I've been on and off Last.fm for two and a half years now, but I've never stopped loving it and this is my fourth incarnation on the worlds best social music website. This is my Top 50 Artists that I've listened to over the past year, with a few comments of my own added.

50. Pendulum, 109 plays - Not a great start, this is on here for the stoner weekends I spent last summer at my mates flat. Pendulum were all the rage then…

49. Ladytron, 109 plays - I never loved them as much as I…

Wed 30 Jun – Between the Buried and Me, Astrohenge

Band 1 - Astrohenge

Performance: 4/5
Songs: 4/5
Quality: 3.5/5
Atmosphere: 4/5
Overall: 4/5

Band 2 - Between the Buried and Me

Performance: 5/5
Songs: 4.5/5
Quality: 4/5
Atmosphere: 5/5
Overall: 5/5

Remember…
- Everyone leaving just looking like they wanted to die of exhaustion
- Loads of people we spoke to had also gone to see Lamb of God in February, just to see Between the Buried and Me open for them. And I thought it was just me being very sad. Clearly not :D
- MORDECAI!!!

Mon 28 Jun – The Dead Weather, Band of Skulls

Band 1 - Band of Skulls

Performance: 5/5
Songs: 5/5
Quality: 4.5/5
Atmosphere: 4/5
Overall: 4.5/5

Band 2 - The Dead Weather

Performance: 3.5/5
Songs: 3/5
Quality: 4/5
Atmosphere: 2.5/5
Overall: 2.5/5

Remember:
- Why were TDW being set up by The Blues Brothers?
- The crowd going absolutely mad, to the point where I went from one side of the venue to the other, against my own will
- Band of Skulls were actually excellent

Fri 7 May – Kill Hannah, My Passion

Band 1 - My Passion - full review coming soon
Performance: 4/5
Songs: 3.5/5
Atmosphere: 4/5
Quality: 3.5/5
Overall: 4/5

Band 2 - Kill Hannah - full review coming soon…
Performance: 4/5
Songs: 3.5/5
Atmosphere: 4/5
Quality: 4/5
Overall: 4/5

Overall: 4/5

Remember…
- The condom balloon
- The My Passion guys meeting people at the end
- The Lady GaGa singalong

Mon 3 May – Essex Global Gala

Band - Ska Cubano - full review coming soon…

Performance: 4/5
Songs: 4/5
Quality: 3.5/5
Atmosphere: 5/5
Overall: 4/5

Remember…
- That crazy dude in the blue proper doing some ska dancing
- All that amazing food
- The stench of weed in the air…

Sat 13 Feb – Lamb of God, August Burns Red, Job for a Cowboy, Between the Buried and Me

Band 1 - Between The Buried And Me - full review coming soon…

Performance: 4/5
Songs: 4.5/5
Quality: 4.5/5
Atmosphere: 4/5
Overall: 4/5

Band 2 - August Burns Red - full review coming soon…

Performance: 3.5/5
Songs: 3.5/5
Quality: 4/5
Atmosphere: 4/5
Overall: 3.5/5

Band 3 - Job For A Cowboy - full review coming soon…

Performance: 3/5
Songs: 2.5/5
Quality: 3.5/5
Atmosphere: 3/5
Overall: 3/5

Band 4 - Lamb Of God - full review coming soon…

Performance: 2.5/5
Songs: 2/5…

Fri 12 Feb – HMV Next Big Thing

Band 1 - Birds Of Tokyo - full review coming soon…

Performance: 4/5
Songs: 4/5
Quality: 3.5/5
Atmosphere: 4/5
Overall: 4/5

Band 2 - General Fiasco - full review coming soon…

Performance: 3.5/5
Songs: 2.5/5
Quality: 4/5
Atmosphere: 3/5
Overall: 3/5

After that I went home…

Overall - full review coming soon…

Performance: 3/5
Songs: 3/5
Quality: 3/5
Atmosphere: 2.5/5
Overall: 3/5

Fri 5 Feb – Lacuna Coil, Dommin, Dirty Little Rabbits

Band 1 - Dommin - full review coming soon…

Performance: 4/5
Songs: 4/5
Quality: 4/5
Atmosphere: 4/5
Overall: 4/5

Band 2 - Dirty Little Rabbits - full review coming soon…

Performance: 1/5
Songs: 1/5
Quality: 4/5
Atmosphere: 1/5
Overall: 1/5

Band 3 - Lacuna Coil - full review coming soon…

Performance: 5/5
Songs: 4.5/5
Quality: 5/5
Atmosphere: 4.5/5
Overall: 5/5

Overall - full review coming soon…

Performance: 4.5/5
Songs: 4/5
Quality: 5/5
Atmosphere: 4/5
Overall: 4.5/5

Remember…
- The crowd doing nothing. There was like a 4 person mosh pit.…

Sun 20 Dec – The Horrors, HTRK, Lung, Rotter & Seven

Band 1 - HTRK - full review coming soon…

Performance: 1.5/5
Songs: 2/5
Quality: 3.5/5
Atmosphere: 2.5/5
Overall: 2/5

Band 2 - Lung, Rotter & Seven - full review coming soon…

Performance: 3/5
Songs: 2.5/5
Quality: 3.5/5
Atmosphere: 3/5
Overall: 3/5

Band 3 - The Horrors - full review coming soon…

Performance: 5/5
Songs: 5/5
Quality: 5/5
Atmosphere: 5/5
Overall: 5/5

Overall - full review coming soon…

Performance: 4/5
Songs: 4/5
Quality: 4/5
Atmosphere: 4.5/5
Overall: 5/5

Remember…
- When everyone was queuing and news broke of Rage Against…

Thu 10 Dec – Marilyn Manson, Esoterica

Band 1 - Esoterica - full review coming soon…

Performance: 2/5
Songs: 3/5
Quality: 3/5
Atmosphere: 2.5/5
Overall: 2.5/5

Band 2 - Marilyn Manson - full review coming soon

Performance: 3.5/5
Songs: 3/5
Quality: 3/5
Atmosphere: 4/5
Overall: 3.5/5

Overall - full review coming soon…

Performance: 3/5
Songs: 3.5/5
Quality: 3.5/5
Atmosphere: 4/5
Overall: 3.5/5

Remember…
- The epic wait between bands
- The Esoterica bassist looking like Avril Lavigne. LOL.
- The feeling that it could have been a lot better