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"Hidden Treasures" Category - Less than 1.000.000 plays on Last.fm
1. The War On Drugs - Wagonwheel Blues (Adam Granduciel & Kurt Vile playing their guitars)
2. William Elliott Whitmore - Animals In The Dark (If you want to know anything about death, just ask mr.Whitmore!)
3. Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard - One Fast Move or I'm Gone-Music from Kerouac's Big Sur (Words: Jack Kerouac Music: Jay Farrar & Ben Gibbard - it's hard to beat that combination!)
4. A.A.Bondy - When The Devil's Loose (On American Hearts Bob Dylan is poppin' up from time to time, and this one recalls Ryan Adams from Heartbreaker phase! The influences could not be better! )
5. Dave Rawlings Machine - A Friend Of A Friend {A friend (Dave Rawlings) of a friend (Gillian Welch) is my friend too!}
6. Kurt Vile - God Is Saying This To You? (experimental + sense for melody)
7. Antje Duvekot - The Near Demise Of The High Wire Dancer (reminds me of Nanci Griffith) (EU)
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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.

Final Score:
159/160

Blonde Redhead
Electrelane
Sonic Youth
The Black Heart Procession
Enon
Deerhoof
Clinic
Calla
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Gordon Lightfoot
Stan Rogers
Harry Chapin
Dan Fogelberg
Jim Croce
Blue Rodeo
Bruce Cockburn
Arlo Guthrie
John Denver
Ween
Moistboyz
Butthole Surfers
They Might Be Giants
The Flaming Lips
The Frogs
Les Claypool's Frog Brigade
Meat Puppets
Camper Van Beethoven
Belle and Sebastian
God Help the Girl
Camera Obscura
The Magnetic Fields
Jens Lekman
of Montreal
The Gentle Waves
Architecture in Helsinki
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Remember when I asked you all for ideas and stuff? Yeah, that worked out just splendid.

I listened to nearly 200 albums over the course of 2009 and tried really hard, but could not make a top 10. Top 20...huge fail. Top 30...nope.
So here is my top 20 of 2009 - and if you want to see their album covers AND the other 40 albums I just HAD to mention - go here!

Comments are always welcome. Bashing me for my musical preferences is not.
Only Amy is allowed to kick me, because I'm expecting it ;)

My top 20 from 1 -20 :

1. Storybox - You can be Replaced

The 2009 effort of Dutch band Storybox is by far my favourite of the year. Just like with their 2006 debut 'A fool's attempt', I can find no fault on it. As far as albums go, this is what perfection sounds like :)
Yay for Helge and the guys!

My favourite tracks are 'The Andersons' and 'Happy man'.

2. El Pino and the Volunteers - The Long -Lost art of becoming Invisible

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The weekly High Rotation playlist, consisting of 5+1 tunes that will be played frequently over the next 7 days:

Shivaree - Goodnight Moon
A long time favorite song, that I rediscovered last week.

• Aslyn - Me & You & Daisies
  Aslyn's new album The Dandelion Sessions was a nice surprise for me (first heard on www.KGRL.fm).
  
  
• Hoku - If You Don't Want My Love
  After her amazing debut in 2000 Hoku disappeared from my radar until I now discovered her EP Listen Up of 2007 (first heard on www.KGRL.fm).
  
  
• Mina - Driving With You
  A new single by MiNa, a project of Jaël, known as the voice of Lunik (first heard on www.KGRL.fm).
  
  
• Tina Dickow - No Time To Sleep
  I'm still addicted to Tina Dickow's (Tina Dico's) EP trilogy of 2008. Must listen to my favorite tune again.
  
  
• Kate Voegele - Angel (My bonus track for this week)
  Again a new single that make me more curious about her new album.
  
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This is the final list of...
KGRL's Artists Currently being Streamed
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• 8mm
  
• 10,000 Maniacs
  
  
• A Camp
  
• A Fine Frenzy
  
• Abbie Cardwell
  
• Abbie Gale
  
• Abby Ahmad
  
• Abra Moore
  
• Adaline
  
• Adele
  
• Adiam Dymott
  
• Adie Camp
  
• Adjoa Skinner
  
• Adrianne
  
• Adrienne Frantz
  
• Adrienne Pierce
  
• Adrina Thorpe
  
• Aimee Allen
  
• Aimee Mann
  
• Alana Davis
  
• Alana Grace
  
• Alana Sweetwater
  
• Alanis Morissette
  
• Alessi's Ark
  
• Alex & Sam
  
• Alexa Wilkinson
  
• Alexandra Hope
  
• Alexis Allan
  
• Alfa
  
• Ali Slaight
  
• Alice Mclaughlin
  
• Alice Peacock
  
• Alice Russell
  
• Alice Smith
  
• Align
  
• Alissa Moreno
  
• Alisha's Attic
  
• All The Fires
  
• Allie Moss
  
• Allison Weiss
  
• Allo Darlin'
  
• Alondra Bentley
  
• Alva Leigh
  
• Alys
  
• Amanda Duncan
  
• Amanda Jenssen
  
• Amanda Marshall
  
• Amanda Mora
  
• Amanda Palmer
  
• Amanda Rogers
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I found an appealing iTunes Essential mix named modern sirens on the US iTunes. It's a compilation of nice tracks from many of my favorite female singers and I also found some new artists to adore on it:

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Don't Know Why - Norah Jones

• 1234 - Feist
  
• Bubbly - Colbie Caillat
  
• Like A Star - Corinne Bailey Rae
  
• The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaelson
  
• New Soul - Yaël Naïm
  
• ooh child (alternative version) - Beth Orton
  
• Dance Me To The End Of Love - Madeleine Peyroux
  
• Almost Lover - A Fine Frenzy
  
• So Sorry - Feist
  
• I Melt With You - Nouvelle Vague
  
• Sunrise - Norah Jones
  
• Falling Or Flying - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
  
• Don't Wait Too Long - Madeleine Peyroux
  
• I Feel It All - Feist
  
• Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
  
• Honey Honey - Feist
  
• Ashes And Wine - A Fine Frenzy
  
• (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Cat Power
  
• Those Dancing Days Are Gone - Carla Bruni
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My list, kept as a folder of bookmarks, of artists to check out - part 1. As of now, anyways - this gets added to frequently. This covers #-A, cause I didn't feel like typing more at the moment...

0neTrickPony
7th Moon
8mm
A Tribe Called Quest
Abby Ahmad
Abi Heartless
Abney Park
Abonos
Adrianne Lenker
Aemen
Agnivolok
Aina
Alela Diane
Alex Bach
Alhana
Alice Marie
Alisha's Attic
All Angels
Allette Brooks
Allie Moss
Amanda Kaletsky
Amber Rubarth
Amelia's Dream
Amy Millan
Amy Seeley
Anassane
Andrew King
Angela Ammons
Angie Mattson
Animetal (not my usual thing, but someone on here recommended it)
Anita Lane
Anja Garbarek
Anna Brew
Anna Nalick
Annelies Monseré
Anne Marie Almedal
Anni Rossi
Annie Hayden
Annika Bentley
Antje Duvekot
Anya Marina
Apple Ann
Arborea
Arcana
Arrah and the Ferns
Ashes You Leave
Aslyn
Atomica
Ayla Nereo

Comment as you see fit, but try not to be too hard on my music choices ;)

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