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Throne:
Ulver - BLOOD INSIDE

Pretenders to the throne:

<code> - Nouveau Gloaming
Akercocke - Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
Anja Garbarek - Briefly Shaking
Antimatter - Planetary Confinement
Biomechanical - Empires Of The World
Boris- Pink
Craft - Fuck the Universe
Current 93 - How I Devoured Apocalypse Balloon
Darkspace - Dark Space II
Esbjörn Svensson Trio – Viaticum
Guapo - Black Oni
Infidel? / Castro! - Bioentropic Damage Fractal
Miasma & The Carousel of Headless Horses - Perils
Okkyung Lee - Nihm
Ondskapt - Dödens Evangelium
The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
Shining - IV - The Eerie Cold
Shpongle - Nothing Lasts... But Nothing Is Lost
Truckfighters - Gravity X
Venetian Snares - Rossz Csillag Allat
Vitalic - Ok Cowboy


Good, but could have been better:

Bolt Thrower - Those Once Loyal
Candlemass - Candlemass
Cryptopsy - Once Was Not
Depeche Mode - Playing The Angel
Drudkh - The Swan Road
Fields of the Nephilim - Mourning Sun
Immolation - Harnessing Ruin
Kriegsmaschine - Altered States of Divinity
Minsk - Out of a Center
Origin - Echoes of Decimation
Primordial - The Gathering Wilderness
Porcupine Tree – Deadwing
Strapping Young Lad - Alien

It has potential, but doesn't work for me:
Judas Priest - Angel Of Retribution

Disappointment:
Arcturus - Sideshow Symphonies
Exodus - Shovel Headed Kill Machine
Green Carnation - The Quiet Offspring
Hate Eternal - I, Monarch
Opeth - Ghost Reveries
Paradise Lost - Paradise Lost
Nile - Annihilation Of The Wicked

This week's Hypelist of bisa includes her favorite Scandinavian bands. An occasion for me to review whom I like from Scandinavia. Starting with the artists that spontaneously cross my mind, completing the lists looking at the Last.fm tags. My most played and highest rated artists on top, the second half of the lists is mostly unordered cause I cannot decide about an ranking.

• Denmark:
  Tina Dickow (aka Tina Dico, a five-star artist!)
  The Savage Rose (Annisette Koppel)
  Catbird (Billie Koppel)
  Naja Rosa (Naja Rosa Koppel)
  Anna David
  The Raveonettes
  Blue Foundation
  Aqua (Oh, yes! *lol*)
  Safri Duo
  
  The danish tag shows some more Danish artists that I like:
  Mew (note to myself: I badly need an album of them)
  Kashmir
  
  
• Finland:
  Nightwish (with Tarja Turunen naturally)
  Jenni Vartiainen
  The Rasmus
  
  I'm still seeking an mp3 of Apocalyptica's phenomenal performance of Nothing Else Matters at the German "ROCK AM RING" festival in 2005.
  
  
• Norway:
  Maria Mena
  Flunk
  Annie
  Kate Havnevik
  Kari Bremnes
  Marit Larsen as also Marion Raven and M2M (Oh, yes!)
  Katzenjammer
  Lene Marlin
  Silje Nergaard
  Unni Wilhelmsen
  Ane Brun
  Beady Belle
  Susanne Sundfør
  Elvira Nikolaisen
  Anne Marie Almedal as also Velvet Belly and AM and the UV
  Röyksopp (especially when featuring heavenly voices *g*)
  Bel Canto (Anneli Drecker)
  Amethystium
  D'Sound
  Magnet
  Kings of Convenience
  Sondre Lerche
  Venke Knutson
  Maria Solheim
  Bertine Zetlitz
  Ida Maria
  Anja Garbarek and her daddy Jan Garbarek
  Leaves' Eyes
  Tristania
  Ralph Myerz
  (a-ha)
  
