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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.
1. The National
2. Arcade Fire
3. Coldplay
4. The Beta Band
5. Frank Sinatra
6. Spoon
7. Neko Case
8. Sigur Rós
9. Death Cab for Cutie
10. The Hold Steady
11. The Magnetic Fields
12. Wilco
13. Belle and Sebastian
14. Peter Gabriel
15. Stars
16. The White Stripes
17. The New Pornographers
18. The American Analog Set
19. Radiohead
20. Dean Martin

1. Wolf Parade
2. Okkervil River
3. Interpol
4. Band of Horses
5. The Walkmen
6. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
7. Sunset Rubdown
8. Broken Social Scene
9. Final Fantasy
10. TV on the Radio
11. Keane (not a big fan)
12. Travis
13. The Killers
14. Snow Patrol
15. Oasis
16. The Fray (not familiar but will check them out)
17. King Biscuit Time
18. The Aliens
19. The Bees (not familiar but will check them out)
20. Super Furry Animals
21. Gomez
22. Grandaddy
23. The Flaming Lips
24. Sammy Davis, Jr.
25. Tony Bennett
26. Nat King Cole
27. Bobby Darin
28. Ella Fitzgerald
29. Perry Como
30. Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
31. Tapes 'n Tapes
32. White Rabbits
33. Amiina (still more unfamiliar bands worth a listen)
34. múm (still more unfamiliar bands worth a listen)
35. Ólafur Arnalds (still more unfamiliar bands worth a listen)
36. Sigur Rós & Hilmar Örn (still more unfamiliar bands worth a listen)
37. Sigur Rós & Steindór Andersen
38. Explosions in the Sky
39. Neko Case and Her Boyfriends
40. Jenny Lewis
41. Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins
42. Lucinda Williams
43. Gillian Welch
44. Kathleen Edwards
45. Billy Bragg & Wilco
46. The Postal Service
47. Ben Gibbard
48. The Shins
49. The Decemberists
50. Bright Eyes
51. Modest Mouse
52. Manchester Orchestra huh?
53. Lifter Puller
54. The Replacements
55. The Thermals
56. The Gaslight Anthem
57. The 6ths
58. Future Bible Heroes
59. Stephin Merritt
60. The Gothic Archies
61. Jens Lekman
62. Beat Happening
63. Jeff Tweedy
64. Uncle Tupelo
65. Loose Fur
66. Golden Smog
67. My Morning Jacket
68. The Minus 5
69. Camera Obscura
70. of Montreal
71. The Boy Least Likely To unfamiliar - any good?
72. Architecture in Helsinki
73. Genesis
74. Steve Hackett
75. Marillion (unfamiliar - worth a listen)
76. Tony Banks
77. Yes
78. King Crimson
79. Sting
80. Amy Millan
81. Memphis (unfamiliar - worth a listen)
82. Metric
83. The Most Serene Republic (unfamiliar - worth a listen)
84. Rilo Kiley
85. The Raconteurs
86. Jack White
87. The Greenhornes (unfamiliar - worth a listen)
88. The Black Keys
89. The Strokes
90. The Kills
91. The Hives
92. A.C. Newman
93. Immaculate Machine
94. Destroyer (can't stand this)
95. Andrew Kenny
96. Pinback
97. The Sea and Cake
98. The Appleseed Cast (unfamiliar - worth a listen)
99. Bedhead
100. Aloha
101. Yo La Tengo
102. Thom Yorke
103. Jonny Greenwood
104. Muse
105. Blur
106. Beck
107. Bing Crosby

A few weeks ago someone asked me what the 'new hotness' is this year, music-wise. It's a question I used to love to answer at length, flapping my arms like a fool, cramming burned CDs down peoples' throats. Alas, no more. I stared at her for a few seconds and muttered something about Neko Case. For the next few days I trolled the music blogs, the forums, the pitchforks and the tinymixtapes for New Hotness '09, just so I'd have something more substantial to mutter the next time someone asked me.

Nothing. Nothing but shitty rip-offs, atrocious buzz-bands, and that fucking incomprehensibly overrated Animal Collective album.

