BEST BANDS EVARRR: joshua radin, damien rice, eisley, jason mraz, josh pyke, david ford/easyworld, the shins, radiohead, ben folds, the whitlams
nearly best bands ever: alexi murdoch, andrew bird, angus julia stone, augie march, aqualung, ari hest, augie march, augustana, badly drawn boy, beatles, belle and sebastian, bob schnieder, bob dylan, brand new, ben folds, carey ott, cary brothers, coldplay, colin hay, copeland, crowded house, dashboard confessional, death cab, dissociatives, ELO, elliott smith, evermore, faulter, fionn regan, foreshore, frou frou, gary jules, get him eat him, gotye, guster, honor by august, howie day, howling bells, idlewild, imogen heap, ingrid michaelson, i am kloot, iron and wine, jeff buckley, jen cloher, jose gonzales, jens lekman, jon mclaughlin, kate miller heidke, kings of convenience, laura veirs, lior, mae, marcy playground, margot and the nuclear so and sos, math and physics club, matt costa, muse, nick drake, ok go, old man river, patrick wolf, priscilla ahn, radical face, regina spektor, rilo kiley, sarah blasko, simon and garfunkel, snow patrol, something corporate, stars, straylight run, sunset rubdown, starky, sufjan stevens, tegan and sara, the beautiful girls, the bravery, the decemberists, the umbrella sequence, tom mcrae, turin brakes, youth group
locals: little birdy, the bank holidays, new rules for boats, the panics, bob evans, college fallthere's more but like you're still reading