  
• Sweden:
  The Cardigans and A Camp, Nina Persson
  Titiyo
  The Sounds
  El Perro del Mar
  Hello Saferide, Säkert!, Annika Norlin, and Maia Hirasawa
  Anna Järvinen
  Robyn
  Lykke Li
  Sally Shapiro
  Club 8
  Marit Bergman
  Kleerup (when featuring the female voices)
  Stina Nordenstam
  Anna Ternheim
  Laleh
  Roxette
  ABBA
  Ana Johnsson
  Sophie Zelmani
  The Concretes (w/ Victoria Bergsman) and Taken By Trees
  Lisa Miskovsky
  Air France
  Sahara Hotnights
  Frida Hyvönen
  Oh Laura
  Elin Ruth Sigvardsson / Elin Sigvardsson
  Britta Persson
  Rebecka Törnqvist
  Eva Dahlgren
  Loney, Dear
  José González
  Kent
  Friska Viljor
  Yngwie Malmsteen
  Ace of Base
  Eric Prydz
  
  
• Iceland:
  Emiliana Torrini
  Dísa
  Lady & Bird
  Seabear
  Sigur Rós
  Björk
  Hafdis Huld
  

I'm quite sure I missed some artists out, especially in the Norwegian and Swedish section, they will be added as soon as I stumble on them.

P.S. If this song/video doesn't make you smile and dance, you're seriously ill:
Katzenjammer - A Bar in Amsterdam

These are the ten albums I can not live without. Without them my life would surely be empty and meaningless.

10. Anja Garbarek : Smiling & Waving

9. Magga Stína : An Album

8. PJ Harvey : Is This Desire?

7. Goldfrapp : Felt Mountain

6. Pram : Gash

5. Björk : Vespertine

4. Tori Amos : Boys For Pele

3. Martina Topley-Bird : The Blue God

2. Broadcast : Tender Buttons

1. ACO : Irony

Tune in and spread your ears wide shut.
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That's the playlist for the november, 20th show, download the podcast from

1. Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools
2. Eddie Kendricks - Keep on Truckin' (DJ Spinna remix)
3. Dinah Washington - Cry Me A River (Truth & Soul Remix)
4. Giardini di Mirò - A new start (Styrofoam)
5. The Matthew Herbert Big Band - Yesness
6. Kid Koala - Fender Bender
7. The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - Lobby
8. Burnt Friedman - Where Should I Go (featuring Steve Spacek)
9. The Heliocentrics - The Zero Hour
10. Jazzanova - Morning Scapes
11. James Brown - It's a Man's Man's Man's World
12. Anja Garbarek - Dizzy With Wonder
13. Calexico - Old Man Waltz
14. Ruben Garcia - in spanish
15. Carlos Libedinsky - Plano Secuencia
16. Wax Poetic - Angels
17. Brooklyn Funk Essentials - Istanbul Twilight
18. The Cinematic Orchestra - As the Stars Fall
19. Paris Combo - Ubiquite
20. Tom Waits - Clap Hands
21. Ardecore - Fiore de gioventù
22. Antonio Mainenti - amici, amici (trad.)
23. Sicilian AV project - Todo Modo (a mio modo)
24. Odos Trio - L'Ostinato Re
25. Rodolfo Siri - Song of Love
26. Hangman alive - Snow
27. It-Alien - La Caduta di una Foglia (Falling of a Leaf)
28. msk - Les femmes
29. Giuseppe Mirabella - Nuvole viola

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:

