Links are listed as follows:
• Bands, singers and musical artistes, A–M
• Bands, singers and musical artistes, N–Z
• Albums
• Music – general A–Z
• Books and literature
• DVDs, films and TV
• This forum
• Various other topics


Bands, singers and musical artistes, A–Z

• 39 Clocks
• 10,000 Maniacs
• 10CC
• (A) Witness
• A Frames
• Abba
• Acid Mothers Temple
• Al Casey R.I.P.
• Alanis Morissette
• Albert Hammond
• Alex Snouffer (Alex St. Claire)
• Alice Cooper
• Alvin Stardust
• Amon Duul
• Amusement Parks on Fire
• Amy Winehouse
• Antony & The Johnsons
• The Apartments
• Arab Strap
• Arcade Fire
• Architecture In Helsinki
• Arctic Monkeys
• The Arm
• Artery
• Arthur Lee – see Love/Arthur Lee
• Arthur Russell
• Associates (and Allan Rankine)
• Audio Arts
• Augustus Pablo
• Autechre
• Auteurs
• Babyshambles
• Badfinger
• Banana Splits
• Bark Psychosis
• Basement 5
• Bauhaus
• Beach Boys / Beach Boys: Love sues Wilson
• The Beatles / The Beatles 'Love' album
• Bearsuit
• Beck
• Belle & Sebastian
• Benny Profane
• Big Flame
• Bill Drummond/The KLF
• Billy Childish
• Billy Fury
• Birthday Party
• Bitch Magnet
• Bjork
• Black Francis
• The Blimp
• Blondie
• Blue Cheer
• Blue Orchids
• Blur
• Bo Diddley
• Bob Dylan / Albums feat. Bob Dylan / Dont Look Back
• Bob Marley
• Bob Mould
• Bogshed
• Bollweevils
• Boney M
• Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy/Will Oldham
• Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
• Boomtown Rats
• Boredoms
• Boris
• Boy George
• Brian Eno
• Brian Jonestown Massacre
• British Sea Power
• Britney Spears
• Broken Social Scene
• Bruce Springsteen
• Bryan Ferry / Bryan Ferry’s son
• Buddy Guy
• Buzzcocks
• Cabaret Voltaire
• Camera Obscura
• Campag Velocet
• Camper Van Beethoven
• Can
• Captain Beefheart / Trout Mask Replica / Beefheart's favourite album
• Carbon Silicon
• Cardiacs
• Carpenters
• Carter Family
• Cat Stevens
• Cecil Taylor
• Charles Mingus
• Charlotte Church
• The Chills
• Chris De Burgh
• Cinerama
• The Clean
• CocoRosie
• Coil
• Coldcut
• Coldplay / Coldplay's new 'Hispanic' direction
• Comet Gain
• Country Teasers
• Courteeners
• The Cranberries
• Crass
• Creedence Clearwater Revival
• The Creepers
• Crispy Ambulance
• Cud
• The Cure
• Currituck County
• The Damned
• Damo Suzuki
• Daniel Johnston
• The Darkness
• Das Fringe
• Datblygu
• David Bowie
• David Stoughton
• Dawn Of The Replicants
• Dayna Kurtz
• Dead Moon
• Deerhoof
• Delgados
• Denim
• Dennis ‘Piggy’ D’Amour (Voivoids guitarist)
• Derek Bailey
• Desperate Bicycles
• Devo
• Dexys Midnight Runners
• Dinosaur Jr
• Dire Straits
• Dirty Pretty Things
• Dolly Mixtures
• Donovan
• The Doors
• Duncan Shiek
• Durutti Column
• Dusty Springfield
• Earl Brutus
• Earth
• Echo & The Bunnymen
• Edwyn Collins
• Eels
• Einsturzende Neubauten
• Elbow
• Electrelane
• Ella Guru
• Elliott Smith
• ELO
• Eloy
• Elton John
• Elvis Costello
• Elvis Presley
• Eric Clapton
• Eugene Chadbourne
• The Evens
• The Ex
• Eyeless In Gaza
• Faith Healers
• Farces Wanna Mo
• Fatal Microbes
• Faust
• Feelies
• Felt
• Fiona Apple
• Fire Engines
• Fiery Furnaces
• Fireball XL5
• Flaming Stars
• The For Carnation
• The Forest
• Francoise Hardy
