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For an intro to this chart and how it is constructed, see: Introducing... Milliways' Alternative Chart. Full chart is available as a Spotify playlist (link in sig), updated weekly... Milliways Alternative Chart - 12.05.13 1 (1) The Thermals - 'The Sunset' (3rd week at #1) // Punky Indie Rock 2 (3) Michigan City Vandals - 'C.R.E.A.M (Poon Twang Mix)' Alt-country 3 (5) This Is Sleep - 'Like Arrows' // Electronic Indie Rock 4 (NE) The Generators - 'Sweet Misery' // Pop Punk 5 (NE) Tracey Browne - 'My Best Friend, My Ego' // Female Singer/songwriter 6 (NE) To The Bones - 'Emperor's Ride' // Thrash Rock 7 (NE) The Social Club - 'Live From The Sub Trunk' // Melodic Indie Rock 8 (2) The Touchy Feelies - 'Happy Tuesday' // Upbeat Female-fronted Punk-pop (#1[2]) 9 (NE) The Real Numbers - '1-2-3-4-5' // Geek Rock 10 (NE) Last Minute Glory - 'Take Time' // Scottish Indie Pop 11 (4) Nina Nesbitt - 'Stay Out' // Guitar Pop 12 (13) Me, You & Thomas - 'Eventually' // Female-fronted Indie Rock 13 (NE) The Generators - 'The Day Love Died' // Pop Punk 14 (NE) Reckless Love - 'Night On Fire' // Anthemic Pop Rock 15 (NE) Jimmy Deeghan - 'Cigarette' // Country Rock 16 (NE) JERX - 'Controlled By Your Anger' // Nu Metal 17 (NE) Saturday's Heroes - 'Tear It Down' // Pub Rock 18 (10) Empire Of The Sun - 'Alive' // Electro Rock 19 (7) Paramore - 'Still Into You' // Female-fronted Pop Rock 20 (NE) Danny Ray - 'Facebookville' // Alternative Pop ---------------------------------------------- Bubblers -- (--) Captain Dangerous - 'Heather and Tommy' // Alternative Pop -- (--) The Establishment - 'Jennifer Jones' // Britpop -- (--) Jimmy Nobrot & The Squits - 'London's Exciting' // Comedy Punk -- (--) Penfold - 'Exactly How It Happened' // Indie Rock -- (--) The Poodles - '40 Days and 40 Nights' // US-style Radio Rock

Ummm... I think my taste in music is somewhat out of step with that of most participants in this contest!

Thanks! Please could I have the link for the MP3 packs?

N00b to this: what's the significance of Disc 1 and Disc 2?

What you generally won't find in Milliways' Alternative Chart: * EDM (electronic dance music) * 'Urban' music and hip-hop * Pop ballads * Autotune * Miserablism

Since late 2011 I've compiled a weekly personal chart from new releases discovered through a variety of routes, at present primarily by searching the new additions to Spotify using spotifyreleases.com. This means I discover a lot of new music that you won't find anywhere else. Tomorrow, for the first time, I will post this personal chart to Buzzjack. Everything included in the chart is on Spotify, so the chart will be fully playable by anyone with access to that service. Anyone who is into any of the following genres: Indie, Rock, Folk, Punk, Ska, Alternative pop or the sort of Pop that just doesn't get played on the radio any more - I strongly recommend you check out my chart. If you're into upbeat songs with a big hook that get your toes tapping, definitely check out my chart. As most (but not all) of the bands will be non-mainstream, I will provide an indication of the genre of each track alongside the countdown. To name just some of the artists who've featured in Milliways' Alternative Chart over the past month or so: Acres of Lions, Big Deal, The Black Ghosts, The Bunny The Bear, Crowns, Eron Falbo, Everclear, Far From Finished, The Fireworks, Frightened Rabbit, Here Is Your Temple, Me, You & Thomas, Michigan City Vandals, Nina Nesbitt, Paramore, Saturday's Heroes, Skumdum, The Thermals, The Touchy Feelies, Tullycraft, The Vaccines, Veronica Falls... Chart rules * New release singles and E.Ps (up to 7 tracks in length, excluding remixes) are eligible. * Must be on Spotify. * No re-issues of tracks that have previously been in the UK Top 40, or are from a hit album. Re-issues of old tracks that were not hits the first time around are OK. * No re-entries of songs that have already been in the chart. * Covers of tracks that have previously been in the UK Top 40 must be musically distinct from the original.

Semi final 2 is so much better than 1 it's ridiculous. I was really scraping the barrel to come up with 10 songs to vote for in the 1st one.