Topic: Help Me Get Great Bands that Start With The Letters.... (Read 16725 times)

Ikrik · « **on:** 22 Mar 2008, 00:55 »

Alright, so I've been browsing my iTunes (being the trendy person I am) and I am finding that I need to have an equal alphabetical distribution of my music. So if anyone can recommend bands whose name starts with any of the following letters it would be awesomely appreciated:
C, E, G, I, O, T, U, V, X, Y, Z.
Thank you.

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #1 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 01:09 »

Can
Cansei de Ser Sexy
Caitlin Cary
Cap'n Jazz
Caribou
Cat Power
Chic
Chromatics
The Cure
The Clash

Echo and The Bunnymen
Eels
Elf Power
Ellen Allien
The Evens
Exploding Hearts

Galaxie 500
Girl Talk
Girls Against Boys
Glass Candy
The Go! Team
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Goose

I'm From Barcelona
Iron and Wine
Islands

OK Go
Okkervil River
Out Hud
Olivia Tremor Control
Owls

Television
Talking Heads
The Tmptations
Tepr
Texas is the Reason
Thieves Like Us
The Three o' CLock
Tiga
The Troggs

The Undertones
The Unicorns
Uncle Tupelo
UGK

The Velvet Underground
The Ventures
Vitalic
Vicarious Bliss

Xiu Xiu
X-Ray Spex

Yo La Tengo

ZZ Top

imapiratearg · « **Reply #2 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 08:11 »

Constantines
Creeping Weeds
Cursive
Colour Revolt
Chin Up Chin Up
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Caspian

Editors
Evergreen

Giraffes? Giraffes!
Guided By Voices
Gogol Bordello

I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness

The Thermals
Tilly & the Wall
Tokyo Police Club

Zox

Also, what E. said.

Thrillho · « **Reply #3 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 10:05 »

Quote from: Ikrik on 22 Mar 2008, 00:55

Alright, so I've been browsing my iTunes (being the trendy person I am) and I am finding that I need to have an equal alphabetical distribution of my music.

...why?

Ikrik · « **Reply #4 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 10:23 »

Quote from: DynamiteKid on 22 Mar 2008, 10:05

Quote from: Ikrik on 22 Mar 2008, 00:55
Alright, so I've been browsing my iTunes (being the trendy person I am) and I am finding that I need to have an equal alphabetical distribution of my music.

...why?

The better question is "why not?" I don't actually know why, it just kind of bugged me. I can't explain why, I just really thought it would be awesome to have more bands that start with E or Z or I....I guess the word I was searching for was "want" instead of "need."

imagist42 · « **Reply #5 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 10:25 »

Elliott Smith
Eulogies
Explosions in the Sky

The Good, the Bad & the Queen

Immaculate Machine
Ingrid Michaelson

Of Montreal

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
This Will Destroy You
TV on the Radio

Vampire Weekend
Voxtrot

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Zero 7

imapiratearg · « **Reply #6 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 10:27 »

Quote from: Ikrik on 22 Mar 2008, 10:23

Quote from: DynamiteKid on 22 Mar 2008, 10:05
Quote from: Ikrik on 22 Mar 2008, 00:55
Alright, so I've been browsing my iTunes (being the trendy person I am) and I am finding that I need to have an equal alphabetical distribution of my music.

...why?

The better question is "why not?" I don't actually know why, it just kind of bugged me. I can't explain why, I just really thought it would be awesome to have more bands that start with E or Z or I....I guess the word I was searching for was "want" instead of "need."

Are you like, anal retentive about your music?

(I am, sort of. My tags have to be right, or I flip shit.)

Ikrik · « **Reply #7 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 11:28 »

Quote from: imapiratearg on 22 Mar 2008, 10:27

Quote from: Ikrik on 22 Mar 2008, 10:23
Quote from: DynamiteKid on 22 Mar 2008, 10:05
Quote from: Ikrik on 22 Mar 2008, 00:55
Alright, so I've been browsing my iTunes (being the trendy person I am) and I am finding that I need to have an equal alphabetical distribution of my music.