• Frank Sidebottom
• Frank Zappa
• Franz Ferdinand
• Fred Neil
• Fugazi
• The Fugs
• Gallon Drunk
• Gang of Four
• Gary Glitter
• Gary Numan
• Gavin Friday
• Gene October
• Gene Pitney R.I.P.
• Gene Vincent
• Giant Drag
• Giant Sand
• Girls Aloud
• Girls At Our Best
• Githead
• Gnarls Barkley
• Go-Betweens
• Go-Kart Mozart
• The Go! Team
• Goldblade
• Goldfrapp
• Gomez
• Gong
• Gordon Lightfoot
• Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
• Gotan Project
• Graham Parker
• Grateful Dead
• Groundhogs
• Guided By Voices
• Gun Club
• Guns 'n' Roses
• Half Man Half Biscuit / Half Man Half Biscuit on Andy Kershaw / people HMHB should mention
• Handsome Family
• Hank Williams
• Hantarash
• Happy Mondays
• Hawkwind
• Hefner
• Heist
• Henry Rollins
• Herman Dune
• The Horrors
• Howard Devoto and Magazine
• Howie Gelb
• Huey Lewis & The News
• Hugo Race & True Spirit
• Husker Du
• I, Ludicrous
• Ian Dury & The Blockheads
• Icicle Works
• Iggy Pop/Stooges
• Ike & Tina Turner
• Inca Babies
• Incredible String Band
• Ivor Cutler / Ivor Cutler R.I.P.
• Jackie DeShannon
• Jackie Leven/Doll By Doll
• Jacob’s Mouse
• Jah Division
• The Jam
• James
• James Blunt
• James Brown RIP
• Jamiroquai
• Jandek
• Jane Sibbery
• Janis Joplin
• The Janitors
• Japancakes cover Loveless
• Jarvis Cocker
• Jazz Butcher
• Jesus Lizard
• Jesus & Mary Chain
• Jimi Hendrix / Voodoo Chile – does it rock?
• Jimmy Donley
• Joanna Newsom
• Joe Byrd
• Joe Gibbs
• Joe Strummer
• John Cale
• John Coltrane
• John Cooper Clarke
• John Lennon
• John Lydon/Johnny Rotten
• John Prine
• John Zorn
• Johnny Cash
• Johnny Ramone
• Joseph Hill R.I.P.
• Joseph Spence
• Joy Division / Joy Division trainers
• Joy Unlimited
• Judge Dread
• Julian Cope (music of) / Krautrocksampler book / Japrocksampler book
• Kaiser Chiefs
• Karen Carpenter
• Kate Bush
• Kate Nash
• Kevin Ayers
• Killing Joke
• The Killers
• The Kills
• King Creosote
• King Crimson
• King Missile
• The Kinks/Ray Davies
• Kinky Friedman
• Kiss / Kiss make-up
• The KLF/Bill Drummond
• The Knife
• The Knockouts
• Kraftwerk
• Kylie Minogue
• Ladytron
• Laibach
• Lambchop
• The Law
• LCD Soundsystem
• Le Tigre
• Led Zeppelin
• Leonard Cohen
• Liars
• Libertines
• The Licks
• Lightning Bolt
• Lily Allen
• Linda Perhacs
• Link Wray R.I.P.
• The Locust
• Los Llamarada
• Lou Rawls
• Lou Reed
• Love/Arthur Lee / Arthur Lee is ill / Arthur Lee R.I.P.
• The Lovers
• Lurkers
• Lydia Lunch
• Madonna
• Magazine and Howard Devoto
• Magic Band
• Magma
• Mahavishnu Orchestra
• Malcolm Middleton
• Mallard
• Man
• Man From Delmonte
• Manic Street Preachers
• Manicured Noise
• Mars Volta
• Martin Stephenson & The Daintees
• Mathilde Santing
• Max Roach
• MC5
• McCarthy
• McClusky
• Meatloaf
• Mega City Four
• Mekons
• Melt Banana
• The Melvins
• Michael Hurley
• Michael Jackson
• Mike West
• Miles Davis
• Minutemen
• Misfits
• Mission Of Burma
• Moby
• Modest Mouse
• Mogwai
• Mojo Nixon
• The Monks
• Monstrance
• Morrissey / Morrissey and prejudice / Morrissey and animal rights / Morrissey in Eurovision / Morrissey live
• Motörhead
• Mountain Goats
• The Move
• Mudhoney
• My Bloody Valentine
More in next post...

