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Bands I've seen:

Switchfoot(x2)
Hey Monday
The All-American Rejects
Fall Out Boy(x2)
Keane
End of Fashion
The Sundance Kids
Evermore
Relient K(x7)
New Empire(x3)
The Calling Of Levi(x2)
Taking Back Sunday
Alexisonfire
Paramore(x5)
Motion City Soundtrack(x4)
Placebo
AFI
Jane's Addiction
Jimmy Eat World(x2)
30 Seconds to Mars(x3)
Linkin Park(x3)
The Mission In Motion
Jebediah
Andrew McMahon (solo acoustic)
The Ataris
MxPx
Less Than Jake
New Found Glory
We the Kings(x3)
Dommin(x2)
There for Tomorrow (x3)
Slash(x2)
Anberlin
The Maine(x2)
The Blackout(x5)
Mayday Parade(x2)
The Starting Line
Third Eye Blind
Feeder
Bayside
Veara (x2)
The Amity Affliction
Primus
This Town Needs Guns
Every Avenue (x2)
One Day as a Lion
Foxy Shazam
Queens of the Stone Age
Millencolin
Good Charlotte
The Understatement
Adventure Land
Shawn McDonald
The Smart
Rapture Ruckus
We Are The Emergency
Skyway
Tonight Alive (x3)
Amy Meredith
Weezer (x2)
Action Item
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Yeah, it's May 13 again, which means... second anniversary of when I started using this account again, whooooooo! (Well, even though my first post was actually on May 14 apparently. I guess this makes it actually the first anniversary of when I thought it was the first anniversary.)

Anyway.

Top 20 Most-Played Artists
1. Arctic Monkeys - 4,777 plays
2. Birds of Tokyo - 4,507 plays
3. British India - 3,888 plays
4. Children Collide - 3,267 plays
5. Interpol - 2,041 plays
6. Kaiser Chiefs - 1,840 plays1
7. The Last Shadow Puppets - 1,519 plays
8. Editors - 1,290 plays
9. The Cinematics - 1,088 plays
10. White Lies - 975 plays
11. End of Fashion - 946 plays
12. Karnivool - 824 plays
13. The Strokes - 793 plays
14. The Bravery - 750 plays2
15. Arcade Fire - 734 plays
16. Tame Impala - 706 plays
17. The National - 694 plays
18. Eskimo Joe - 624 plays
19. The Little Flames - 567 plays
20. The Living End - 542 plays

Top 20 Most-Played Albums
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They are all from Australia, unless otherwise stated.

