1. Acylum - Your Pain (225) 2. Deathstars - Termination Bliss (207) 3. Combichrist - Everybody Hates You (173) 4. Dioxyde - Social Phobia (165) 5. Angelspit - Krankhaus (161) 6. Soko Friedhof - Jesussaft (153) 7. Vive la Fête - Nuit Blanche (151) 8. :wumpscut: - Body Census (138) 9. Diary of Dreams - Freak Perfume (122) 10. Combichrist - What The Fuck Is Wrong With You People (121) 11. Moonlight - Candra (118) 12. Tanzwut - Schattenreiter (117) 13. Nachtmahr - Kunst ist Krieg (116) 14. Atrocity - Gemini (115) 15. FabrikC - IMPULSGEBER (108) 16. Diary of Dreams - Nigredo (103) 17. Oomph! - Delikatessen (100) 18. Reaper - Hell Starts With An H (93) 19. Placebo - Meds (92) 20. The Birthday Massacre - Violet (91) 21. Édith Piaf - The Very Best Of Edith Piaf (86) 22. All:My:Faults - øiR (83) 23. :wumpscut: - Cannibal Anthem (78) 24. Agonoize - 999 (76) 25. Björk - Greatest Hits (76) 26. Soundtrack - Underworld Evolution (72) 27. All:My:Faults - Secrets (71) 28. Flowing Tears - Razorbliss (70) 29. Deathstars - Synthetic Generation (63) 30. Unheilig - Moderne Zeiten (63) 31. Zeraphine - Still (63) 32. Combichrist - The Joy of Gunz (61) 33. Black Tape for a Blue Girl - Halo Star (60) 34. Angelspit - Nurse Grenade (59) 35. Various Artists - Underworld (59) 36. Hanzel und Gretyl - Transmissions From Uranus (59) 37. Gothminister - Gothic Electronic Anthems (58) 38. xotox - In Den Zehn Morgen (57) 39. A7ie - Distress (57) 40. FabrikC - Gleichstrom (55) 41. Diorama - RePale (54) 42. KoЯn - Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (54) 43. Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park (53) 44. Silbermond - Laut Gedacht (53) 45. Distorted Memory - Burning Heaven (51) 46. Grendel - Harsh Generation (49) 47. Rammstein - Mutter (49) 48. Rammstein - Rosenrot (49) 49. Fields of the Nephilim - Mourning Sun (47) 50. Vive la Fête - Jour De Chance (46)

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Artists:

- darkwave:

Arcana
dark ambient, ambient, darkwave, neoclassical, ethereal

Qntal
medieval, darkwave, gothic, ethereal, electronic

This Mortal Coil
ethereal, gothic, alternative, ambient

Switchblade Symphony
darkwave, gothic, female vocalists, industrial

Faith and the Muse
gothic, darkwave, ethereal, gothic rock

Black Tape for a Blue Girl
darkwave, ethereal, gothic, dark ambient, ambient

Jaggery
ethereal, piano, dark cabaret, alternative, melancholy

- folk / medieval:

Clannad
celtic, folk, irish, new age, female vocalists

Мельница (Перевал)
folk, folk rock, russian, female vocalists, medieval

Mediæval Bæbes
medieval, female vocalists, folk, ethereal, celtic

Celtic Woman (A New Journey)
celtic, female vocalists, irish, new age, folk

Тэм
folk, menestrel, bard, russian, fantasy

志方あきこ (Akiko Shikata)
medieval, fantasy, epic, celtic, ethereal, japanese

The Moon and the Nightspirit
neofolk, folk, ethereal, medieval, pagan folk

Erdenstern
fantasy, symphonic, instrumental, ambient, folk

- metal:

Lacuna Coil
gothic metal, female fronted metal, female vocalists

Rhapsody - Dawn of Victory
power metal, symphonic metal, epic metal, heavy metal

Rhapsody of Fire - Triumph Or Agony
power metal, symphonic metal, epic metal, fantasy metal

