Heute vor einer Woche vor 3 Jahren hab ich meinen last.fm-Account erstellt. Da ich damals wohl gerade viel Mando Diao gehört hab, hab ich als erstes in die Mando-Diao-Radiostation reingehört, wo mir unter anderem Blumfeld und The White Stripes empfohlen wurden. Seitdem hab ich fast 33.000 weiter Titel über last.fm gehört, also immerhin knapp 30 Lieder pro Tag. Die Idee von last.fm ist eigentlich, über seine Nachbarn und die lastfm-Empfehlungen neue Musik kennenzulernen, also mal sehen, wie gut das in den letzten Jahren geklappt hat.

Die Band, die seit etwas über 60 Wochen meine Charts anführt, ist Millencolin, die ich aber schon seit der Schule kenne und die zu den ersten Bands gehört, die ich damals über meine Mitschüler kennen gelernt hab. Einer von ihnen hatte immer die Textzeile "So many things that we start almost tear us apart, eventually" aus Otis gesungen (ob er nur die so toll fand, oder nicht mehr konnte, weiß ich nicht) und ich kann mich noch erinnern, wie ich mit meinem besten Freund darüber diskutiert hatte, ob wir NOFX (heute Platz 11) oder Millencolin besser finden, ich glau ich war damals für Millencolin wegen der Stimme des Sängers, von den Texten hatte ich herzlich wenig verstanden, aber man hat dafür immer geglaubt, so ungefähr zu wissen, worum es geht.

The Kooks (Platz 2) kannte ich auch aus Blogs oder MTV, bin aber erst richtig darauf aufmerksam geworden, als ich sie bei jemand im Auto gehört hab (ist auch einer meiner lastfm-Freunde, wer errät, wers war, bekommt einen Keks), entweder Ooh La oder She moves in her own Way. Ebenfalls in diversen Blogs (Spreeblick o.ä.) hab ich von Maxïmo Park (Platz 3), Gnarls Barkley (Platz 5) und den Arctic Monkeys (Platz 6) erfahren. Die Red Hot Chili Peppers (Platz 4) kannte ich, seit dem Californication in meinem Freundeskreis umhergegangen ist, wobei die meisten der Plays bei lastfm wohl von Stadium Arcadium stammen, das ich mir Ende des letzten Jahres zugelegt hab, als mir langweilig war und ich das dringende Bedürfnis hatte, mit mal wieder eine CD zu kaufen.

Hätte ich meinen lastfm-Account schon länger und außerdem schon früher einen MP3-Player, mit dem man scrobbeln kann, dann würden The Libertines (Platz 7) viel weiter oben stehen. Auf einer der Weihnachtsparties meiner Stufe von einem Freund empfohlen hab ich lange Zeit nichts anders als Up the Bracket gehört, Time for Heroes und Death on the Stairs gehören immer noch zu meinen Lieblingsliedern.

Irgendwann Ende 2003 oder Anfang 2004, als ich meinen späteren Mitbewohner besucht hatte, hat dieser mit den Worten "ich hab da ein Lied, das wird dir gefallen" Köpfer von Rantanplan (Platz 8) eingelegt und Unbekanntes Pferd abgespielt. Meine Reaktion war damals die gleiche wie bei fast allen, denen ich oder Freunde von mir seitdem das Lied vorgespielt hab, erst Verwunderung über das komische Lied, und dann ist es als Ohrwurm nie mehr weggegangen.

Die Ärzte kenn ich auch nicht von lastfm sondern sondern von WDR Hit Clip, als die 95 den Schunder Song gespielt haben, und ich im zarten Alter von 11 diesen blonden Typen da mit der aufgemalten Zahnlücke so witzig fand und mir daraufhin von einem Freund das Album auf Kassette hab überspielen lassen. Den Sinn von Banane sollte ich erst viel später verstehen, damals war es für mich nur ein komisches Lied ohne Sinn.

Blumentopf (Platz 10) hatte damals Flo aus meiner Klasse zu Weihnachten geschenkt bekommen, um genau zu sein Großes Kino, und weiterverteilt, später war ein Blumentopfkonzert in Bochum mein erstes Konzert (abgesehen vom Ringfest in Köln).

The Go! Team hab ich zufällig von einem Freund bekommen, der das Album Thunder Lightning Strike eigentlich für jemand anders hochgeladen hatte (ich habs mir ja nachher auch, ebenso wie Proof of Youth gekauft ;)).

Woher ich Metallica (Platz 13) kenne, kann ich jetzt nicht mehr sagen, aber die Mad Caddies (Platz 14) hab als selbst zusammengestellte Best-Of-Compilation von einem Freund zum 21. Geburtstag bekommen.

