DaveyDoyle's top albums
1. Air - Moon Safari (27) 2. Air - Talkie Walkie (26) 3. Air - Premiers Symptomes (25) 4. Aphex Twin - Richard D. James Album (20) 5. Boys Noize - Oi Oi oi (18) 6. The Chemical Brothers - Singles 93-03 Collection Disc1 (17) 7. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (14) 8. Air - Pocket Symphony (14) 9. Aphex Twin - Drukqs Disc 1 (12) 10. Sonic Youth - Dirty (9) 11. Justice - Cross (9) 12. Zero 7 - Simple Things (9) 13. Röyksopp - Melody A.M. (8) 14. Aphex Twin - Drukqs Disc 2 (8) 15. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing... (7) 16. Daft Punk - Discovery (6) 17. Vitalic - OK Cowboy (5) 18. Elliott Smith - From a Basement on the Hill (3) 19. Air - Moon Safari (Special Edition) (3) 20. Digitalism - Idealism (3) 21. Radiohead - Kid A (2) 22. Sonic Youth - Goo (2) 23. The Postal Service - Give Up (2) 24. Elliott Smith - XO (2) 25. MSTRKRFT - The Looks (2) 26. Air - The Virgin Suicides (2) 27. Jamiroquai - High Times Singles 1992-2006 (2) 28. Sonic Youth - Murray Street (1) 29. Sonic Youth - Washing Machine (1) 30. The Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (1) 31. Daft Punk - Alive 2007 (1) 32. Daft Punk - Homework (1) 33. Elliott Smith - Either/Or (1) 34. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Facing Future (1) 35. Air - AIRities: CD1 (1) 36. Radiohead - In Rainbows (1) 37. Sonic Youth - 1000 Leaves (1) 38. The Prodigy - Experience Expanded (1)

Name your top ten artists on Last.fm.

1. Air
2. Aphex Twin
3. The Chemical Brothers
4. Sonic Youth
5. Boys Noize
6. Justice
7. Daft Punk
8. DJ Shadow
9. Elliott Smith
10. Vitalic

How many times have you listened to number one?
On Last Fm? out 100 times. IN real life? closer to a thousand

Is this your favorite artist?
I would of said Elliott Smith or Sonic Youth, but Air are definitely one of them

What got you into number one?
My friend randomly gave me Moon Safari and I was blown away in a gentle breeze. La Femme d'argent was one of the best things to grace my ears on first listen.

Why the hell have you listened to that so much?
They're literally easy to listen to. I can just stick them on any time and relax and enjoy.

Favorite songs of number one.
Ce Matin La, La Femme d'argent, All I Need, Kelly Watch the Stars, J'ai dormi sous l'eau, Mer Du Japon, Mayfair Song, Lost Message, Run, universal traveller, Alpha Beta Gaga, Californie, Modular Mix

Something you think you'd thoroughly enjoy doing with the artist?
Relaxing, having a few tokes or beers with buddies with them on, learning the keyboard just to play their songs etc

Favorite memory of the artist?
Probably Spain. Relaxing in the beautiful weather to the their beautiful music was A-1! That or coming back to a gaffe after a mad rave for the come down and several Jays and listening to La Femme D'Argent with an altered perspective. Incredible.

How many times listened to number two?
40-something (was listening to em while doing this) This account is pretty new since my last one got bollocksed up

What got you into them?
My mates convincing me that Richard James is more than Come to Daddy and Windowlicker

What makes you like them so much?
The diversity is amazing. I love the downtempo earlier 'Ambient' works and also the crazy drum'n'bass/jungle stuff on Drukqs and the like. Literally just incredible music. Whether slow and relaxing or fast and at neck breaking speeds

Favorite songs
4, To Cure a Weakling Child, Xtal, Tha, Pulsewidth, Ageispolis, We Are The Music Makers, Vordhosbn, mt saint micheal mix plus, hy a scullyas lyf s, 54 Cymru Beats, Film

Favorite memory of artist?
I guess discovering how truly artistic and inspired Richard D James really is.