• Negativland
• Neil Young
• New Fast Automatic Daffodils
• New Order
• Nic Jones
• Nick Cave and his 3CD b-sides collection / Happy birthday Nick
• Nick Drake
• Nick Lowe
• Nickelback
• Nico
• Nightingales
• Nikki Sudden and Nikki Sudden R.I.P.
• Nina Simone
• Northside
• Nouvelle Vague
• Nurse With Wound
• Nyah Fearties
• Oasis / Oasis songs you will admit to liking
• OMD
• Only Ones
• Ornette Coleman
• The Others
• The Paddingtons
• Paul McCartney / Paul McCartney vs. U2
• Pavement
• Pearls Before Swine
• Pere Ubu and The Modern Dance / Pere Ubu and The Fall
• Peter Blegvad
• Phil Collins
• Phil Spector
• The Pigbros
• Pink Floyd
• Pip Proud
• The Pipettes
• Pixies
• PJ Harvey
• Plan B
• Pogues
• Polaroids
• The Police
• Polyphonic Spree
• The Pop Group
• Portishead
• The Post
• Prag Vec
• The Prats
• Prefab Sprout
• Pretenders
• Prince
• Prince Far I
• Prolapse
• Prussian Blue
• The Pursuit of Happiness
• Psychic TV
• Queen
• R Kelly
• Radio Birdman
• Radiohead
• Rammstein
• Ramones
• Randy Newman
• Raveonettes
• The Red Krayola
• Regina Spector
• REM
• Residents
• Revillos/Kid Krupa
• Richard Ashcroft
• Richard Thompson
• Robert Wyatt
• Robbie Williams
• Robyn Hitchcock
• Rod Stewart
• Roger Ruskin Spear
• Rolling Stones / Cocksucker Blues documentary / Keef's autobiography / Jagger vs. Hell's Angels
• Rory Gallagher
• Rother/Moebius
• Roxy Music
• Royal Fingerbowl
• Rudimentary Peni
• The Ruts
• Ryan Adams
• Safi Sniper
• The Saints
• The Sandalls
• Saxon
• The Scars
• Scissor Sisters
• Scott Walker
• The Screening
• Scritti Politti
• Sebadoh
• Section 25
• Senor Coconut
• Serge Gainsbourg
• Sex Pistols
• Shack
• The Shaggs
• Shakin' Stevens
• SheBeats
• She's Got Issues
• Shooby Taylor
• Shrug
• Sigur Ros
• Simon & Garfunkel
• Simple Minds
• Silver Jews
• Simply Saucer
• Siouxsie
• Sleater Kinney
• Slint
• The Slits
• Smashing Pumpkins
• The Smiths / The Smiths’ Andy Rourke
• Soft Boys
• Soft Machine
• Sonic Youth and members’ solo work, side projects etc
• The Sonics
• The Sound
• Sparks
• Spice Girls
• Spizz Energi
• Squarepusher
• Squeeze
• Starsailor
• Steve Jones
• Sting / Son of Sting
• Stockhausen
• Stooges/Iggy Pop
• Stranglers
• Strawberry Switchblade
• The Streets
• Stump
• Subway Sect
• Sugababes
• Sugarcubes
• Sultans of Ping FC
• Sun City Girls
• Sun Ra
• Suicide
• Sunburned Hand Of The Man
• Sunn0)))
• Swans
• The Sweet
• Swell Maps
• Syd Barrett / Syd Barret R.I.P. / Syd lyrics
• T.Rex
• Talk Talk
• Talking Heads
• Tangerine Dream
• Tapes And Tapes
• Teardrop Explodes
• The Tears
• Ted Chippington
• Teenage Fanclub
• Telescopes
• Television
• Television Personalities
• Teo Macero
• The The
• Thelonious Monk
• Th’Faith Healers
• Thom Yorke
• Throbbing Gristle
• Throwing Muses
• Thin Lizzy
• This Heat
• The Tides
• Tim Buckley
• Ting Tings
• To Rococo Rot
• Tom Waits
• Toyah
• Troggs
• U2 / U2 songs you will admit to liking / U2 tower
• UB40
• UFO
• UK Delay
• Ultimate Spinach
• United States Of America
• Ute Lemper
• Van Der Graaf Generator
• Van Halen
• Van Morrison
• Velvet Underground / VU book by Richard Witts
• The Verve
• Very Things
• The Village Wakes
• Virgin Eye Blood Brothers
• Warren Zevon
• Wedding Present
• Ween
• Weird Al Yankovich
• Wendy Carlos
• White Stripes
• Whitehouse
• Whitney Houston
• Wilco
• Will Oldham/Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
• Wire
• Wilson Pickett
• Wolf Eyes
• Wolfgang Press
• The Wonderstuff's Martin Gilks
• Wooden Shjips
• World Domination Enterprises
• The Worst
• XTC
• Yachts
• Yeah Yeah No
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Yello
• Yes
• Yo La Tengo
• Yoko Ono
• Yummy Fur

