Movies:
so not a definitive list!
A is for - architecture in helsinki, afi, aretha franklin, ani difranco
al green, arrested development, a tribe called quest, avalanches
B is for - buddha bar, broken social scene, the beatles,belle & sebastian, bjork, billie holliday, bob marley, the beach boys, bob dylan, backstreet boys, bloc party
C is for - café del mar, camille, coldplay, chopin, the clash,the cure, the cat empire
D is for - the dressden dolls,damien rice depeche mode,diana ross & the supremes, duran duran, the dandy warhols, daft punk, decoder ring, death from above 1979, death cabie for cutie, datarock
E is for - explosions in the sky, erykah badu, ella fitzgerald
elton john, elliott smith, ELO
F is for - fleetwood mac, fatboy slim, 5ive, fat freddy drops, the fugees
G is for - guns ‘n’ roses, groove armada, garbage, goldfrapp
H is for - hot chip, hermitude
I is for - india arie, imogen heap, interpol
J is for - jose gonzales, jeff buckley, james brown, joy division
justice
K is for – klaxons, kings of leon, the knife, the kooks, the killers
L is for - louis armstrong, lauryn hill, lionel ritchie & the commodores, le tigre, leonard cohen
M is for – matisyahu, mc solar, mia, michael jackson, mstrkrft, mogwai,
mahavishnu orchestra, martha wainwright, manu chao, miles davis, muse, modest mouse, mickey avalon
N is for - nina simone
O is for - otis redding, oasis
P is for - the presets, peter bjorn & john, pink floyd, the pixies,placebo,prince, the postal service,portishead, phoenix
Q is for – queen, queens of the stone age
R is for - regina spektor, the roots, ray charles, the rat pack
rage against the machines, radiohead, red hot chilli peppers
ratatat
S is for - the smashing pumpkins, sébastien tellier,sigur ros,the strokes, stevie wonder,simon & garfunkel,the smiths, spice girls, sade
T is for – trabant, tracey chapman, todd rundgren, tv on the radio
U is for - uffie, the unicorns
V is for - the velvet underground & nico
W is for – we are scientists, weezer, will to power, the white stripes
X is for - xui xui
Y is for - yelle, yeah yeah yeahs
Z is for – the zutons