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In no specific order but organized by format.
in the works......

12" LP

Dirty Three - Ocean Songs, Touch And Go TG193LP



The Velvet Underground & Nico - The Velvet Underground & Nico, Verve Records V6-5008



Neutral Milk Hotel - In An Airplane Over The Sea, Merge Records MRG136



Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted, Matador OLE-083-1



The Microphones - "The Glow" Pt. 2, K KLP 133



Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures, Factory FACT 10



Lou Reed - Transformer, rca victor LSP-4807

Been meaning to do this for years - here's an incomplete list of bands I've seen at least once. Good or absolutely shite, they all make the list. Bold type denotes artists that I've had the pleasure of seeing more than once.

A
Adem
The Airborne Toxic Event
Alabama 3
The Aliens
All About Eve
Lily Allen
Dot Allison
Alpha
Amusement Parks on Fire
Annuals
Arab Strap
Architecture in Helsinki
Arctic Monkeys
Arrested Development
Asian Dub Foundation
B
Badly Drawn Boy
Banco de Gaia
Basement Jaxx
Bat for Lashes
The Bays
The Beat
The Beastie Boys
The Beautiful South
Beck
Beep Beep
Belle and Sebastian
Ben Folds Five
Bent
The Besnard Lakes
Big Country
Black Kids
Blondie
Blur
The Bodines
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
The Boy Least Likely To
Billy Bragg
Brainiac
Bright Eyes
The Brilliant Corners
Broken Spindles
Ian Brown
Tim Burgess
Bernard Butler
C
Terry Callier
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
Carrie
Carter USM
Martin Carthy
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Cast
Caterwaul
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Charlatans
The Charlottes
Chas N Dave
Cherry Ghost
The Cinematic Orchestra
Ross Clark & the Scarfs Go Missing
The Clerks
Clinic
The Close Lobsters
Coldcut
Coldplay
John Cooper Clarke
The Cooper Temple Clause
The Coral
Elvis Costello
Cousteau
Cranebuilders
Crazyhead
The Creatures
CUD
The Cure
D
The Darling Buds
The Datsuns
Death in Vegas
The Delgados
Delphic
Dodgy
Doves
Dreadzone
Dub Pistols
Dubtribe Sound System
Durutti Column
Bob Dylan
E
Steve Earle
Echo and the Bunnymen
Echoboy
The Eighteenth Day of May
Elbow
Electrafixion
Electric Soft Parade
Electric Sound Of Joy
Embrace
F
Fairport Convention
Th' Faith Healers
Faithless
Faith No More
The Fall
Fields of the Nephilim
Five Thirty
The Flaming Lips
Florence & The Machine
Foo Fighters
Four Tet
The Free Association
Friendly Fires
Frightened Rabbit
Fun Loving Criminals
The Futureheads
G
Ganger
Gaye Bykers on Acid
Ghost Dance
Glasvegas
Global Communication
Godflesh
Goldrush
Gomez
Jose Gonzalez
Gorkys Zygotic Mynci
The Go! Team
Grand Drive
Grass-Show
The Grave Architects
Gravenhurst
Al Green
Green on Red
Groove Armada
Guillemots
Guns N' Roses
H
Nick Harper
Rolf Harris
The Heart-throbs
Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid
The Matthew Herbert Big Band
Kristin Hersh
The Hidden Cameras
Micah P. Hinson
Hole
Jools Holland
Holy Fuck
House of Brothers
The House of Love
The Housemartins
Howlin' Rain
The Hunters Club
I
I Am Kloot
Idlewild
Interpol
Iron And Wine
It Bites
J
The Jack Rubies
Matthew Jay
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Jesus Jones
Johnny Domino
Joolz
K
Keane
The Killers
David Kitt
Kula Shaker
L
Lambchop
Leatherface
Leaves
The Levellers
The Libertines
Loop
Low
Lowgold
Lush
M
The Magic Numbers
Magnolia Electric Co.
The Majesticons
Manic Street Preachers
Mansun
Maps
Marillion
Marion
J Mascis
Massive Attack
Mega City Four
The Memory Band
The Men They Couldn't Hang
Mercury Rev
MGMT
Mia Doi Todd
The Mighty Lemon Drops
The Mission
Modest Mouse
Mono
The Montrose Avenue
John Moore And The Expressway
Morrissey
The Motorcycle Boy
Bob Mould
Mudhoney
My Bloody Valentine
Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band
Mylo
N
The National
The Necks
Ned's Atomic Dustbin
The New Folk Implosion
New Model Army
New Order
Joanna Newsom
Scout Niblett
Nirvana
Now It's Overhead
O
Oasis
Okkervil River
Ooberman
Orbital
Beth Orton
P
The Pale Saints
The Parkinsons
Pavement
Penthouse
Pitman
The Pixies
The Pogues
Emma Pollock
Polytechnic
Pond
Pop Will Eat Itself
Primal Scream
The Primitives
The Prodigy
The Prudes
Public Enemy
Pulp
Q
Finlay Quaye
Queens of the Stone Age
R
Radiohead
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
Red Snapper
REM
Reverend and The Makers
Ride
Rival Schools
RJD2
Roots Manuva
Tim Rose
Run DMC
S
Saint Etienne
Saint Joan
Salvation
Samamidon
Ulrich Schnauss
Scott 4
DJ Scotch Egg
Mr Scruff
The Sea and Cake
Seafood
Shack
DJ Shadow
The Shins
Michelle Shocked
The Shortwave Set
Silver Sun
Simian
Six.by Seven
The Sleepy Jackson
Elliott Smith
The Smiths
Snuff
Sonic Youth
Soul II Soul
The Soup Dragons
Space
Spacemen 3
Sparklehorse
Spear of Destiny
Spin Spin The Dogs
Spiritualized
Spring Heel Jack
Starsailor
St. Germain
The Stills
The Stone Roses
The Streets
Joe Strummer
Subkicks
Sugar
The Sugarcubes
Sun Kil Moon
Swans
T
Tapes N Tapes
Teenage Fanclub
The Telescopes
Texas
That Petrol Emotion
Them Crooked Vultures
Richard Thompson
Throwing Muses
Glenn Tilbrook
Tindersticks
The Ting-Tings
Travis
Tricky
Tunng
Turin Brakes
The Twilight Sad
U
Ultrasound
Under Neath What
Underworld
V
The Verve
Voice of the Beehive
W
Martha Wainwright
The Walking Seeds
The Walkmen
The Waterboys
The Wedding Present
We Show Up On Radar
Whistler
White Lies
The White Stripes
Wilco
Robbie Williams
The Wisdom of Harry
Witness
The Wonder Stuff
World Domination Enterprises
The Wurzels
X
X-Press 2
Y
Yam Who
James Yorkston and The Athletes
Z
Zero 7
The Zutons

