Diario

Last Saturday, I discussed the issues with the current similar artist formula...especially Metallica being top 10 in similarity with The Offspring (like what?).

Well, since then, I put my programming skills to work and well, I built a little program to test to see it would work with other artists. Results were noticed on several bands/artists as their similar artists over went a make over. However, it did lead to new problems as I tried testing it out super-mainstream acts including our favorite band...Radiohead.


Rage Against the Machine showed up as a similar artist.


...well, apparently. Radiohead's top 250 similar artists currently are all over the place in random genres. A bigger batch of similar artists would be needed to get the best results, but the question is...is my new formula better. I'm going to show you some examples of artists top 25 similar artists...before, and after. You guys make the decision.


Oh, you don't remember the formula? Very well...time for a quick summary
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Tracks

4-10 VII - Prayer of the Refugee (3 tracks)
11-17 VII - Ricky Bobby (28 tracks)
18-24 VII - Ricky Bobby (54 tracks)
25-31 VII - 1958 (7 tracks)
1-7 VIII - Ricky Bobby (10 tracks)
8-14 VIII - 1958 (8 tracks)
15-21 VIII - Toxicity (84 tracks)
22-28 VIII - Toxicity (24 tracks)
29-4 IX - Toxicity (61 tracks)
5-11 IX - Attack (8 tracks)
12-18 IX - A Sip Of Wine Chased With Cyanide (3 tracks)
19-25 IX - Old School Hollywood (2 tracks)
26-2 X - Subterranean (1 track)
3-9 X - Old School Hollywood (25 tracks)
10-16 X - Lead Us Home (6 tracks)
17-23 X - Wendy Clear (3 tracks)
24-30 X - Does My Breath Smell (32 tracks)
31-6 XI - Join The Ranks (45 tracks)
7-13 XI - Does My Breath Smell (26 tracks)
14-20 XI - Back In Black (38 tracks)
21-27 XI - Smells Like Teen Spirit (21 tracks)
28-4 XII - Toxicity (39 tracks)
5-11 XII - Are You Dead Yet? (92 tracks)
12-18 XII - Are You Dead Yet? (110 tracks)
19-25 XII - Scavenger (56 tracks)
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30 Seconds To Mars x

Amusement Parks on Fire

Babylon Bombs
Backyard Babies
Beat Union
Beyond All Reason
The Blackout
blink-182

Cage The Elephant

Fire Exit
Flo Rida
Future of the Left

The Ghost of a Thousand x
The Glitterati x
Good Charlotte
Green Day

Hardcore Superstar
Hit The Lights
Humanzi

Juliette and The Licks

Kids In Glass Houses x
Kill Hannah
The Kinison

Ladytron
The Lodge
Logan x

McQueen x
Millencolin

New Found Glory

o' lovely lie

Poison the Well

Scarling
Simple Plan x2
Slunt
Spinnerette x2
Strung Out
Sugarcult
Supagroup

Taio Cruz
Trashlight Vision x

UK Subs

Viking Skull

We Are The Physics
Wednesday 13

50 Lions
Aiden
Alexisonfire
All Shall Perish
An Albatross
Anberlin
Anti-Flag
Architects (3x)
As Blood Runs Black
As We Fight
August Burns Red
Battle Of Wolf 359
Beatsteaks
Beyond Pink
Biffy Clyro
Big Kids
Billy Talent (2x)
Bora
Bring Me The Horizon (2x)
Bullet For My Valentine
Bury Tomorrow
Caliban
Cancer Bats (2x)
Celeste
City of Ships
Citizens Patrol
Coalesce
Coliseum
Comeback Kid
Converge
Cruel Hand
Dangers
Death Is Not Glamorous
Deez Nuts
Despised Icon
Devil Sold His Soul
Digitalism
Direct Control
Disco Ensemble
Down to Nothing
Editors
Emmure
Ensign
Enter Shikari (2x)
Evergreen Terrace
Every Time I Die
Exit Ten
Eyes Set To Kill
Fall of Efrafa
Feed the Rhino
For The Fallen Dreams
From Autumn To Ashes
Funeral For A Friend
Gallows
Geraniüm
Ghostlimb
Haribo Macht Kinder Froh
Hatesphere
Have Heart
Hawthorne Heights
Here Comes The Kraken
Hopeless
Hopes Die Last
HORSE The Band (2x)
Isaïah
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Fri 1 Jul – Face To Face, Strung Out, Blitzkid, The Darlings

