Sunday, July 25, 2010

I believe diversity is an old, old wooden ship that was used during the Civil War era.

First, make a list of your top-20 artists overall. Then, for each of these artists, add the 8 most similar artists to your list. Delete any duplicates, count up the number of entries on your list and this will give you some idea of how eclectic your listening habits are. A score of 9 represents an extremely unvaried musical taste while a 160 represents an extremely varied one.

1. Bright Eyes (8)
Conor Oberst
Desaparecidos
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
Monsters of Folk
Commander Venus
Son, Ambulance
Neva Divona
The Good Life


2. Monster of Folk (6)
Bright Eyes
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
M. Ward
My Morning Jacket
Yim Yames
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
The Low Anthem

3. We Are Scientists (8)
The Futureheads
The Mystery Jets
The Automatic
Maximo Park
Blood Red Shoes
Tokyo Police Club
Hot Hot Heat
The Cribs

4. Bon Iver (8)
Justin Vernon
Bon Iver & St. Vincent
Volcano Choir
Fleet Foxes
Blind Pilot
deYarmond Edison
Iron & Wine
The Tallest Man on Earth

5. Arcade Fire (8)
Wolf Parade
The National
Broken Social Scene
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Interpol
Modest Mouse
The Shins
Neutral Milk Hotel

6. Death Cab for Cutie (5)
The Postal Service
Ben Gibbard
The Shins
Bright Eyes
The Decemberists
Manchester Orchestra
Minus the Bear
Modest Mouse

7. The Antlers (5)
The National
Cymbals Eat Guitars
The Rural Alberta Advantage
Bear in Heaven
Volcano Choir
Neutral Milk Hotel
Wolf Parade
Bon Iver

8. The Matches (8)
Motion City Soundtrack
Midtown
The Pink Spiders
Jet Lag Gemini
Punchline
Forgive Durden
Ludo
You, Me, and Everyone We Know

9. The Gaslight Anthem (8)
This Charming Man
Against Me!
The Loved Ones
The Menzingers
The Riot Before
Chuck Ragan
The Lawrence Arms
The Bouncing Souls

10. Villagers (7)
John Grant
Cathy Davey
Fionn Regan
Isbells
Fyfe Dangerfield
Sam Amidon
Blaudzun
The Tallest Man on Earth

11. Eels (8)
E
Sparklehorse
dEUS
Grandaddy
The Flaming Lips
Gomez
Beck
The Dandy Warhols

12. Jonsi (8)
Jonsi & Alex
Sigur Ros
Olafur Arnalds
Seabear
Frakkur
Parachutes
Amiina
mum

13. Radiohead (6)
Thom Yorke
Jonny Greenwood
Muse
Coldplay
Sigur Ros
Interpol
Beck
Blur

14. Brand New (7)
Manchester Orchestra
Kevin Devine
Taking Back Sunday
Straylight Run
Say Anything
Bayside
The Early November
Thrice

15. Broken Social Scene (6)
Kevin Drew
KC Accidental
Apostle of Hustle
The Most Serene Republic
Stars
Wolf Parade
Brendan Canning
The National

16. Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip (8)
Scroobius Pip
Dan Le Sac
B. Dolan
Example
Plan B
Kid Carpet
Jamie T
Kele

17. Refused (8)
The (International) Noise Conspiracy
Snapcase
Gallows
Raised Feet
The Bronx
Fugazi
The Ghost of a Thousand
Minor Threat

18. Manchester Orchestra (7)
Right Away Great Captain
Kevin Devine
Brand New
Colour Revolt
Dear and the Headlights
All Get Out
Lydia
Winston Audio

19. The Beatles (8)
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
Wings
The Who
The Kinks
The Rolling Stones

20. City and Colour (7)
William Fitzsimmons
Luke Pickett
Jonny Craig
Dustin Kensrue
Anthony Green
Bon Iver
Black Lungs
Craig Owens

Score: 144

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