How many times have you listened to number three?
16

Would you pay thirty dollars to see them in concert?
Definitely. Its still cheaper then many gigs here in Ireland and they'd defo have some awesome support acts. But to see them live would be worth it alone

What songs you like best?
The Test, Star Guitar, Private Psychedelic Reel, The Golden Path, Let Forever Be

How many times have you listened to four?
14 (more like 14 million since 2002)

Would you go fishing with them?
Well...acid's a hell of a drug.

Any particular emotions run through you when you listen?
The whole spectrum! Mainly joy I guess...I dunno, they're just incredible.

What songs you like best?
Hits of Sunshine, Rain on Tin, Sunday, 100%, Shoot, Sugar Kane, On the Strip, Chapel Hill, Purr, Dirty Boots, Tunic, Kool Thing, Schizophrenia, Stereo Sanctity, Unmade Bed, Teenage Riot, The Sprawl, 'Cross the Breeze, [track artist=Sonic Youth][/track], Hey Joni, Candle, Hyperstation, The Empty Page, Star Power, In the Kingdom #19
(phew)

How many times have you listened to five?
11 (apparently)

What's so intriguing about them?
Just proper electro. Really a cut above the rest. Possibly better than Justice!!!

Could you imagine them in a circus?
Yeah actually!

What songs you like best?
& Down, Lava Lava, Let's Buy Happiness, Arcade Robot, Superfresh, Verigiftet

How many times for six?
9 (though for the whole summer it was like 20 times a day)

How many 3’s in a <3333333 would you give them and why?
none, those 'heart' things are uber-scat

What songs you like best?
Genesis, D.A.N.C.E., Newjack, DVNO, Stress, Waters of Nazareth

How many times for 7?
8 (again 8 million, former fave again)

I hear 7 is a magical number, is this band magical?
Definitely!

What are some of your favorite songs and what memories are attached to them?
ooo, variation
Aerodynamics - First song I heard by them and fell in love with it.
The Prime Time Of Your Life / The Brainwasher / Rollin' & Scratchin' / Alive - From the live album. This song just reinstats how freaking hard Daft Punk go when they want to.
Superheroes, Short Circuit, Face to Face - All just awesome songs from Discovery :p

How many times for eight?
7

How long have you liked this artist?
last march probably...

What are some songs you like/why?
Midnight in a Perfect World, Stem/Long Stem/Transmission 2

Poor nine and ten, how many times you listened to them?
Elliott Smith (6, but again real life millions) & Vitalic (5)

Why have them as number nine and ten, where is the loveeee?
Elliott is probably my all-time fave artist. Its just that I've probably over-listened to him and I usually only listen to him in certain moods...I guess. Vitalic is awesome, just hasn't reached as high as the others.

How long have you liked them?
Elliott Smith for almost 5 or 6 years, Vitalic since last summer

What are the poor artists from 11-20

11. Zero 7
12. Röyksopp
13. Digitalism
14. Radiohead
15. The Postal Service
16. Jamiroquai
17. The Prodigy
18. MSTRKRFT
19. Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
20. The Smashing Pumpkins

What was the last concert you attended?
Amon Amarth/ Ensiferum/ Belphegor/ The Absence @ The House of Blues in Chicago, 10/13/08

How many people were there?
i dunno, a few hundred at least

What bands have you seen in concert the most, and how many times?
Haste the Day (when Jimmy was still the singer)- 7 times
Black Label Society- 6 times
Still Remains- 5 times (b/c they played with Haste the Day a lot)
Umphrey's McGee- 4 times
Demiricous- 4 times

Do you have any set lists? From what bands?
the actual physical set list that the band had taped to the floor or wherever? No. I do have a ton of set lists that I wrote down from different bands at Bonnaroo each year, both Tool shows, and Amon Amarth.