Face to Face and Strung Out review:

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2011/07/face_to_face_at_nile_theater_7.php

36 Crazyfists
50 Lions x 2
A Wilhelm Scream
After the Fall
Against Me!
Alice In Chains
Alexisonfire x 2
Alter Bridge
The Amity Affliction x 3
Andrew W.K. x 2
Anti-Flag
As I Lay Dying
Bad Religion
Billy Talent x 2
Birds of Tokyo
The Black Crowes
The Bled
Bleeding Through x 2
Bloodhound Gang
The Bronx
Bullet For My Valentine
The Butterfly Effect x 4
Carpathian x 3
Cog x 5
Confession x 3
Dead Letter Circus x 3
Deftones
DevilDriver x 2
Dropkick Murphys
Disturbed
Eagles of Death Metal
Evergreen Terrace
Every Time I Die
Explosions in the Sky
Faith No More
Fear Factory x 2
Finch
The Flaming Lips
Floating Me x 6
Foo Fighters
Frenzal Rhomb x 2
Fucked Up
Gallows x 2
The Gaslight Anthem
The Getaway Plan
Grinderman
Grinspoon
Gyroscope x 2
Haste The Day
Hatebreed
(Hed) Planet Earth x 2
Helm
I Killed the Prom Queen
Iggy & The Stooges
In Flames
Incubus
Inhale The Sea
Isis
Jinn x 2
Jimmy Eat World
The John Butler Trio x 3
Karnivool x 4
Kasabian
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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.

The Flatliners
1. The Menzingers
2. Dead to Me
3. Smoke or Fire
4. None More Black
5. Banner Pilot
6. The Riot Before
7. The Sainte Catherines
8. The Loved Ones

The Wonder Years
9. Fireworks
10. Man Overboard
11. Transit
12. Such Gold
13. Handguns
14. I Call Fives
15. This Time Next Year
16. A Loss For Words

Daggermouth
17. Living With Lions
18. Bangarang!
Such Gold
19. The Wonder Years
20. Crucial Dudes
Fireworks
This Time Next Year
Transit

NOFX
21. Rancid
22. Lagwagon
23. Pennywise
24. No Use For A Name
25. Bad Religion
26. Anti-Flag
27. Millencolin
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13.1. - Lucerna Music Bar Prague - Mighty Jäger Night - bitch and chips, Prague Conspiracy, Queens Of Everything
14.1. - 007 Prague - Discoballs
19.1. - Cross Club Prague - The Rocket Dogz, Unholy Preachers
2.2. - Cross Club Prague - Twisted Rod, The Phenomenauts (USA)
22.2. - Roxy Prague - Rat City Riot (USA), Zander Schloss and Sean Wheeler (USA), Pascal Briggs and The Stokers (DE)
15.3. - Nad Viktorkou Prague - Záviš feat. Baron
19.3. - Rock Café Prague -Staré Pušky, Thunderbirds, The Carburetors (NOR)
19.4. - Cross Prague - The Toasters (USA), Discoballs, Fat & Dread Stereo
1.5. - Central Park Pankrác Prague - Les Skalopes (FR), Larika, Green Smatroll
7.5. - Parník Tyrš Prague - Bohemácký pařník II - Moomraj, Svojband - Rock Café Prague - Mighty Warm Up - Born To Lose (USA), Gangnails, sourbitch
2.6. - Haus Auensee Leipzig, Germany - Frank Turner (UK), Social Distortion (USA)
11.6. 2011 - náměstí Stříbro - městské slavnosti - Skavare, The Aprill, Lords, Katapult, Waldemar Matuška revival
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