2009 in review - Music

I cannot live without music. I am always listening to something or another. I tend to become a little obsessive about certain songs/bands and will listen to them over and over, especially if they are new discoveries and speak to my soul.

 

 

According to Last.fm, these are the bands I listened to most over the past 12 months:

1. Kaizers Orchestra
2. Abney Park
3. The Parlotones
4. Bauhaus
5. Einsturzende Neubauten
6. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
7. The Killers
8. The Breeders
9. Deine Lakaien
10. DeVotchKa
11. Muse
12. Johnny Hollow
13. Diary of Dreams
14. Gogol Bordello
15. HIM

Favourite new finds:

• Abney Park
• Johnny Hollow
• Gogol Bordello
• DeVotchKa
• Balkan Beats

According to Last.fm, my top tracks for the past year are as follows:

1. Abney Park – Airship Pirate
2. Kaizers Orchestra – Bastard Sonn
3. Johnny Hollow – This Hollow World
4. Kaizers Orchestra – Ond Sirkel
5. The Parlotones – Perfect Place
6. Kaizers Orchestra – Moment
7. DeVotchKa – Basso Profundo
8. DeVotchKa – Undone
9. Kaizers Orchestra – Enden av November
10. Kaizers Orchestra – Maskineri
11. Kaizers Orchestra – Apokalyps Meg
12. Abney Park – Thornes and Brambles
13. The Killers – Andy You’re A Star
14. Kaizers Orchestra – Den Andre Er Meg
15. Abney Park – White Wedding

For me, the best musical moment of this past year was seeing The Killers live in concert. It has been a while since I’ve seen an international act, and the Killers put on a spectacular show.

I have also reconnected with my roots this year, both by rediscovering music I have always loved and by discovering new genres that complement the music of my soul. I suppose adding the Steampunk genre was a natural flow out of my love for old-school Goth, while the addition of Gypsy Punk has been a pleasant surprise albeit natural, considering my love for other languages and the Balkan sound. I look forward to discovering even more music in 2010.

So, what music moved you in 2009?