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    Monday, December 21, 2009

    Week 9.5: Moving

    This weekend I was moving. So, y'know, naturally my life is in a state of disarray. I'll not be putting up a post today, but later this week I'll make up for lost time...

    Monday, December 14, 2009

    Week 9: S Bar X

    Total plays as of December 14:
    Total plays for the week of December 7-14: 385.

    This week was pretty much just a Sebadoh lovefest, especially after I re-heard their cover of Nick Drake's "Pink Moon". Heck, I'm even thinking that my band should cover the same track (but in the vein of Sebadoh). So much Sebadoh listening that they managed to break into the leader board, while beforehand they didn't even break into the Top Artists list. While Sebadoh pushed out Bear McCreary to grab the 18th place position, Dinosaur Jr. were able to capitalize further on their previous gains, grabbing themselves a solid 13th place finish:


    Looking further down the Top Artists list, we notice that this week marks the debut of J Dilla, who came in at 32nd place, while ...Trail of Dead and Oxbow both lost out. I wouldn't yet count-out Oxbow though, they're a consistent band who wont willingly be forced into the background, as opposed to ...Trail of Dead, whose best material is behind them, and for whom every listen is a reminder of how far they've managed to fall in the past decade.

    Other than that, we have our top-songs list, which still remains unchanged, and continues to be dominated by Jefferson Airplane, and Silkworm.

    Monday, December 7, 2009

    Week 8: ...and as winter descends upon the town...

    Total plays as of December 1:
    Total plays this week: 448


    Last week, continuing on from the week before, was dominated by Dinosaur Jr., and Farm particularly. But the renewed interest in Dinosaur Jr. ended up leading to a renewed interest in Sebadoh, who I'd only ever really appreciated before, and not listened to that much. (even though, thinking back, I've always had a copy of the Gimme Indie Rock! 7") I mean, I knew the choice cuts, like Cry Sis, or Gimme Indie Rock!, or The Freed Pig, but hadn't really begun to acquaint myself with much of the rest of their ouevre.
    Doing so has given them the #1 spot this week, followed extremely closely by Dinosaur Jr.

    So how does this resurgent interest in J and Lou affect the leader board? Well, as you can see, Dinosaur Jr. makes their first appearance after years of wandering the wilderness (read: that is, mostly haveing been listened to while I was in high-school before the advent of scrobbling). They are, unfortunately, not likely to hold on to this position for too long, as they're mired in the muck of the low-end of the top-artists, that most competitive of positions, since the leaders are fairly indisputable, save from themselves.

    Which throws Dinosaur Jr up to the 14th place on the leader board. Other than that, the other new name to make an appearance this week is Bear McCreary, who has the benefit of an ouevre that lends itself to being listened to from beginning to end, and is just the bitchin'est soundtrack for anything you happen to be doing, whether it be playing videogames, or air-travel (as the case is with me).


    Other assorted observations: Melvins overtook Madlib this week, but not so substantially that it couldn't easily be reversed. Bob Marley & the Wailers, Patton Oswalt, Shellac and Bear McCreary all fell one place this week in order to accommodate Dinosaur Jr.