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1. Does It Offend You, Yeah? - You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
2. Lily Allen - Alright, Still
3. Incubus - Make Yourself
4. Incubus - Morning View
5. Frittenbude - Nachtigall
6. Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon: The End Of Day
7. Linkin Park - Reanimation
8. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
9. Boys Like Girls - Boys Like Girls
10. Bloc Party - Intimacy

First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

1. Muse (9)
// Franz Ferdinand
// Placebo
// Kasabian
// Radiohead
// The Killers
// Arctic Monkeys
// Kaiser Chiefs
// Keane

2. The Strokes (17)
// Julian Casablancas
// Albert Hammond, Jr.
// Little Joy
// The Libertines
// Kings of Leon
// The Last Shadow Puppets
// Moptop

3. Arctic Monkeys (20)
// The Rascals
// The Kooks
// Milburn

4. Radiohead (26)
// Thom Yorke
// Jonny Greenwood
// Coldplay
// Interpol
// Blur
// Beck

5. The Beatles (35)
// John Lennon
// George Harrison
// Paul McCartney
// Ringo Starr
// Paul McCartney & Wings
// Wings
// The Who
// The Rolling Stones

6. Oasis (43)
// Noel Gallagher
// The Stone Roses
// The Verve
// Stereophonics
// Richard Ashcroft
// The La's
// Ian Brown

7. Franz Ferdinand (45)
// The Fratellis
// The Rakes

8. The Cribs (53)
// The Maccabees
// Jamie T
// Bombay Bicycle Club
// Good Shoes
// The Paddingtons
// The Courteeners
// Johnny Foreigner

9. M83 (62)
// School of Seven Bells
// The Radio Dept.
// Slowdive
// Maps
// The Album Leaf
// Air France
// Hammock
// Eluvium

10. We Are Scientists (69)
// The Futureheads
// Maxïmo Park
// Boy Kill Boy
// The Automatic
// Bloc Party
// Mystery Jets

11. Nine Inch Nails (78)
// Modwheelmood
// Trent Reznor
// Marilyn Manson
// Tweaker
// Halo33
// Black Light Burns
// Puscifer
// KMFDM

12. The Presets (87)
// Pnau
// Midnight Juggernauts
// Grafton Primary
// Van She
// Cut Copy
// Muscles
// Bag Raiders
// Simian Mobile Disco

13. Foals (93)
// Maths Class
// Late of the Pier
// These New Puritans
// Friendly Fires
// Youthmovies

14. Hot Chip (100)
// LCD Soundsystem
// Junior Boys
// Metronomy
// Fujiya & Miyagi
// Lo-Fi-Fnk
// Grovesnor

15. Howling Bells (109)
// The Duke Spirit
// The Joy Formidable
// Giant Drag
// The Long Blondes
// Waikiki
// The Grates
// Little Birdy
// Sky Larkin

16. Friendly Fires (114)
// Passion Pit
// Jack Peñate
// The Temper Trap
// Frankmusik
// Delphic

17. The Last Shadow Puppets (115)
// The Little Flames

18. Glasvegas (123)
// White Lies
// Broder Daniel
// The View
// Timo Räisänen
// Kent
// The Twilight Sad
// Laakso

19. Rage Against the Machine (132)
// One Day as a Lion
// Audioslave
// Zack De La Rocha
// Street Sweeper Social Club
// The Nightwatchman
// Limp Bizkit
// Red Hot Chili Peppers
// Incubus

20. Yeah Yeah Yeahs (140)
// Metric
// The Kills
// Be Your Own Pet
// Arcade Fire
// Florence + The Machine
// The Gossip
// Bat for Lashes

This is my top 10 of the 00's. This means I havent heard all the great albums which pitchfork put in their list. I just looked at the charts and impact the several albums had on me. It was a hard decision to let Fantasy Black Channel out of the list. Also Kasabian and Snow Patrol won't be in this list. Orchestra Of Wolves is now one of my favourite albums but I can't decide whether it stays one of my favourites over time, the same for a few Tool albums. Ow yeah and I'm sorry for my bad English grammar, bad Dutch High Schools these days.

Top 10

10. It's Blitz! (2009)
Maps was a great song but I didnt like the album very much. Too much medium songs and even annoying songs, (Rich). But in the early 2009 It's Blitz! was being released. From the first hearing on it was one of my favourite albums, Yeah Yeah Yeahs did a good job. Zero is a great opener, Heads Will Roll has the power and each of the other songs adds something special to the cd. Runaway is the hidden pearl of the album. Coming up late, after all the big singles been in front, this "sad making song" is so pure and beautiful. Definately the best of the album.

