Buster Benson

What's rocking your world?

According to last.fm, I listened to Phoenix the most in the last 12 months. Yeah, who didn't. I love them. I guess they rocked my world. Here's my top 20 based on listening frequency:

1. Phoenix
2. Architecture in Helsinki
3. Bon Iver
4. R.E.M. (really?)
5. Animal Collective
6. Hot Chip
7. Fleet Foxes
8. Of Montreal
9. TV on the Radio
10. Metric
11. Peter Bjorn and John
12. Cloud Cult
13. David Byrne and Brian Eno
14. Air
15. Radiohead
16. St Vincent
17. Freelance Whales
18. Franz Ferdinand
19. Stars
20. Neko Case

Surprised to see Freelance Whales up there since we just saw them live last month. I guess we've been sort of obsessed with them. And Fanfarlo, which is down on number 31. Right now, they're definitely rocking me out. As for earlier in the year, I'd say Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes, or Animal Collective.

I know, nothing too surprising. But this is all great music. And lest you think I'm a bit of a mainstream sell-out listener, I refer you to this silly rant by Dave Eggers from back in 2000.

And yeah, I'm really excited to see Phoenix live in January.