Soundtrack.

- What is your favourite album of 2?
They only have one, so How To Save A Life

- What is your favourite lyric that 5 has sung?
Silence is super
Staring into space I
wonder where you are. from Pressure Suit.

- How many times have you seen 4 live?
Never, nor will I ever be able to.

- What is your favourite song by 7?
Don't Forget To Breathe ^^

- What is a good memory you have considering the music of 10?
Well, my sister and I used to randomly start singing Soramimi Cake a lot, so I guess that's a good memory...

- Is there a song of 3 that makes you sad?
Definately Pilgrim!

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So, last Thursday meant a trip to Bush Hall for Thu 12 Jul – Aqualung.

Aqualung were, as ever, great. This was a warm-up gig for them prior to the Latitude Festival, where they'll hopefully win some new fans (or reconnect with some old ones who might have forgotten about them). It was an excellent setlist, with a good mix of older songs and stuff from the new album (which, judging by people's reactions, everyone has a copy of, despite it not having been officially released in the UK yet).

Matt seemed a little bit quiet at first as the band ran through the first few numbers without much chat (although he did rock off his spectacles pretty early on) but he seemed to come more to the fore as the gig went on, improvising a song about the fact that he'd been on a first aid course that day and he got chattier from that point onwards.

It's hard to pick out particular song highlights as the whole set was immensely enjoyable. All of the new stuff works extremely well live (as the new album…

So, I went to Thu 12 Apr – Aqualung and I've just got round to writing a gig review for it. I blame illness followed by a trip home.

I think this is the closest I've ever stood to the stage at a gig. It's a bit surprising as we didn't turn up very early at all but there was still loads of space right by the stage. I was close enough to be deafened by the bass speaker and almost close enough to reach up and touch Ben Hales. A couple of the songs were being filmed (Cinderella and Outside), so hopefully I'll be appearing on those videos.

Support was from a young lady by the name of Kate Walsh. She was a very good acoustic singer-songwriter type. There was also some nice chat between songs (I always find that a good story about where the song comes from makes me listen more closely to support artists, and helps me remember the song). She reminded me quite a lot of Gemma Hayes, which is a good thing. My friend Ged_uk bought her album and I'll be interested to know what he makes of it.
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