Haven't posted anything in ages so why the hell not
"Post your top fifteen bands/artists, the first song you heard of theirs, the song that made you fall in love, and your current favorite."

1. The Beatles
a) I Want To Hold Your Hand (honestly don't know for sure, I was played Beatles music in the womb)
b) Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (really could be anything, I just have a strong childhood memory of this song in particular)
c) While My Guitar Gently Weeps

2. The New Pornographers
a) Sing Me Spanish Techno
b) Mass Romantic
c) All For Swinging You Around

3. Beck
a) Loser (pretty obvious I guess)
b) Lord Only Knows
c) Golden Age

4. Super Furry Animals
a) Juxtaposed With U
b) Something 4 The Weekend
c) Do or Die

5. The Kinks
a) Waterloo Sunset
b) Victoria
c) Do You Remember Walter

6. Bob Dylan
a) Blowin' In The Wind
b) Simple Twist Of Fate
c) I Shall Be Free

7. Belle and Sebastian
a) Step Into My Office, Baby
b) The Blues Are Still Blue
c) Me And The Major

8. Pavement
a) Cut Your Hair
b) Gold Soundz
c) Folk Jam

9. The Smiths
a) There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
b) There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
c) The Queen Is Dead

10. Arcade Fire
a) Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
b) Wake Up
c) Keep The Car Running

11. Elliott Smith
a) Needle In The Hay
b) Ballad Of Big Nothing
c) Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands

12 Pixies
a) Monkey Gone To Heaven
b) Bone Machine
c) Velouria

13 Wilco
a) Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)
b) Forget The Flowers
c) Pot Kettle Black

14. Radiohead
a) The Bends
b) Subterranean Homesick Alien
c) No Surprises

15 The Shins
a) So Says I
b) Know Your Onion
c) Turn On Me

My Bloody Valentine + Pavement + Xiu Xiu

1. How did you get into 31?
Belle and Sebastian
It was one of those curious experiments.


2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Coldplay
Speed of Sound.


3. What's your favorite lyric by 29?
PJ Harvey
Lyrics to Rid of Me.


4. What is your favorite album by 49?
Rage Against the Machine
Battle of Los Angeles.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
M.I.A.
Arular and Kala.


6. What is your favorite song by 50?
Kaiser Chiefs
Everything Is Average Nowadays.


7. Is there a song by 4 that makes you sad?
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
No. I love all their songs and they make me happy.

8. What is your favorite song by 15?
Beck
The New Pollution.


9. What is your favorite song by 5?
Pixies
Where Is My Mind?


10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
My Bloody Valentine
Blown A Wish.