Epica
symphonic metal, gothic metal, female fronted metal, female vocalists

Ayreon
progressive metal, progressive rock, symphonic metal

After Forever
gothic metal, symphonic metal, female fronted metal

Sirenia
gothic metal, symphonic metal, female fronted metal

Xandria
gothic metal, symphonic metal, female fronted metal

Dark Moor
power metal, symphonic metal, spanish

Fairyland
power metal, symphonic metal, fantasy metal

- rock:

30 Seconds to Mars
alternative rock, emo, indie

Би-2
russian rock, pop-rock, alternative

Indica
finnish, pop, rock, female vocalists

- etc:

The Dresden Dolls
punk cabaret, alternative, female vocalists, cabaret

Amethystium
ambient, new age, chillout, electronic, ethereal

E-Z Rollers
drum and bass, jungle, electronic

Tracktor Bowling
russian alternative, female vocalists, nu-metal

Randy Edelman - Dragonheart
soundtrack, instrumental, powerful

Eleven Hold
hungarian, alternative rock, grunge

- - -
Styles / radios:

dark cabaret
punk cabaret
celtic punk
street punk
folk punk
anti-folk
psychobilly
folk metal
celtic metal
choral
bard

Because I'm bored and haven't posted a journal in a while. :P

1. My Chemical Romance - This one's a pretty long story. A few years ago, a friend gave me a mixed cd with two songs (I'm Not Ok and Cemetery Drive, if you care) and I quite enjoyed them, but it wasn't love at first play or anything. Actually, I was going through this insane 'I only listen to dizzyingly fast, noisy post-hardcore bands that nobody else in my life has heard of' stage, so I didn't bother listening to any of their other stuff. Then my sister got into them through a friend, and she got REALLY obsessed. So I listened, and really enjoyed it, but it still didn't develop into the obsession it is now. However, my sister being totally obsessed, she talked our parents into buying us tickets to see them live. I walked out of that arena feeling, melodramatic as it sounds, like every feeling, thought and idea I'd ever had in my life had just come to life in front of my eyes that night. Since then I've been, I confessed, a bit of a rabid MCR fangirl. Hey, we all have our weaknesses.

2. From First to Last - I used to pretty much live on this Harry Potter fanfic community a couple of years ago, and one of my favourite authors kept banging on in her profile about FFTL. I got curious, so I looked them up (on this site), listened to a 30 second preview of Note To Self, and developed an instant addiction. I went out and bought Dear Diary, and listened to it on repeat for a few weeks straight.

3. Paramore - This one was really just a case of hearing a band's name mentioned about a gazillion times, buying an album out of mild curiosity, and really really liking it.

4. Fall Out Boy - God, I used to hate them. Over time, I just succumbed to the catchiness of their music and the allure of Pete Wentz' admittedly pretentious lyrics. They're up there among my favourite bands nowadays.

5. The Getaway Plan - They were actually supporting at the MCR show I talked about before. I didn't like them much at the time, mostly because I was sick with excitement waiting for MCR to come on, but when they came to play in my city I went along for fun. It was an awesome show, I got really into them and I'll be seeing them for the fourth time this weekend.

6. I Am Ghost - You know, I don't even remember. It was probably Last.fm, actually. All I remember is hitting Killer Likes Candy on their album, and stopping right there to listen to it on repeat several more times.

7. The All-American Rejects - I think this was a result of listening to Red Jumpsuit Apparatus' similar artist radio. I don't remember what the song was called, only that I really enjoyed it.

8. Rasputina - A couple of people on this forum I used to go on were talking about them. So I looked them up, and really liked them.

9. AFI - My ex-boyfriend was an obsessive fan. Most of my AFI collection was borrowed from him.

10. Christian Death - I was interested for a while in the gothic and deathrock side of music, and I really took to Christian Death.

11. Kisschasy - When I was twelve or so, I found a copy of United Paper People for $3 at a second-hand bookstore. I bought it. Been a fan ever since.

12. Miranda Sex Garden - I think they were recommended to me on last.fm, actually. Yeah, I've found a lot of music via this site.

13. Panic! At the Disco - Like everyone else, I heard I Write Sins Not Tragedies on the radio. And like everyone else, I got totally obsessed.