Favourite song(s): Runaway, Heads Will Roll
Worst song(s): Shame and Fortune

9. Antidotes (2007)
I never heard of Foals till the summer of 2008. A friend of me asked if I wanted to go with her to see Foals live in november/december. I said ok and started listening to Antidotes. Wow, instant love. Okay, the lyrics aren't really great but all the songs are catchy. Balloons is a great song which really makes you wonder how the other songs on the album will be. Then one of their most listened songs, Cassius, comes up. Personally one of their worst songs on the album. I hate the incoming vocals at the start and the sound doesnt fit within the album. Electric Bloom and Olympic Airways are very mystique and beautiful. Coming back to the concert, they were very good and the closer Two Steps, Twice was legendary.

Favourite song(s): Olympic Airways, Electric Bloom
Worst song(s): Like Swimming

8. Hot Fuss (2004)
I started listening to Hot Fuss at the start of my "Indie period". I loved the whole album. Looking back a few years later I barely listen to it anymore. Maybe the bad performance from The Killers on Lowlands 2007 influenced my view towards the band. Their second album was great too but they made a wrong turn with Day & Age. Hot Fuss still deserves a place in my top 10 because of two songs. All the songs are great but I only listen these days to Mr. Brightside and Change Your Mind. The first song reminds me of the one girl and is very emotional. Mr Brightside will always be one of my favourite songs.
I know that one day I can enjoy all songs of the album again. Thats why it deserves to be in the top 10.

Favourite song(s): Mr. Brightside
Worst song(s): Believe Me Natalie

7. Funeral (2004)
Funeral is highly charted in all lists but I put Funeral only in seventh place, where Neon Bible is in third place. The feeling of Funeral is beautiful and you keep listening to the whole album, but this means the album dont contain any big hits. Only Rebellion (Lies) is a big hit. This song is one of my all time favourites with its beautiful lyrics. The other songs are all good but I never put a random Funeral song on. Besides this, an album with one epic and ten very good songs belongs in the top ten for sure.

Favourite song(s): Rebellion (Lies)
Worst song(s): Haiti

6. Kid A (2000)
Lately I'm listening alot to Radiohead. I own all the albums (besides Amnesiac) and I love them all. OK Computer is my favourite but it's released in the 90's. The sixth place in this top 10 was a run between In Rainbows and Kid A. There are on both albums a few songs I really dont like. But both albums have perfect songs and give a great experience. Kid A wins because of the epic songs Idioteque and Everything In It's Right Place. Idioteque is a beautiful song with great lyrics. It has a sound of it self never heard before. Everything In It's Right Place seems an easy made song and maybe that is true. But the impact this song has on my emotions is big. Pure genious. The National Anthem is also a track never heard before. What a great use of jazz influences and the bass is very great too. I actually love all the songs of Kid A besides the album titled song Kid A, which is very boring.

Favourite song(s): Everything In It's Right Place, Idioteque
Worst song(s): Kid A

5. Absolution (2003)
Muse muse muse! My number 1 artist. Well it isnt my favourite artist I guess, but they just made alot of albums/singles which are great. The problem by Muse is I never like all the songs of there albums. Absolution is almost an exception.
The intro starts with some soldiers giving orders, the apocalypse is starting! Apocalypse Please is a great opener of a great album. The lyrics arent really strong but fit in the atmosphere the song gives, the use of the piano is really strong. You really have the feeling they're right, will the apocalypse really come. The next few tracks are pumping or stunning. Stockholm Syndrome is a hyper energetic song which fails big time with the "over use" of distortion. Hysteria is a loved track by most of the Muse fans, but I really hate it. I dont know why but I have the been there done that feeling.
After Hysteria only good songs are on the album with Butterflies & Hurricanes (OH MY GOD THAT PIANO BRIDGE!) and Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist as pure epic songs.