11. What is your favorite album by 40?
Monsters of Folk
Their only one.


12. What is your favorite song by 10?
Joy Division
Transmission.


13. What is a good memory you have involving 33?
The La's
Dancing to There She Goes.


14. What is your favorite song by 37?
Oasis
Hey Now!


15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
The Stone Roses
Yes; Elephant Stone.


16. How many times have you seen 24 live?
MGMT
Zero.

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Rich.


18. What is your favorite album by 11?
Blur
Parklife.


19. Who is a favorite member of 1?
Radiohead
Thom Yorke.


20. Have you ever seen 14 live?
Björk
No.

21. What is a good memory involving 45?
Pearl Jam
Last year, I used their song Jeremy as an example in a project I was doing in English.


22. What is your favorite song by 16?
The Vaselines
Molly's Lips.


23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47?
Buddy Holly
That'll Be The Day


24. What is your favorite album by 21?
Pavement
Slanted & Enchanted.


25. What is your favorite song by 18?
Elvis Costello
Blame It on Cain.


26. What is the first song you ever heard by 38?
Phoenix
1901.


27. What is your favorite lyric by 3?
Nirvana
I just like it when he sings "Nature is a whore" for some reason.


28. What is you favorite song by 2?
Elliott Smith
Say Yes.

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32?
The Cure
Just Like Heaven.


31. How many times have you seen 17 live?
Muse
Zero.


32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy?
Elastica
Stutter.


33. What is your favorite album by 12?
Franz Ferdinand
You Could Have It So Much Better.


34. What is the worst song by 46?
The Lemonheads
I can't say because I don't know.


35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34?
The Smashing Pumpkins
1979.


36. What is your favorite album by 42?
Band Of Skulls
Their only one.


37. How many times have you seen 39 live?
R.E.M.
Zero.


38. What is your favorite album by 36?
Bob Dylan
Blonde on Blonde.


39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28?
Arctic Monkeys
I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor.


40. What is your favorite album by 7?
Sonic Youth
Dirty.

chopchopchop's top albums (overall)
1. Tim and Eric - Awesome Record, Great Songs (209) 2. Pavement - Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed (Disc 1) (120) 3. Hüsker Dü - Zen Arcade (110) 4. Melvins - Stag (105) 5. The Phantom Band - Checkmate Savage (103) 6. Melvins - Houdini (102) 7. Slowdive - Souvlaki (100) 8. God Is an Astronaut - All Is Violent, All Is Bright (91) 9. Pattern Is Movement - The (Im)possibility of Longing (88) 10. Lightning Bolt - Hypermagic Mountain (86) 11. No Age - Weirdo Rippers (85) 12. Daniel Johnston - Artistic Vice (82) 13. Years - Years (81) 14. British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music? (81) 15. Frank Turner - Love Ire & Song (77) 16. Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People (75) 17. Hüsker Dü - Candy Apple Grey (71) 18. Shellac - 1000 Hurts (70) 19. 65daysofstatic - The Fall of Math (68) 20. Parts & Labor - Mapmaker (67) 21. Melvins - Nude With Boots (66) 22. Butthole Surfers - Locust Abortion Technician (62) 23. Hüsker Dü - Warehouse: Songs and Stories (60) 24. Far - Tin Cans With Strings to You (60) 25. Nick Drake - Pink Moon (60) 26. Far - Water & Solutions (59) 27. Pavement - Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition [Disc 1] (59) 28. Guided by Voices - Alien Lanes (58) 29. Pinback - Blue Screen Life (58) 30. Kylesa - Time Will Fuse Its Worth (57) 31. A Place to Bury Strangers - Exploding Head (56) 32. Yo La Tengo - Prisoners of Love (disc 1) (56) 33. Swervedriver - Raise (56) 34. Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass (54) 35. Mogwai - Zidane - A 21st Century Portrait (54) 36. HEALTH - HEALTH (53) 37. Los Campesinos! - Hold On Now, Youngster... (53) 38. The Hold Steady - Boys And Girls In America (51) 39. The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs, Vol. 1 (51) 40. Asobi Seksu - Citrus (51) 41. Faraquet - Anthology 1997-98 (50) 42. Graham Coxon - The Spinning Top (50) 43. Lift to Experience - The Texas Jerusalem Crossroads (50) 44. Japanther - Master Of Pigeons (49) 45. Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls (49) 46. Pale Saints - In Ribbons (47) 47. Wavves - Wavves (47) 48. Therapy? - Troublegum (47) 49. Seabear - The Ghost That Carried Us Away (47) 50. Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - #3 (46)

Guru Guru: Känguru (1972)


Pavement: Wowee Zowee (1995)

Der Albumtitel Wowee Zowee spielt zudem auf den Song Wowie Zowie von Frank Zappa aus dem Album Freak Out! (1966) an, das zugleich auch die Sprechblasen im Artwork einführte: