November 2011
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-13) →
Mayer Hawthorne (4) Martyn (2) Boz Scaggs (2) Demis Roussos (1) The Manhattans (1) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 15th
August 2011
1 post
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-31) →
Prince (4) The Stranglers (3) Odyssey (3) The Sisters Love (2) The Saints (2) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Aug 1st
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July 2011
2 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-24) →
Prince (41) The Beatles (11) Dog Is Dead (9) Prince and the New Power Generation (6) Treefight For Sunlight (6) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jul 26th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-10) →
Pet Shop Boys (12) Gallery 47 (8) Dog Is Dead (7) Manière Des Bohémiens (6) Liam Bailey (6) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jul 13th
June 2011
3 posts
Current listening
After something of a lull, I’m currently working my way through a lot.  Weeding out the disappointments, this is what I’ve been enjoying over the past week or so. Com Truise - Fairlight EP Chad Valley - “Now That I’m Real (How Does It Feel)” / Chad Valley EP Robag Wruhme - Thora Vukk / Wuppdeckmischmampflow League Unlimited Orchestra - Love & Dancing Ronika -...
Jun 8th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-6-5) →
Planningtorock (12) The Pierces (11) Wild Beasts (11) Aurelio (11) Owiny Sigoma Band (10) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jun 7th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-29) →
17 Hippies (21) The Rural Alberta Advantage (14) Robag Wruhme (12) Boxcutter (12) Loudon Wainwright III (11) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jun 4th
May 2011
2 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-15) →
Aurelio (6) Duane Eddy (6) Cabaret Voltaire (4) The Waterboys (3) Andy Williams (3) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
May 20th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-1) →
Vinicius Cantuária (10) Ballaké Sissoko (9) Poly Styrene (6) The Leisure Society (5) Robin Trower (5) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
May 6th
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April 2011
2 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-4-24) →
Ronika (3) Jennifer Lopez (1) Mann (1) Taio Cruz (1) Snoop Dogg (1) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Apr 27th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-4-10) →
Fleet Foxes (31) Dusty Springfield (21) Carpenters (20) Jamie Woon (15) Panda Bear (14) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Apr 12th
January 2011
7 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-1-23) →
John Legend & The Roots (12) Wire (7) Fujiya & Miyagi (6) The Undertones (6) Discodeine (5) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jan 28th
Jan 13th
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Jan 12th
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Troubled Diva Spoticast 002 →
Decemberists, British Sea Power, Jamie Woon, Teenage Fanclub, Drive-By Truckers, Derroll Adams, Gerry Rafferty, Japan, Mark Ronson, Mice Parade, Raghu Dixit, Cee-Lo Green, Fantasia, Jazmine Sullivan, Katy B/Ms Dynamite, Boney M, Cosmetics, School Of Seven Bells, Anna Calvi, James Blake. Here’s my commentary, and here’s the Spotify playlist.
Jan 11th
Troubled Diva Spoticast 001 →
Here’s a new series for 2011, on my long-neglected Troubled Diva blog: weekly Spotify playlists, with full track-by-track blurbs. I’m calling them “Spoticasts”. Here’s the first one.
Jan 3rd
My most played tracks of 2010, according to...
1 Scissor Sisters – Fire With Fire     2 Lady Antebellum – Need You Now     2 Erykah Badu – Window Seat     4 She & Him – In The Sun    4 John Grant – TC and Honeybear    6 Kelis – Acapella     6 David Guetta – Gettin’ Over You (Featuring Fergie & LMFAO)    8 Lady Gaga – Alejandro    8 Field Music – Them That Do Nothing    8 Field Music – Measure 8 Kylie Minogue – All The Lovers    ...
Jan 1st
My most played artists of 2010, according to...
(My scrobbler never lies, etc. Although it still doesn’t track CD plays.) 1 John Grant    2 Ali Farka Touré  3 Field Music    4 David Byrne and Fatboy Slim    5 Jackie Leven    6 Scissor Sisters    6 Ron Basejam    8 Kevin Ayers    9 Janelle Monae    10 Ripperton    11 Rumer    12 Owl City    13 The Chieftains    13 The Avett Brothers    15 Carolina Chocolate Drops    15 She & Him   17...
Jan 1st
December 2010
6 posts
My favourite 60 albums and 70 tracks of 2010 →
Dec 31st
Mike's gigs of 2010.
A list of every gig that I attended in 2010, in fastidiously descending order of preference. 1. Oumou Sangare, T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou 2. Candi Staton 3. Crystal Castles, HEALTH 4. These New Puritans 5. Noisettes 6. Scissor Sisters, Hurts 7. The Stranglers 8. Hot Chip, Casiokids 9. Whitney Houston 10. Rod Stewart 11. I Am Kloot 12. The Gentle Isolation, The Camerawalls, Your...
