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TOP 10:
SHINY TOY GUNS,
Karmella's Game,
Paramore,
Anberlin,
Death Cab for Cutie,
Ladytron,
The Sounds,
Copeland,
Rilo Kiley,
Yeah Yeah Yeahs,
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!!! Chk Chk Chk,
(+44),
3 Doors Down,
30 Seconds to Mars,
41 Gorgeous Blocks,
The 88,
A*Teens,
ABBA,
AC/DC,
The Academy Is...,
Acceptance,
Action Action,
Adam Taylor,
Addison Road,
ADELE,
Adventures of Jet,
Aerosmith,
Affirmative, Cameraman!,
Against Me!,
Alanis Morissette,
Alice In Chains,
Alkaline Trio,
The All-American Rejects,
Allister,
All Time Low,
The Almost,
Alternate Routes,
Aly & AJ,
Amber Pacific,
Ambry,
American Hi-Fi,
AM Radio,
Amy Milan,
Anathallo,
Anchor & Braille,
An East Hazel Tango,
Angels & Airwaves,
Animal Collective,
The Anniversary,
The Appleseed Cast,
The Aquabats,
Aqualung,
Arbor Day,
The Arcade Fire,
Architecture In Helsinki,
Arctic Monkeys,
Armor For Sleep,
Army of Me,
As Cities Burn,
As Tall As Lions,
Asia,
At The Drive-In,
Au Revoir Simone,
Audio Adrenaline,
Augustana,
Autolux,
Automatic Loveletter,
Avec,
Avenged Sevenfold,
The Awkward Romance,
The B52's,
Babyshambles,
Backseat Goodbye,
Band of Horses,
The Bangkok Five,
Barenaked Ladies,
Bayside,
Be Your Own Pet,
Beangrowers,
The Beatles,
Beck,
Becky Filip,
The Beets!,
BellaRayne,
Belle and Sebastian,
Ben Gibbard,
Ben Jones,
Ben Kweller,
Better Than Ezra,
Billy Idol,
Billy Squier,
The Bird & the Bee,
Black Eyed Peas,
Bland/Black Fences,
Black Tide,
Blaqk Audio,
Blesk,
Blessed Yes,
Blind Melon,
Blink 182,
Bloc Party,
Blonde Redhead,
The Blood Brothers,
Blue October,
Blue Oyster Cult,
The BoDeans,
Bon Jovi,
Bon Savants,
Bonnie Raitt,
Borne,
Boston,
Bottom Line,
Bowling For Soup,
Boy Kill Boy,
Boys Like Girls,
Boys Night Out,
Brad Lindsay,
Brand New,
The Bravery,
Break Away,
Breathe Carolina,
Bright Eyes,
Broken Social Scene,
Bross,
Brownsville Station,
Bruce Springsteen,
Buffalo Club,
Butch Walker,
The Cab,
Cake,
Carbon Leaf,
The Cars,
Cartel,
A Change of Pace,
Charlotte Gainsbourg,
Cheap Trick,
Chiodos,
Chris Walla,
Cindy Lauper,
Cinematic Sunrise,
Circa Survive,
City Amd Colour,
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah,
The Clash,
Classic Case,
Clay Aiken,
The Click Five,
Closer I Get,
Cobra Starship,
Coco,
Coconut Records,
Coheed & Cambria,
Colbie Caillat,
Cold War Kids,
Coldplay,
Collective Soul,
The Color Fred,
Colour Revolt,
The Comas,
Counting Crows,
The Cranberries,
Credence Clearwater Revival,
Crossfade,
Cruiserweight,
The Cure,
Cursive,
Cute Is What We Aim For,
Daft Punk,
Damiera,
The Damnwells,
Damone,
Dance Gavin Dance,
The Dandy Warhols,
Daphne Loves Derby,
Darlington,
Dashboard Confessional,
Datarock,
Dave Matthews Band,
David Bowie,
De Capulet,
Death From Above 1979,
The Decemberists,
Depeche Mode,
Devendra Banhart,
Devics,
Digitalism,
Dinosaur Jr.,
Dire Straits,
Dirty Pretty Things,
Dirty Vegas,
The Ditty Bops,
The Doors,
Doves,
Down With Gender,