And so, I've started to accept the fact that I'm pretty much done with new music. No more finding out about great new bands just starting out, no more being blown away by some unheard of opening act. I like what I like, nothing new is any good. I am officially Murtaugh-ing being in the know about the New Hotness. It's actually quite a relief. Being in the know about the New Hotness is exhausting. You have read the blogs, subscribe to the 'zines, listen to the podcasts, not to mention keep in touch with fellow insufferable music nerds. Then you have to tell the difference between New Hotness, Momentary Warmth That Will Be Lame Before They Even Release A Single, and New Hotness Destined To Sell Out And Do A Car Commercial As Soon As They Release A Single Thereby Becoming Retroactively Lame. Then, you have to keep track of the New Hotness religiously so that you can call them overrated before the inevitable backlash makes them so Old and Busted that calling them overrated is passe. And no, before you ask, I never thought Animal Collective were the New Hotness, I swear.

I'm too old for this shit.

Yes, the new Neko Case is great, as will the new Sonic Youth, and the new Decemberists is surprisingly decent (although I'm still enough of a insufferable music nerd to not be able to listen to it after seeing a Pitchfork writer recommend it on ABC News), but that's not the New Hotness, that's Good Bands Continuing To Release Good Music.

So there. I'm done. Time to be old and not give a shit. It's nice. One of the nicer perks is all the time I have for finding good old stuff. I have been happily indulging my obsession with Trance Syndicate. So, with nothing else to yell about, I guess I'll yell about some of the amazing bands that have called this pillar of American independent music home.


Cherubs

Cherubs are perhaps a difficult band to love if you are not a noise-rock kinda person. They didn't quite have the kind of chops, or sense of melody, or the smart, bilious sense of humour that made bands like The Jesus Lizard and mclusky so impossible to cram into that particular nook of the musical landscape. What they did have, however, was noise. Fuzzed out, ear-bleeding, buzzsaw-on-sheet-metal noise, and a singer who sounded like he was gargling woodscrews. And drugs. Lots, and lots of drugs.

Starfish

Oh Starfish. Easily the most overlooked of Trance's roster of bands, there is really no good reason they didn't get huge. They had the chugging guitar lines, enormous choruses, soul-snagging hooks and just the right amount of Nirvana-worship at a time when just the right amount of Nirvana-worship could sell you a million records, hell, their debut was recorded by Bob Mould. Starfish were the real deal, and they died young, forgotten and penniless, like a proper real deal should.


Monroe Mustang

Monroe Mustang are basically a group of indie rock monks, who live in a log cabin/rectory somewhere in the Texas hillcountry, and appear mysteriously every 10 years or so with a album full of the most somber, crushing, emotionally draining music you're likely to encounter. Then they buy 10 years worth of toilet paper and beef jerky from the gen'ral store and disappear as silently as they appeared.


Bedhead

Yes, Bedhead. No, I will never shut the fuck up about them. You may be familiar with my views on Bedhead. They were the best band ever, and the miniscule amount of posthumous attention they've been recieving in recent years are barely a half-feint towards their rightful place as one of the most seminal bands in independant rock music. While Slint may get most of the credit/blame for starting the whole post-rock thing, I can't imagine any of the kings of the genre (I'm lookin at you, Explosions in the Sky) existing without the creeping crescendos of the Kadanes, and the absolutely stunning drumming of Trini Martinez. Listen to Bedhead, you jerks.

ROBE. - 'Time Dilation' CDr £5.5(UK)/£6(EU)/£6.25(World)
"Massively epic new release from this American duo of stark echoing multi-instrumental drone, layers of charcoal to black emptiness that has gathered pretty solid sound throughout the releases they've unleashed last year, this is bleak, not harsh, just dark, and unrelenting for it's immense near 80 minute duration... Fans of Sunn O))), Robedoor, and occult ritual nightmares will zone into this. Limited to 150. Pro duplicated with on disc print."

http://www.blackest-rainbow.moonfruit.com/

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We should have a lot of copies to sell very soon if you want to personally buy from us (just message our myspace) but support the label if you can.

Thanks!