14. The Clash - I borrowed an album from the local library. And liked it. A lot.

15. Mindless Self Indulgence - Ok, I confess, I started listening to them after Lyn-Z married Gerard. But I really liked their music, so I'd call myself a legitimate fan now instead of a lame obsessive teenie. XD

16. The Used - Another long story. Back in grade 9 or so, I was really, really depressed. I listened to Simple Plan, Green Day and Evanescence, and I wore a lot of black. These factors led me to be labelled as emo by a pack of ignorant 14-year-olds, and as an ignorant 14-year-old myself I just accepted the label. At some point in that year, we had a themed poetry analysis assignment for English and one girl picked 'emo' as her topic (she was actually one of the popular, preppy group). She used, as one of her 'poems', the lyrics of I'm A Fake by The Used. My 14-year-old mind made a connection: 'hey, so they're emo, and I'm emo...maybe I'd like them.' Needless to say, I DID like them. A lot.

17. Cobra Starship - My boyfriend is really into them. He played me a couple of songs, and I liked them. :)

18. Stealing O'neal - They were supporting The Getaway Plan at one of their shows. I bought their EP afterwards and really enjoyed it.

19. The Cure - I was just curious, so I bought a Greatest Hits cd. And kinda...got addicted.

20. Fields of the Nephilim - Uh, this would be another one from my goth phase. I still love them though.

21. Bauhaus - Someone on a forum (same forum as the Rasputina people, actually) recommended them to me.

22. Morrissey - Went to a second-hand record store. Saw a Morrissey cd (Your Arsenal) for five bucks. Bought it. Glad I did. Very glad.

23. Underoath - A last.fm discovery, I rather fancy.

24. Queen - Mum was feeling nostalgic so she bought a Greatest Hits cd. She played it in the car one day, and I just fell in love with Freddie Mercury's vocals.

25. Black Tape for a Blue Girl - I think they're from last.fm too. I like listening to them when I read. :)

26. Giacomo Puccini - Borrowed a recording from my dad. Half my family are classical musicians, so I was pretty much raised on it.

27. Epica - Someone told me they were like a better Nightwish. They are.

28. Drop Dead, Gorgeous - Found them on last.fm. I don't listen to them anymore...they were my favourite band ages back, when I was going through a really rough time. They bring up bad memories.

29. Hawthorne Heights - Heard about them on last.fm.

30. Alphaville - Another moderator on a forum I used to work on was hardcore into them and pretty much ordered me to go listen to them. XD

31. Cute Is What We Aim For - last.fm, I love you.

32. The Matches - Another band attributed to my boyfriend. XD

33. Madina Lake - Read about them in AP mag once when I was bored in the newsagent's. So I bought an album, and liked it.

34. Iron Maiden - I have to confess, with all requisite guilt, that I first listened to them because Gerard Way talked about them constantly in Life On The Murder Scene as one of his earliest influences. I got really into them after that.

35. Dead Can Dance - I honestly don't remember.

36. Faith and the Muse - last.fm

37. Aiden - Listened to them on MySpace one day because I was bored, and got totally addicted to One Love.

38. The Dresden Dolls - A friend played Missed Me years ago while I was at her house. Last year, the song randomly got stuck in my head for like a week and I had no idea who it was by. So I googled the lyrics, and found The Dresden Dolls.

39. Siouxsie and the Banshees - My best friend was obsessed with the Marie Antoinette film. It had a Siouxsie track on the soundtrack, so she made me listen to it and I really liked.

40. Scary Kids Scaring Kids - Last.fm, I think. I got into them when they had hardly ANY scrobbles, then they suddenly got huge and EVERY scene kid knows about them. Yes, I am resentful. :P

41. Hungry Lucy - Free downloads on last.fm, hurrah.

42. Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends played on the radio. I was an angsty preteen and thought it was the deepest song ever.

43. Senses Fail - last.fm originally, I guess.

44. Jack Off Jill - A kid on some forum was talking about Strawberry Gashes. I really liked it, so I bought a couple of albums and got pretty obsessed for a while.

45. Kill Hannah - Now they're a recent obsession. I heard about them over last.fm ages ago, and bought an album a while ago. Hopefully they'll be higher up my charts soon.