Polls on many of these bands can be found in the Other Polls index.

More in next post...

Albums:

• Greatest albums: Greatest ever made? / Your 100 favourites? / Year-by-year album favourite lists

• Album covers: very white covers / rubbish covers / 2007's worst album covers / roads on album covers

• Album titles: very short titles / very long titles / best and worst titles

• Other album threads:
• Albums not on CD but ripe for reissue
• Albums that don’t feature the title track
• Albums you haven’t heard
• Albums spoiled by one track
• Albums that are flawless
• Albums with only 1 or 2 great tracks on them
• Albums you didn’t play for ages but then sounded as good as ever
• Albums – do you keep a list of ones you want to hear?
• Albums – will they survive?
• Albums you can't stop playing
• Albums you were given as gifts (but didn't really want)
• Albums you've thrown away
• Albums and how they've dated
• Albums – online reviews
• Albums of the decade
• Album reissue 'upgrades'/deluxe editions
• Albums compared to Astral Weeks
• Album filler
• Albums for when you are down
• Albums that sound different every time you play them
• Albums you've played to death
• Albums you should listen to more
• Tribute albums
• Albums you need someone to talk you out of buying
• Albums you were disappointed with
• Albums ruined by bad production
• Albums you've bought because of this forum
• Recommend an album
See also CDs...

Music – general

• 4AD label
• 8-track cartridge
• 10" records
• 2003's best albums
• 2004's best albums, DVDs etc.
• 2005’s best albums and summary of albums listed in the thread / 2005’s best-selling albums
• 2006's best albums / music to look out for in 2006 / Best albums from January–April 2006 / 2006's best gigs
• 2007's best albums / 2007 top 50 / Wire's top 50 2007 albums / 2007's worst album covers
• 2008's best albums
• Acoustic stuff
• Albums – see above section
• All Back To My Place
• All Tomorrow's Parties
• American music scene – what’s wrong with it
• Anecdotes about musicians etc
• Angry songs
• Animal songs
• Annoying details that ruin songs
• Appreciating music
• Bad music

