The Express‘ loyal cadre of monkeys at typewriters can do more than just produce articles and blog posts. They can also crunch numbers. With minimal prodding from their benevolent masters, they recently produced a useful analysis of Noise Pop 2007’s lineup in terms of which artists have played the festival in past years and precisely how many times. A breakdown of their findings follows after the jump.

Out of a total of 111 artists on this year’s schedule, 38 have played in past years (dating back to the festival’s debut in 1993). That’s a healthy 34 percent; in simpler terms, one-third of this year’s performers have played Noise Pop before, while a full two-thirds are brand[new to the festival. Of the 38 repeats, most have played only once before, and more than half are local acts (designated below by an asterisk). Go here to see the complete Noise Pop schedule.

And now for the cold, hard numbers produced by our simian comrades.

Number of past appearances at Noise Pop festivals among 2007 participants, in descending order:

6
Oranger*

5
John Vanderslice*

4
David Dondero*

3
Zach Rogue (including w/ Rogue Wave)*
The Rum Diary*

2
Aqueduct
The Donnas*
Earlimart
Elephone*
Erase Errata*
Minipop*
Trainwreck Riders*

1
Audrye Sessions*
Black Fiction
The Botticellis*
Brightblack Morning Light
Etienne de Rocher*
Dead Meadow
Ester Drang
Jolie Holland*
Honeycut*
Damien Jurado
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Willy Mason
Midlake
Midnight Movies
Money Mark
Alexi Murdoch
The New Amsterdams
The New Trust*
Pants Pants Pants*
Push To Talk*
Scissors for Lefty*
Scrabbel*
Send For Help*
Starlight Desperation
Street To Nowhere*
The Submarines