torsdag 23 Okt 2008, 10:25

It took nine months to add 25000 tracks to my charts. Last time, very little had happened, this time all the more, at least in the lower half of the top 10.

1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds (previously #2)
I feel I almost need to restrain myself and listen to other stuff too. So good.
2. The White Stripes (#1)
My interest has waned a little bit, but just a little bit.
3. The Knife (#3)
Two good albums isn't enough. I listen to them now and then, but I suspect that with another 25000 plays, PJ Harvey will overtake the Swedish electronic sibling duo.
4. PJ Harvey (#4)
Steady. Gets a few plays every week. Found new appreciation for White Chalk which I didn't like much early on.
5. Pixies (#5)
Feels like it's just a matter of time before they lose both one and two positions to Boris and Mogwai, and probably Deerhoof soon after as well.
6. Boris (-)
Has cannonballed up the chart, by far the most plays the last 12 months.

7. Mogwai (-)
Typical me to discover post-rock 5-10 years after everybody else. The new album is great.

8. Daft Punk (-)
Feels like they have peaked on my chart and is about to start a slow descent, if there is anything below that can overtake them. Alive 2007 is still a great album, but I'm not listening much to it anymore.

9. The New Pornographers (-)

9. Deerhoof (-)

The top five sat safe in place (except Nick Cave and the White Stripes that switched place), but otherwise it was a big shift - five new bands in positions 6-10. I had predicted that Mogwai and Daft Punk would find their way into the top 10, but I had barely heard Boris by the time I wrote the last time document (2 January 2008) and now they're my sixth most placed artist overall. Deerhoof was also completely unexpected, but I've simply been obsessed by these bands lately. The New Pornographers found their way into the top 10 just in time for me to grow a bit tired of them - can't say for certain that they will fall back out, but if my next update is with 100,000 plays, I feel some band has to find their way up into the top 10, and then it's either them or Daft Punk that will draw the short straw.

Out since last time: The Hives, Gorillaz, Hello Saferide, Mano Negra, Garmarna.
Hello Saferide could possibly make a comeback if I like the new album, but otherwise these are bands that will continue to fall down the list. Not sure what bands are coming on strong now - Kaizers Orchestra, Tom Waits, Sonic Youth, Melvins perhaps. God is an Astronaut, Neutral Milk Hotel, Murder City Devils are moving upwards but have ways to go.