Downtown Singapore,
The Dresden Dolls,
Dressy Bessy,
Dropping Daylight,
Drugscene,
The Duke Spirit,
Duncan Sheik,
Duran Duran,
The Early November,
Editors,
Eiffel 65,
Eisley,
El Boxeo,
The Eldora Parade,
The Elected,
Electric Light Orchestra,
Electrocute,
Elefant,
Elektrochemie,
Ella Rouge,
Emma Burgess,
The Emotions,
Emery,
Enon,
The Ergs,
Europe,
Eurythmics,
Failure,
The Faint,
The Fall Of Troy,
Fall Out Boy,
Faster Faster Harder Harder,
Feathermerchants,
Feist,
Finch,
Fine China,
A Fine Frenzy,
Fink,
Fiona Apple,
Firehouse,
Fischerspooner,
The Fixx,
Fizzgig,
The Flaming Lips,
Foo Fighters,
The Forecast,
Foreigner,
Forever In Motion,
Forever The Sickest Kids,
Forgive Durden,
The Format,
The Four Tops,
Franz Ferdinand,
The Fratellis,
Free The Robots,
Freezepop,
French Kicks,
Frou Frou,
Fruit Bats,
The Fully Down,
Funeral For A Friend,
Further Seems Forever,
Future Pidgeon,
Gatsby Gets The Green Light,
Gavin DeGraw,
The Generals,
George Harrison,
Georgie James,
Gin Blossoms,
Global Deejays,
Gloria Estefan,
Goat Explosion,
Go West,
Goldfrapp,
Goo Goo Dolls,
The Good, the Bad, and the Queen,
Goose,
The Gossip,
Grace Read,
The Graduate,
Graham Colton,
The Grates,
Gravy Train!!!,
Great Northern,
Green Day,
Greg Kihn Band,
Grizzly Bear,
The Guggenheim Grotto,
Guillemots,
Guns N' Roses,
Guster,
Haddaway,
The Hard Lessons,
Hawthorne Heights,
Hawk Nelson,
Head Automatica,
Heart,
The Heavycoats,
Hellogoodbye,
Hem,
Her Space Holiday,
Hidden In Plain View,
Highbench,
Hit The Lights,
Hoku,
Honey Babe Tunes,
Hoobastank,
The Hooters,
Hootie and the Blowfish,
Hot Hot Heat,
Howie Day,
Huey Lewis & The News,
The Hush Sound,
Husky Rescue,
Immaculate Machine,
Ingrid Michaelson,
Interpol,
INXS,
Iron & Wine,
J. Geils Band,
Jack’s Mannequin,
Jack Johnson,
Jamie Cullum,
JamisonParker,
Jason Mraz,
The Jealous Sound,
Jealousy Curve,
Jem,
Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins,
JET,
Jets To Brazil,
Jimmy Eat World,
Jinxed At Twelve,
Joan Jett And The Blackhearts,
John Connor,
John Mayer,
John Cougar Mellencamp,
Jonezetta,
Jonny Lives!,
Judas Priest,
June,
The Junior Varsity,
Justice Vs. Simian,
Kaiser Chiefs,
Kansas,
Kasabian,
Kate Nash,
Keane,
Kenny Loggins,
Kent,
Kill Hannah,
The Killers,
Klaxons,
KT Tunstall,
Kurios,
The Lampshades,
Landon Pigg,
Laura Burhenn,
Laura Veirs,
Le Tigre,
Led Zeppelin,
Leftover,
Let Go,
Liam and Me,
The Life Aquatic,
Lillix,
The Little Ones,
Lola Ray,
Louis XIV,
Madonna,
Mae,
Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s
Maritime,
Maroon 5,
The Mars Volta,
Mashlin,
Mass Movement of the Moth,
Matchbook Romance,
Matchbox Twenty,
Mates of State,
Math The Band,
Mayday Parade,
Maylen,
Mean Spirits,
Meg & Dia,
Megaman,
Melee,
Mellowdrone,
Menomena,
Mest,
Metric,
Metro Station,
Mew,
Mewithoutyou,
MIKA,
The Mile After,
Minus The Bear,
Modest Mouse,
Monpools and Caterpillars,
Morningwood,
MOTH,
Motion City Soundtrack,
MSTRKRFT,
Múm,
Mumm-Ra,
Muse,
Mute Math,