Last but not least hab ich von At the Drive-In mal in einem Forum was gelesen und dann angefangen zu hören. Insgesamt kenne ich also keine meiner Lieblingsbands (bzw. laut last.fm meistgehörten Bands) von last.fm, was auch daran liegt, dass ich es interessanter finde, mit lastfm so eine Art Musiktagebuch zu haben, bei dem man noch nach Jahren sehen kann, was man wann wie oft gehört hat (dazu im nächsten Eintrag mehr).

Zu den Bands, die es nicht in meine Top 15 geschafft haben, die ich aber gefühlt öfter gehört hab, oder die im letzten Jahr weiter oben standen, gehören

Two Gallants (unbedingt hören)
Hot Hot Heat
Gogol Bordello
Rise Against
Flogging Molly
und No Fun At All.

LW TW WI Artist - Title [Chart History]
=======
ne 01 01 Alanis Morissette - Not As We [1]
ne 02 01 Coldplay - Lost! [2]
02 03 03 Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire [7-2-3]
01 04 06 M.I.A. - Paper Planes [28-11-4-3-1-4]
04 05 02 Gavin Rossdale - Love Remains the Same [4-5]
03 06 08 Duffy - Stepping Stone [17-1-1-1-1-1-3-6]
07 07 05 P!nk - So What [2-8-12-7-7]
05 08 05 Foals - Olympic Airways [14-7-4-5-8]
08 09 04 Snow Patrol - Take Back The City [12-11-8-9]
11 10 05 The Kooks - Sway [26-15-15-11-10]
=======
06 11 09 The Verve - Love Is Noise [.33-25-21-7-4-2-2-6-11]
09 12 03 Oasis - The Shock Of The Lightning [17-9-12]
12 13 08 Mystery Jets - Half In Love With Elizabeth [26-15-9-6-5-6-12-13]
15 14 04 Death Cab for Cutie - Cath... [27-13-15-14]
10 15 07 Keane - Spiralling [43-25-15-11-10-10-15]
16 16 05 R.E.M. - Man-Sized Wreath [44-29-19-16-16]
13 17 09 Biffy Clyro - Mountains [1-1-3-2-3-3-8-13-17]
18 18 07 Secondhand Serenade - Fall For You [32-32-29-22-20-18-18]
19 19 07 We Are Scientists - Impatience [39-27-22-16-16-19-19]
22 20 03 Counting Crows - Sundays [22-22-20]
=======
21 21 05 N*E*R*D - Sooner or Later [50-33-32-21-21]
25 22 03 Matt Nathanson - Come On Get Higher [35-25-22]
14 23 11 The Pigeon Detectives - Everybody Wants Me [50-17-8-5-5-5-9-9-5-14-23]
33 24 03 Iglu & Hartly - In This City [48-33-24]
17 25 11 Santogold - Lights Out [22-14-11-6-6-4-5-6-9-17-25]
20 26 10 Noah and the Whale - 5 Years Time [42-28-22-17-13-12-10-14-20-26]
29 27 11 Jason Mraz - I'm Yours [26-20-18-16-19-24-28-28-30-29-27]
28 28 07 Alanis Morissette - In Praise of the Vulnerable Man [26-21-21-19-24-28-28]
23 29 06 Sigur Rós - Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur [38-33-26-26-23-29]
31 30 02 T.I. - Swagga Like Us (Featuring Jay-Z, Kanye West & Lil' Wayne) [31-30]
=======
39 31 02 Gym Class Heroes - Cookie Jar (featuring The-Dream) [39-31]
24 32 13 Bloc Party - Mercury [2-3-1-1-2-2-2-6-10-13-18-24-32]
26 33 12 The Ting Tings - Great DJ [13-9-8-9-7-9-12-13-18-23-26-33]
32 34 06 David Cook - The Time Of My Life [50-45-44-40-32-34]
38 35 03 T.I. - Whatever You Like [49-38-35]
ne 36 01 Kanye West - Love Lockdown [36]
27 37 13 Gabriella Cilmi - Save The Lies (Good To Me) [24-21-20-10-7-3-4-3-7-14-21-27-37]
30 38 15 CSS - Left Behind [27-18-10-5-3-2-5-10-12-15-24-23-25-30-38]
ne 39 01 Katy Perry - Hot 'N Cold [39]
35 40 09 The Zutons - What's Your Problem [30-24-20-17-17-21-29-35-40]
=======
34 41 15 The Last Shadow Puppets - Standing Next To Me [37-30-27-18-14-16-17-9-7-10-16-20-27-34-41]
37 42 09 The Fratellis - Look Out Sunshine! [25-23-23-14-19-24-33-37-42]
36 43 16 Mystery Jets - Two Doors Down [34-31-24-14-11-7-3-4-8-11-16-23-25-28-36-43]
42 44 14 Katy Perry - I Kissed a Girl [23-11-10-8-6-3-4-8-11-18-30-38-42-44]
49 45 02 The Game - My Life (Featuring Lil' Wayne) [49-45]
ne 46 01 Dido - Don't Believe In Love [46]
ne 47 01 Jennifer Hudson - Spotlight [47]
47 48 13 Rihanna - Take a Bow [46-47-45-45-40-37-30-35-34-40-43-47-48]
ne 49 01 James Morrison - You Make It Real [49]
40 50 18 MGMT - Electric Feel [12-2-2-2-3-3-4-5-7-6-12-16-22-30-34-37-40-50]
=======