Are there any CDs in close proximity to you? Which ones?
hundreds. I shan't name them all.

What band are you in the mood to see live right this second?
Tool (I'm always in the mood to see them, so I suppose they don't count), Amon Amarth, Phish, Yonder Mountain String Band, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Amorphis

Have you ever been on a tour bus?
nein.

Have you ever partied with a band?
A famous band? No. A band? Many a time.

How many states/provinces have you been to concerts in?
5. Indiana, Tennessee, Illinois, Ohio, Washington D.C.

What bands did you see live the month of May
hmmm. I'm not sure I went to any concerts in May.

What CD are you addicted to at the moment?
Amon Amarth- Twilight of the Thunder God

Who is one band that you used to like, but now you can't stand?
AFI definitely.

Have you ever been on anyone's guest list? Who's?
nein.

Last band person that you got a picture with?
I've met tons of bands, but i've never had the foresight to bring a camera for a picture.

Do you consider yourself a groupie?
uhhh no.

If you were to name a boy and a girl after any band....what would you name them?
i dunno....I could be boring and say Rodrigo (boy) and Gabriela (girl), but I'm gonna go with Reverend Peyton (boy) and Big Damn (girl).

How old were you when you went to your first concert?
7 for a concert with my Ma, 14 for my first unsupervised concert

Who was it?
7- Tom Petty, 14- MxPx (gay), Orgy, The Offspring, Disturbed, and Incubus.

What bands haven't you seen yet that you want to see?
Phish (reunion tour!!!), Daft Punk, Rammstein, Opeth, Bloodbath, Tom Waits

Are you wearing a band shirt right now?
of course I am, Grateful Dead shirt over a Bob Marley shirt.

What band do you own the most merch of?
who knows, I have soooooo many band-related shirts and things. I'd guess Tool, Grateful Dead, or The Agony Scene.

What song is on your myspace right now?
i dunno, i never visit my myspace anymore. It's probably something like "song has been deleted by artist" or some shit.

Have you ever met that band?
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Do you ever do anything crazy at shows?
not usually, but it depends what's in me and who I'm with.

What are your favorite venues to go to shows at?
the Bonnaroo Farm, The Lawn at White River, Egyptian Room

What band do you have the most performance pictures of?
who knows. I take hundreds of pictures at Bonnaroo every year, so probably a band that's played there more than one of the times I've been there.

Would you ever get a tattoo representing a band?
waaaay ahead of ya.

How many concerts do you average a year?
the last couple of years I'd say I've been to 10-15 per year, but all during high school and my first couple years at Uindy I probably went to at least 25-30 per year.

Upcoming shows?
Widespread Panic (Nov.5), The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band/ The Avett Brothers (Nov.21), The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band (homecoming show, 12/26), Ricky Skaggs (May 2)