-ac/kw

For fans of: Robe., Scissor Shock, Black Cinema, The Goslings, Lovesliescrushing, phil niblock, Stars of the Lid, Mickey Roberts, Bubblegum Octopus, +/-, 1.6 Band, 16 Bitch Pile-Up, Grouper, 1905, 1-Speed Bike, 7 Year Rabbit Cycle, 23 Skadoo, 25 Suaves, Sunn O))), Earth, Wolf Eyes, Hair Police, Alva Noto, Alva Noto, The Dead Texan, Aix Em Klemm, 31 Knots, 90 Day Men, 400 Blows, Suishou No Fune, A Day in Black and White, Kindergarten Hazing Ritual, Deerhunter, John Fahey, James Blackshaw, Robbie Basho, A Handful of Dust, UR, A Luna Red, LITE, A Minor Forest, Zazen Boys, A Problem of Alarming Dimensions, Astrobrite, Star, Swervedriver, A Silver Mt. Zion, A Spectre Is Haunting Europe, A Trillion Barnacle Lapse, Aarktica, Yellow Swans, Aaron Dilloway, AC Newman, Accelera Deck, Ryoji Ikeda, Acetone, Polysics, Radiohead, Aceyalone, Acid Mothers Temple, Prurient, Graveyards, Aereogramme, Robe, A-Frames, Agitation Free, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, AIDS Wolf, Air Conditioning, Aix Em Klemm, Machinefabriek, Alan Licht, Albert Ayler, Ashtray Navigations, Azita Youssefi, Bardo Pond, Collection of Colonies of Bees, Bark Psychosis, Bauhaus, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Bedhead, Metallica, Belle & Sebastian, Birchville Cat Motel, Black Dice, Brian Eno, Burning Star Core, Burmese, Burning Witch, Throbbing Gristle, Captain Beefheart, Caroliner, Cerberus Shoal, CCCC, Chapterhouse, Charalambides, Charles Mingus, Cheer-Accident, Cheval de Frise, Climax Golden Twins, Cock ESP, Codeine, Colossamite, Dead C, Jandek, Deftones, Double Leopards, Electric Wizard, Emil Beaulieau, Ghost, Godflesh, godheadSilo, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Government Alpha, Green Milk From The Planet Orange, Growing, Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham, Indian Jewelry, Slint, Harry Partch, Alvarius B, Sun City Girls, Isis, Jim O'Rourke, No-Neck Blues Band, NUMBER GIRL, Joan of Arc, Joanna Newsom, John Wiese, John Zorn, June of 44, Karp, Kayo Dot, King Crimson, Kazuki Tomokawa, Loveliescrushing, Low, LSD-March, Mindflayer, Mogwai, Mono, World's End Girlfriend, Nels Cline, Robedoor, Pocahaunted, Silvester Anfang, Bark Psychosis, Bastard Noise, Battles, Bauhaus, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Aidan Baker, Nadja, Beachwood Sparks, UUUUUU, Bearsuit, Beauty Pill, Beck, Bedhead, Behold The Arctopus, Belle & Sebastian, Bellini, Bellmer Dolls, Berg Sans Nipple, giuseppe andrews, Biblical Proof of UFOs, Big Black, Big Business, Big Star, Biosphere, Birchville Cat Motel, Bjork, Black Cross, Black Dice, Black Eyes, Black Forest/Black Sea, Black Heart Procession, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Emeralds, Alligator Crystal Moth, Jack Rose, James Blackshaw, Women, Black Ox Orkestar, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Blackout Beach, Breadwinner, Brian Eno, Broken Social Scene, Broken Spindles, Burmese, Burning Witch, Caesura, Can, Can't, Kitty Midwife, Captain Beefheart, Earth, Caroliner, Cat on Form, Cat Power, Catherine Wheel, Cerberus Shoal, CCCC, Chapterhouse, Charalambides, Charles Bronson, Charles Mingus, Chavez, Cheer-Accident, Cheetah Chrome Motherfuckers, Cheval de Frise, Child Readers, Chisel, Chris Brokaw, Christie Front Drive, Christmas Decorations, Chromatics, Cibo Matto, Climax Golden Twins, Coachwhips, Radiohead, High Rise, Mainliner, Cock ESP, Cocteau Twins, Fabio Frizzi, Codeine, Comets on Fire, Coughs, Cream Abdul Babar, Warmth, XDUGEF, crimson curse, Crispy Ambulance, Crossed Out, Cub, Cul de Sac, Glenn Jones, Cupid Car Club, Current, curse of the birthmark, Curve, Cloaks, D Yellow Swans, Dazzling Killmen, Dead C, Gate, Dead Machines, Dead Meadow, Dead Raven Choir, Bohren & der Club of Gore, Dead Western, Devendra Banhart, Demons, Eluvium, Tim Hecker, eX-Girl, Experimental Audio Research, Experimental Dental School, Explosions in the Sky, Fennesz, Fenn'oberg, Fiona Apple, Fly Pan Am, Flying Saucer Attack, Fog, For Carnation, Gastr Del Sol, Ghost, Giddy Motors, Girls Against Boys, God Is My Co-Pilot, Godflesh, godheadSilo, Six Organs of Admittance, Thurston Moore, Sixes, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Volcano the Bear, Skullflower, Slaves, Teeth Of The Lions Rule The Divine, The Hospitals .....and pretty much any band on Kranky or Southern Lord, also!!...