out this week...
James Morrison - Nothing Ever Hurt Like You [42-34-41]
Sharleen Spiteri - All The Times I Cried [31-16-15-16-11-10-8-8-17-31-43]
The Automatic - Steve McQueen [46 // 45-36-39-42-44]
We Are Scientists - Chick Lit [39-23-22-17-14-11-13-20-27-31-26-32-36-41-45]
Black Kids - Hurricane Jane [38-39-34-24-12-12-15-21-27-30-39-41-46-46]
Santogold - L.E.S. Artistes [50-33-25-13-10-4-3-1-1-2-6-9-13-15-14-18-25-32-39-48]
Coldplay - Viva La Vida [5-3-4-2-4-7-13-18-22-28-29-36-35-37-45-50]

1000th track: My Chemical Romance - Teenagers
2000th track: Muse - Gallery
3000th track: My Chemical Romance - Dead!
4000th track: Alexisonfire - Rough Hands
5000th track: Arctic Monkeys - You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights...
6000th track: Muse - Knights of Cydonia
7000th track: Muse - Invincible
8000th track: Mind Kampf (uk) - Głodny
9000th track: Muse - Feeling Good
10000th track: Muse - Megalomania
11000th track: Clint Mansell - Finish It
12000th track: Muse - Ruled by Secrecy
13000th track: Enter Shikari - Anything Can Happen In The Next Half Hour...
14000th track: Muse - Blackout
15000th track: Enter Shikari - Jonny Sniper
16000th track: Muse - Plug In Baby
17000th track: Enter Shikari - Adieu
18000th track: The Offspring - You're Gonna Go Far, Kid
19000th track: Muse - Unintended
20000th track: Jonas Brothers - When You Look Me In The Eyes
21000th track: Hopes Die Last - Spark Of Life
22000th track: Flyleaf - Cassie
23000th track: Arctic Monkeys - Fake Tales of San Francisco
24000th track: Panic! At the Disco - Camisado
25000th track: Panic! At the Disco - Behind The Sea
26000th track: My American Heart - Runaway
27000th track: Enter Shikari - Interlude 2
28000th track: SR-71 - Right Now
29000th track: Panic! At the Disco - I Have Friends In Holy Spaces
30000th track: The Kooks - Seaside
31000th track: Dope - You Spin Me Right Round
32000th track: Blink-182 - Give Me One Good Reason
_
you! took! my breath! awaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!! yesterday
..and if you die, i wanna die with you.
będzie drugi rok? albo ekstremalnie trzynasty?

Manic Street Preachers - First Gig
Muse
The Streets
Dirty Pretty Things
The Wombats
The Kooks
The Subways
Untitled States
Do Me Bad Things
Keane
Brendan Benson
Secret Machines
Engineers
The Zutons
Supergrass
The Mars Volta
Kitchen Knife Wife
The Courteeners
Chris de Burgh
Manfred Mann


The street parade, Zurich 2008

Fedde le Grand
Markus Schulz
Josh Gabriel
Tom Novy

A List Of The Albums I Have On iTunes.
(I think i have a pretty wide range of genres, but please recommend me something)

Akala -- Freedom Lasso 8*
Akala -- It's Not A Rumour 8*
Alice in Chains -- Dirt 8*
Alice in Chains -- MTV Unplugged 5*
Angels & Airwaves -- We Don't Need To Whisper 5*
Angels & Airwaves -- I-Empire 6*
Ash -- 1977 7*
Audioslave -- Audioslave 7*
Audioslave -- Out Of Exile 6*
Audioslave -- Revelations 8*
Babyshambles -- Down In Albion 5*
Beastie Boys -- Hello Nasty 9*
Beastie Boys -- Sounds Of Science 9*
Beastie Boys -- To The 5 Boroughs 7*
The Beatles -- 1962-1966 8*
The Beatles -- 1967-1970 9*
Blink-182 -- Buddha EP 5*
Blink-182 -- Cheshire Cat 5*
Blink-182 -- Dude Ranch 7*
Blink-182 -- Take Off Your Pants and Jacket 7*
Blink-182 -- Blink-182 6*
Blink-182 -- Greatest Hits 6*
Bloc Party -- Silent Alarm 8*
Bloc Party -- Silent Alarm Remixed 6*
Bloodhound Gang -- Use Your Fingers 4*
Bloodhound Gang -- One Fierce Beer Coaster 5*
Bloodhound Gang -- Hooray For Boobies 6*
Bloodhound Gang -- Hefty Fine 2*
Bolt Action Five -- Wolves EP 6*
Bombsquad -- E14 Movement 5*
Box Car Racer -- Box Car Racer 7*
Boy Better Know -- Volume 1 6*
Bruce Springsteen -- Born To Run 7*
Bruce Springsteen -- Darkness On The Edge Of Town 8*
Bruce Springsteen -- The River 7*
Bruce Springsteen -- Born In The U.S.A 9*
Bruce Springsteen -- Tunnel Of Love 6*
Bruce Springsteen -- Human Touch 7*
Bruce Springsteen -- Lucky Town 5*
Bruce Springsteen -- Magic 7*
Chamillionaire -- Sound Of Revenge 6*
The Chemical Brothers -- The Singles 1993-2003 8*
The Chemical Brothers -- Push The Button 6*
Chris Cornell -- Euphoria Morning 6*
Chris Cornell -- Carry On 5*
CKY -- Cky volume 1 6*
The Clash -- London Calling 9*
The Clash -- Greatest Hits 10*
Coldplay -- A Rush Of Blood To The Head 8*
Coldplay -- X&Y 7*
Cypress Hill -- Cypress Hill 9*
Cypress Hill -- Black Sunday 8*
Cypress Hill -- Hits From The Bong 7*
Damian Marley -- Welcome To Jamrock 7*
Dave Navarro -- Trust No One 8*
David Bowie -- Ziggy Stardust And The Rise And Fall Of The Spiders From Mars 8*
David Bowie -- Images 5*
David Bowie -- Changesbowie 7*
Deconstruction -- Deconstruction 9*
Deftones -- Adrenaline 8*
Deftones -- Around The Fur 8*
Deftones -- White Pony 6*
Deftones -- Saturday Night Wrist 7*
Del tha Funkee Homosapien -- I Wish My Brother George Was Here 8*
Disturbed -- The Sickness 6*
Dizzee Rascal -- Boy In Da Corner 10*
Dizzee Rascal -- Showtime 9*
Dizzee Rascal -- Maths+English 7*
Dr. Dre -- The Chronic 7*
Dr. Dre -- 2001 6*
Durrty Goodz -- Axiom EP 6*
Extreme -- Pornograffitti 4*
Faith No More -- The Platinum Collection 7*
Faithless -- Greatest Hits 6*
Fall Out Boy -- From Under The Cork Tree 7*
Fire Camp -- Fire Camp 5*
Floors and Walls -- Floors And Walls 6*
Fort Minor -- The Rising Tied 6*
G-Unit -- Beg For Mercy 7*
Ghetto -- Freedom Of Speech 8*
Gnarkill -- Gnarkill 5*
Gorillaz -- Demon Days 7*
Graham Coxon -- Love Travels At Illegal Speeds 6*
Green Day -- Dookie 8*
Green Day -- Insomniac 7*
Green Day -- Nimrod 6*
Green Day -- Warning 6*
Green Day -- American Idiot 7*
Green Day -- Bullet In A Bible 5*
Guns N' Roses -- Appetite For Destruction 7*
Gwen Stefani -- Love.Angel.Music.Baby 7*
Hadouken! -- Hadouken! Ep 8*
Hellogoodbye -- Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! 6*
Ice Cube -- Amerikkka's Most Wanted 9*
Ice Cube -- Kill At Will EP 6*
Ice Cube -- Death Certificate 8*
Ice Cube -- The Predator 7*
ice kid -- Mixtape 4*
Ice Kid & Sickman -- Mixtape 5*
Jamiroquai -- High Times:Best Of 7*
Jane's Addiction -- Jane's Addiction 9*
Jane's Addiction -- Nothing's Shocking 10*
Jane's Addiction -- Ritual de lo Habitual 10*
Jane's Addiction -- Strays 7*
Jay-Z -- Reasonable Doubt 8*