1. Don't Know Why - Norah Jones
   
2. 1234 - Feist
   
3. Bubbly - Colbie Caillat
   
4. Like A Star - Corinne Bailey Rae
   
5. The Way I Am - Ingrid Michaelson
   
6. New Soul - Yaël Naïm
   
7. ooh child (alternative version) - Beth Orton
   
8. Dance Me to the End of Love - Madeleine Peyroux
   
9. Almost Lover - A Fine Frenzy
   
10. So Sorry - Feist
    
11. I Melt With You - Nouvelle Vague
    
12. Sunrise - Norah Jones
    
13. Falling or Flying - Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
    
14. Don't Wait Too Long - Madeleine Peyroux
    
15. I Feel It All - Feist
    
16. Come Away With Me - Norah Jones
    
17. Honey Honey - Feist
    
18. Ashes and Wine - A Fine Frenzy
    
19. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Cat Power
    
20. Those Dancing Days Are Gone - Carla Bruni
    
21. 5:55 - Charlotte Gainsbourg
    
22. La La La - The Bird and the Bee
    
23. Prescilla - Bat for Lashes
    
24. Your Song - Kate Walsh
    
25. The Ride - Joan as Police Woman
    
26. The Greatest - Cat Power
    
27. Breathe Me - Sia
    
28. Fidelity - Regina Spektor
    
29. God Knows (You Gotta Give to Get) - El Perro del Mar
    
30. What I Wouldn't Give - Holly Brook
    
31. I Found a Reason - Cat Power
    
32. Tallymarks - Thao Nguyen
    
33. Blue and White - Beth Waters
    
34. Cosy in the Rocket - Psapp
    
35. Wild Horses - Charlotte Martin
    
36. This Land Flows With Milk - Isobel Campbell
    
37. Ballerina - Leona Naess
    
38. Lay Your Head Down - Keren Ann
    
39. Get On With Your Life - Stina Nordenstam
    
40. Sunny Road - Emiliana Torrini
    
41. Come as You Are - Dani Siciliano
    
42. Coco - Brisa Roché
    
43. Back Where We Started - Tina Dico
    
44. Dream - Priscilla Ahn
    
45. Snow Falls In November - Julie Doiron
    
46. Clean Getaway - Maria Taylor
    
47. Garden Rose - Lavender Diamond
    
48. Farewell - Rosie Thomas
    
49. Wait For Me - Dean & Britta
    
50. A Temporary Dive - Ane Brun
    
51. Human Racing - St. Vincent
    
52. I Wish You Love - Rachael Yamagata
    
53. Blundering Blood - Nedelle
    
54. Half the Perfect World - Anjani
    
55. Fools in Love - Inara George
    
56. Djuna! - Frida Hyvönen
    
57. Tomorrow Never Comes - Dot Allison
    
58. Unlike Me (Acapella) - Kate Havnevik
    
59. Umbrella - Marié Digby
    
60. Warm Whispers - Missy Higgins
    
61. Take Some Time - Rose Melberg
    
62. Blue Caravan - Vienna Teng
    
63. Young And Free - Sasha Dobson
    
64. Boys With Girlfriends (Daytrotter Session) - Meiko
    
65. What If We Do? - Mia Doi Todd
    
66. Moonglow, Lamp Low - Eleni Mandell
    
67. No Trace Of Grey - Anja Garbarek
    
68. goodbye - The Postmarks
    
69. Look At Me - Keri Noble
    
70. A Crush In The Ghetto - Jolie Holland
    
71. Misty Canyon - Anjali
    
72. The Husband - Megan Reilly
    
73. Make Love - Jess Klein
    
74. One Flight Down - Rebecca Martin
    
75. Story In Your Eyes - Kelly Flint
    

But there were many amazing female singers missing, what inspired me to create a mix of the essential voices that I didn't find in the iTunes list:

1. Sway - Bic Runga
   
2. I Don't Belong To You Anymore - Schuyler Fisk
   
3. Asking for Flowers - Kathleen Edwards
   
4. Trouble Is a Friend - Lenka
   
5. Crazy Ever After - The Rescues
   
6. Brand New Love - Serena Ryder
   
7. Give Me Heart - Susie Suh
   
8. Mad World - Alex Parks
   
9. AEIOU - Charlotte Sometimes
   
10. Crush - Natalie Walker
    
11. Gravity - Sara Bareilles
    
12. Hands On Me - Vanessa Carlton
    
13. The Hill - Markéta Irglová
    
14. Make Your Move - Audrey Vanessa
    
15. Let Me Be - Christine Evans
    
16. Message To Myself - Melissa Etheridge
    
17. Extraordinary - Mandy Moore
    
18. Chasing Pavements - Adele
    
19. Midnight - Adrina Thorpe
    
20. Giggling Again for No Reason - Alanis Morissette
    
21. St. Elmo's fire - Cloetta Paris
    
22. Shout - Donna Lewis
    
23. All We Need - Jessica Sonner
    
24. If a Song Could Get Me You - Marit Larsen
    
25. At Constant Speed - Gemma Hayes
    
26. Wicked game - Nina June
    
27. Mercy - Duffy
    
28. Anyone Who Had A Heart - Shelby Lynne
    
29. 32 Flavors - Alana Davis
    
30. Undress Me - Anggun
    
31. Forever Love (Digame) - Anna Nalick
    
32. Miss Halfway - Anya Marina
    
33. Face Forward - Beth Hart
    
34. What Can I Say - Brandi Carlile
    
35. Fresh Pair of Eyes - Brooke Waggoner
    
36. Love Me - Courtney Jaye
    
37. Are You Out There - Dar Williams
    
38. Hold Me - Ebba Forsberg
    
39. Rock Your Soul - Elisa
    
40. Doctor Blind - Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton
    
41. Acid - Emm Gryner
    
42. When - Ilse DeLange
    
43. Switchblade - Phildel
    
44. Not A Day More - Jessie Baylin
    
45. Eye in the Sky - Jonatha Brooke
    
46. Brooklyn's On Fire! - Nicole Atkins
    
47. Runaway Train - Kasey Chambers
    
48. Loud Nonsense (And Whispered Secrets...) - Amber Rubarth
    
49. Mudshow - Krista Detor
    
50. Little Death - L.P.
    
51. Ashes - KT Tunstall
    
52. Night Bird - Lisa Moscatiello
    
53. The Mummers' Dance - Loreena McKennitt
    
54. The Reminder - Maia Sharp
    
55. Vuelve - La Oreja de Van Gogh
    
56. Stronger - Mieka Pauley
    
57. I'm Happy - Terra Naomi
    
58. Rien n'est comme avant - Hélène Ségara
    
59. A&E - Goldfrapp
    
60. Can't Get You Out Of My Mind - Sonya Kitchell
    
61. Magnolia Street - Catie Curtis
    
62. The Same Inside - Caitlin Crosby
    
63. Leave - Katie Todd Band
    
64. Mona Lisa - Doe Deere
    
65. temptation - Dísa
    
66. Close to You - Do
    
67. Enough Now - Susy Thomas
    
68. Dandelion - Antje Duvekot
    
69. Mariner's Song - Elizaveta
    
70. For someone else - Gaia Riva
    
71. Ella, Elle L'a - Kate Ryan
    
72. Bounce With Me - Kreesha Turner
    
73. That's Alright - Lady Linn and her Magnificent Seven
    
74. If I Could Have You Back - Aly & AJ
    
75. The world can wait - Over the Rhine
    

There are still lots of names missing.
This is probably a thing to be continued...

1. How did you get into 31? [Bat for Lashes]
I DVR'd the video for "Prescilla" from IMF by accident when I was trying to get Dame de Lotus by Emilie Simon. I ended up liking the video and then Zeus asked my if I liked her randomly later that week so I ended up getting the album since he liked her too.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? [Tie: Risae∂lan and Leila]
I think it was something off of Like Weather for Leila, probably the live "Enjoy" remix if that counts. I don't know about Risae∂lan, I think whatever's at the beginning of Efta! So "Bíbí".

3. What's your favourite lyric by 29? [Siobhan Donaghy]
"[incomprehensible]", from "Ghosts".

4. What is your favourite album by 49? [CocoRosie]
Noah's Ark

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? [Magga Stína]
Both of them, An Album and Syngur.

6. What is your favourite song by 50? [Deerhoof]
"The Perfect Me"! Friend Opportunity is the only album I own by them though.

