Goofle

1. Aesop Rock: 2,726

It's no coincidence that my favourite Hip Hop artist is #1 on my list, but I have to confess that I only really got into him via Musicbanter. According to last.fm, I had listened to him a few times before joining the site, but it wasn't until 2012 (about four months after signing up) that he started getting heavy rotation. I have obsessively listened to Labor Days since then, but pretty much all of his albums are good to great for me.

2. El-P: 2,299

Unlike Aesop, I was quite familiar with EL-P before joining the site. I had listened to Fantastic Damage and Funcrusher Plus a few times beforehand. But like Aesop, I only really started becoming a huge fan due to the influence of this site, and it came at around the same time in early 2012. Non stop scrobbling ever since.

3. Lana Del Rey: 1,752

Weirdly enough, my first listen to Lana came at pretty much the same time as I became obsessed with the previous two artists. However, I was by no means a huge fan at that time. It wasn't until late 2013 that I decided to give her albums another shot. Around that time I had been getting into more pop music courtesy of my man Justin Timberlake, so it was only natural that Lana would be given a fair shot. Needless to say, I have compulsively listened to Born to Die, Paradise and Ultraviolence ever since.

4. The Fall: 1,600

This is the only band that truly pre-dates Musicbanter on this list for me. I became a fan late in 2010, which was probably the starting period of my serious musical discovery phase. C.R.E.E.P. is the first song I remember listening to, and I loved it. After listening to most of their albums I got a hold of their Complete Peel Sessions and I listened to that over and over again. It's utterly fantastic. Fall obsessive for life.

5. Catherine Wheel: 1,488

I discovered these guys in 2012 on YouTube, which is the source of many of my finds. This isn't the exact video which made me check them out, although it is the same person:



Basically listened to them heavily since then, and now consider them one of the finest shoegaze/alternative rock bands ever. And probably my favourite band of all time.

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