For those of you who use Last.fm: Go to your profile, scroll down to Top Artists, choose a timespan you think is appropriate and click the "Paste your taste" link, then copypasta here.
For me, "Overall" is indeed pretty accurate for my all-time favourites, while "6 months" probably best represents what I'm into right now.
Overall:
6 months (I think they only change the artists in these):I'm into indie, singer-songwriter, female vocalists, alternative and folk, including:
Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Cornelis Vreeswijk, The Shins, Leonard Cohen, Janis Joplin, Belle and Sebastian, Iron & Wine, Neil Young, Johnny Cash, The Beatles, The Decemberists, Norah Jones, PJ Harvey, Joanna Newsom, Billie Holiday, Feist, of Montreal, Cold War Kids, Sufjan Stevens, Anna Ternheim, Neutral Milk Hotel, Laura Marling, Nirvana, The Rolling Stones, 植松伸夫, Death Cab for Cutie, Evert Taube, Devendra Banhart, Antony and the Johnsons, Beth Orton, Andrew Bird, CocoRosie, Explosions in the Sky, Patti Smith, Ane Brun, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, Kimya Dawson, Lars Gullin, Fiona Apple, Regina Spektor, Architecture in Helsinki, Mason Jennings, Maxïmo Park, Led Zeppelin, Emmy the Great, Bruce Springsteen, Sofia Karlsson, Beirut.
Check out my music taste: Rantzien's Music Profile – Users at Last.fm
Cold War Kids, Fiona Apple, Emmy the Great, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The White Stripes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Flynn, Nina Ramsby & Martin Hederos, The Shins, Jaymay, Alexi Murdoch, Kathleen Edwards, Gregory and the Hawk, Devendra Banhart, Säkert!, The Killers, Diane Cluck, The Decemberists, Cornelis Vreeswijk, Ray LaMontagne, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Beirut, Fabrizio De André, Alkaline Trio, Andrew Bird, She Wants Revenge, The Fratellis, Sufjan Stevens, Kings of Leon, Anna Ternheim, Ane Brun, Animal Collective, Elliott Smith, Antony and the Johnsons, Freddie Wadling, Explosions in the Sky, Cat Power, Amy Winehouse, Tom Waits, Neil Young, Slagsmålsklubben, Interpol, Handsome Furs, Leonard Cohen, Marianne Faithfull, Patti Smith, Björk, Belle and Sebastian.