...why?

The better question is "why not?" I don't actually know why, it just kind of bugged me. I can't explain why, I just really thought it would be awesome to have more bands that start with E or Z or I....I guess the word I was searching for was "want" instead of "need."

Are you like, anal retentive about your music?

(I am, sort of. My tags have to be right, or I flip shit.)

I wish man...I need to go through my genres and cd's and even some of the names and make everything right....which is something I haven't done...ever...It'll take me probably 2-3 hours that I really don't want to spend on it.

jimbunny · « **Reply #8 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 11:40 »

The Tiny

Ulver

Vashti Bunyan

Beastmouth · « **Reply #9 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 11:49 »

Quote from: imagist42 on 22 Mar 2008, 10:25

Elliott Smith

This is S.

Quote

Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

This is L.

imagist42 · « **Reply #10 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 11:53 »

I don't know what kind of wacked-out iTunes you're using, but they're default-sorted as E and T for me, pal.

michaelicious · « **Reply #11 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 12:07 »

Quote from: imapiratearg on 22 Mar 2008, 08:11

Giraffes? Giraffes!

Hey man that's my line.

sean · « **Reply #12 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 12:16 »

Guys this is not a good thread. Not a good thread at all. In fact, I am officially shitting on this thread.

Quote from: Beastmouth on 22 Mar 2008, 11:49

Quote from: imagist42 on 22 Mar 2008, 10:25
Elliott Smith
This is S.
Quote
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
This is L.

Only if you are doing Smith, Elliott and Leo, Ted adn the Pharmacists. Which is a bit silly. E and T work fine.

Neubauten · « **Reply #13 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 12:17 »

Combichrist

Einstürzende Neubauten

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

The Knife, Type O Negative

UNKLE

tomselleck69 · « **Reply #14 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 13:14 »

C
Calexico
Canasta
Captain Beefheart
Caravan
Caribou
Carla Bozulich
The Carrie Nations
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Clitorectomy & the Mutilators

E
Easy Star All Stars
Efterklang
El Perro Del Mar
Elvis Costello
Eno

G
Gabriel Ananda
Gavin Friday
Genghis Tron
Ghostland Observatory
Glenda Collins
Gordon Downie
Gowns
Gram Parsons
Great Lake Swimmers
Greg Weeks

I
Iggy and the Stooges
The Infesticons

O
The Old 97's
Old Crow Medicine Show
Old Time Relijun
OMD
One Line Drawing
Operacycle
Opeth
The Orchids
Orphans in Coma

T
T. Rex
Talk Talk
The Tidy Ups
Tiger Army
Tim Curry Bear
The Toadies
Tom Brosseau
Tom Waits
Tomahawk
The Tornadoes
Townes Van Zandt
Transistor Radio Sound
Tripping Daisy
TV on the Radio
Twink
The Twombley Spiders

U
Unsane
Utah Carol
The Up Set

V
Valerie Masters
Venetian Snares
The Violence Femmes
The Virgin Prunes

X
X
XTC

Y
Yann Tiersen
Yolanda
Your Favorite Book

Z
The Zombies
Zumpano

Daft pun · « **Reply #15 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 13:17 »

The Cooper Temple Clause
Coparck
Cyann and Ben
The Chap
The Concretes
Clue to Kalo

Eluvium
Engineers

Gui Boratto
The Guild League

Isolée

Thee More Shallows
Thunderbirds Are Now!
Tullycraft
The Twilight Sad

Ulrich Schnauss

The Veils

Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies

Zoot Woman
The Zutons

lol@yourface · « **Reply #16 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 16:05 »

only one i can think of that hasn't been mentioned is
zebrahead.

Joseph · « **Reply #17 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 22:40 »

Charles Mingues
Circulatory System
Cocteau Twins
Codeine
Coil
Current 93
Curtis Mayfield

Eric's Trip
The Evaporators

Gang Of Four
Georgie James
Grandaddy

Quote from: imagist42 on 22 Mar 2008, 10:25

Immaculate Machine

(I wanted to avoid repeating artists, but seriously. This band is so good, and not enough people realize it. I put a link in the Mediafire thread a while back to their newest album. Get it.)