Jay-Z -- In My Lifetime Vol 1 7*
Jay-Z -- Hard Knock Life Vol 2 8*
Jay-Z -- Roc La Famillia 2000 7*
Jay-Z -- The Blueprint 9*
Jay-Z -- The Blueprint 2 6*
Jay-Z -- The Black Album 8*
Jay-Z -- American Gangster 8*
Jay-Z -- Greatest Hits 9*
Jefferson Airplane -- Best Of 7*
Jimi Hendrix -- Are You Experienced 9*
Jimi Hendrix -- Greatest Hits 8*
Jimi Hendrix -- South Saturn Delta 6*
JME -- Boy Better Know 8*
JME -- Live at BBC 1xtra 7*
JME -- Famous 5*
JME & Skepta -- Poomplex Mixtape 8*
Kaiser Chiefs -- Employment 8*
Kaiser Chiefs -- Yours Truly, Angry Mob 5*
Kano -- Home Sweet Home 8*
Kano -- 140 Grime Street 6*
Kanye West -- The College Dropout 9*
Kanye West -- Graduation 7*
Kasabian -- Kasabian 7*
Kasabian -- Empire 7*
Kate Nash -- Made Of Bricks 7*
The Killers -- Sam's Town 7*
Klaxons -- Myths Of The Near Future 6*
The Kooks -- Inside In/Inside Out 5*
KoЯn -- Korn 9*
KoЯn -- Life Is Peachy 7*
KoЯn -- Greatest Hits Vol1 7*
Led Zeppelin -- Led Zeppelin II 8*
Led Zeppelin -- Led Zeppelin IV 9*
Led Zeppelin -- Physical Graffiti 8*
Lethal Bizzle -- Pow EP 8*
Lethal Bizzle -- Against All Oddz 7*
Lethal Bizzle -- Back To Bizznezz 6*
The Libertines -- The Libertines 8*
Lil' Wayne -- Tha Carter 7*
Lil' Wayne -- Tha Carter 2 8*
Lil' Wayne -- Tha Carter 3 8*
Lil' Wayne -- Dedication Mixtape 7*
Limp Bizkit -- The Chocolate Starfish And Hot Dog Flavoured Water 4*
Linkin Park -- Xero Demo 3*
Linkin Park -- Hybrid Theory 6*
Linkin Park -- Meteora 5*
Linkin Park -- Reanimation 3*
Linkin Park -- Minutes To Midnight 5*
Lostprophets -- The Fake Sound Of Progress 6*
Lostprophets -- Start Something 7*
Lostprophets -- Liberation Transmission 7*
Lou Reed -- Transformer 7*
M.I.A. -- Arular 8*
Marilyn Manson -- Golden Age Of Grotesque 7*
Metallica -- Kill'Em All 7*
Metallica -- Ride The Lightening 7*
Metallica -- Master Of The Puppets 8*
Metallica -- ... And Justice For All 8*
Metallica -- Metallica 8*
Metallica -- St.Anger 6*
MGMT -- Oracular Spectacular 7*
Mystery Jets -- Twenty One 6*
N*E*R*D -- Fly Or Die 6*
N.W.A -- Straight Outta Compton 8*
Nas -- Illmatic 10*
Nas -- It Was Written 7*
Nas -- Stillmatic 6*
Nas -- Nas & DJ Green Lantern: The Nigger Mixtape 7*
New Found Glory -- New Found Glory 6*
New Found Glory -- From The Screen To Your Stereo 4*
New Found Glory -- Sticks And Stones 5*
Nine Inch Nails -- Pretty Hate Machine 9*
Nine Inch Nails -- The Downward Spiral 10*
Nine Inch Nails -- The Fragile 7*
Nine Inch Nails -- Things Fall Apart 5*
Nine Inch Nails -- With Teeth 8*
Nine Inch Nails -- Year Zero 8*
Nine Inch Nails -- The Slip 6*
Nirvana -- Nevermind 9*
Nirvana -- In Utero 8*
Nirvana -- Unplugged In New York 9*
Nirvana -- Nirvana 9*
No Doubt -- Tragic Kingdom 7*
Oasis -- Stop The Clocks 8*
The Offspring -- The Offspring 4*
The Offspring -- Ignition 7*
The Offspring -- Smash 8*
The Offspring -- Ixnay On The Hombre 6*
The Offspring -- Americana 5*
The Offspring -- Conspiracy Of One 4*
The Offspring -- Splinter 3*
One Day as a Lion -- One Day As A Lion EP 9*
The Panic Channel -- (ONe) 5*
Panic! At the Disco -- A Fever You Can't Sweat Out 7*
Panic at the Disco -- Pretty Odd 6*
Paolo Nutini -- These Streets 6*
Paramore -- Riot! 6*
Paul Weller -- Modern Classics 7*
Pearl Jam -- Ten 9*
Pearl Jam -- Vs. 8*
Pearl Jam -- Vitalogy 7*
Pearl Jam -- No Code 7*
Pearl Jam -- Yield 6*
Pearl Jam -- Binaural 6*
Pearl Jam -- Riot Act 7*
Pearl Jam -- Pearl Jam 6*
Pearl Jam -- Lost Dogs 8*
Pearl Jam -- Live At The Gorge 8*
Pendulum -- Hold Your Colour 8*
Pendulum -- In Silico 7*
Pendulum vs Freestylers -- Jungle Sounds 6*
A Perfect Circle -- Mer De Noms 7*
Pink Floyd -- Dark Side Of The Moon 8*
Pink Floyd -- Echoes 8*
Pixies -- Come On Pilgrim 9*
Pixies -- Surfer Rosa 9*
Pixies -- Doolittle 10*
Porno for Pyros -- Porno For Pyros 7*
Porno for Pyros -- Good God's Urge 9*
The Prodigy -- Experience 9*
The Prodigy -- Music For The Jilted Generation 9*
The Prodigy -- Fat Of The Land 8*
The Prodigy -- Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned 6*
The Prodigy -- Dirtchamber Sessions Vol1 7*
The Prodigy -- Their Law:1990-2005 9*
The Prodigy -- Wind It Up EP 7*
The Prodigy -- Poison EP 7*
The Prodigy -- Charly EP 7*
The Prodigy -- Breathe EP 6*
The Prodigy -- Smack My Bitch Up EP 7*
The Prodigy -- Voodoo People/Out Of Space Remix EP 7*
Public Enemy -- It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back 8*
Queen -- Greatest Hits 6*
Queens of the Stone Age -- Songs For The Deaf 7*
Queens of the Stone Age -- Lullabies To Paralyze 7*
R.E.M. -- In Time:Best Of 8*
Radiohead -- Pablo Honey 7*
Radiohead -- OK Computer 10*
Radiohead -- Hail To The Thief 8*
Radiohead -- In Rainbows 8*
Raekwon -- Only Built For Cuban Linx 7*
Rage Against the Machine -- Rage Against The Machine 10*
Rage Against the Machine -- Evil Empire 9*
Rage Against the Machine -- The Battle Of Los Angeles 8*
Rage Against the Machine -- Renegades 9*
Rage Against the Machine -- Live At The Grand Olympic Auditorium 6*
Razorlight -- Razorlight 6*
Red Hot Chili Peppers -- Blood Sugar Sex Magik 9*
Red Hot Chili Peppers -- Californication 6*
Red Hot Chili Peppers -- Greatest Hits 8*
Red Hot Chili Peppers -- What Hits!? 9*
Rihanna -- Good Girl Gone Bad 7*
Roll Deep -- In At The Deep End 5*
Roll Deep -- Rules & Regulations Vol 1 8*
Sepultura -- The Best Of 7*
Serj Tankian -- Elect The Dead 8*
Sex Pistols -- Nevermind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols 8*
Sex Pistols -- Jubilee 7*
Simon & Garfunkel -- Bridge Over Troubled Water 8*
Siouxsie and the Banshees -- The Best Of 6*
Skepta -- Greatest Hits 8*
The Smashing Pumpkins -- Siamese Dream 10*
The Smashing Pumpkins -- Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness 9*
The Smashing Pumpkins -- Adore 8*
The Smashing Pumpkins -- Machina II 6*
The Smashing Pumpkins -- Zeitgeist 5*
Snow Patrol -- Eyes Open 6*
Soundgarden -- Badmotorfinger 8*
Soundgarden -- Superunknown 8*
Soundgarden -- Down On The Upside 6*
Soundgarden -- A-sides 7*
Stereophonics -- Just Enough Education To Perform 5*
Streetlife -- Street Education 6*
Sugarcult -- Lights Out 6*
Sum 41 -- All Killer No Filler 4*
Sway -- This Is My Demo 4*
Sway -- The Dotted Lines Mixtape (The African Nations Edition) 6*
System of a Down -- System Of A Down 9*
System of a Down -- Toxicity 9*
System of a Down -- Steal This Album 7*
System of a Down -- Mezmerize 8*
System of a Down -- Hypnotize 6*
Team Sleep -- Team Sleep 6*
Temple of the Dog -- Temple Of The Dog 7*
Timbaland -- Shock Value 6*
Tinchy Stryder -- Star In The Hood 7*
Tool -- Lateralus 8*
Twista -- Kamikaze 6*
Velvet Revolver -- Contraband 7*
The Verve -- Urban Hymns 8*
Weezer -- Weezer 9*
Weezer -- Pinkerton 7*
Weezer -- Maladroit 8*
Weezer -- Make Believe 6*
Weezer -- Weezer 7*
The White Stripes -- Get Behind Me Satan 7*
The Who -- Greatest Hits 8*
Wiley -- Tunnel Vision Vol1-7 7*
Wiley -- Treddin On Thin Ice 7*
Wiley -- Playtime Is Over 8*
Wiley -- GrimeWave 7*
Will Smith -- Willenium 4*
Wu-Tang Clan -- 36 Chambers (Enter The Wu-Tang) 9*
Wu-Tang Clan -- The W 7*
Zwan -- Mary Star Of The Sea 8*
2Pac -- All Eyez On Me 7*
2Pac -- Greatest Hits 8*
+44 -- When Your Heart Stops Beating 5*

