Build ups, break downs and much much more...
at the minute:
Floor
Shotmaker
Exhaust
Hoover
Regulator Watts
Tom Waits
lungfish
Jawbreaker
Dropdead
Sleepytime Trio
Cannibal Ox
Moonraker
Fela Kuti
A Silver Mt Zion
Show Me love
home and away, neighbours... and 4 learning: The educated 9 year old's choice
the 'His Dark Materials' trilogy, and pretty much all Ken Saro Wiwa. Hunter S Thompson and Terry Eagleton get honourable mentions too.