Om
Ornette Coleman
Owen

Teenage Jesus And The Jerks
Telefauna
They Shoot Horses Don't They
This Heat
Throbbing Gristle
Tortoise
Tricky

Unwound
US Maple

The Vaselines
Versus
Vic Chesnutt

Young Galaxy

onewheelwizzard · « **Reply #18 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 23:31 »

C:
Colour Haze
Comets on Fire

E:
Earthless
El Ten Eleven
Eternal Elysium

G:
The Ganjas
Gary Higgins
Goon Moon
Grails

I:
The Incredible String Band

T:
Thumlock
Titan

U:
Ufomammut
The United States of America

V:
Voice of the Seven Woods

Y:
Yawning Man
Yndi Halda

Z:
Zoroaster

KickThatBathProf · « **Reply #19 on:** 22 Mar 2008, 23:49 »

Ghosts and Vodka

Te
Third Eye Foundation
Tristeza

Ui

Beastmouth · « **Reply #20 on:** 23 Mar 2008, 00:20 »

I can only imagine that those of you who can use alphabetical sorting by first names have spent no significant time in any public or university library.

Spluff · « **Reply #21 on:** 23 Mar 2008, 00:31 »

Addressing the earlier post, if you get something like Ted Leo and the Pharmacists it's the name of the band so it still starts with T, not L. But if it's just an individual artist then it is last name first.

imagist42 · « **Reply #22 on:** 23 Mar 2008, 00:58 »

Also, since when do the contents of my digital music player qualify as a library? I mean, sure, it's called a library internally, but... come on. I'm not screwing around with the frigging Dewey Decimal System.

tomselleck69 · « **Reply #23 on:** 23 Mar 2008, 02:05 »

I organize my music by arranging the words that compose a band's name from most significant to least significant. The correct band name happens to be "Leo, Ted, Pharmacists, and, the" and if you disagree, you have never read a book.

pentaen · « **Reply #24 on:** 23 Mar 2008, 02:14 »

X us fir XASTHUR

McTaggart · « **Reply #25 on:** 23 Mar 2008, 03:41 »

Guys now I'm all insecure because I have Keith Fullerton Whitman under W but maybe it should go in F though I'm pretty sure it's not Fullerton-Whitman but Fullerton doesn't really sound like a middle name and now I'm so confused someone help.

mfpole · « **Reply #26 on:** 23 Mar 2008, 11:20 »

Quote from: tommydski on 22 Mar 2008, 13:31

Tsilkworm.

The T is silent and invisible.

Ooh! Don't forget Zilkworm!

Beren · « **Reply #27 on:** 23 Mar 2008, 15:13 »

Quote from: Objects inside Clouds on 22 Mar 2008, 12:16

Guys this is not a good thread. Not a good thread at all. In fact, I am officially shitting on this thread.

Quote from: Beastmouth on 22 Mar 2008, 11:49
Quote from: imagist42 on 22 Mar 2008, 10:25
Elliott Smith
This is S.
Quote
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
This is L.

Only if you are doing Smith, Elliott and Leo, Ted adn the Pharmacists. Which is a bit silly. E and T work fine.

I would just like to note that Leo, Ted and the Pharmacists should be the band name.

Broken_Drum · « **Reply #28 on:** 23 Mar 2008, 16:30 »

C: Caul, The Cure
E: Earth, Evol Intent
G: Godspeed You! Black Emperor
I: Iron & Wine
O: (Early) Outkast
T: Tool, The Tuss
U: UNKLE
V: Venetian Snares
X: ...
Y: Yppah
Z: ...

muteKi · « **Reply #29 on:** 23 Mar 2008, 18:52 »

