Articles

2007
Eric Clapton
Sunday, 4th February - Rod Laver Arena
Support: Mia Dyson

Bob Dylan
Friday, 17th August - Rod Laver Arena
Support: The Frames

2008
Rage Against the Machine
Bjork
Arcade Fire
Silverchair
Grinspoon
Regurgitator
British India
Monday, 28th January - Flemington Racecourse (Big Day Out)

Santana
Tuesday, 26th February - Rod Laver Arena
Support: Blue King Brown

Foo Fighters
Saturday, 26th April - Rod Laver Arena
Support: The Mess Hall & Kaki King

2009
Franz Ferdinand
Monday, 5th January - The Palace Theatre
Support: The Temper Trap & Red Riders

Tim Rogers & The Temperance Union
Saturday, 24th January - Melbourne Park (Australian Open)

Arctic Monkeys
The Ting Tings
Neil Young
Serj Tankian
Sparkadia
Birds of Tokyo
The Living End
Monday, 26th January - Flemington Racecourse (Big Day Out)

The Streets
Wednesday, 11th February & Thursday 12th February - Billboard: The Venue
Support: Pez & 360

Kings of Leon
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1 Dark Night Of Soul – DJ Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse / Broken Bells – Broken Bells
2 Hundreds – Hundreds
3 Diamond Eyes – Deftones
4 White Crosses – Against Me!
5 Swanlights – Antony & The Johnsons
6 One Life Stand – Hot Chip
7 The Age of Adz – Sufjan Stevens
8 The Suburbs – Arcade Fire
9 Gorila Manor – Local Natives
10 Halycon Digest – Deerhunter

Bloc Party - The Prayer
Bloc Party - I Still Remember
Bloc Party - A Weekend In The City
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada
The Horrors - Primary Colours
Animal Collective - Fall Be Kind
The Horrors - Skying
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
Foals - Antidotes
Deerhunter - Microcastle/Weird Era Cont.
Deerhunter - Cryptograms/Fluorescent Grey EP
The xx - xx
The Mars Volta - Octahedron
Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam

My favourite albums of the decade so far (without cover art this time):

8. St. Vincent - Strange Mercy (2011)
Best track: Cruel

7. Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me (2010)
Best track: Kingfisher

6. Destroyer - Kaputt (2011)
Best track: Kaputt

5. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (2010)
Best tracks: The Suburbs / Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

4. Janelle Monáe - The ArchAndroid (2010)
Best track: Tightrope

3. Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz (2010)
Best track: Impossible Soul

2. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver (2011)
Best track: Towers

…and the winner:
1. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
Best track: Power

Yeah, 2010 wins over 2011.

In no particular order, I list my favorite albums:

Untrue by Burial
Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
Silent Shout by The Knife
xx by The xx
Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
Fabulous Muscles by Xiu Xiu
Ys by Joanna Newsom
Bee Thousand by Guided By Voices
Since I Left You by The Avalanches
The Moon & Antarctica by Modest Mouse
Kid A by Radiohead
Bitte Orca by Dirty Projectors
Teen Dream by Beach House
Is This It by The Strokes
Nouns by No Age
Veckatimest by Grizzly Bear
Hunky Dory by David Bowie
Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys
Led Zeppelin II by Led Zeppelin
Blood On the Tracks by Bob Dylan
Rumours by Fleetwood Mac
Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West
Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
Person Pitch by Panda Bear
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
Kaputt by Destroyer
Funeral by Arcade Fire

Alright, I saw a journal like this on here a while back, so I figured I'd give it a shot. Basically, I'll return a year from now and write a second entry, comparing my charts and observing changes in my listening habits. Pretty simple.

1. Algernon Cadwallader [920]

2. Lone [607]

3. Toro Y Moi [584]

4. Johnny Foreigner [562]

5. Merchant Ships [537]

6. Snowing [516]

7. Los Campesinos! [507]

8. Cut Copy [460]

9. Times New Viking [460]

10. Daft Punk [447]

11. Cloud Nothings [439]

12. Girl Talk [427]

13. Park Jefferson [404]

14. Castevet [403]

15. Everyone Everywhere [402]

16. Nodzzz [375]

17. Owen [345]

18. Touché Amoré [344]

19. Ty Segall [331]

20. My Bloody Valentine [310]

21. Fucked Up [307]

22. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart [305]

23. My Heart To Joy [300]

24. Midwest Pen Pals [294]

25. 1994! [294]

26. William Bonney [293]

27. Wavves [286]

28. Grown Ups [275]

29. M83 [269]

30. J Dilla [260]

31. Animal Collective [254]
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