List every band you've EVER seen live, no matter how obscure.
Tool x2, Amon Amarth, Slayer x2, Metallica x2, The Agony Scene x2, Haste the Day (with Jimmy Ryan) x7, Demiricous x4, System of a Down x3, Shadows Fall x3, Nine Inch Nails, Napalm Death, Ensiferum, Belphegor, Obituary, Still Remains x5, Dimmu Borgir, Marilyn Manson x2, Rob Zombie x2, Black Label Society x6, Slipknot x2, Cradle of Filth, The Absence, Iron Maiden, Superjoint Ritual, Lamb of God, Trivium, Mindless Self Indulgence, Deftones, Mastodon x2, Norma Jean x3, Clutch x2, ZAO x3, Meshuggah x2, Black Sabbath x2, ozzy x2, Unearth x3, God Forbid x2, As I Lay Dying x3, KoЯn x2, Mudvayne x3, Drowning Pool x2, Hatebreed x3, Otep x3, Killswitch Engage x2, E.Town Concrete x2, Atreyu x2, Bleeding Through x3, Lacuna Coil x3, Linkin Park x2, Disturbed x4, Voivod, Memento, Judas Priest, Arch Enemy, The Black Dahlia Murder, Deadsy, Evergreen Terrace, Project 86, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Queens of the Stone Age, The Sword, Strapping Young Lad, Between the Buried and Me, DragonForce, Avenged Sevenfold, Stone Sour, DevilDriver, Darkest Hour, The Union Underground, Godhead, In Flames, Mushroomhead, Poison the Well, Bauhaus, Peaches, Chimaira, Wolfmother, Papa Roach x2, Crazy Town, Systematic, Nonpoint, Spineshank, No One, Pressure 4-5, American Head Charge, Pure Rubbish, Beautiful Creatures, P.O.D., Adema, Down, SOiL, Flaw, 3rd Strike, Pulse Ultra, Ill Niño, Glassjaw, The Used, Switched, Chevelle, Hotwire, Grade 8, Twisted Method, Nothingface, Ünloco, Depswa, Motograter, Sworn Enemy, The Revolution Smile, Endo, Every Time I Die, Magna-Fi, Throwdown, A Dozen Furies, The Haunted, Bury Your Dead, It Dies Today, Soilwork, Gizmachi, Wicked Wisdom, Limp Bizkit, The Offspring, Incubus, MxPx, Orgy, Puddle of Mudd, French Toast, Calico System, Destination:Earth x2, Self Destructed Dream x2, Eighteen Visions, The Bronx, Amongst the Swarm, Sinai Beach, Dead to Fall, All That Remains, The Red Chord, Walls of Jericho, Full Blown Chaos, Bad Acid Trip, A Life Once Lost, Yonder Mountain String Band x2, Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band x3, Girl Talk, Keller Williams, The Flaming Lips, Les Claypool x2, Matisyahu, Oysterhead, Radiohead, Sigur Rós, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Youngblood Brass Band x2, Death Cab for Cutie x3, Grupo Fantasma x2, Pearl Jam, Gogol Bordello x2, Mute Math x2, Tom Petty x2, Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Nightwatchman, moe., Bright Eyes, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, The Black Angels, Tea Leaf Green, The John Butler Trio, Elvis Perkins In Dearland, The Roots, Ween, Pete Yorn, Wilco, The White Stripes, Widespread Panic x2, Ben Folds x2, Umphrey's McGee x4, My Morning Jacket x2, Steel Pulse, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Blues Traveler, Cypress Hill, Paolo Nutini, Regina Spektor, Ziggy Marley, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, Warren Haynes interview/acoustic set, Aesop Rock, Andrew Bird, The String Cheese Incident, Sound Tribe Sector 9 x2, Damien Rice, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Sasha & John Digweed, Phil Lesh & Friends x2, Bob Weir & Ratdog, Keller Williams (WMD's), SuperJam (with John Paul Jones, Ben Harper, and ?uestlove), Dr. Dog, Gov't Mule, Galactic, The Decemberists, Dr. John, The Dresden Dolls, Jerry Douglas, Rusted Root, Rebirth Brass Band, Toubab Krewe, North Mississippi Allstars, Iswhat?!, John Mellencamp, The Why Store, Hootie & the Blowfish, Big Head Todd and The Monsters, Original State of Mind x2, The Little Ones, The New Orleans Klezmer Allstars, Sam Roberts Band, Tenderhooks, The National, Dubconscious, Uncle Earl, Rx Bandits, Cold War Kids, Brazilian Girls, Tortoise, Kings of Leon, Hot Chip, The Black Keys, Mago: Billy Martin & John Medeski, DJ Shadow, Railroad Earth, The Slip, Firecracker Jazz Band, Fountains of Wayne, Xavier Rudd, The Hold Steady, Spoon, Franz Ferdinand, The Police, Sonya Kitchell, David Bromberg and Angel Band, Junior Brown, Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mtn. Boys, Feist, Superdrag, Grand Ole Party, MGMT, Vampire Weekend, Lez Zeppelin, Dark Star Orchestra, Steel Train, José González, Tegan and Sara, Stephen Marley, The Bluegrass Allstars (Luke Bulla, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Bryan Sutton), The Swell Season, The Raconteurs, Rilo Kiley, M.I.A., Willie Nelson, MSTRKRFT, SuperJam feat. Les Claypool & members of Gogol Bordello playing "Gypsybilly" music, DJ Tiësto, The Disco Biscuits, Little Feat, Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet feat. Béla Fleck, Ozomatli, Cat Power, The Avett Brothers, Zappa Plays Zappa, Iron & Wine, B.B. King, Levon Helm and the Ramble on the Road, Jack Johnson, Chromeo, Ghostland Observatory, The Afromotive, Rogue Wave, The Lee Boys, Serena Ryder, Ladytron, Robert Randolph's Revival, O.A.R., Acoustic performance with Larry Campbell, Jackie Greene, Phil Lesh, & Teresa Williams, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss feat. T-Bone Burnett, Blue Öyster Cult