CARBON LEAF
Edgar Meyer? IF you're going for mainly a rock collection you'd want to avoid this -- he's more a violinist, did some Appalachian stuff.
Also, if you want classic stuff: Earth, Wind, and Fire
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
TOMMY TALLARICO (actually I have a bunch of T names since I have a bunch of Genesis soundtracks, like Takeshi Yoshida (composed for Thunder Force IV -- cool music btw))
If I actually suggested U2 I'd likely get lynched but whatever, so I won't really I think they do have some good stuff, though some isn't that interesting.
(Van Morrison? Eh. I also have a recording credited to Vladimir Ashkenazy -- his version of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition)
YUZO KOSHIRO

imagist42 · « **Reply #30 on:** 23 Mar 2008, 20:01 »

Quote from: Beren on 23 Mar 2008, 15:13

Quote from: Objects inside Clouds on 22 Mar 2008, 12:16
Guys this is not a good thread. Not a good thread at all. In fact, I am officially shitting on this thread.

Quote from: Beastmouth on 22 Mar 2008, 11:49
Quote from: imagist42 on 22 Mar 2008, 10:25
Elliott Smith
This is S.
Quote
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
This is L.

Only if you are doing Smith, Elliott and Leo, Ted adn the Pharmacists. Which is a bit silly. E and T work fine.

I would just like to note that Leo, Ted and the Pharmacists should be the band name.

I am not sure what you are implying with this.

minkles · « **Reply #31 on:** 23 Mar 2008, 20:09 »

CAN
THE ESSEX GREEN
GUIDED BY VOICES
ISLANDS
OKKERVIL RIVER
THE THERMALS
THE UNICORNS
VIOLENT FEMMES
XTC
YEASAYER
ZERO 7

Mazeraski · « **Reply #32 on:** 23 Mar 2008, 20:20 »

C:
The Carps
Chromeo
controller.controller
Crystal Castles
Cut City

I:
Interpol

O:
Oh No! Oh My!

T:
Tokyo Police Club

V:
Voxtrot

Y:
The Young Knives
Yppah

Ballard · « **Reply #33 on:** 23 Mar 2008, 22:01 »

C:
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
Clutch
The Cobbs

E:

G:
Gang of Four
The Go-Betweens
God Is An Astronaut
Good, the Bad, and the Queen, The

I:
Iggy and the Stooges

O:
Oasis

T:
Television
Tricky
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

U:

V:
The Velvet Underground
The Vines

X:

Y:
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yo La Tengo

Z:

E. Spaceman · « **Reply #34 on:** 23 Mar 2008, 23:20 »

Quote from: Ballard on 23 Mar 2008, 22:01

O:
Oasis

He said Great, gene, not Grotesquely Awful

Caspian · « **Reply #35 on:** 24 Mar 2008, 06:15 »

Seems like a bit of a 'hey guys lets do pointless lists', but I enjoyed it anyway. Bolded ones are particularly awesome.

C:
Caspian
Candlemass
Cult of Luna

E:
Earth
Electric Wizard
Eluvium
Explosions in the Sky

G:
Godflesh
God is an Astronaut
Giant Squid
Graveyard Dirt
Growing

I:
Isis

O:
Om
Ocean Machine
One AM Radio

T:
Thergothon
This Empty Flow
This will Destroy You
TIM HECKER
Titan
Tribes of Neutor
Trouble

U:
Ufomammut
Ulver
Ulrich Schnauss
Unleashed

V:
Verdunkeln
Vlad Tepes

X:
Xiu Xiu

Y:
YOB

Z:
I'm going for the obvious and saying ZZTop.

Daft pun · « **Reply #36 on:** 24 Mar 2008, 06:23 »

Quote from: tommydski on 24 Mar 2008, 05:00

More distressing is the inclusion of The Vines.

Their first effort isn't half bad. I'd like to think they just stopped after that though...