Dec 22nd
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-19) →
Robyn (13) Teenage Fanclub (12) The National (11) Altered Natives (9) Jenny and Johnny (9) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 20th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-12-12) →
Magnetic Man (14) Black Eyed Peas (13) Daft Punk (13) LCD Soundsystem (9) Wolf People (9) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 15th
The Guardian's 10 best albums of 2010 →
Enjoying this week’s two-albums-per-day reveal, which seems to be generating surprisingly positive reader comments (for once!)  I voted for the #10 album, and I came within a whisker of voting for the #8 album.  Hoping for more of my favourites to show up in the Top Six.
Dec 14th
Dec 9th
November 2010
6 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-28) →
Chris Wood (17) Alina Orlova (14) Cee Lo Green (14) Khaira Arby (14) Luke Abbott (13) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 30th
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A feature I wrote for today's Guardian on... →
There’s also a Spotify playlist at http://v.gd/eurorock.  If you can make it all the way through all 40 tracks without skipping, I salute you.
Nov 26th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-21) →
We Love (21) Jackie Leven (13) The Carolina Chocolate Drops (12) Bryan Ferry (11) Ali Farka Touré (11) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 26th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-14) →
The Concretes (10) Leonard Cohen (9) Meanderthals (7) Rumer (5) Scissor Sisters (4) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 15th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-11-7) →
Girl Unit (10) Luke Abbott (10) Best Coast (4) Actress (4) Zinja Hlungwani (3) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 10th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-10-31) →
Maddslinky (14) Agnes Obel (13) Alicia Keys (12) Janelle Monae (11) Menomena (11) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 3rd
October 2010
3 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-10-17) →
Glasser (21) Afrocubism (21) Ellen Allien (12) Bob Brozman (11) Janelle Monae (11) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 18th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-10-10) →
I Am Kloot (25) Aeroplane (18) Robert Plant (17) Ripperton (12) Belshazzar’s Feast (12) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 12th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-10-3) →
John Grant (17) The Roots (14) The Chemical Brothers (9) Janelle Monae (9) Nuru Kane (7) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Oct 6th
September 2010
4 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-26) →
Rumer (16) I Am Arrows (14) She & Him (13) The Like (13) Fan Death (11) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Sep 27th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-19) →
Natalie Merchant (25) Kevin Ayers (24) Robert Plant (22) Jesus and Mary Chain (13) Yahzarah (12) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Sep 21st
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-12) →
Kevin Ayers (7) Soft Machine (4) David Bowie (3) Katy Perry (2) Nico (2) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Sep 19th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-5) →
Kevin Ayers (18) Jeffery Prystowsky (13) Gazebo (6) Soft Machine (6) Righeira (3) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Sep 8th
August 2010
2 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-29) →
Big Boi (14) Tom Jones (11) Kevin Ayers (6) Lady Gaga (3) Inna (2) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Aug 31st
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-22) →
Spoon (12) Ali Farka Touré (11) Lady Antebellum (10) Mulatu Astatke (8) David Guetta (8) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Aug 25th
July 2010
5 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-18) →
Janelle Monae (28) Scissor Sisters (17) diskJokke (16) Jackie Leven (12) Lady Antebellum (12) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jul 20th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-11) →
John Grant (24) The Chieftains (16) Ron Basejam (15) Kylie Minogue (13) GAYNGS (11) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jul 12th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-4) →
Scissor Sisters (25) diskJokke (17) Ripperton (14) She & Him (13) Jackie Leven (12) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jul 7th
“What I think is going to happen there is we are slowly going to set up islands...”
– Clay Shirky in The Guardian.  Funny you should say that, Clay - we’ve been thinking along the same lines.
Jul 6th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-27) →
diskJokke (8) Lady Antebellum (5) Scissor Sisters (5) Robyn (2) Inigo Kennedy (2) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jul 2nd
June 2010
6 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-20) →
David Guetta (15) CocoRosie (12) Quadron (12) Laura Marling (11) Field Music (10) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jun 21st
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-13) →
Jackie Leven (24) GAYNGS (23) Ron Basejam (16) Kevin Ayers (15) The Avett Brothers (14) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jun 14th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-6) →
Ron Basejam (27) Davy Graham (21) She & Him (12) Ali Farka Touré (11) Balkan Beat Box (10) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jun 7th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-30) →
Ali Farka Touré (11) Stornoway (11) Caribou (7) Lady Gaga (2) Christopher Cross (2) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jun 1st
Which Decade Is Tops For Pops? →
My annual comparative study, which has now reached Round 8 of 10, has moved to Freaky Trigger this year.  Voting is still open on all rounds, for at least another week or so.
Jun 1st
Jun 1st
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