Bands:
• Band names – your favourites and band names – the worst
• Bands named after other bands songs etc
• Bands that make comebacks
• Bands you read about but never hear
• Bands and albums you’re ‘supposed’ to like
• Bands you hate
• Bands you've seen live
• Bands you saw before they were famous
• Bands with only one good song
• Bands you only need one album by / bands you only need two albums by / bands you need all the albums by / bands you need no albums by (despite what people say)
• '10 most exciting bands in the world right now'
• Band logos
• Band recommendations thread

• Bassline favourites
• Beefheartian music
• Big moments in songs
• Blues album greats
• Books about music
• Bootlegs on vinyl
• Boss Nova
• Car songs
• Cassettes
• Cassette walkmans
• CBGBs

CDs:
• CD reissues – how do you feel about extra tracks etc? and albums not yet reissued
• CD rot
• CDs you bought because they were cheap (and regretted buying ever since)
• CDs you didn't buy because they were too expensive
• CDs/DVDs free with magazines/newspapers
• CD vs. vinyl
• CD –  death of?
• CD two-fers
• Last CD you bought?
• CD cases with curved edges
• CD-R brands
See also Albums...

• Charts (singles and albums)
• Children's choirs on pop records
• Classical music
• Coffee table LPs
• Comedy/novelty music
• Compilations – various artists
• Concept albums
• Concerts – see gigs
• Copy controlled CDs
• Coughs in popular music
• Counterfeit vinyl
• Country rock
• Cover versions / songs you’d like to hear other artists cover
• Crap "sex" lyrics
• Crisis time for big record companies
• Dadpomp
• Dance music
• Debut album greats
• Dimeadozen
• Discographies: essential punk 1975–1978 / essential punk 1978–1984 / new pop 1980–1985 / essential prog / Krautrock's best albums
• DJ licenses
• Don't Look Back concert series
• Door songs
• Double albums
• Dream performances
• Driving songs
• Drug songs
• Drums / Favourite drummers
• Dub
• Dubstep and Grime
• Duets
• Earworm: music you can't get out of your head
• Electronica
• Elusive tunes
• eMusic
• Eurovision Song Contest
• Experimental music
• Factory Records
• Fade-outs at the end of songs
• Favourite non-Fall albums?
• Favourite record cover – gallery of images
• Female vocalists
• Festivals
• Festive Fifty 2006
• Film soundtracks
• Films about musicians
• First groups you liked
• First pop concert you went to and last pop concert you went to and the best and worst?
• First record you bought?
• Flamenco
• Flexi-discs
• Flutes in popular music
• Folk music
• Forgotten bands
• Funk and soul essentials
• Gamelan
• Genres – invent a music genre

Gigs:
• First gig you went to
• Last gig you went to
• Next gig you're going to?
• Best and worst non-Fall gigs you went to
• Gigs you walked out on
• Gigs you didn’t go to and have regretted missing ever since
• Gigs by bands you saw before they were famous
• Shortest headlining set?
• Intimate gigs
• Gigs – lamest audience?
• Gigs – venues you've seen gigs at
• Gigs – gaps between

