anthony, welcome to your first weekly music update!

The Hype Machine tracks a hand-picked a set of music blogs, collecting what these passionate fans discuss, for easy consumption and discovery. But you already knew that.

In these weekly updates, we will crunch some numbers and tell you the bands you've heard the most with this week, tracks you and your friends liked the most, and alert you to upcoming shows in your area.

This is our first one, so we want all the feedback we can get. Don't hesitate to write.

—Anthony

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Your weekly activity »

Artists you've heard the most this week

12 Massive Attack
5 La Roux
5 The Libertines
4 Friendly Fires
4 Radiohead

Blogs you've listened to the most

14 nightmagnets
5 Real Horrorshow Tunes
5 Et Musique Pour Tous

Most active watched blogs »

96 Rollo & Grady
56 Swan Fungus
36 Chromewaves

Most active watched searches this week »

15 Metronomy
4 Mstrkrft

Artists your friends heard the most this week

37 La Roux
36 The Xx
32 Dirty Projectors
23 Gossip
21 Tiesto

Your friends' most played songs this week »

19 Gossip - Love Long Distance (Fake Blood Remix)
19 tiesto - i feel it in my bones
15 N.A.S.A. feat. Ol' Dirty Bastard, Karen O. & Fatlip - Strange Enough (Designer Drugs Radio Edit Remix)

Most Blogged Artists »
Artists being blogged about the most this week
The xx • HEALTH • Jay-Z • Memory Tapes • Radiohead

Most Popular Songs »
Tracks our community is listening to the most right now
1 Matt and Kim - Daylight (Troublemaker Remix feat. De La Soul)
2 Sebastien Tellier - L'amour et la Violence [Boys Noize Euro mix]
3 3OH!3 - Starstrukk (Featuring Katy Perry) [Single Edit]
4 Flight Of The Conchords - Too Many Dicks (On The Dance Floor)
5 MSTRKRFT - Heartbreaker

39 recommended shows in New York, USA
We pick these based on what you've listened to and what's hot on blogs now
Sep 6 David Guetta New York
Sep 6 Denison Witmer Brooklyn + 1 more
Sep 6 Hot Chip New York
Sep 7 Drake Bell Syracuse
Sep 8 The Roots New York + 10 more
Sep 10 Ra Ra Riot Ithaca
Sep 10 Calvin Harris Brooklyn
Sep 11 The Twelves New York
Sep 15 Unicorn Kid New York
Sep 16 Frankmusik New York
Sep 16 Ida Maria New York
Sep 16 Little Boots New York
Sep 17 Dion Roy New York
Sep 23 Yeah Yeah Yeahs New York + 1 more
Sep 23 Rick Astley New York
Sep 24 Health New York
Sep 25 Phoenix New York + 2 more
Sep 25 Jupiter One Brooklyn
Sep 25 Grizzly Bear Saratoga Springs
Sep 28 Fever Ray New York + 2 more
Oct 1 Jay Reatard New York
Oct 2 Wax Tailor New York
Oct 2 We Were Promised Jetpacks Brooklyn
Oct 7 Manic Street Preachers New York
Oct 8 The Mars Volta New York
Oct 9 The Gossip New York
Oct 10 Mirah New York
Oct 10 Placebo Clifton Park + 1 more
Oct 14 The Raveonettes New York
Oct 14 Regina Spektor New York
Oct 20 Atlas Sound New York
Oct 24 MUM New York
Oct 26 La Roux New York
Oct 30 Simian Mobile Disco New York
Oct 30 Tegan and Sara New York + 1 more
Oct 31 Boys Noize New York
Nov 1 LMFAO Amherst
Nov 12 The XX New York
Dec 5 Friendly Fires New York

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