[Weirdelves]

So lots of singer/songwriter fans out here, but I tend to be more of a band person bar Joanna.

So who are your favourite bands?

Mine probably:

Spiritualized
The Flaming Lips
Radiohead
The National
Beach House
Grizzly Bear
Neutral Milk Hotel
Animal Collective
The Antlers
Beatles
Liars
My Bloody Valentine
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Smiths
TV on the Radio
Velvet Underground
The xx
Pixies, Joy Division, The Cure

[Golebnik]

It’s difficult for me to pick out favourite bands now, because I am discovering a lot of new and interesting music of all kinds – I only discovered Joanna Newsom in 2008, so she is still new to me – but for many years I seemed to listen mostly to The Legendary Pink Dots … and of course Cocteau Twins still occupy a big place in my heart. In terms of bands I’m probably still largely stuck in the 1980s! Moving back to the 2000s, do Godspeed You Black Emperor! and A Silver Mt Zion count as bands?

[lutwidge]

Saw Spiritualized a year or so ago, and they were awesome, but I don't think I'd put 'em in my favourites. Anyhow, some of mine...

Television
Black Sabbath
Broadcast
Talking Heads
The Flaming Lips
R.E.M.
The Velvet Underground
The Upsetters
Supersilent
Einsturzende Neubauten
Funkadelic
Mahavishnu Orchestra

[Ludag]

hm, I would say...
- Lavender Diamonds
- Mùm
- Sigur Ròs
- Radiohead
- Efterklang
- Portishead
- The Cure

[cliquott]

Sigur Rós, Animal Collective, Marilyn Manson, múm, and especially The B-52's. I also love The Cure.

[polliwog]

Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons Project, Kansas, Eagles, Beatles, B-52's, Dire Straits, Pavlov's Dog, Led Zeppelin, Guns 'n' Roses, Metallica...

That's only a beginning. There are just too many to list here.

[Cosmia]

Arcade Fire
Band of Horses
Belle & Sebastian
Beirut
Bright Eyes
Broken Social Scene
Death Cab for Cutie
Explosions in the Sky
Fleet Foxes
Grizzly Bear
Interpol
Midlake
Modest Mouse
Mogwai
Neutral Milk Hotel
Of Montreal
Okkervil River
The Postal Service
Radiohead
The Shins
Shearwater
Sigur Ros
Tarkio
Wilco
Wolf Parade
65daysofstatic
The Decemberists
Recent additions would be The Antlers, Wild Beasts, The National, Yeasayer... I also very much like Tool. Don't ask.

[Jessie]

The Dresden Dolls, The Grateful Dead, Dave Matthews Band, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The String Cheese Incident, Incubus, moe.

[Pierre]

I guess I rely more on songwriters than bands, but some definitely mean a lot to me:

Cocteau Twins
Siouxsie & The Banshees
Dead Can Dance (If they could be considered as a "band")
The Sundays
Shelleyan Orphan

Those 5 are above all for me. Then

The Beatles (of course)
Bruce Springsteen with the E-Street Band
ABBA crafted some wonderful tunes
Talking Heads

And if Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares can be called "a band", then they can be added to the top 5 on the list...

Of course, Beirut, Arcade Fire, Portishead and some others got me interested during some time, but not enough to get listed here...

[ursulabear]

RASPUTINA!
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Tyr
Mr. Bungle
the Denver Gentlemen
Beat CIrcus
Scarring PArty
ABBA
Feathers
Reverend Glasseye and His Wooden
Peculiar pRetzelmen
Andrew bird's bowl of fire
and
Kraftwerk

[Weirdelves]

RASPUTINA!
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Tyr
Mr. Bungle
the Denver Gentlemen
Beat CIrcus
Scarring PArty
ABBA
Feathers
Reverend Glasseye and His Wooden
Peculiar pRetzelmen
Andrew bird's bowl of fire
and
Kraftwerk

I've literally only heard of Kraftwerk and Abba little bear. Except Rasputina (from you).

[cliquott]

Favorite band right now: The Drums.



Really obsessed

[ursulabear]

for tom, a breakdown

RASPUTINA!-cello-goth-folk-rock
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum-avant garde metal
Tyr-viking metal
Mr. Bungle-funk, avante garde metal
the Denver Gentlemen-gothic america (from the great denver scene)
Beat Circus-cabaret country/folk noir
Scarring PArty- circus cabaret/folk noir
ABBA-swedish pop
Feathers-psych-folk
Reverend Glasseye and His Wooden Legs-folk noir
Peculiar pRetzelmen-folk noir
Andrew bird's bowl of fire-vaudeville
and
Kraftwerk-german techno

[LawnsOfDawns]

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND and THE BEATLES

There are other bands I really really love but honestly VU and beatles are (for me) a mile above the rest.

Anyway, if I made a list, it would look suspiciously like the one weird elves posted.

Genres I love include psychedelic, freak folk, and garage

[Zonodon]

RASPUTINA!
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Tyr
Mr. Bungle
the Denver Gentlemen
Beat CIrcus
Scarring PArty
ABBA
Feathers
Reverend Glasseye and His Wooden
Peculiar pRetzelmen
Andrew bird's bowl of fire
and
Kraftwerk

This is such a good list

[queenofnerds]

Muse
Placebo
Arcade Fire
Led Zepplin
Kings Of Leon

Fairly typical rock bands, that type of thing.

[milkisobel]

Arcade Fire
Band of Horses
Belle & Sebastian
Beirut
Bright Eyes
Broken Social Scene
Death Cab for Cutie
Explosions in the Sky
Fleet Foxes
Grizzly Bear
Interpol
Midlake
Modest Mouse
Mogwai
Neutral Milk Hotel
Of Montreal
Okkervil River
The Postal Service
Radiohead
The Shins
Shearwater
Sigur Ros
Tarkio
Wilco
Wolf Parade
65daysofstatic
The Decemberists
Recent additions would be The Antlers, Wild Beasts, The National, Yeasayer... I also very much like Tool. Don't ask.

65daysofstatic!! and le choeur des femmes de sophia, pierre! yes it rocks too!

[ell ess two]

I'm definitely a predominately bands kinda gal.

A few forever favourites off the top of my head:

Talking Heads (Remain In Light, my favourite record of all time)
Guided By Voices
Pavement
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Beat Happening
The Verlaines
The Brian Jonestown Massacre
The Velvet Underground
Tenniscoats
The Gun Club
Half Japanese
Public Image Ltd.
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Replacements
Sleater-Kinney
Royal Trux

Other favourites:
Broken Social Scene
The National
The Olivia Tremor Control
The King Khan & BBQ Show
The Fiery Furnaces
Goodnight Loving
Beach House

I'm also heavily into a lot of post-rock. All the usual suspects...

Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Do Make Say Think
Mogwai
Bell Orchestre
Fly Pan Am
God Is an Astronaut
Tortoise
K.C. Accidental

I'll stop there. I'm really just all over the place.

[travvyishot]

bob dylan
dirty projectors
the mars volta/omar a rodriguez lopez
cocorosie
bjork/sugarcubes
man man
john frusciante
the smiths
antony and the johnsons
captain beefheart

[Weirdelves]

The Dismemberment Plan. Wow.