According to Last.fm, these are the top 25 artists I’ve listened to over the past 12 months.
I must plead my case here and note that I only send data to my Last.fm account from my Pandora station (which I only listen to at work), so this list wasn’t entirely under my control.
- The Strokes
- Death Cab for Cutie
- Weezer
- Coldplay
- The Shins
- Jimmy Eat World
- Counting Crows
- Wilco
- Rhett Miller
- The Goo Goo Dolls
- Ben Folds
- Nada Surf
- Foo Fighters
- Modest Mouse
- The Decemberists
- Radiohead
- Cake
- Interpol
- Third Eye Blind
- Ben Kweller
- Barenaked Ladies
- Snow Patrol
- Spoon
- Ben Folds Five
- Phantom Planet
It’s funny that Phantom Planet came in 25th here, because when I think of music in 2008, I think of Raise the Dead. I’ve written about this album already this year, but let’s just say it made me believe in music again. It definitely won the time of possession battle for the CD player in my car.
Also this year I enjoyed (in no particular order):
- Accelerate by REM
- Lucky by Nada Surf
- Walk it Off by Tapes ‘n Tapes
- Blame it on Gravity by Old 97’s
- The Stand Ins by Okkervil River
- Narrow Stairs by Death Cab for Cutie
- And can I just say that Christmas with Weezer made my holiday
I also enjoyed Nada Surf’s “Lucky” this year.