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The Beautiful South
| 1125 | Everything a non-hardcore band should be: alcoholic frontman, endless progression of interchangeable female accompaniment, and a large catalog of songs about letting people down. If starting over, I would hear Gaze, 0898, and Miaow in that order.
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Modest Mouse
| 524 | I was late to this party, not finding Modest Mouse until Pitchfork's Best of 2005 came out (in 2006). Fussbett laughed at me when I hipped him, and Sassy said something else entirely.
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Spoon
| 331 | This was a last.fm recommendation. I liked them for a while, it wore off. Now I don't listen much.
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Townes Van Zandt
| 202 | Folksy. No killer hits, yet the genre and Townes' volume of work is ideal for queueing 100 tracks and listening to all of them. The 2-CD Legend is good.
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The Lowest of the Low
| 174 | Canadian. I liked them when I was 17 and sometimes wonder if I would today if not for that. Shakespeare My Butt is their best work.
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Jimmy Buffett
| 162 | Jimmy Buffett. I like about 5% of what he's done. Which 5% of Jimmy will you fall in love with? Maybe try the thematic 4-CD 1992 best-of, Ballads / Bars / Beaches / Boats to find out.
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Tegan and Sara
| 150 | http://www.caltrops.com/pointy.php?action=viewPost&pid=5029
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Neutral Milk Hotel
| 149 | A surprising entry considering I only listen to three of their tracks. So I guess those 3 are excellent.
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The Blow
| 123 | 'Jet Ski Accidents' was suggested here 5 years ago. I liked that and then forgot all about The Blow, had to REdiscover them with 2004's Poor Aim Love Songs. Sort of like Tegan and Sara except I'm not sure if The Blow has one woman or two.
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They Might Be Giants
| 118 | Unfairly maligned for their fans. Lincoln is my favorite album.
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Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
| 112 | a/k/a Will Oldham, a great find because he has about 60 albums. 1999's I See a Darkness (title track later covered by Johnny Cash) is a fine place to start.
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Radiohead
| 99 | Radiohead. I lack the … something… required to TRULY APPRECIATE Radiohead, and that's probably my loss. I still like Pablo Honey.
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Dogwood
| 92 | Who is this? No idea. I see 2003's Seismic sitting on my hard drive but playing it jogs no memories. They sound like the Rembrandts. I guess you can skip them.
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Dropkick Murphys
| 89 | Punk Fiddle music that treads a line between ROCK!!! And NOVELTY?! somewhat better than Me First + The Gimme Gimmes.
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Nine Inch Nails
| 82 | This is all Pretty Hate Machine, now almost 20 years old. Trent did some fine later work but our anger levels went in opposite directions after PHM.
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TOTAL: | 3532 |