"They rated it a 10 before they dropped & died. 'Well, it had a good beat!' was their very last cry." - Daniel Amos, Dance Stop

The Big List of Bands (& Comedy Groups) I Like

I enjoy more kinds of music that I can list, including offbeat stuff like TV themes, polka, dementia, bubblegum, and other retro stuff.

Here's a far-from-comprehensive list with some artists I dig. Also check out my nifty stations at live365.com, Love & Confusion and Music For Swingers, as well as Bob's Diner for some MP3 tracks from nifty performers.

• 730
• The 77's
• Moe Allison
• Asleep at the Wheel
• Alan Astor
• The Apes of God
• Architecture in Helsinki
• Aural Sects
• The B-52s
• Chet Baker
• Barenaked Ladies
• Dan Barrett
• The Beastie Boys
• Beats Walkin'
• Belle and Sebastian
• Bellevue Cadillac
• Beulah
• Andrew Bird
• Blondie
• The Bobs
• Lucille Bogan
• Jim Boggia
• Boilermaker Jazz Band
• Bombay Jim & the Swinging Sapphires
• The Bonzo Dog Band
• BR5-49
• Brave Combo
• Britney Spears
• Jonatha Brooke
• Oscar Brown, Jr.
• T-Bone Burnett
• The Buzzcocks
• Lesley Byers
• The Call
• The Camaros
• Captain Beefheart
• Carbon Leaf
• Wendy Carlos
• Jim Carroll
• Tony Carey and Planet P Project
• Peter Case and The Plimsouls
• Chris & Cosey
• The Choir
• Chromatic Babylon
• Patsy Cline
• Bruce Cockburn
• The Cocker Spaniels
• Corner Pocket
• Elvis Costello
• Counting Crows
• Crooked Fingers
• Dakah Hip Hop Orchestra
• Dangerman
• Daniel Amos (see also mp3.com)
• Dashboard Confessional
• Peter Davis & Lindy Hop Heaven
• The dB's
• Blossom Dearie
• Death Cab for Cutie
• Debbie Davies
• The Dead Kennedys (check for the original wrapper!)
• Deep Forest
• Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
• Iris DeMent
• Devo
• DJ Shadow
• Dog's Eye View
• Dressy Bessy
• Bob Dylan
• Peter Ecklund
• Eight to the Bar
• FM Einheit
• Einstuerzende Neubauten & Blixa Bargeld
• Electric Skychurch
• The Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra
• The Emotions
• Brian Eno
• Enoch Light
• The Evolution Control Committee
• Firesign Theatre
• Ingrid Lucia & the Flying Neutrinos
• Forbidden Planet
• For Good or For Awesome
• Franklin Brothers
• Fred Frith
• The Ray Gelato Giants
• George Gee & His Jump, Jive & Wailers
• Vance Gilbert
• Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
• Amy Grant
• Macy Gray
• Freddie Green
• Green Day
• Herbert Grönemeyer
• Guru Guru
• Guster
• Arlo Guthrie
• Jim Hall
• Dawn Hampton
• Emmylou Harris
• Sarah Hart
• Juliana Hatfield
• Haze
• Mark Heard, co-founder of Fingerprint Records
• Heavy Metal Horns
• HeavyConfetti
• John Hiatt
• Robyn Hitchcock
• The Hot Cat Jazz Band
• Neil Innes
• Ivy
• Jawbox
• The Jayhawks
• Antonio Carlos Jobim
• Jack Johnson
• Josh Joplin
• Louis Jordan
• Jurassic 5
• Candye Kane
• Phil Keaggy
• Kearney, Grams & Bronsdon
• King Crimson
• The Kleptones
• Kraftwerk
• Fela Kuti
• Little Tin Frog
• Kirsty MacColl
• Mark Knopfler and Dire Straits
• Diana Krall
• Patty Larkin
• The Lascivious Biddies
• Avril Lavigne
• Christine Lavin
• Lynn Lavner
• Cyndi Lauper
• Phoebe Legere
• Colin Linden
• Linus of Hollywood
• Los Lobos
• Los Lonely Boys
• Lisa Loeb
• Jennie Löbel & Swing Kings
• The Lost Dogs
• The Love Dogs
• Lyle Lovett
• Lederhosen Lucil
• Jack Mack & the Heart Attack
• Madonna (also at Warner Brothers site)
• Gunnar Madsen
• Stephen Malkmus
• The Management
• Junior Mance
• Eleni Mandell
• Aimee Mann
• John Mayer
• Casey MacGill & The Spirits of Rhythm
• Sarah McLachlan
• James McMurtry
• Mike Merritt
• Charmin Michelle
• Buddy & Julie Miller
• Glenn Miller Orchestra
• Charles Mingus
• Minibosses
• Minor Threat
• Jessica Molaskey
• Maria Muldaur
• Nedelle
• Negativland
• No Doubt
• Old Scratch
• Niyaz
• Larry Norman
• Les Nubians
• Of Montreal
• Genesis P-Orridge
• Alex Pangman
• Parliament
• People Like Us
• Oscar Peterson
• Liz Phair
• Sam Phillips
• The Polyphonic Spree (James' blog)
• The Postal Service
• Pretenders
• Prince Paul
• Princess Superstar
• Public Enemy
• Tito Puente
• Lou Rawls
• The Reducers
• Francine Reed
• Lou Reed & V.U.
• Hans Reffert
• Django Reinhardt
• The Residents
• Resurrection Band
• The Rhythm Rockets
• Josh Ritter
• Josh Rouse
• The Salty Dogz
• Schrödinger's Cat
• Jimmy Scott
• Jo Serrapere
• Brian Setzer
• Shearwater
• Archie Shepp
• Ramona Silver
• Paul Simon
• Nina Simone
• Sirius Coyote
• Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers
• Patti Smith
• Chris von Sneidern
• Jill Sobule
• Son Volt
• Soundgarden
• Sparks
• The Specials
• Splendid
• Squirrel Nut Zippers
• Vivian Stanshall
• Stereo Total
• Swingerhead
• The Swirling Eddies
• Terminal Sunglasses
• Lee Ann Westover & Strange Cargo (I'd want to see them even if all I ever did was read this review)
• Swan Silvertones
• The Swingin' Deacons
• Sudden Death
• Superchick
• The Supertones
• Matthew Sweet
• Talking Heads
• Tangerine Dream
• Tegan and Sara
• Templo Diez
• They Might Be Giants (& Dial-A-Song)
• Third Grade Crush
• Those Darn Accordians!
• Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie
• Throbbing Gristle (also brainwashed.com archive)
• The Paul Tillotson Love Trio
• Emiliana Torrini
• Unbusted
• Jay Ungar & Molly Mason
• US3
• Van Halen
• Suzanne Vega
• The Ventures
• Bill Mallonee & Vigilantes of Love (c.f. the VOL archive)
• Wall of Voodoo
• Fats Waller
• Weird Al
• Gillian Welch
• Logan Whitehurst
• Jane Wiedlin
• Wilco
• Lily Wilde
• Brooks Williams
• Lucinda Williams
• Victoria Williams
• Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys
• Lee Ann Womack
• Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88's
• XTC
• The Yalloppin' Hounds
• Yat-Kha
• Yello
• ZZ Top

Last Update: 11 Jan 2006

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