7. Is there a song by 4 that makes you sad? [Stina Nordenstam]
"The Man With A Gun". It's been over a year since I deleted Dynamite, I should put it back in my library soon. I don't think the year apart helped though, I can still hear every song in my head perfectly XD

8. What is your favourite song by 15? [Anja Garbarek]
"The Diver", It's so beautiful.

9. What is your favourite song by 3? [Tori Amos]
"Suede"

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? [Martina Topley-Bird]
"Phoenix" and "Deflect" are two of my most favorite songs ever. They complete me.

11. What is your favourite album by 40? [Dani Siciliano]
Likes

12. What is your favourite song by 12? [The Fiery Furnaces]
ブラック ハート ボーイ!!

13. What is a good memory you have involving 33? [OOIOO]
Hearing "UMA" before the Björk concert ツ

14. What is your favourite song by 37? [Cat Power]
"Keep On Runnin'"

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? [Emilie Simon]
"Dame de Lotus (Video Mix)", it's so much better than on the album.

16. How many times have you seen 24 live? [Róisín Murphy]
No but I have a bootleg of Ruby Blue at the Paradiso. That sort of counts init?

17. What is the worst song by 23? [Tie: Leila and Risae∂lan]
Leila's worst song is anything with Luca Santucci in it. I looked and I couldn't find a single song by Risae∂lan that I didn't like. If I had to choose, probably "Hunang, Sýróp, Kandýfloss" just because it's the first song they did. But I'm listening to it now and it's great! I'll have to say that they have no bad songs.

18. What is your favourite album by 11? [Kate's Bush]
"The Dreaming". Le duh!

19. Who is a favourite member of 1? [Björk]
Mark Stent, his remixes are STILL off the chain.

20. Have you ever seen 14 live? [Danielle Dax]
No and she quit music so I doubt I'll get to see her.

21. What is a good memory involving 45? [Electrelane]
Sitting on the roof of the greenhouse doing nothing but listening to "No Shouts, No Calls" one day at work.

22. What is your favourite song by 16? [Planningtorock]
The Helmet Song!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_DIibmZxKs

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? [Sia]
"Breathe Me"

24. What is your favourite album by 21? [HK119]
Fast, Cheap, And Out Of Control!

25. What is your favourite song by 18? [Portishead]
"Nylon Smile"

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 38? [Kate Nash]
"Foundations"

27. What is your favourite lyric by 5? [Cocteau Twins]
How do I feel, about myself?
I try, I am resourceful, I contribute, I belong when I contribute.
I don't have to be perfect,
I'm accepting myself as I really am,
I'm feeling love for my successes.

Hahaha just kidding, that song's lyrics sucks balls. The way she sings it makes them even worse. The only good vocal in the entire song is when she sings "I'm doing a fine job" at the end of the choruses. But that lyric still sucks.

28. What is you favourite song by 1? [Björk]
"An Echo, A Stæn"

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? [Caroline Lavelle]
"Moorlough Shore".

30. What is you favourite song by 8? [Pram]
I think, "Omnichord".

31. How many times have you seen 17 live? [Anna Ternheim]
approximately none, but i hope to change that sometime soon

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? [Tie: Peaches and Robyn]
"Slippery Dick" and "With Every Heartbeat", respectively.

33. What is you favourite album by 12? [The Fiery Furnaces]
Bitter Tea

34. What is the worst song by 46? [Yoko Ono]
"Mulberry", what an abortion of a song.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? [Fjona Eple]
Ëxträördïnärÿ Mächïnë.

36. What is you favourite album by 42? [Yeah Yeah Yeahs]
Is Is.

37. How many times have you seen 39 live? [Chara]
Nön.

38. What is your favourite album by 35? [Juana Molina]
Un Día!

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? [Feist]
"Mushaboom" I think, I didn't like it.

40. What is the best thing about 7? [PJ Harvey]
Her versatility. She can jump from rock, to blues, to electronics, to ethereal without batting an eye. Nice rack too.. ツ

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 ;)

This is primarily a list of artists that have come up as similar artists for someone I was listening to, though some are also from tags, personal recommendations, etc.