1. How did you get into 31 (Cole Milner)?
Through The Watery Graves of Portland. Once I got into them I went to the Marriage Records site and found a bunch of good stuff.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22 (The World On Higher Downs)?
Most likely Euclid.

3. What's your favorite lyric by 29 (Built Like Alaska)?
"I put a lot of weight in this, but your head is a cow that's been living it down. Dreaming of the country, dreaming of the open space." From Does Your Mother Feel Sick? on Autumnland.

4. What is your favourite album by 49 (Candy Bars)?
Well since they only have one album so far I guess that makes it On Cutting Ti-Gers In Half And Understanding Narravation.

5. How many albums by 13 (Yo La Tengo) do you own?
Electro Pura, I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass, And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out, Summer Sun, Painful, I Can Feel the Heart Beating as One, so six.

6. What is your favorite song by 50 (Arab Strap)? Fucking Little Bastards from Monday at the Hug & Pint, it's such a heart wrenching song and the music is really powerful.

7. Is there a song by 4 (Hammock) that makes you sad?
HammockI Can Almost See You from Raising Your Voice Trying To Stop An Echo is kind of sad, but really beautiful. They're typically more hopeful sounding than sad, though.

8. What is your favorite song by 15 (Akron/Family)?
Probably Future Myth from the split with The Angels of Light, it's just such an epic song and the lyrics are really clever and psychedelic.

9. What is your favorite song by 5 (The Microphones)?
There's a lot of them, but the first that comes to mind is Great Ghosts from the Live In Japan CD. Such a haunting (no pun intended) song.

10. Is there a song by 6 (Swords) that makes you happy? New Shapes from back when they were The Swords Project comes to mind. Actually the whole Entertainment Is Over If You Want It album makes me happy. I wish they hadn't changed their name so many times though, makes scrobbling a bitch.

11. What is your favorite album by 40 (Magnet)?
On Your Side is good but at times I prefer The Tourniquet

12. What is your favorite song by 10 (Early Day Miners)?
Wheeling from Jefferson At Rest, though there's tons of favorites.

13. What is a good memory you have involving 33 (The Books)?
The fact that my friend got me into them by telling me that I had gotten him into them through bands that I recommended to him. In terms of discovering music I'd love, he did all the heavy lifting and I got all the credit.

14. What is your favorite song by 37 (Low)?
Holy God, asking someone's favorite Low song is like asking which child they would sacrifice. I guess if I had to choose one it would be Dinosaur Act from Things We Lost in the Fire, mostly because it was the first song I heard by them and to this day I adore it ever bit as much as I did the first time I heard it, if not more.