Favourite song(s): Butterflies & Hurricanes
Worst song(s): Hysteria

4. Take To The Skies (2007)
One word: Epic. It deserves a place in the top 3 but unfortunately Enter Shikari decided to make some slow songs. And they should learn from this, because they are not able to make slow songs. The other songs are all soooo fucking good with Mothership as one of the most stunning and most awesome songs ever made. Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour is a great song with even good lyrics. But when I listen to Enter Shikari it isnt because of the lyrics but because of the pure energy. The use of electro/rave tunes trough there hardcore/metal riffs. Their gigs are very intense too with alot of pitting and wall of deaths. Kickass. The song No Sssweat is the most intense song. The lyrics are a laugh but this is a song which makes you happy, smile and gives you alot of energy.
Take To The Skies is really an energy boost and feels like a rollercoaster ride.

Favourite song(s): Mothership, Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour...
Worst song(s): Jonny Sniper

3. Neon Bible (2007)
"It's in the Neon Bible, the Neon Bible
Not much chance for survival,
If the Neon Bible is right."
The Neon Bible is wrong, as long as I will live this album will survive on my computer/disk player.
Probably everyone will blame me for ranking Neon Bible higher than Funeral. But with Neon Bible Arcade Fire definately changed their style a bit. This is a positive change because this albums contains alot of big hits. Black Mirror, the dark opener, for example: This song is very intense and a lust for the ears. Without this track the feeling of the whole album would be different. With that statement we come to a negative point. Black Mirror sets the mood for the album so it is kinda hard to step into the middle of the cd, the experience will be less intense for sure. But luckily the album contains tons of hits like Keep The Car Running and Intervention. Windowsill is a very emotional song with the best lyrics ever written. So intense. The best song of the cd (and ever made in world's history) is No Cars Go. This song is 100% perfect. The aggressive and fast start gives the song a headstart. Then the easy, but beautiful vocals come in. The use of instruments is so great in this song.
Unfortunately Arcade Fire decided that No Cars Go isnt the closer of the album but My Body Is A Cage is. This song is the opposite of No Cars Go, a slow song which doesnt fit after such steaming song. It isn't really a bad song but they should've put it on a different place on the record.

Favourite song(s): No Cars Go, Windowsill, Black Mirror
Worst song(s): My Body Is A Cage, Ocean Of Noise

2. Turn on the Bright Lights (2002)
The number one was clear for me at the start so I felt sorry for this great album to be at second place. With this album Interpol made an epic debut album. Turn On The Bright Lights contains only good songs and all of the songs are different and add something special to the album. Obstacle 1 is the most listened single of the album. It's an monotome song with easy lyrics but oh my god. The guitars are very good, so beautiful. The songs NYC and PDA are the best of the album. NYC is slow song with good lyrics and it all fits together well. PDA can be divered into two parts. This is one of the fastest Interpol songs they made. Part one is an intense rollercoaster with average lyrics. Part two is a multi guitar solo which sounds awesome. No lyrics in this part but wow this sounds like perfection.
Well I can tell about all the songs how great they are but then this looks like a review for the album only. I only mention Leif Erikson, the beautiful closer of the album. A track about a scandinavian boy who lost his mother and his dad is in jail. The lyrics are great but so are the guitars again. The best closer ever made.

Favourite song(s): NYC, PDA, Leif Erikson
Worst song(s): Obstacle 2


1. Silent Alarm (2005)
Okay, where to start... This Bloc Party album is also my favourite of all time. I will try to type this formal so I dont look like a fanboy. My least favourite songs of this album are the singles Banquet and Helicopter. These songs are the fastest of the album but dont have the emotion the other songs have. They still sound really cool and are well placed on the album, it makes the variety within the album much bigger.
Bloc Party made me love indie. It was one of the first band I started listening too after my dance period (oh my god dont talk me bout it). I always loved this album and the other songs are just too good to describe.
Blue Light and Compliments are the slowest songs of the cd. They add so much to this album. The other songs have so much energy and when you hear the emotion of Blue Light and Compliments afterwards you really have the feeling you're alone in the world. You will be dreaming for sure.
I can describe the magic of Pioneers or This Modern Love, the beautiful build up of Plans and She's Hearing Voices but I won't. For anyone who havent listened to this album, you need to experience this by yourself.
Just one more thing, Like Eating Glass. This is the best song of the album and the second 100% perfect song I heard in my life. The guitar intro is astonishing and this song gives energy and emotion at the same time. "It's so cold in this house" and it feels really cold in your house. Your whole body feels cold, especially your feet and you get some extra pair of socks. After that you take a look at the temperature of your heater, it's 23 degrees celsius... The pair of socks can be removed when the cd is done, and you feel ready for life.

