10 Most Played Artists:
1. Hammock - 353 (1,250 overall, #5)
2. The Limousines - 303 (493 overall, #32)
3. Queens of the Stone Age - 246 (1,346 overall, #2)
4. The Dillinger Escape Plan - 236 (840 overall, #9)
5. Every Time I Die - 212 (741 overall, #13)
6. Foals - 163 (279 overall, #74)
7. The American Dollar - 136 (222 overall, #100)
T-8. Kanye West - 133 (541 overall, #28)
T-8. Helios - 133 (300 overall, #68)
10. The Lonely Island -125 (557 overall, #26)

For the second year in a row, Hammock tops the artist…

To keep with tradition, here is the bookkeeping on my scrobbles from 2012.
Some quick notes up front: This was my first year relying almost 100% on Spotify for my music. Spotify Premium allowed me to have my synced playlists on my phone at all times, likely allowing more plays than usual. Even with the incredible ease-of-access of music, I still feel like I wasn't as "into" or "on top of" music this year as usual.

10 Most Played Artists:
1. Hammock - 792 (893 overall, #7)
2. Every Time I Die - 393 (527 overall, #23)
3. Enter Shikari…

It has been customary for me to write a little blurb about my x-thousandth play on last.fm, solely for the purpose of me keeping track of when it occurred and what song it was.
50,000 was my all-time favorite song Paranoid Android by Radiohead on November 24, 2009.
60,000 was my third favorite song of all time, My Girls by Animal Collective on Dec. 26, 2010.

Now, we arrive at No. 70,000. Drumroll, please.

Actually, it happened by accident.

Not that it's a bad song, but certainly nothing worthy of "all-time" or other superlative descriptors. It occurred yesterday, Feb. 1,…

To keep with tradition and note my music listening trends in 2011, here's my most played artists, songs and albums. Right off of the bat, I have a feeling play counts will be down overall from last year.

10 Most Played Artists of 2011
T-1. Radiohead - 254 (1,974 overall, #1)
T-1. M83 - 254 (751 overall, #9)
3. LCD Soundsystem - 229 (603 overall, #17)
4. Panda Bear - 173 (344 overall, #41)
5. Das Racist - 167 (197 overall, #86)
6. Battles - 158 (585 overall, #18)
7. Destroyer - 144 (144 overall, #120)
8. The Black Keys…

Not a minute too soon, my infinitely-hyped, overly-wordy and precisely-ordered rundown of the year’s best albums is finally here. (Hold the applause.)

From my personal perspective, it seemed as though 2010 had a lot of very solid releases, making it one of the better years in recent memory. The list is varied with doe-eyed newbies and grizzled veterans, dreamy lullaby-pop and ear-shattering mathcore, heady lyricism and stoners “just havin’ fun.” It isn’t perfect, it isn’t comprehensive, it isn’t good, but fuck it, it’s my twenty-five favorite albums of 2010. Drink it up:

25. Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot:…

To keep with the tradition of logging my listening habits in a given calendar, here are my most played artists, songs and albums of 2010:

10 Most Played Artists:
1. The Dillinger Escape Plan - 292 (292 overall, #46)
2. Sleigh Bells - 242 (247 overall, #58)
T-3. Gorillaz - 178 (597 overall, #13)
T-3. Flying Lotus - 178 (178 overall, #83)
T-3. Crystal Castles - 178 (388 overall, #26)
T-6. Brand New - 177 (239 overall, #60)
T-6. Vampire Weekend - 177 (430 overall, #22)
8. The xx - 163 (270 overall, #55)
9. Wavves - 157 (358 overall,…

Nice, round play counts are exciting for certain dorks like me. Just like when your odometer rolls over. I guess.

Anyway, while drunk (yes, I'm a phenomenal typist whilst drunk), I noticed I was approaching the big 6-0-0-0-0. Hence, I played one of my all-time favorite songs from one of my all-time favorite bands. Behind Radiohead, we have Animal Collective and their magnum opus, My Girls. They have plenty of great songs, but this one is just so perfect. Not a shitty way to ring in the 60,000th play.

I got my 50,000th play (to the tune of…

One glance at the calendar should render this post rather customary. To make it seem slightly more impressive or reputable, this is my sixth foray into the whole “Songs of the Year” arena. It is pretty remarkable to see how markedly my music taste has changed since 2005, and how much more music I am exposed to in a given calendar year (thanks, high-speed internet and torrents!)

With that filler intro out of the way, here is another rundown of my favorite songs from 2010. Unlike year’s past, I have expanded the list to fifty and allowed multiple entries by…

On the verge of already outdated in the wee opening days of the new year and decade, at long last is my dissertation of my favorite 20 albums of 2009. As with any year, it is borderline excruciating to decide which albums are worthy, in what order they meaninglessly belong, and most importantly, describing them with a verbose punch. Perhaps even more so this year, a year with much more musical diversity than, say, 2008. Alas, the deed is done, and the finished product is below.

If you have been cognizant of the indie landscape this year, the results may…

The end of the year would not be complete without arbitrary lists. I have done this the past few years, and thought it would be appropriate to continue the trend of seeing what artists, songs and albums were really my most played. Thanks to the wonders of last.fm’s Last 12 Months charts, here are the lists:

10 Most Played Artists:
1. Animal Collective - 628 (969 overall)
2. The Lonely Island - 248 (248 overall)
3. Grizzly Bear - 238 (287 overall)
4. Wavves - 201 (201 overall)
5. Passion Pit - 196 (196 overall)
6. Weezer - 192 (573…