15. Is there a song by 19 (Mogwai) that makes you happy?
Mogwai wrote happy songs? I don't know man, that's a tough sell. I guess if I had to choose one that made ME happy it would be Cody, Acid Food or Travel Is Dangerous, their songs with vocals tend to relax me and make me happy to an extent I guess.

16. How many times have you seen 21 (Efterklang) live?
Never, I have no idea how I would. It doesn't even seem like they're from this planet.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23 (Six Organs of Admittance)?
The whole The Sun Awakens album was my first exposure to them.

18. What is your favorite album by 11 (A Northern Chorus)?
It's hard to gage preference with ANC albums because they're all different from one another. If anything I would say Bitter Hands Resign because it plays more to my tastes. Longer, more spacey songs.

19. Who is a favorite member of 1 (Epic45)?
Well there's only two members of Epic45 and I don't know either of them personally, so this question is kind of unanswerable.

20. Have you ever seen 14 (Stars of the Lid) live?
No, but I would love to. I've always been curious as to how SoTL play live. You would think people would need to bring pillows and blankets because by the end of the show everyone would be asleep. I don't really know that ambient music is meant to be seen live.

21. What is a good memory involving 45 (Belle and Sebastian)?
I remember one day years back listening to Tigermilk while taking apart and cleaning my stove. I don't know why that would necessarily be a good memory, but there ya go.

22. What is your favorite song by 16 (Hood)?
Hrmm. The Negatives was the first song I ever loved by them. But The Lost You had an amazing video and is a really catchy ALMOST rock song. And I also love the songs that cLOUDDEAD members appeared on, although they were mostly in the backround, like They Removed All Trace That Anything Ever Happened Here and Branches Bare.

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47 (Cat Power)?
Definitely Good Woman. Still one of my favorites, though it kind of got overshadowed as I heard the rest of the You Are Free album.

24. What is your favorite album by 36 (the squarewaves)?
Jeez couldn't you ask about 35 instead? Squarewaves don't really release traditional albums, they release their music online in batches. So I don't really think there's an answer to that.

25. What is your favorite song by 18 (Bows)?
Definitely impossible to answer. If you twisted my arm I might say Cuban Welterweight Rumbles Hidden Hitmen, though.

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 38 (The Unicorns)?
It's been a while but probably I Was Born A Unicorn or more likely I Don't Wanna Die.

27. What is your favorite lyric by 3 (Little Wings)?
Who could choose a favorite Little Wings lyric? Everything Kyle Field writes is amazing,

28. What is your favorite song by 2 (Do Make Say Think)?
I don't know that it's easy to have a favorite Do Make Say Think song. Their albums kind of flow together perfectly. Though I've listened to Auberge le Mouton Noir more than anything else.

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32 (múm)?
Definitely We Have a Map of the Piano from Finally We Are No One. A friend of mine sent it to me years ago and I was like "What in God's name am I listening to?". Now it's my favorite song of theirs.

30. What is your favorite song by 8 (Sigur Rós)?
Again, that's like asking favorite children. Though I could probably get away with Svefn-g-Englar.

31. How many times have you seen 17 live (Rachel's)?
Never. I don't get out much. I would love to see them though, live shows with classical string arrangements are always interesting.

32. Is there a song by 44 (The Blithe Sons) that makes you happy?
The Book of Names doesn't suck.

33. What is your favorite album by 12 (Earlimart)?
Very easy question to answer. Treble & Tremble, far and above everything else they had done and have done since.

34. What is the worst song by 34 (Elliott Smith)?
I don't really know that Elliott Smith has a bad song. He's kind of hit and miss, though. Mostly his albums get you into his head space and you don't really think about the individual songs so much as the dude being good.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 46 (Jessamine)?
Say What You Can, weird fucking song. But in the best way.

36. What is your favorite album by 42 (Bedhead)?
I think every Bedhead fan has a special place in their heart for What Fun Life Was. All their stuff was good, but that album just seemed more fresh.

37. How many times have you seen 39 live (Marconi Union)?
Again with the ambient bands. Never seen them live, and similarly would have to bring blankets and pillows.

38. What is your favorite album by 9 (Health & Beauty)?
Yet another artist that only releases music online and has no "albums".