My Chemical Romance,
My Morning Jacket,
Nada Surf,
Neutral Milk Hotel,
The New Amsterdams,
New Found Glory,
The New Pornographers,
New Radicals,
New Years Day,
No Doubt,
The Notwist,
OK Go,
The Octopus Project,
of Montreal,
Office,
Oh No! Oh My!,
OK Go,
On Three,
Operator Please,
The Orange Peels,
Ozma,
Panic! At The Disco,
Paolo Nutini,
Pash,
Paul McCartney,
Peachcake,
Pedro the Lion,
Peter Bjorn & John,
Petra Haden,
Phantom Planet,
Phish,
Piebald,
Pinback,
The Pink Spiders,
Pixies,
Placebo,
Plain Jane Automobile,
Plain White T’s,
PlayRadioPlay!,
Plot to Blow up the Eiffel Tower,
The Police,
The Polyphonic Spree,
The Postal Service,
Powerspace,
Pray For The Soul of Betty,
Psapp,
The Purrs,
Q and not U,
Queen,
Quietdrive,
R.E.M.,
Rachel Merchand,
The Raconteurs,
Radiohead,
Ramones,
Read Yellow,
Red Hot Chili Peppers,
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus,
Reggie & The Full Effect,
Regina Spektor,
Relient K,
Remy Zero,
RENT soundtrack,
The Rentals,
The Reputation,
Rinocerose,
The Rites,
Robbers on High Street,
Rocco DeLuca,
Rock Kills Kid,
The Rocket Summer,
Rooney,
The Rosebuds,
Royksopp,
Rufio,
Sara Bareilles,
Sarah McLachlan,
Saves The Day,
Say Anything,
Say Hi To Your Mom,
Scary Kids Scaring Kids,
The Scene Aesthetic,
School House Rock,
Searson,
Second Saturday,
Shapes of Race Cars,
She’s The Car,
Sherwood,
Sheryl Crow,
The Shins,
Sigur Ros,
Silversun Pickups,
Sixpence None The Richer,
Slagsmålsklubben,
Sleater Kinney,
Smash Mouth,
Smashing Pumpkins,
Snow Patrol,
Socratic,
Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin,
Something Corporate,
The Sounds of Animals Fighting,
South,
Spice Girls,
Spiraling,
Spoon,
Starryville,
STARS,
The Starting Line,
Stellastarr*,
Steve Miller Band,
Straylight Run,
Strike.Fire.Fall.,
The Strokes,
Sufjan Stevens,
Sugar Ray,
Sugarcult,
Sum 41,
The Summer Obsession,
Super Furry Animals,
Supertramp,
Sweet Diss and the Comebacks,
Switchfoot,
Taking Back Sunday,
Taproot,
The Tattle Tales,
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists,
Teddybears,
Tegan & Sara,
Telepopmusik,
Test Icicles,
That Dog,
theMATERIAL,
They Might Be Giants,
Third Eye Blind,
Thrice,
Thursday,
Tokyo,
Train,
Tres Bien,
Trophy Scars,
Turin Brakes,
Two If By Sea,
U2,
Under the Influence of Giants,
The Upstairs Divine,
The Used,
Utada Hikaru,
Van She,
Vedera,
Velvet Revolver,
The Velvet Underground,
Veruca Salt,
VHS or BETA,
The Vines,
We Are Scientists,
Weezer,
Wham!,
What Made Milwaukee Famous,
Wheat,
The White Stripes,
Wolf Parade,
Wolfmother,
Woodale,
Xiu Xiu,
Yellowcard,
You Say Party! We Say Die!,
Youth Group,
and so many more.
Reality television has attached itself to my skin.
Chuck Palahniuk is the man.
Carah Faye Charnow first and foremost, forever and always. Hayley Williams. Stephen Christian. Kate Nash. Maja Ivarsson. J.K. Rowling. Peace-makers. Amy Stely. Brooke White. Ben Gibbard. Stacey J. Mendoza (RIP). Helen Marnie. Mira Aroyo. Katie White.