46. The Sisters of Mercy - Another one from the goth phase. As with all those bands, I still adore them.

47. Sweeney Todd - I shouldn't have this tagged as an artist, it's actually the sountrack from the Tim Burton movie adaptation. But it's more convenient the way I have it tagged.

48. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Once again, I grew up on a steady diet of classical music. Mozart, along with ABBA, was my earliest musical passion.

49. Voltaire - My sister forced me to listen to When You're Evil. I thought it was hilarious.

50. Thursday - I honestly don't know.

== 40 Questions about my Top 50 ==

1. How did you get into 30?
Mindless Self Indulgence
I listened to Shut Me Up on YouTube and really liked it. Then my sister bought an album, so I just started listening.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
The Clash
White Riot.

3. What's your favourite lyric by 29?
Cute Is What We Aim For
"I want someone provocative and talkative,
But it's so hard when you're shallow as a shower."

4. What is your favourite album by 49?
Voltaire
The Devil's Bris

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Miranda Sex Garden
Only one, Fairytales of Slavery.

6. What is your favourite song by 50?
Joy Division
She's Lost Control

7. Is there a song by 4 that makes you sad?
The Getaway Plan
Red Flag, but only when I'm already in a vulnerable mood.

8. What is your favourite song by 15?
Cobra Starship
Snakes On A Plane. That was what got me into them, actually.
That's IT! I have HAD it with these MOTHERFUCKING snakes on this MOTHERFUCKING plane! :D

9. What is your favourite song by 5?
I Am Ghost
Toss-up between The Most Beautiful Nightmare pt. 2, and Pretty People Never Lie, Vampires Never Really Die.

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
The All-American Rejects
Pretty much every song they ever wrote. They're def. one of my feelgood bands.

11. What is your favourite album by 40?
Green Day
Well, it's hard to beat American Idiot.

12. What is your favourite song by 10?
AFI
Oh, this is hard. Probably This Time Imperfect, Rabbits Are Roadkill or Days of the Phoenix. I really can't pick.

13. What is a good memory you have involving 33?
Iron Maiden
Jumping around my room to Rainmaker. 0.o

14. What is your favourite song by 37?
The Dresden Dolls
Coin-Operated Boy

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
The Cure
Hell yes! Friday I'm In Love, One More Time and Love Song all make me smile.

16. How many times have you seen 24 live?
Epica
Never. *cries*

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
Black Tape for a Blue Girl
God, I don't even remember...

18. What is your favourite album by 11?
Kisschasy
Hymns For The Nonbeliever, but only because I've listened to United Paper People way too many times and I'm sick of it.

19. What is your favorite song by 1?
My Chemical Romance
Everything they ever wrote. No, seriously.

20. Have you ever seen 14 live?
The Used
Again, no. Missed them last time they came to Aus. I'll be there next time though.

21. What is a good memory involving 45?
Sweeney Todd
Soundtrack, not an artist...but yeah, seeing Sweeney Todd with my sister in France. :) Then seeing it again with Todd.

22. What is your favourite song by 16?
Stealing O'neal
Water, maybe?

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I've got very fond memories of going to the opera to see Don Giovanni. That must have been my first introduction to Mozart, I think.

24. What is your favourite album by 21?
Underoath
They're Only Chasing Safety

25. What is your favourite song by 18?
Bauhaus
She's In Parties

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 38?
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Dear Prudence. And it's not even their song.

27. What is your favourite lyric by 3?
Paramore
"I've seen love die way too many times, when it deserved to be alive. And I've seen you cry way too many times when you deserved to be alive."

28. What is you favourite song by 2?
From First To Last[/rtist]
The One-Armed Boxer vs. The Flying Guillotine

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32?
Madina Lake
Here I Stand

30. What is your favourite song by 8?
Fall Out Boy
Um, probably The Pros And Cons Of Breathing...or I'm Like A Lawyer With The Way I'm Always Trying To Get You Off (Me & You). Hooray for long song titles. XD


31. How many times have you seen 17 live?
Fields of the Nephilim
Never. Don't suppose I'll ever get the opportunity.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy?
Jack Off Jill
Super Sadist

33. What is you favourite album by 5?
I Am Ghost
We Are Always Searching - it's an EP, but oh well.

34. What is the worst song by 46?
Aiden
Um, probably Die Romantic...I haven't listened to it much though, I just heard it once and the chorus pissed me off.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34?
Alphaville
Forever Young, of course.

