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Mystic Sounds Top Picks, 2011

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Top Artists Reviewed or Interviewed on Mystic Sounds in 2011

We at Mystic Sounds decided to put our heads together and come up with a joint list of favorite indie artists that we reviewed or interviewed in 2011. So Andrew compiled his list and I compiled mine.

Andrew’s List

10. Screen Vinyl Image (1 point)
9. Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes (2 points)
8. The Dagons (3 points)
7. Sabrepulse (4 points)
6. Amanda Palmer (5 points)
5. The Flashbulb (6 points)
4. GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES! (7 points)
3. Circle Takes The Square (8 points)
2. Captain Ahab (9 points)
1. Tyler, The Creator (10 points)

Michael’s List

10. GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES! (1 point)
9. The Flashbulb (2 points)
8. Sabrepulse (3 points)
7. Love and a .38 (4 points)
6. Emilie Autumn (5 points)
5. Hanzelle (6 points)
4. Alexx Calise (7 points)
3. Clairy Browne and the Bangin’ Rackettes (8 points)
2. Florrie (9 points)
1. Stevie Scott (10 points)

You can see that Andrew and I have quite different musical tastes, though there is some overlap in our lists. To give more weight to those artists on whom we both agreed, any artist landing on both our lists earned an additional 5 points.

Mystic Sounds Editors’ Top Choices

10. Alexx Calise (7 total points)
9. Circle Takes The Square (8 total points)
7. Captain Ahab (tie, 9 total points)
7. Florrie (tie, 9 total points)
5. Tyler, the Creator (tie, 10 total points)
5. Stevie Scott (tie, 10 total points)
4. Sabrepulse (12 total points)
2. GIRAFFES? GIRAFFES! (tie, 13 total points)
2. The Flashbulb (tie, 13 total points)
1. Clairy Browne and the Bangin’ Rackettes (15 total points)

Congratulations to Clairy Browne and the Bangin’ Rackettes for landing at the #1 spot on the Mystic Sounds Editors’ Top Choices list!

Mystic Sounds Editors's Top Choice: Clairy Browne and the Bangin' Rackettes

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Michael’s Top 10 Artists for 2011

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A Review of the Top Favorite Music Artists in 2011, by Michael K. Eidson

In the US, solo female vocalists dominated the top of the year’s end music charts for 2011. On Billboard’s top artists of 2011 chart, the top 4 artists were all solo female vocalists: Adele, Rihanna, Katy Perry, and Lady Gaga, in that order. Nicki Minaj (#7) and Taylor Swift (#8) also placed in Billboard’s top 10 for 2011.

On a personal level, my preferences with respect to new music have leaned heavily towards female vocalists for the past several years. In 2011, my tastes leaned so heavily in that direction, 32 of my top 50 artists for 2011 are solo female vocalists, and 10 were groups with lead female vocalists, such as Heart (#13), or otherwise prominent female vocalists as members of the group, such as Fleetwood Mac (#34). Continue reading →

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My Top 10 Most-Played Musical Artists for 2010

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I’ve loved musical charts since the first time I heard Casey Kasem counting down the weekly Top 40 back in the 70s. I used to write my own charts for my 45s and albums back then, ranking the songs according to my changing tastes. This went on until I found other more interesting ways to spend my time (such as creating and running Tunnels and Trolls adventures).

But now, with the help of Last.fm, I can track my music listening habits with little effort. I downloaded and installed the Last.fm plug-in for Windows Media Player, so now all I have to do is play songs on my home computer, and they automatically are tracked for me on the Last.fm site. So cool.

Granted, not all music I listen to is tracked by Last.fm, since I listen to a lot of music in situations that aren’t conducive to tracking. But the music I listen to elsewhere is pretty much the same as what I listen to on my home computer; it’s just more of it, so relatively speaking, the charts produced by Last.fm suffice to indicate how one track or artist ranks to another in how often they land in my playlists.

Since I have the ability to easily create my own charts and post them, and since this is something that I love to do, I’m posting my top 10 most played artists for 2010 right here, complete with YouTube videos when I could find embeddable versions of them.

An online tool on Last.fm indicated that my musical tastes run similar to those of a 24-year-old female, which might give you some idea of what to expect on my top 10 list. If you have similar tastes, then maybe you’ll recognize some of these artists, and maybe you’ll consider giving a listen to those artists whom you don’t recognize. Continue reading →