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1. Hillsong United (531 plays)
2. David Crowder Band (465 plays)
3. Elevation Worship (398 plays)
4. Anberlin (376 plays)
5. Relient K (375 plays)
6. Coldplay (365 plays)
7. Kutless (360 plays)
8. Hillsong (349 plays)
9. Skillet (345 plays)
10. Five Iron Frenzy (296 plays)
11. Switchfoot (293 plays)
12. Chris Tomlin (280 plays)
13. Passion Worship Band (263 plays)
13. Shane & Shane (263 plays)
15. Pillar (241 plays)
16. Emery (238 plays)
17. Phil Wickham (232 plays)
18. Flame (228 plays)
19. Jon Foreman (225 plays)
20. Jeremy Camp (223 plays)
21. Hillsong London (201 plays)
22. Falling Up (195 plays)
23. Lecrae (193 plays)
24. Leeland (190 plays)
25. Thousand Foot Krutch (170 plays)
25. Philmont (170 plays)
27. Building 429 (169 plays)
28. Shawn McDonald (166 plays)
29. 116 Clique (160 plays)
30. Charlie Hall (159 plays)
30. Kristian Stanfill (159 plays)
32. Family Force 5 (158 plays)
32. Red (158 plays)
32. Seventh Day Slumber (158 plays)
35. Brave Saint Saturn (154 plays)
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Avalon
Building 429 ? i think. not sure but i think they opened up for Avalon
Jump 5
ZOEgirl
KJ-52
Natalie Grant
Tammy Trent
Hawk Nelson
Group 1 Crew
Addison Road
Kutless
Charlie Hall

Avalon concert
Avalon and Building 429

Jump 5 and Zoegirl Concert
Jump 5 and Zoegirl

Revolve Tour 2006
Zoegirl, Tammy Trent, Natalie Grant, and KJ-52

Revolve Tour 2007
Natalie Grant, Hawk Nelson, Natalie Grant, and KJ-52

Revolve Tour 2008
Hawk Nelson, Natalie Grant, and Group 1 Crew

Tsunami 2008
Addison Road, Kutless, and Charlie Hall

These are my automagically generated Genius mixes from iTunes 9. I thought they were interesting enough to merit sharing, and I'm going to give each a subtitle to try to explain the common thread.

Indie Mix
"The most mainstream indie bands ever"
Death Cab for Cutie, The Killers (...), Modest Mouse, Flaming Lips

Praise Mix
"Big music with Christian lyrics"
David Crowder Band, Hillsong United, Hillsong, Charlie Hall, Skillet], Phil Wickham, Leeland

Punk Mix
"Punk that is not very punk rock"
Green Day, Nirvana, early Jimmy Eat World, Good Charlotte, (the following are not described by the subtitle): The Clash, The Ramones, Fugazi

Rock Mix
"Rock that is strangely rocking"
Sufjan Stevens, Jack Johnson, Bright Eyes, Ted Leo & the Pharmacists, Devendra Banhart

Classic Rock Mix
"Music for that 50 year old accountant inside all of us"
Queen, Led Zeppelin, Tom Petty, The Who

Rock Mix 2
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A Fine Frenzy Aaron Shust Anna Nalick Audio Adrenaline BarlowGirl Bebo Norman Big Daddy Weave Brandon Heath Building 429 By the Tree Caedmon's Call Charlie Hall Delirious? Downhere FFH Hillsong London Inara George Ingrid Michaelson Jars Of Clay Jon Foreman Joy Williams Kutless Leeland Lincoln Brewster Matt Redman MercyMe Michael W. Smith Michelle Branch Missy Higgins Nichole Nordeman Passion Paul Baloche Phil Wickham Planetshakers Priscilla Ahn Rebecca St. James Rush of Fools Sanctus Real Sara Bareilles Sarah McLachlan Shane & Shane Shawn McDonald Sonicflood Starfield Third Day Tim Hughes Todd Agnew Tree63 Tristan Prettyman dc Talk

this year, i'd say, is a good year for music, at least for my music tastes. i mean Metallica finally released their long-awaited new record, and it wasn't that bad at all; Guns N' Roses finally gave birth to its 13-years in the making Chinese Democracy; my favorites - Living Sacrifice - reformed and even released a 2-song EP; Brian "Head" Welch also released his long-postponed CD; cavalera brothers (of Sepultura) are back together again - Cavalera Conspiracy; Cynic is back; Norma Jean, P.O.D., Underoath, Terror, Amenra, Coldplay, etc all have put out new releases.. and i was also introduced to some new bands that i totally lose count of.. it was a good year for my musical taste, like i said.

i'm serious, this was a tough year to choose records for my top 10. yesterday i spoke with a friend of mine, he could hardly pick 5 records he enjoyed in 2008. it's completely the opposite when it comes to me, though. first off, some honorable mentions - albums that almost made it into top 10 and woulda made in into the top…

this year, i'd say, is a good year for music, at least for my music tastes. i mean Metallica finally released their long-awaited new record, and it wasn't that bad at all; Guns N' Roses finally gave birth to its 13-years in the making Chinese Democracy; my favorites - Living Sacrifice - reformed and even released a 2-song EP; Brian "Head" Welch also released his long-postponed CD; cavalera brothers (of Sepultura) are back together again - Cavalera Conspiracy; Cynic is back; Norma Jean, P.O.D., Underoath, Terror, Amenra, Coldplay, etc all have put out new releases.. and i was also introduced to some new bands that i totally lose count of.. it was a good year for my musical taste, like i said.

i'm serious, this was a tough year to choose records for my top 10. yesterday i spoke with a friend of mine, he could hardly pick 5 records he enjoyed in 2008. it's completely the opposite when it comes to me, though. first off, some honorable mentions - albums that almost made it into top 10 and woulda made in into the top…

as those who follow, may see, i'm not the one who often changes music in his m3-player. in fact once it's in there, it stays there for a long long time, hence the non-scrobbling thing.. it's a shame it never gets scrobbled in the amounts it is played here (it woulda made the tops).

* A Plea for Purging!!! what can i say about these guys? they're redefining metalcore, imho. a lot of good guitars, very eclectic, very fast (without being overbearing).. A Critique of Mind and Thought is excellent! very hard to pick a track that doesn't stand out, they all do.. perhaps Slaying of the Serpentine Dragon is THA track! but then again, so are other tracks.. good! good! good!

* For Today's Ekklesia is a very tight album with no skip-tracks. tight! tight! tight! breakdowns, beautiful riffs, melodic interludes, good vocals - (not so generic) metalcore at its finest. Redemption is awesome! and so are Ready For The Fight and A Higher Standard!

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