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28 (Mount Eerie)?
The whole No Flashlight album. I kept thinking, wait, I'm listening to The Microphones right? No, I guess not.

40. What is your favorite album by 7 (The Watery Graves of Portland)?
Well I heard CARACAS first, and loved it. But I do also enjoy Portland quite a bit.

Dit voelt als thuiskomen. Zonder te weten dat je het gemist hebt, schittert er vanaf de eerste luisterbeurt een feest van herkenning in je oren. Je slaakt een zucht van 'eindelijk, eindelijk hoor ik weer die zalige ingetogen spanning van die mooie indie-gitaren.' Je wilt teruggrijpen naar je oude Bedhead-cassettes, en die eerste lp's van The New Year die je ergens liggen hebt. Maar het verhuizen van de voorbije jaren heeft je platencollectie in een wanhopige rommel veranderd en enkel de recentste cd's staan in je overvolle cd-kast. Als je dan een plaatje hebt, als deze nieuwe van The New Year, dan maal je er niet meer om, want hierop vind je alles.
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As means of killing time at a inappropriate hour I figured I'd compile a list of 100 artists/albums you should check out if you haven't already done so. Let's see how far I make it through my library. Here goes...

1. µ-Ziq - Brace Yourself
2. 65daysofstatic – The Fall of Math
3. Air - Moon Safari
4. Alkaline Trio - Goddamnit!
5. American Football - American Football
6. Animal Collective - Sung Tongs
7. Apathy - Eastern Philosophy
8. Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
9. Arcade Fire - Funeral
10. Archers of Loaf - Icky Mettle
11. Asobi Seksu - Citrus
12. At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command
13. The Avalanches - Since I Left You
14. Bad Brains - Bad Brains
15. Bardo Pond - Lapsed
16. Be Your Own Pet - Be Your Own Pet
17. The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds
18. The Beatles - Revolver
19. Beck - Odelay
20. Bedhead - Transaction de Novo
21. Beirut - The Gulag Orkestar
22. Big Black - Songs About Fucking
23. Black Dice - Broken Ear Record
24. Black Eyes - Black Eyes
25. Black Flag - Damaged
26. Black Tambourine - Complete Recordings
27. Boards of Canada - Music Has The Right To Children
28. The Boats - Songs by The Sea
29. Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
30. Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus
31. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - I See a Darkness
32. Boredoms - Super Ae
33. Boris - Flood
34. Botch - We Are The Romans
35. Brand New - Deja Entendu
36. The Breeders - Pod
37. Broken Social Scene - Forgot It In People
38. Buddy Holly - Very Best of Buddy Holly
39. Built to Spill - Keep It Like Secret
40. Burial - Untrue
41. Can - Tago Mago
42. Cap'n Jazz - Analphabetapolothology
43. Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
44. Carissa's Wierd - You Should Be At Home Here
45. Chapterhouse - Whirlpool
46. Chavez - Ride the Fader
47. Christie Front Drive - Anthology
48. City of Caterpillar - City of Caterpillar
49. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
50. Combatwoundedveteran - I Know A Girl Who Develops Crime Scene Photos
51. Converge - Jane Doe
52. The Cure - Disintegration
53. Cursive - Cursive's Domestica
54. Cypress Hill - Cypress Hill
55. Daft Punk - Discovery
56. Daïtro - Laisser vivre les squelettes
57. dälek - Abandoned Language
58. Daniel Striped Tiger - Condition
59. David Bowie - Best of Bowie
60. De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising
61. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
62. The Dead Texan - The Dead Texan
63. Deerhoof - The Runners Four
64. Deftones - White Pony
65. The Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity
66. Dinosaur Jr. - You're Living All Over Me
67. The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I
68. The Distillers - Sing Sing Death House
69. DJ Shadow - Endtroducing...
70. Drive Like Jehu - Drive Like Jehu
71. Earth - Pentastar: In the Style of Demons
72. Eels - Electro-Shock Blues
73. Elliott Smith - Roman Candle
74. Eluvium - Copia
75. Envy - All The Footprints You've Ever Left And The Fear Expecting Ahead
76. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
77. Flowers From the Man Who Shot Your Cousin - Hapless
78. Flying Saucer Attack - Flying Saucer Attack
79. Four Tet - Rounds
80. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing
81. Fugazi - Repeater
82. Gang of Four - Entertainment!
83. The Get Up Kids - Four Minute Mile
84. Ghost - Hypnotic Underworld
85. Giant Drag - Hearts and Unicorns
86. Glenn Branca - The Ascension
87. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Fists Like Skinny Antennas To Heaven
88. Guitar Wolf - Jet Generation
89. Hella - Hold Your Horse Is
90. Hot Cross - Cryonics
91. Hot Water Music - Fuel For The Hate Game
92. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade
93. I Hate Myself - Ten Songs
94. Igorrr - Moisissure
95. Indian Summer - Discography
96. Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
97. Isis - In The Absence of Truth
98. Jawbreaker - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
99. Jedi Mind Tricks - The Psycho-Social, Chemical, Biological, and Electro-Magnetic Manipulation of Human Consciousness
100. Jeff Buckley - Grace

