The below are the bands I've listend to most in February on iTunes or my iPod. Inspiration, downtime, or just to keep me company whilst I work. This list made up a large part of my soundtrack over the last 28 days...
February also saw five new entries, and a host of re-entries, into the list. The highest new entry is Cabaret Voltaire at #7 which is down to me discovering that a number of their back catalog had been reissued on CD for the first time in probably 20 years. I had a bunch of old vinyl LPs from them which I used to listen to a lot but finding reasonably priced second hand CDs of their past albums was a nightmare so the reissue was a dream come true.
I was surprised The Herbaliser (NE #33) hadn't appeared on my lists before as I listen to them quite a bit - but I guess never enough times each month to have 'charted' before. I even use a take on the opening track on their 'Very Mercenary" album as my intro on my 'About' sections on Facebook and Live Journal. Other new entries this month were Ashbury Heights, Ghostland and Avicii.
Here is February's Top 50 taken from my playlist:
Top 50 Bands – February 2014
Position / Last Month / Band
1 / 3 Enigma
2 / 6 The Mission
3 / 4 The Sisters of Mercy
4 / 1 New Model Army
5 / 5 Conjure One
6 / 18 In Strict Confidence
7 / NE Cabaret Voltaire
8 / 27 Lorde
9 / RE Linkin Park
10 / 7 Ghost Dance
11 / 8 Fields of the Nephilim
12 / 14 Daft Punk
13 / 10 Dead Can Dance
14 / 13 Mind.In.A.Box
15 / 22 THYX
16 / 36 Liquid Divine
17 / RE :Wumpscut:
18 / 24 Lana Del Rey
19 / 19 Portishead
20 / 9 Nine Inch Nails
21 / 20 Clannad
22 / 21 Fischerspooner
23 / RE Delerium
24 / RE Tori Amos
25 / 23 Iron Maiden
26 / 28 Front 242
27 / 25 Justin Sullivan
28 / 26 Metallica
29 / 29 Jeremy Soule – Skyrim OST
30 / 31 Garbage
31 / 32 Levellers
32 / 33 Gary Numan
33 / NE The Herbaliser
34 / RE Snow Patrol
35 / NE Ashbury Heights
36 / 34 MS MR
37 / 35 U2
38 / RE Magnum
39 / 39 All About Eve
40 / 38 Covenant
41 / NE Ghostland
42 / 41 Juno Reactor
43 / RE My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
44 / 44 Star Industry
45 / 47 Sleepthief
46 / NE Avicii
47 / 45 Chvrches
48 / RE Blank & Jones
49 / RE Tool
50 / RE Sohodolls
