It's late (or really early, depending on how you interpret the clock), and I can't sleep. So I'm doing what I normally do when insomnia strikes: discovering new music.

I just happened on two AMAZING bands within the last hour, Irene and Sambassadeur, both of whom are signed to Labrador. I'm hesitant to say this, but I think Labrador may have overtaken Elephant 6 in the These Are My Favourite Record Labels race.. I've never been disappointed with Labrador.

Irene, Sambassadeur, The Radio Dept., The Mary Onettes, Loveninjas; they're all amazing (some more than others). I've…

All my surveys have been taken from other users. It's starting to bug me. My Last.fm journal doesn't seem.. "mine." With that in mind, I made a mental note a while back not to post another survey unless I laid the groundwork for the next one myself. And then I forgot about it. But now I remembered. Alright; so here goes. This is it.

I was looking through iTunes and noticed I have music from every consecutive year since 1930. I have more; like classical, folk and other stuff dating to before the 20th century, but my timeline begins to…

Last.fm-Mainstream-O-Meter results
mikeropology's top artists:

• 1 - Mew: 15.97% mainstream
• 2 - Kent: 10.77% mainstream
• 3 - Dangerous Muse: 00.80% mainstream
• 4 - Eskobar: 04.24% mainstream
• 5 - Death Cab for Cutie: 74.86% mainstream
• 6 - Interpol: 57.09% mainstream
• 7 - Imogen Heap: 30.67% mainstream
• 8 - Joy Division: 36.40% mainstream
• 9 - Shout Out Louds: 09.21% mainstream
• 10 - Stars: 26.28% mainstream
• 11 - The Dandy Warhols: 26.47% mainstream
• 12 - Third Eye Blind: 20.59% mainstream
• 13 - Sigur Rós: 49.76% mainstream
• 14 - Lisa Loeb…

Sort by artist
First song: Hold Your Breath
Last song: Get Up

Sort by song title
First song: Abandoned Ship Bells
Last song: *

Sort by album title
First song: {Adore} : Perfect
Last song: {( )} : Untitled VIII

Sort by song time
First song: The Sky Is a Harpsichord Canvas (0:04)
Last song: Take Your Time (45:17)

First 5 songs that come up on shuffle
1) The Crane Wife 3
2) Be Good
3) Asthmatic
4) The Companion
5) Vogt Dig For Kloppervok

Search…
"sex" - How many songs come up? 66
"love" -…

01. What are you listening to right now?
Wicked Gil (Album)

02. What song makes you sad?
10,000 Miles

03. What is the most annoying song in the world?
Uhhhh…there are many. I hate that mass-produced American Idol bullshit on principle. And there was a song by Pink that used to really get on my nerves…I forget the name of it. -The music video of her on the razor scooter made me want to push her off and punch her in the neck.

04. Your all time favourite band?
Probably Mew or Joy Division. That's a tough question though…I…

My mind has just been boggled and that doesn't happen often. Who's the boggler, you ask? Well, that would have to be a little thing called synchronicity.

I've been listening to Mew for a few years now, and I guess you could say they've become my all-time-favourite band.. although I suppose Kent could put up a pretty convincing fight for that title. Well, whatever. What's important is that despite notoriety throughout Europe, particularly the London music scene, Mew is relatively unheard of here in the States. In fact, I'd even be willing to wager that (as of today) a person…