Favourite song(s): Like Eating Glass, Pioneers, This Modern Love, Plans
Worst song(s): Helicopter

'First, make a list of your overall top-20 artists. Then, for each of these artists, add the 9 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, add up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 200 represents an extremely varied one.'

1. Arctic Monkeys
2. Cobra Starship
3. Bloc Party
4. Van She
5. The Dust Brothers
6. Tom Snow, Dean Pitchford, Catherine Cox & Jeremy Kushnier
7. Architecture in Helsinki
8. Beck
9. Lisa Mitchell
10. The Presets
11. Vampire Weekend
12. Katy Perry
13. Owl City
14. Lady GaGa
15. blink-182
16. Ben Lee
17. 3OH!3
18. MGMT
19. Wicked
20. Millionaires

21. The Last Shadow Puppets
22. The Rascals
23. The Strokes
24. The Kooks
25. Milburn
26. Franz Ferdinand
27. Kasabian
28. The Libertines
29. The Fratellis

30. The Academy Is...
31. All Time Low
32. The Cab
33. Panic at the Disco
34. Fall Out Boy
35. Midtown
36. Boys Like Girls
37. Forever the Sickest Kids
38. Hey Monday

39. Foals
40. Editors
41. Pin Me Down
42. The Maccabees
43. The Cribs
44. Maximo Park
45. We Are Scientists
46. The Rakes
47. Arctic Monkeys repeat

48. Pnau
49. Grafton Primary
50. Cut Copy
51. Midnight Juggernauts
52. The Presets repeat
53. Bag Raiders
54. Miami Horror
55. The Whip
56. The Black Ghosts

57. David Holmes
58. Clint Mansell
59. Rob Dougan
60. Don Davis
61. Eric Serra
62. UNKLE
63. Ramin Djawadi
64. Massive Attack
65. Tomandandy

66. Sutton Foster
67. Company
68. Original Cast
69. Original Cast Recording
70. Janine LaManna
71. Original Broadway Cast
72. Adam Pascal
73. Jason Robert Brown
74. New Broadway Cast

75. I'm From Barcelona
76. of Montreal
77. Los Campesinos!
78. Tilly and the Wall
79. The Boy Least Likely To
80. Stars
81. The Unicorns
82. Islands
83. Belle and Sebastian

84. The Flaming Lips
85. The White Stripes
86. Radiohead
87. Cake
88. Blur
89. Gorillaz
90. Pixies
91. Eels
92. Sonic Youth

93. Sarah Blasko
94. Paul Dempsey
95. Bertie Blackman
96. Kate Miller-Heidke
97. Josh Pyke
98. Yves Klein Blue
99. Art vs. Science
100. Angus & Julia Stone
101. Little Birdy

102. Pnau repeat
103. Midnight Juggernauts repeat
104. Grafton Primary repeat
105. Van She repeat
106. Cut Copy repeat
107. Muscles
108. Bag Raiders repeat
109. The Whip repeat
110. Riot in Belgium

111. Ra Ra Riot
112. Discovery
113. The Shins
114. Band of Horses
115. Passion Pit
116. Fleet Foxes
117. MGMT repeat
118. Black Kids
119. The Strokes repeat

120. Lady GaGa repeat
121. Kelly Clarkson
122. Ashlee Simpson
123. The Veronicas
124. Ashley Tisdale
125. Lindsay Lohan
126. Miley Cyrus
127. Britney Spears
128. Lily Allen

129. Swimming With Dolphins
130. Lights
131. A Rocket To The Moon
132. Breathe Carolina
133. nevershoutnever!
134. The Secret Handshake
135. Breathe Electric
136. PlayRadioPlay!
137. Hellogoodbye

138. Britney Spears repeat
139. The Pussycat Dolls
140. Space Cowboy
141. Ashley Tisdale repeat
142. Katy Perry repeat
143. Ke$ha
144. Little Boots
145. Madonna
146. Pixie Lott

147. Box Car Racer
148. +44
149. Angels & Airwaves
150. Sum 41
151. New Found Glory
152. Bowling for Soup
153. Zebrahead
154. MxPx
155. Yellowcard

156. The Bens
157. Ben Kweller
158. Alex Lloyd
159. Matt Nathanson
160. Bernard Fanning
161. Josh Pyke repeat
162. Bob Evans
163. The Whitlams
164. Ben Folds

