tisdag 19 Aug 2008, 11:30

First, make a list of your top20 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.

My top20:

1. CMX
2. Tori Amos
3. Rufus Wainwright
4. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
5. Martha Wainwright
6. Sia
7. Bonnie “Prince” Billy
8. Regina Spektor
9. Camille
10. Scissor Sisters
11. Björk
12. Cat Power
13. Émilie Simon
14. Belle & Sebastian
15. Pauline Croze
16. Damien Rice
17. PJ Harvey
18. Red Hot Chili Peppers
19. Beth Orton
20. Bénabar

Similar artists:

1. YUP
2. Absoluuttinen nollapiste
3. Maj Karma
4. Ismo Alanko Säätiö
5. Zen Café
6. Jarkko Martikainen
7. Viikate
8. Kotiteollisuus
9. Kate Bush
10. Y Kant Tori Read
11. PJ Harvey
12. Alanis Morissette
13. Charlotte Martin
14. Fiona Apple
15. Sarah McLachlan
16. Sarah Slean
17. Martha Wainwright
18. Antony and the Johnsons
19. Ron Sexsmith
20. Patrick Wolf
21. Patrick Watson
22. Teddy Thompson
23. Final Fantasy
24. Ed Harcourt
25. Nick Cave
26. The Birthday Party
27. Grinderman
28. Mick Harvey
29. Tindersticks
30. The Boy Next Door
31. Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
32. Rufus Wainwright
33. Joan as a Police Woman
34. Laura Marling
35. Ane Brun
36. Gemma Hayes
37. Beth Orton
38. Kate & Anna McGarrigle
39. Zero 7
40. Emiliana Torrini
41. Flunk
42. Tina Dico
43. Esthero
44 Natalie Walker
45. Goldfrapp
46. Lamb
47. Will Oldham
48. Palace Brothers
49. Smog
50. Palace Music
51. Palace
52. Songs: Ohia
53. Silver Jews
54. Lambchop
55. Fiona Apple
56. Feist
57. Rachael Yamagata
58. Kate Nash
59. Kimya Dawson
60. Tori Amos
61. St. Vincent
62. Rilo Kiley
63. Jeanne Cherhal
64. Pauline Croze
65. Olivia Ruiz
66. Bénabar
67. Benjamin Biolay
68. Coralie Clément
69. Thomas Fersen
70. Cali
71. Melody Club
72. Electric Six
73. The Ark
74. Calvin Harris
75. Basement Jaxx
76. Sophie Ellis-Bextor
77. Junior Senior
78. The Sugarcubes
79. múm
80. KUKL
81. Sigur Rós
82. Björk Guðmundsdóttir & Trió Guðmundar Ingólfssonar
83. Portishead
84. Anja Garbarek
85. Camille
86. Keren Ann
87. Björk
88. Zazie
89. Mirah
90. Scout Niblett
91. Liz Phair
92. She & Him
93. Camera Obscura
94. of Montreal
95. The Magnetic Fields
96. Jens Lekman
97. Architecture in Helsinki
98. Isobel Campbell
99. The Gentle Waves
100. The Boy Least Likely To
101. Adrienne Pauly
102. Mathieu Boogaerts
103. Lisa Hannigan
104. The Frames
105. Tom McRae
106. The Cake Sale
107. Bell X1
108. Joseph Arthur
109. Iron & Wine
110. Glen Hansard
111. John Parish and Polly Jean Harvey
112. Cat Power
113. Patti Smith
114. The Kills
115. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
116. Bat for Lashes
117. Jane’s Addiction
118. Foo Fighters
119. Incubus
120. Nirvana
121. Lenny Kravitz
122. The Smashing Pumpkins
123. Pearl Jam
124. The Offspring
125. Aimee Mann
126. Suzanne Vega
127. Natalie Merchant
128. Everything but the Girl
129. Lucinda Williams
130. Heather Nova
131. Alain Souchon
132. Vincent Delerm
133. Renaud
134. Aldebert
135. Renan Luce
136. Les Wriggles