After The Fall
http://www.facebook.com/afterthefallmusic
1,773 likes

Anna Salen
http://www.facebook.com/Anna-Salen
302 likes

Basement Birds
http://www.facebook.com/basementbirds
2,994 likes

The Beards
http://www.facebook.com/The-Beards
6,268 likes

Bellusira
http://www.facebook.com/bellusira
2,510 likes

Ben Ely's Radio 5
http://www.facebook.com/Ben-Elys-Radio-5
57 likes

Bertie Blackman
http://www.facebook.com/bertieblackman
4,700 likes

Black & White
http://www.facebook.com/Black-and-White
175 likes

Black Devil Yard Boss
http://www.facebook.com/blackdevilyardboss
2,510 likes

Bluejuice
http://www.facebook.com/bluejuicemusic
9,448 likes

Bob Evans
http://www.facebook.com/BobEvansMusic
2,937 likes

Bonjah
http://www.facebook.com/Bonjah
4,283 likes

Breaking Orbit
http://www.facebook.com/breakingorbit
2,113 likes

Butterfingers
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Augie March
Basement Jaxx
Blue Juice
Blue King Brown
Bob Dylan
Boy & Bear
Brian Cadd
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Cage the Elephant
Cassette Kids
Cold Chisel
Crowded House
Dallas Crane
Die Antwoord
Dizzee Rascal
Elton John
End of Fashion
Foo Fighters
Friendly Fires
fun.
Gossip
Green Day
Gregg Rolie
Gym Class Heroes x 2
Gypsy & The Cat x 2
Gyroscope x 2
Hilltop Hoods
Jay-Z
Jessie J
Jimmy Eat World
Kaki King
Kanye West x 2
Kasabian
Ke$ha
Kid Cudi
The Killers
Kisschasy
Lady Gaga
Lily Allen
Lisa Mitchell
Little Red
The Living End x 5
Mark Ronson & The Business Intl
Meat Loaf
Mental As Anything
The Mess Hall
MGMT
Miami Horror
Miike Snow
Mike Posner
My Chemical Romance x 2
N*E*R*D
Neil Finn
OFWGKTA
Paul Kelly x 2
Phoenix
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Riders
Richard Page
Ringo Starr
Robbie Williams
Robert Plant ***
Russell Morris
Semi Precious Weapons
Skrillex
Sidney Samson
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I did this in May (basically the ~anniversary~ of when I started using my last.fm account again hahah), but I thought maybe I should do some annual statistics on a date that ACTUALLY is significant, like... January 1 ;)

So!

Top 20 Most-Played Artists
1. Arctic Monkeys - 4,106 plays
2. Birds of Tokyo - 4,014 plays
3. Children Collide - 2,811 plays
4. British India - 2,676 plays
5. Kaiser Chiefs - 2,007 plays (this includes ~300 plays that never happened though, thanks to the scrobbler scrobbling some of their tracks 50 times each when it should've done like FOUR)
6. The Last Shadow Puppets - 1,658 plays
7. Interpol - 1,250 plays
8. End of Fashion - 1,137 plays
9. The Living End - 993 plays
10. The Killers - 680 plays
11. Eskimo Joe - 650 plays
12. Karnivool - 570 plays
13. Tame Impala - 563 plays
14. Kasabian - 543 plays
15. The Hoosiers - 459 plays
16. Muse - 451 plays
17. Editors - 382 plays (this one is particularly impressive because I've had their music for like, three weeks)
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It's neater then having a long list running down the side of the page =)
Most local bands and support bands have been left out ‘cause I’m fail with band names/they didn’t impress me

Festivals
Breakout Festival 2007
Brutal Assault 2012
Damnation Festival 2012
Future Music Festival 2010
*Shit load of random DJs ^
Hole In The Sky: The Last Supper 2011
♥ Inferno Metal Festival ♥ 2009, 2010, 2012
Live n Local 2006
PushOver 2008, 2009
Soundwave 2008
Taste of Chaos 2006, 2007


1349 2012

Abgott 2012, 2013
Absu 2012
Aesthetic Perfection 2010, x2 2011
Aeternum 2012, 2013
After The Fall 2006
Agalloch 2012
Aiden 2007
Alcest x2 2012
Alestorm 2011
Alien Vampires 2012
Amon Amarth 2009, 2011, 2012
Amoral 2012
Amulet 2012
Anaal Nathrakh x2 2012
Ancient Ascendant 2012, 2013
Ancient VVisdom 2012
Angelspit 2011
Anti-Flag 2006
Arch Ememy 2009
Archgoat 2011
Arcturus x2 2012
Arkona 2012
As I Lay Dying 2008, 2011
At The Gates 2012
Autopsy 2012
Ayria 2010

The Battalion 2009
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Name your top 10 most played bands on Last.fm:
01) The Killers
02) Shout Out Louds
03) Interpol
04) Kasabian
05) James Morrison
06) Powderfinger
07) The Dead Weather
08) John Mayer
09) Remy Zero
10) Coldplay

What was the first song you ever heard by 6 (Powderfinger)?
My Happiness when we were learning to sing it in Year 6 for Music Class. Fell in love instantly.

What is your favourite album of 2 (Shout Out Louds)?
Possibly Our Ill Wills because it was the first one I bought, but I love them all for their slightly different sounds.

What is your favourite lyric that 5 (James Morrison) has sung?
“There's so much craziness surrounding me/ There's so much going on it gets hard to breathe”
I always end up singing along to him for some reason.

How many times have you seen 4 (Kasabian) live?
Once at Big Day Out when they were my ‘new favourite band’: complete and utter awesomeness.

What is your favourite song by 7 (The Dead Weather)?
Without a doubt Treat Me Like Your Mother: so much attitude.
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