The Pillows, Bump Of Chicken, Eagle Eye Cherry, Travis, Red House Painters, The Beatles, The Concretes, Little Beirut, The Weakerthans, The Shins, Shout Out Louds, Coldplay, U2, The Zutons, Stars, The New Amsterdams, The Helio Sequence, Broken Social Scene, The National, Jim Bryson, The Decemberists, Bright Eyes, Death Cab, Feeder, Midlake, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Magic Bullets, The Envy Corps, Thao Nguyen & The Get Down stay Down, The Fratellis, Oasis, Thin Lizzy, The Killers, Ben's Brother, TheThe[not a typo that's what they called], Pink Floyd, The Who, The Byrds, Joe Satriani, Hendrix, Clapton, Queen, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Lupe Fiasco, Q-tip, NaS, AZ the visualiza, MC Eiht, Eazy E, KRS-One, Scarface, Hieroglyphics, Keith Murray, Ed O.G., The Pharcyde, The Roots, Dead Prez, Common, Public Enemy, Souls of Mischief, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Fugees, Outlandish, Jean Grae, OutKast, Kanye West, J Dilla and Madlib, Stevie Wonder, John Legend, Maxwell, Guy, New Edition, Blackstreet, SWV(((old school R&B was great)) TLC, Tank..((Aaliyah))..Jahiem, 112, Boyz II Men, Earth Wind & Fire, Divine, Jodeci, K-Ci & Jojo, R.Kelly, Michael Jackson, Craig David, Lyfe Jennings, Luther Vandross, 2Face Idibia. Japanese music is good even though I dont understand it(once in a while though they throw in a word or two of english)I have learned a little though from watching anime :) Gagaga SP, Amedori, ?????? Utada, Teriyaki Boyz, Gackt

SXSW 2008: Mark Kozelek
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKdLgkz7m1E

OTOFUKE Live Show7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKV2GkUtiEE

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The Weakerthans - "Tournament of Hearts"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X450tXmBKa8

my favourite band