36. What is you favourite album by 42?
Senses Fail
Let It Enfold You. Still Searching is better lyrically and musically, but it just depresses me too much.

37. How many times have you seen 39 live?
Hungry Lucy
Never...

38. What is your favourite album by 36?
Faith and the Muse
Don't really have one.

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28?
Queen
We Are The Champions. They've been playing it annually at school sports carnivals since I was in kindergarten.

40. What is you favourite album by 7?
Rasputina
Cabin Fever!

Here they are:

After Forever Arcana Ataraxia Bauhaus Black Tape for a Blue Girl Brendan Perry Children of Bodom Clan of Xymox Clannad Cocteau Twins Cranes Current 93 Dargaard Death in June Delain Delerium Edenbridge Elend Epica Faith and the Muse FictionJunction YUUKA Gabriela Robin Kamelot Lacuna Coil Lisa Gerrard/Pieter Bourke Lostprophets Love Is Colder Than Death Love Spirals Downwards Lunatica Mediæval Bæbes Miranda Sex Garden My Chemical Romance Qntal Rhapsody Rie fu Sirenia Stratovarius Sum 41 Switchblade Symphony Tarja Turunen The Jane Brooks Project Theatre of Tragedy Therion This Mortal Coil Tristania Vas Xandria 坂本真綾 大島ミチル 川井憲次

By http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/recommend.php , as usual.

Take your top 20 artists. For each of these artists, collect the top 5 similar artists. The resulting number of unique artists is your eclectic score. If the score is small (extreme = 5) your musical preferences are very limited, and if it is large (larger than 80, extreme = 100), then you have an eclectic musical preference. You can compute your own score at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/eclectic.php

My eclectic score is currently




The 93 related artists for my profile are 1000 Homo DJs, :wumpscut:, After Forever, Agua de Annique, Aimee Mann, Anal Cunt, Anal Massaker, Anathema, Andy Bowers, Antimatter, Apoptygma Berzerk, Arena, Assemblage 23, Bauhaus, Beatbox Giant Productions, LLC, Beulah, Black Tape for a Blue Girl, Buffalo Tom, Christian Death, Ciccone Youth, Circulatory System, Coal Chamber, Covenant, Detente, Dinosaur Jr., Distorted Reality, Dropkick Murphys, Emmylou Harris, Faith and the Muse, Fields of the Nephilim, Fish, Funker Vogt, Genesis, Grendel, Human Drama, Icon of Coil, Iris DeMent, KMFDM, Kathleen Edwards, Kittie, Last Days of Humanity, Lawn, Leo Laporte and the TWiTs, Lisa Loeb, Lucinda Williams, Luscious Jackson, Mudvayne, Mushroomhead, My Bloody Valentine, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, My Ruin, NPR, Neuroticfish, New Order, Pale Forest, Peter Murphy, Porcupine Tree, Screaming Trees, Sebadoh, Sheryl Crow, Sister Machine Gun, Sore Throat, Spock's Beard, Stochastic Theory, Suicide Commando, Suspiria, Swamp Terrorists, Switchblade Symphony, The 3rd and the Mortal, The Apples in Stereo, The Bloody Irish Boys, The Cure, The Essex Green, The Gathering, The Jesus Lizard, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Lemonheads, The Mahones, The Merry Thoughts, The Mission, The Olivia Tremor Control, The Parallel Project, The Real McKenzies, The Shroud, The Sisterhood, The Smiths, The Tossers, This Ascension, Thurston Moore, Uncle Tupelo, VH1, Veruca Salt, Bôa

I think that last post was caused by what I was listening to at the time. I wonder if Black Tape for a Blue Girl has that effect on others?

my sad little master list of most of the bands i've ever seen live, with review commentaries