Wednesday was special. I played multiple tracks by Billie The Vision And The Dancers as I was so excited that they were gigging in Derby on Friday (I saw them!).

So, the best old song was 'I'm Pablo' by BTVATD. (Off their 2005 album.)

And the best new song was 'Groovy' by BTVATD. (Off their 2008 album.)

If you like lyrics like Jonathan Richman's or indiepop that is happy and sad at the same time, I think you should probably welcome Billie into your life. And hey - it's not like you even have to risk any money: you can download all of their albums for free from their own website.

I pay for mine, either via Emusic or buying the CDs because I want this fabulous band to carry on making some of the best pop music I've ever heard. To find such beautiful lyrics married with equally golden music is a rare treat.

On Wednesday, I played:

Beirut - Elephant Gun
otograph - melodie
Billie The Vision And The Dancers - Stuttering Duckling
The Duellists - Starters, Alfriston
The Insomniaddicts - Quitting Time
Sufjan Stevens - Come On! Feel The Illinoise!
Casey Jones - Know This X
M.O. & Brakko - Pluk de Dag
Distance - Mount Zion (Remix)
Circuits - Pistols at Dawn (Tim 'Love' Le
Fugazi - Exit Only
Termanology - Watch How It Go Down (prod. by DJ Premier)
Murder City Devils - I Drank the Wine
Smash TV - Chase And Status
Throwdown - Unite
Jens Lekman - You Are the Light
The Mighty Underdogs - Escape (feat. Mr. Lif & Akrobatik)
Chromeo - Needy Girl (Lifelike Remix)
Killswitch Engage - Rose of Sharyn
King Cannibal - b - Badman Near Dark (Komonazmuk Remix)
Beirut - Scenic World
Fighting With Wire - Everyone Needs A Nemesis
Ghostface - Be Easy (Feat. Trife)
The Presets - Yippiyo-a
Raised Fist - Working on Wood
Cycom - Distractions
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists - Criminal Piece
Girl Talk - Shut The Club Down
Gojira - All The Tears
MGMT - Electric Feel (Justice Remix)
TV on the Radio - Crying
TC - Where's My Money (Caspa Remix)
Death Cab for Cutie - No Sunlight
Underoath - Anyone Can Dig A Hole But It Takes A Real Man To Call It Home
Late of the Pier - Focker
Billie the Vision & The Dancers - I'm Pablo
Thee More Shallows - The Dutch Fist
Big Black - L Dopa
MSTRKRFT - Vuvuvu
Mystery Jets - You Cant Fool Me Dennis
Maybeshewill - Seraphim & Cherubim
Why? - The Vowels Pt. 2
Hint - Muddled Morning (Feat. Rizzle)
Braintax - The Beast Is Us
Lykke Li - Little Bit
my big ego - duck and cover/hiroshima
Deerhoof - Basket Ball Get Your Groove Back