165. Breathe Carolina repeat
166. Family Force 5
167. LMFAO
168. Brokencyde
169. Metro Station
170. The Medic Droid
171. Hyper Crush
172. A Rocket To The Moon repeat
173. Cash Cash

174. The Management
175. Klaxons
176. Vampire Weekend repeat
177. Passion Pit repeat
178. Black Kids repeat
179. The Kooks repeat
180. Empire of the Sun
181. Late of the Pier
182. Friendly Fires

183. Jonathan Larson
184. Robert Lopex and Jeff Marx
185. Idina Menzel
186. Hairspray
187. spring awakening
188. Kerry Ellis
189. Les Miserables
190. Kristin Chenoweth
191. Aida

192. Jeffree Star
193. Blood On The Dance Floor
194. Ultraviolet Sound
195. The Medic Droid
196. Scotty Vanity
197. gEOFFREY pARIS
198. Electric Valentine
199. Hyper Crush
200. Porcelain and the Tramps

170/200 are varied.
85%.

I listen to a wide variety.

nurinkurin's top albums (overall) 1. Panic at the Disco - Pretty. Odd (1279) 2. Paramore - Brand New Eyes (751) 3. Panic at the Disco - ...Live in Chicago Disc 1 (536) 4. Panic! At the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (474) 5. Paramore - Riot (412) 6. Panic at the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (385) 7. Fall Out Boy - Folie à Deux (379) 8. Mindless Self Indulgence - If (281) 9. The Academy Is... - Almost Here (247) 10. The Cab - Whisper War (238) 11. Incubus - Light Grenades (237) 12. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular (228) 13. Kings of Leon - Only by the Night (210) 14. My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge (198) 15. One Night Only - Started A Fire (195) 16. Panic! At the Disco - Live in Denver (184) 17. The Used - Lies For The Liars (181) 18. The Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia (180) 19. Billy Talent - Billy Talent II (175) 20. Third Eye Blind - Blue (165) 21. Cobra Starship - Hot Mess (164) 22. Santogold - Santogold (155) 23. Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope (136) 24. Muse - The Resistance (132) 25. Cobra Starship - While The City Sleeps, We Rule The Streets (132) 26. The Kooks - Inside in/Inside Out (131) 27. Tegan and Sara - The Con (127) 28. The Temper Trap - Conditions (125) 29. Florence + The Machine - Lungs (124) 30. Cobra Starship - ¡Viva La Cobra! (123) 31. Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree (121) 32. My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade (120) 33. Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself (119) 34. Jeff Buckley - So Real: Songs From Jeff Buckley (117) 35. M.I.A. - Kala (112) 36. The National - Boxer (111) 37. The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Don't You Fake It [Deluxe Edition] (110) 38. Boys Like Girls - Boys Like Girls (106) 39. John Mayer - Heavier Things (105) 40. Matt Costa - Songs We Sing (103) 41. Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position (99) 42. Sia - Colour The Small One (99) 43. fun. - Aim and Ignite (95) 44. Lily Allen - Alright, Still (95) 45. Jack's Mannequin - The Glass Passenger (95) 46. Bloc Party - Silent Alarm (94) 47. Patrick Wolf - Wind in the Wires (89) 48. The Academy Is... - Fast Times At Barrington High (88) 49. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires (87) 50. My Chemical Romance - I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love (85)

Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict
The Clash - White Riot
Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
Sex Pistols - Liar
The Peacocks - In Any Case
Nežfaleš - Halucinogen
Bloc Party - I Still Remember
The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So
Switchfoot - Awakening
Degradace - Moje láska můj hrob
Phantom Planet - Do The Panic
Bob Marley - One Love
Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box
Ramones - I Wanna Live
Vypsaná fiXa - Duchové

Thanks again to everyone who came out to our show at Urban Outfitters yesterday! That was a blast.

Today, one of our Twitter followers, @Amie_FM, shared a TweetCloud with us. If you're not familiar with TweetCoulds, I hope you'll take a moment to check out icodefolove.com. Chad Scira, the creator, has put together a remarkably intuitive and super neat little web app to allow you to "generate a cool looking cloud of the words your tweets mostly contain."

Here's what I got when I plugged in our @atris account:


Our top three words were thanks, check, and atris. I thought that was pretty appropriate :)

If you use Twitter, I hope you'll copy and paste what you get in our comments section below!
-Mason
a'tris

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