*this list excludes: crap bands whose names i've forgotten & bands i saw before i knew what good music is

- Tara Van Flower, Killing The Old Man, Audio Paradox, Vivid, Savior Machine, Fold Zandura, Anaphylaxsis, Regenerator, Aleixa, Judean Radiostatic @ Cornerstone Music Fest (campsite) in Bushnell IL in either 1996, 1997, & 2000
i attended these "christian" festivals w/ my family when i was too silly & shy to attend concerts of my choice. at the time i liked these bands but Tara Van Flower, Alexia & Regenerator are the only ones i'd still listen to.
- Pigface (w/ Gravity Kills & Godhead) @ The Ranch Bowl in Omaha NE 12/15/2001
Godhead didn't impress me. Gravity Kills were alright for the two songs i recognized. Most of the crowd seemed to be there for them and left afterwards. i thought Pigface was great (admittedly Chris Connelly’s little acoustic set after GK wouldn't have prompted me to stay if i didn't know Pigface). Curse Mackey was climbing around and Meg Lee Chin had awesome girl power and Martin drummed like a machine and they played loads of my fave songs... i only wish En Esch would've been there...
- V/A @ Projektfest 2002 (The Trocadero & The Hampton Inn) in Philadelphia PA 5/24/2002-5/26/2002
~Unto Ashes - performed well enough for me to be prompted to buy their cd (unless i already owned it, i forget)
~Black Tape for a Blue Girl - beautiful as always, esp w/ the violin & flute
~Voltaire (regular show + acoustic set) - so funny and fun to watch, both his sets were fest highlights for me
~Mira - one of the bands i was most looking forward to and their surprisingly rockin' set didn't disappoint
~Johnny Indovina - i was (and still am) unfamiliar w/ his work but his set was alright
~Lovespirals (regular show + acoustic set) - pretty but it was the last set of the night & i was knackered
~Roach/Obmana - being an atmospheric type project i thought it was rather boring to watch
~Audra (regular show + acoustic set) - loved them beforehand and still do, both sets impressed me
~Mors Syphilitica (regular show + acoustic set) - i only knew 1 song at the time but liked them lots esp Lisa's voice
~Android Lust (acoustic set) - AL is typically electro & kinda harsh so this was a real treat, definite highlight!
~The Mirror Reveals (acoustic set) - unfamiliar at the time but i enjoyed their set... i ought to get a CD by them
~Christopher David (acoustic set) - not so impressed, don't remember why exactly
- Hungry Lucy & The Dreamside @ Dracula's Ball (Shampoo) in Philadelphia PA 5/26/2002
i didn't know either of these bands at the time. Hungry Lucy sang beautifully & i've since taken to them muchly. this show was The Dreamside's first gig in america & they had fire (literally) but i wasn't so much into them (esp the singer's voice).
- Idlewild (w/ The French Kicks) @ the Sokol Underground in Omaha NE 3/23/2003
The French Kicks didn't do much for me so i hung back. by the time Idlewild was on i was standing one person back from the little stage and their rockin' performance was well worth the effort.
- The Faint (w/ Les Savy Fav & Schneider TM) @ the Sokol Auditorium in Omaha NE 4/11/2003
Schneider TM was fairly good, not very visually interesting though. Les Savy Fav was a bit too visually interesting (the singer climbed up to the balcony & at some point i think he may have undid his pants). The Faint was awesome and catchy. Omaha is their hometown so the fairly large crowd responded great; being smack in the center of it i had little choice but to bop along with them.
- Placebo (w/ Ambulance LTD) @ the 9:30 Club in Washington DC 7/01/2003
my first Placebo gig so i was uber-excited. Brian Molko was ill so Stefan did the talking, which was very nice. at the time i was to excited to care about Ambulance but i've since grown to like them.
- Placebo (w/ Ambulance LTD) @ the TLA in Philadelphia PA 7/02/2003
even after seeing them the day before i was still totally stoked. this gig was better, Bri seemed less ill and they played more encores.
- Placebo (w/ stellastarr*) @ the TLA in Philadelphia PA 12/13/2003