Only made it mid-way through J despite leaving out a whole host of albums/artists that didn't make the cut. Looks like I need to write a second installment of this at some point. Any recommendations appreciated. ;)

I always wanted to make this list.

now's my chance.


(note - I will not list bands that have an extremely low amount of listeners on last.fm)

Portishead - new album out today, btw?
Radiohead
Oysterhead
Machine Head
Motorhead 5
Mushroomhead
Godhead
Talking Heads
The Lemonheads
The PROPELLERHEADS 10
The Futureheads
The Eraserheads
The Bucketheads
Eraserhead
Diamond Head
Murray Head
Medicine Head
Faxed Head
Jarhead
Wave in Head 20
Barra Head
Roy Head
Teenage Head
Spaghetti Head
Lightning Head
Asymmetrical Head
Math Head
Round Head
Roundhead
Shithead 30
Michael Head
Anthony Stewart Head
My Head
Madd Head
BabyHead
Dead Head
Shinehead
Big Head
Goat the Head
Pirahna Head 40
the Pumpkin Head
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
Pan Head
ButtonHead
Kicked in the Head
Kid With Man Head
Nixon's Head
Terminalhead
Baghead
Facehead 50
Metalhead
Pothead
I:Shead
Sorehead
Crazyhead
Horsehead
Horse Head
Severed Head
Severed Heads
john wayne's severed head 60
Blonde Redhead
Redhead
Luscious Redhead
Seven Story Redhead
Tracy Redhead
Ahead
A-Head
E-Head
ACIDHEAD
Zebrahead 70
The Fountainhead
Buckethead
Bedhead
Butt-Head
BreakZhead
The Bobbleheads
Burning Heads
The Heads
Dirty Heads
Alpaca Heads 80
2 Heads
Mad Heads
Elastic Heads
The Empty Heads
Olmec Heads
Nappy Heads
The Parson Red Heads
Tronic Heads
Square Heads
Off With Their Heads 90
Pile of Heads
PoppyHeads
Strong Heads
Bass Heads
No Heads
Hands On Heads
MODERN HEADS
Lion Heads
Baby Buddah Heads
Acid Heads 100
Four Heads
Shuffle Heads
The Bald Heads
Bubba Heads
Stella Heads
The Magick Heads
Ex-Wise Heads
Purple Sex Heads
V-Heads
Two Shiny Heads 110
Spinning Heads
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"Indie Rock" as in the style that succeeded 1980's hardcore, mainly american guitar music of the Pavement variety.

This is not a "what is indie" discussion.