Plus a fuck load of random downloads, compilations etc...

T IN THE PARK
Balado, Scotland
11th-13th of July, 2008




DAY ONE

On Friday the 11th of July my bus arrived to the site of Scotland’s biggest music festival, T in the Park. This was going to be epic, and my first ever UK weekend festival. After an extremely long line, and carrying my bag through it I finally arrived at the entrance of T in the Park. Once my mate, his girlfriend and I found a decent camping spot, we made pitched our tents and could call Scotland home for a few days.

The T in The Park campsite was much different to any festival campsite I had been before; it had gambling facilities, a few dance tents, carnival rides and stores to buy camping and shopping items.

Later that day I entered the festival grounds for Day One of T In The Park.



Los Campesinos! : 18:15-18:35 (King Tut's Tent)
Watched: 18:15-18:35
I arrived late due to judging the amount of time it would take to walk to the tent wrong, although I did see the second half of the set from the bright upbeat youngsters from Los Campesinos!. It was very easy to get a decent spot at the tent. I walked in during the performance of 'This Is How You Spell "HAHAHA I've Destroyed The Hopes And Dreams Of A Generation Of Faux-romantics"' I was very pleased to hear my two favourite tunes from the welsh indie-pop band. Both 'My Year In Lists' and 'You! Me! Dancing!' were brilliant tunes live, and the set closer 'You! Me! Dancing!' got everyone on their feet dancing along.
Rating: 7.5/10


Alphabeat : 18:15-18:35 (King Tut's Tent)
Watched: 19:05-19:40
I hadn't heard any material from the Denmark popstars , 'Alphabeat' before going into the tent. I managed to get a second row spot, and was caught off-guard thinking that the crowd would be calm...however it was opposite, at one point I and a few others were knocked to the fall into a pile of people on the floor. The highlight of the set was crowd-pleaser tune, 'Fascination' which encouraged the Scotland crowd to chant "The word is on your lips - say the word" repeatedly.
Rating: 7/10

The Down & Outs : 18:15-18:35 (T Break Stage)
Watched: 19:45-20:10
For those who don't know the T Break Stage is for Scotland unsigned artists to play at T In The Park. I stumbled across 'The Down & Outs' and was surprised how much I enjoyed their performance. The three-piece band had a preppy look going, also the lead singer look similar to Pete Doherty. At one point during the gig, the band's frontman jumped the barrier and gave out to CD's to members of the crowd who were dancing to their tunes. Overall a good set, and hope to see more of this band in the future.
Rating: 6.5/10

Stereophonics : 18:15-18:35 (Main Stage)
Watched: 20:30-21:40
I'm not a big fan of Stereophonics, but who can not like their trademark single which catapulted them into the mainstream eye 'Dakota'. 'Dakota' was fantastic to hear live, and got the crowd jumping up and down on the Scotland soil (including me). The band's frontman had the rockstar look with his brown jacket and dark sunnies, but for British rockstars I felt that the set was a little disappointing.
Rating: 6.5/10


The Verve : 18:15-18:35 (Main Stage)
Watched: 22:15-23:45
Setlist:
'This Is Music'
'Sonnet'
'Space And Time'
'Sit And Wonder'
'History'
'Come On'
'Life's An Ocean'
'The Rolling People'
'The Drugs Don't Work'
'Lucky Man'
'Bitter Sweet Symphony'
'Love Is Noise'

With only a handful of reunion gigs under their belt, Richard Ashcroft and co took the T in The Park Main Stage to headline the Friday night (the Friday Night bands could only be seen to the people who were camping on the TITP grounds). The first half of the set lacked something...the "hits" that most of the happy campers were waiting for...and it was during the second half of The Verve's set when they blew the crowd away (or one their friends shoulders at least). Richard Ashcroft spoke very few words on stage, but he did give some time to dedicate 'Lucky Man' to his wife, as it was their anniversary on the day of their performance. 'The Drugs Don't Work' was another standout tune live, then once again Mr Ashcroft spoke to the crowd, "Everybody has ONE classic tune, I want everyone here to write one classic tune, and this is ours...", pre-arranged audio of violins sounded as the crowd knew exactly what they were getting into. The cameras were out, the friends were on each others shoulders and the crowd was mouthing the lyrics to The Verve's "classic tune", 'Bittersweet Symphony'. The Verve followed the amazing performance with their first single ('Love Is Noise') from their reunion album. I hadn't really been a fan of the single, until I heard it live. I was glad that The Verve reunited because I would not have ever known what I missed during the late 90’s.
Rating: 8.5/10




