2006年 Oct 16日 Monday, 5:19

For the first time ever, my Top 50 is a true/truer representation of my actual tastes. My Top 100 is even more interesting. As you can see my tastes are very diverse, and they will continue to get even weirder, as I am really plunging deep into the worlds of no wave, frat rock, and female post-punk. The only new band that really excites me at the moment is The Horrors.
They are a fucking awesome surf/psychobilly/garage death punk act(seriously! it all applies) & I use the term "death" because their shows are reminiscent of the great energy of the early 80's deathrock shows, even if their sound isn't. Anyway, the stupid NME kids will lump this in with the angular pop movement, even though their music owes nothing to post-punk at all. But whatever. They will end up as another "trend" band, although God only knows what will happen if others follow in their footsteps, haha. Anyway…who else is awesome?
Oh, the Brazilian Girls, Love Is All, and Erase Errata. I'm fucking done with the millionth wave Gang of Four ripoff acts, although most of them aren't even that bad. I'M JUST TIRED OF IT. Next up: nu-gaze. Yup. And I'll embrace it. I DON'T WANT ANY MORE FREAK FOLK/NEW WEIRD AMERICA ACTS SHOVED IN MY FACE EVER AGAIN.

NEW TOP 50:

1 Bauhaus 652

2 Goldfrapp 638

3 M.I.A. 395

4 Yeah Yeah Yeahs 389

5 Depeche Mode 363

6 Garbage 362

7 Franz Ferdinand 351

8 Joy Division 348

9 Kasabian 298

10 Zero 7 252

11 Primal Scream 251

12 New Order 249

13 Madonna 247

14 Air 239

15 The Jesus and Mary Chain 235

16 Blur 230

17 Sonic Youth 225

18 Radiohead 223

19 The Long Blondes 221

19 Annie 221

21 The Velvet Underground 219

22 The Vines 213

23 Nine Inch Nails 210

24 David Bowie 209

25 Muse 199

26 Massive Attack 193

27 Metric 190

28 Thom Yorke 178

29 Echo & The Bunnymen 169

30 Gang of Four 168

31 Gogol Bordello 155

32 The Fall 153

33 The Arcade Fire 145

34 Editors 142

35 My Bloody Valentine 139

35 The Black Angels 139

37 Youth Group 134

38 Lou Reed 133

38 Kylie Minogue 133

40 Ladytron 129

41 The Stone Roses 125

42 Liliput 123

43 The Cure 121

44 Siouxsie and the Banshees 120

45 Persephone's Bees 118

45 Françoise Hardy 118

47 Curve 114

47 Lady Sovereign 114

49 Sneaker Pimps 113

50 Lily Allen 105