100 GREAT INDIE ROCK ALBUMS!
Compiled at MAC.



...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes (2002)
59 Times the Pain - Calling the Public (2001)
The 6th's - Wasps Nests (1995)
A Frames - II (2000)
A Northern Chorus - Spirit Flags (2003)
Abandoned Pools - Humanistic (2001)
The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen (1993)
The American Analog Set - Know by Heart (2001)
Animal Collective - Sung Tongs (2004)
Arab on Radar - The Stolen Singles (2003)
Arab Strap - Elephant Shoe (2000)
The Arcade Fire - Funeral (2004)
Archers of Loaf - Icky Mettle (1994)
Band of Horses - Everything All the Time (2006)
Beat Happening - You Turn Me On (1992)
Beck - Odelay (1996)
Bedhead - What Fun Life Was (1993)
Bedhead - Transaction de Novo (1996)
Bettie Serveert - Palomine (1992)
Blackmail - Friend or Foe (2003)
Blonde Redhead - Misery Is A Butterfly (2004)
Boyskout - School of Etiquette (2004)
The Breeders - Cannonball (1993)
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People (2003)
Built to Spill - Perfect From Now On (1997)
Cat Power - What Would The Community Think (1996)
Chisel - Set YoU Free (1997)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (2005)
Codeine - Frigid Stars (1990)
Come - Don't Ask, Don't Tell (1994)
The Concretes - The Concretes (2004)
The Dandy Warhols - Come Down (1997)
Death Cab for Cutie - You Can Play These Songs With Chords (2002)
The Decemberists - Her Majesty (2003)
Dinosaur Jr - You're Living All Over Me (1987)
Delorean - Delorean (2004)
Eels - Daisies of the Galaxy (2000)
Engineers - Folly (2004)
The Fiery Furnaces - Gallowsbird's Bark (2003)
Grifters - Crappin' You Negative (1994)
Guided by Voices - Bee Thousand (1994)
Head Automatica - Tokyo Decadence (2004)
Idlewild - The Remote Part (2002)
Iron & Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days (2004)
Jack Off Jill - Clear Hearts, Grey FLowers (2000)
Johnossi - Johnossi (2006)
Juliana Hatfield - Beautiful Creature (2000)
Kashmir - The Good Life (1999)
Knife in the Water - Red River (2000)
Les Savy Fav - Go Forth (2001)
Liars - They Were Wrong, So We Drowned (2004)
The Long Blondes - Someone To Drive You Home (2006)
Love of Diagrams - The Target Is You (2006)
Love Of Lesbian - Ungravity (2003)
Luna - The Days of Our Nights (1995)
Macha - Forget Tomorrow (2004)
Madrugada - Industrial Silence (1999)
The Magnetic Fields - The Wayward Bus (1991)
The Make Up - Save Yourself (1999)
Maritime - The Glass Floor (2004)
mclusky - McLusky Do Dallas (2001)
Mew - Frengers (2003)
Minus the Bear - Menos el Oso (2005)
Modest Mouse - The Moon and Antarctica (2000)
Money Mark - Push the Button (1998)
The Mountain Goats - We Shall All Be Healed (2004)
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema (2005)
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (1998)
The Organ - Grab That Gun (2004)
Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted (1992)
Pavement - Wowee Zowee (1995)
Pedro the Lion - Control (2002)
Pinback - Summer in Abaddon (2004)
Pixies - Trompe Le Monde (1991)
PJ Harvey - Dry (1992)
R.E.M. - Out of Time (1991)
Relaxed Muscle - A Heavy Night With (2003)
Ryan Adams - Love Is Hell (2004)
Sebadoh - III (1991)
The Secret Machines - Now Here Is Nowhere (2004)
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow (2003)
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods (2005)
Some Girls - Feel It (2001)
Songs:Ohia - Magnolia Electric Co. (2003)
Sonic Youth - Dirty (1992)
Sparklehorse - It's A Wonderful Life (2001)
Spoon - Gimme Fiction (2005)
Starlight Mints - Built On Squares (2003)
Superchunk - On the Mouth (1992)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Hearts of Oak (2003)
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Living With The Living (2007)
Thirteen Senses - The Invitation (2005)
Tim Booth - Bone (2004)
Timesbold - Timesbold (2003)
The Tragically Hip - Fulyl Completely (1992)
The Twilight Singers - She Loves You (2004)
The Veils - Nux Vomica (2006)
Wilderness - Wilderness (2005)
Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary (2005)
Yo La Tengo - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One (1997)

Thanks to everyone at the Indie Rock Desk.