Here are my Top 10 Bands for the first six months of 2012, according to the play count feature of Last.fm. Yes, I’m obsessive about play counts: I go through each list of iPod scrobbles to make sure all the played songs are submitted… and I even recreate non-scrobbled playlists. Note the play counts in parenthesis.
1) Marsheaux (570)
2) Saint Etienne (234)
3) Ambra Red (149)
4) Beach House (101)
5) The Raveonettes (81)
6) Katy Perry (79)
7) Blouse (62)
8) Freezepop (58)
9) Roxy Music (56)
10) Ladyhawke (51)