Also, the lack of Cooper Temple Clause is disturbing. TO THE MEDIAFIRE THREAD!

muffy · « **Reply #37 on:** 24 Mar 2008, 08:55 »

C: Cancer Bats
Clor
The Cramps
Cursive (someone already said this, it needs to be said again)

E: Electralane
Electric Wizard
Emiliana Torrini
Echo & The Bunnymen

G: The Ghost Frequency
Giant Drag
The Good Life
Grammatics

I: I Was A Cub Scout
iLiKETRAins
The Indelicates

O: Of Montreal
Okkervil River
Orenda Fink

T: Television
The Teenagers
This City
The Thermals

U: Union of Knives
Uffie

V: Vitalic
The Victorian English Gentleman's Club

X: XX teens
X-ray spex

Y: You Say Party! We Say Die!
Yourcodenameis:milo

Z: Zolof The Rock And Roll Destroyer

Broken_Drum · « **Reply #38 on:** 24 Mar 2008, 08:57 »

Quote from: Caspian on 24 Mar 2008, 06:15

Eluvium

Yes!

Der Turm, der Leute frass · « **Reply #39 on:** 24 Mar 2008, 12:47 »

C
Can
Canvas Solaris
Carpathian Forest
Cathedral
Celtic Frost
Cephalic Carnage
Cilice
Clawfinger
Colour Haze
Communic
Confessor
Converge
Coprofago
Coroner
Craw
Criminal
Cruachan
Cryptopsy
Cult Of Luna
Cynic

E
Earth
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)
Electric Wizard
Eluvium
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Emperor
The End
Enslaved
Envy
Ephel Duath
Estradasphere
Exodus
Explosions In The Sky
Extol

G
Peter Gabriel
Jan Garbarek
Genesis
God Dethroned
Godspeed You Black Emperor
The Grassy Knoll
Grave

I
I.E.M.
Immolation
Immortal
In The Name
In The Woods...
Into Eternity
Intronaut
Ion Dissonance
IQ
Isis

O
The Ocean
Oceansize
Opeth
OSI
Ozric Tentacles

T
Talk Talk
Tangaroa
The Tangent
Tangerine Dream
Taste Of Tears
The Tea Party
Terrorizer
Textures
Therion
Thergothon
This will destroy you
Tholus
Thought Industry
Thrice
Tool
Tortoise
Toxik
Transatlantic
Twisted Into Form

U
Ulver
Unexpect

V
Vader
Vauxdvihl
Venetian Snares
vidnaObmana

X
Xasthur

Y
Yyrkoon
Yes
Yob

Z
Frank Zappa
Zimmers Hole
John Zorn

Ballard · « **Reply #40 on:** 24 Mar 2008, 14:07 »

Quote from: E. Spaceman on 23 Mar 2008, 23:20

He said Great, gene, not Grotesquely Awful

I felt bad leaving out so many letters.

Quote from: tommydski on 24 Mar 2008, 05:00

More distressing is the inclusion of The Vines.

I stick with my opinion that The Vines are not that bad. If nothing else, they're a portal to better music

sean · « **Reply #41 on:** 24 Mar 2008, 16:53 »

Quote from: Der Turm, der Leute frass on 24 Mar 2008, 12:47

U
Ulver
Unexpect

This. Especially Unexpect.

cake or death · « **Reply #42 on:** 28 Mar 2008, 14:09 »

OH GOD IM NEW DONT HURT ME. I think most of these havn't been mentioned...

C - Camille (crazy but popular french shit), Cibo Matto, The Cat Empire

G - Gregory and the Hawk, Gravy Train!!, Gilberto Gil

I - The Innocence Mission

O - Os Mutantes, Ozomatli, Okkervil River

T - The Temptations (clearly), Tresspassers William, A Tribe Called Quest

Y - Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yonder Mountain String Band, Yo La Tengo

Z - Zox. some chick i know dates the guitarist?

muffy · « **Reply #43 on:** 28 Mar 2008, 22:08 »

Quote from: cake or death on 28 Mar 2008, 14:09

I - The Innocence Mission

T - Tresspassers William

Love in a facial direction - your post just reminded me how much I miss having music by those bands.

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Author Topic: Help Me Get Great Bands that Start With The Letters.... (Read 16725 times)

Neubauten

lol@yourface

muteKi

cake or death