DAY TWO

The Blackout : 12:10-12:40 (Radio 1/NME Stage)
Watched: ALL OF SET
As day two of the festival begun, I made my way over to the Radio 1/NME Stage to explore 'The Blackout' (Who I'd never heard of before the festival). It turned out that The Blackout were a 6-piece post-hardcore band from Wales. I managed to get a front row spot, as there was not much of a crowd at the stage. They played many of their tunes from their debut LP 'We Are The Dynamite' (which they promoted constantly during the set) including 'I've Got Better Things To Do Tonight Than Die'. The band consisted of two vocalists who kept the crowd entertain with their non-stop movement on-stage including swinging microphones around like an experience cowboy. My personal highlight of the set was the catchy-chorus of 'Prepare For A Wound'.
Rating: 7/10


I went over to the T-Break Stage, where I caught a glimpse of 'Twisted Wheel' and 'Bryn Christopher'. I found both artists not too appealing, and during the second song of Bryn Christopher's set I opted to instead have a walk around T in the Park's festival ground. My friends and I even had a go at a few rides including the ghost ride (which wasn't all that scary).


Kate Nash : 14:40-15:20 (Main Stage)
Watched: ALL OF SET
Setlist:
'Pumpkin Soup'
'We Get On'
'Birds'
'Do Wah Do'
'Don't You Want To Share The Guilt'
'Mouthwash'
'Skeleton Song'
'Foundations'
'Merry Happy'

Kate Nash came on stage 10 minutes prior to her timetable starting time. The stage-set was fabulous; it featured an underwater mermaid theme with a blue aquatic backdrop. The main stage was packed out with Kate Nash fans as Kate Nash made her way onto her sea-shell decorated piano (which kept to the Mermaid theme). The London singer-songwriter performed two new songs ('Do Wah Do' & 'Don't You Want To Share The Guilt') during her set. After 'Skeleton Song', which featured dancers wearing skeleton costumes, Kate Nash performed crowd-favourite 'Foundations' much to the Scottish crowd's delight. Nash played 'Merry Happy' to complete her wonderful set at T in the Park.
Rating: 8/10



The Subways : 15:20-16:00 (Radio 1/NME Stage)
Watched: ALL OF SET
The warm weather showed up in Scotland, along with many Subways which huddled around the NME Stage. The atmosphere thickened as Billy and Josh (the two males) from The Subways walked out shirtless (unfortunately for the male fans, Charlotte kept her gear on). Although Charlotte looked just as good, as she paced across the stage rocking out with her bass guitar. The Subways belted out tunes such as ‘Oh Yeah’, ‘I Want To Hear What You’ve Got To Say’ and ‘Mary’. I hadn’t heard too many Subways songs before their performance at T in The Park, but due to their great live sound and stage presence it has turned me into a Subways fan. The Subways ended their 40 minute set with a fantastic performance of ‘Rock & Roll Queen’, which had the crowd screaming “Be My, Be My, Be My Rock And Roll Queen” over and over again.
Rating: 8/10


The Courteeners : 16:30-17:10 (Radio 1/NME Stage)
Watched: ALL OF SET
Setlist:
'Aftershow'
'Cavorting'
'Acrylic'
'Please Don't'
'Bide Your Time'
'Fallowfield Hillbilly'
'No You Didn't, No You Don't'
'Yesterday, Today & Probably Tomorrow'
'Not Nineteen Forever'
'What Took You So Long?'

The Courteeners supplied a solid set, featuring songs from their debut album ‘St.Jude’. After Courteeners’ lead singer (Liam Fray) thanked the crowd for coming to see them, he then commented “"If you had told us last year we would be playing here we wouldn't have believed you. We would have thought we'd be on the Main Stage”. The Courteeners finished their set with two of my favourite songs from their debut record. ‘Not Nineteen Forever’ got the indie crowd jumping and chanting, likewise with set-closer ‘What Took You So Long?’.
Rating: 7/10


We Are Scientists : 17:40-18:20 (Radio 1/NME Stage)
Watched: ALL OF SET
Setlist: (Rough setlist and order)
'Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt'
'Chick Lit'
'This Scene Is Dead'
'Inaction'
'Impatient'
'Let's See It'
'Cash Cow'
'After Hours'
'It's A Hit'
'Lethal Enforcer'
'The Great Escape'

We Are Scientists were one of my highlighted acts that I wanted to see at T in The Park and they did not disappoint. I managed to get a second row spot at the American indie acts performance on the NME Stage. During the set We Are Scientist made quirky but funny remarks including; “Its good to see so many flags here represented by different nations, look I can see the nation of Smiley Face, and Bob Marley as well as Visa/Mastercard (naming flags the crowd were holding up)”. W