| Music | All of the folks to the right, plus:
Old stuff: The Smiths, Cocteau Twins, Captain Beefheart, Joy Division, Throwing Muses, Velvet Underground, The Pixies, Sonic Youth, Beach Boys (but only Pet Sounds), Half Man Half Biscuit, My Bloody Valentine, The Ramones, Pavement.
Hard stuff: Shellac, Big Black, Fugazi, Slint.
Beats: A Tribe Called Quest, Gang Starr, De La Soul, Jeru the Damaja, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Jurassic 5, The Pharcyde, KRS-One, Lootpack, Outkast, Missy Elliott, Main Source, People Under the Stairs, Eric B & Rakim, Roots Manuva, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Nas ('Illmatic'), The Creators, Ugly Duckling, Dilated Peoples, Reflection Eternal, All Natural, Kanye West.
Singers: Nick Drake, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Jonathan Richman, Rufus Wainwright, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Smog, Morrissey, Richard Hawley.
Electronic/etc: Cougar, Hot Chip, Kraftwerk, Minotaur Shock, Plaid, Boards of Canada, Tortoise, Prefuse 73, Push Button Objects, Mr Scruff, Aerial M, Air, Royksopp, DJ Shadow.
Everything else: Beirut, Lily Allen, Kings of Leon, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sufjan Stevens, Stereolab, Beck, the mighty Fall, Flaming Lips, Broadcast, the Delgados, Badly Drawn Boy, Astrud Gilberto, Chet Baker, Django Reinhart, Duke Ellington, The Shins, Mogwai, Magnetic Fields, Sigur Ros, Interpol, Cat Power, Kings of Convenience, Mazzy Star/Hope Sandoval, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, Palace Brothers (but not so much Will Oldham - he's too moany on his own!), Silver Jews, Saint Etienne, PJ Harvey, Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, New Order.
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