Placebo was awesome as usual. i'd bought Stellastarr's cd as soon as i found out they were the openers & so by then was very much into them.
- Rasputina (w/ Hazard County Girls) @ The Ranch Bowl in Omaha NE 7/27/2004
i was smack in front of Melora w/ maybe one person between us (or perhaps not)... i mean i coulda grabbed her cello. Raspy rocked in a sitting down with cellos kind of way and Mel and her randomness was amusing. HCG were rockin in a different way & i ended up buying their cd.
- Beep Beep (/w Edie Sedgwick & Medication & Jai Ali Savant) @ The Khyber in Philadelphia PA 4/3/2005
Edie Sedgwick was a guy in a dress that performed songs about celebrities in front of a video backdrop & was highly entertaining. the reason we were at the show was for Beep Beep though & they turned out fun & weird. i have little remembrance of the two other bands.
- Enon (w/ Thunderbirds Are Now! & Stay Awake) @ Sokol Underground in Omaha NE 6/27/2005
TAN were catchy... but not so much that i checked them out afterwards. Enon was wonderful fun though. they rocked my socks, plus Toko is the epitome of sweet-cute singingness (just made that word up, didn't i?). i don't remember Stay Awake unless they were that boring first band.
- Voltaire & The Crüxshadows @ Dracula's Ball (Shampoo) in Philadelphia PA 10/31/2005
Voltaire was bitingly funny as usual. The Cruxshadows were great to watch w/ their dancers & Rogue's wanderings through the club & climbing on stuff.
- The Dresden Dolls (w/ The Red Paintings) @ the TLA in Philadelphia PA 10/28/2006
the best gig i've been to in my life. the duo was very entertaining & engaging in all respects. TRP were good too, i just wish i'd known some of their songs at the time.
- Anders Manga & Ego Likeness @ Dracula's Ball (Shampoo) in Philadelphia PA 10/31/2006
after three or four songs Anders Manga (and my killer shoes) weren't doing it for me, my companion and i went downstairs and sat for a while we discussed how lackluster the band seemed. however, even on the cramped stage, Ego Likeness was fantastic even though they didn't play my favorite song of theirs.
- Placebo (w/ She Wants Revenge) @ the Electric Factory in Philadelphia PA 11/06/2006
my least favorite of the Placebo gigs i've attended, due to the fact that they were co-heading and so didn't do any encores. plus the sound was way off for SWR.
- Eagle*Seagull (w/ Landing On The Moon & Kite Pilot) @ Saddle Creek Bar in Omaha NE 1/19/2007
before the gig i'd only heard a few songs of Eagle Seagull's on myspace. all three bands seem to be from the general area. months later i bought an Eagle Seagull cd but i like them better live. i'd like to hear more from the other two.
- Rasputina (w/ The Bowmans) @ The Trocadero in Philadelphia PA 4/07/2007
The Bowmans are a couple of acoustic type chicks, so i wasn't so into them. Raspy was amusing like always. they played a nice mix of old & brand new & covers. oddly, it was a sit-down gig.
- Placebo (w/ Evaline) @ the TLA in Philadelphia PA 4/10/2007
after the disappointing gig w/ SWR i wasn't so sure but Placebo was back on top form. i was unfamiliar w/ Evaline but they were fun (singer seemed a bit bonkers though).
- VNV Nation (w/ And One) @ The Trocadero in Philadelphia PA 4/13/2007
i didn't know any And One but they still made me wanna stomp around. i've loved VNV Nation for quite some time & was thrilled to get to witness them live. they were moving both in a lyrical and a musical way and i sang/shouted/smiled along with every song i knew. although they didn't play my fave song (Entropy) i still enjoyed every minute.
- IAMX (w/ Hollowboy) @ North Star Bar in Philadelphia PA 10/15/2007
the second best gig i've ever been to. Hollowboy was good, but nothing compared with the theatrics of IAMX's Chris Corner. i didn't know any IAMX songs at the time and so didn't try to get very close (which i'm still kicking myself for) but still they blew my mind. Chris has since become my favorite singer & i'll go see IAMX again the first chance i get.