• Glam rock in unexpected places
• Glastonbury festival / Glastonbury programs
• Gospel
• Gramophones and 78s
• Grass songs
• Great live acts who make poor records / Great live acts who never made it big
• Greatest album ever made?
• Greatest single ever made?
• Greatest Hits albums
• Grindcore (and related genres)
• Guilty pleasures
• Guilty secret albums
• Harry Smith anthology
• Headbanging
• Hip Hop
• How to save music in general – a manifesto
• Hyped2Death
• If you like X, try Y (recommendations thread)
• Importance of music to you?
• Indie chicks
• Industrial music
• Injuries (rock injuries thread)
• Intimate gigs
• Intros to songs
• iPods and mp3 players
• iTunes – most played song?
• Jaded musically – fresh and inspiring sounds recommended
• Jam sessions
• Japanese psychedelia
• Jazz recommendations / How to save jazz – a manifesto
• Jazz/punk/general noise
• John Peel R.I.P. – tributes by Fall fans / John Peel show recordings / Peel sessions book
• Journey of discovery – your 10 musical landmarks
• Keith Skues radio show
• Krautrock's best albums
• Landmarks in your musical journey of discovery
• Life-affirming music?
• Lists of albums you want to hear
• Live albums
• Living leg-ends in music
• Loudest concert you've been to
• Love songs
• LSD songs
• Lyricists
• Lyrics – opening lines / Best lyrics? / Worst lyrics
• Magic ingredients
• Mannerisms and tics of musicians
• Mercury Music Prize
• Metal / Metal albums of 2006 / Worst metal lyrics
• Middle of decade progress report (end of 2004)

• Mix it up #01 reviews
• Mix it up #02 reviews
• Mix it up #03 reviews
• Mix it up #04 reviews
• Mix it up #05 reviews (lost in server crash)
• Mix it up #06 reviews
• Mix it up #07 reviews
• Mix it up #08 setting up / reviews
• Mix it up #09 setting up / reviews / uploads
• Mix it up #10 setting up / reviews / uploads
• Mix it up analysis
• Out of competition Mix it up thread

• MP3 players and iPods
• Music and time: too much music, not enough time
• Musicians who retire early
• Native American music
• New Zealand music
• NME
• No Music Day
• Noise
• Not on CD: ripe for reissue?
• Not-so-great bands that got you into great bands
• Online album reviews
• Opening lines
• Parents' taste in music?
• Picture discs
• Playing live – who's playing live, where and when?
• Pomposity in album/song titles/lyrics
• Pop news (ridiculous)
• Post-punk's best albums / Post-punk junk
• Post-rock
• Prog Rock / essential prog
• Protest songs
• Punk oral history
• Punk's origins
• Punk films
• Q magazine
• Quiffs in rock
• Radio
• Radio 4
• Rap
• Rare records owned by you
• Rationalist rock
• Recommend an album
• Record companies – crisis time
• Record labels – weird and wonderful names?
• Record shops in your town
• Record shop bargains
• Record shops – mysterious things about them
• Records that set the world on fire 1910–1973 (companion to polls)
• Reggae LPs and best reggae band / reggae and ska
• Reissues thread
• Remembered only or primarily for one song
• Remix albums
• Ridiculous pop news thread
• Rivers mentioned in song
• Rock injuries thread
• Rocksteady albums
• Rolling Stone Magazine
• Romanticism of music ruined by internet?
• Seafaring and boating in songs
• Scary gigs
• Screamers
• Singles of the 1980s – best?
• Sister Ray-like
• Ska and reggae
• Skiffle
• Snobbery about music
• Solo albums

Songs:
• Greatest song ever written?
• Songs with unusual subject matter
• Songs you thought were by someone else
• Song that was number one when you were born
• Songs you can’t stop playing
• Songs that crippled you emotionally
• Songs you’d like to hear other artists cover
• Songs and groups inspired by authors and books
• Song at your funeral?
• Songs – your 100 favourites?
• Topical songs
• Songs: your favourite right now, this second
• Song intros

• Sound and silence
• Soundtracks
• Space songs
• Special conditions for very first listens
• Split singles: Task A / Task B / Task C / Task D / Task E / Task F / Task G / Task H / Task I / Task J / Task K / Task L / Task M
• Sport songs
• Stamps (rock-related)
• Steve Albini
• Supergroups
• Support bands that blew you away
• Synth pop recommendations
• Task A • Task B • Task C • Task D • Task E • Task F • Task G • Task H • Task I • Task J • Task K • Task L • Task M • Task N • Task O • Task P • Task Q • Task R • Task S • Task T • Task U • Task V • Task W • Task X • Task Y • Task Z
• Take up an indefensible position (musically)
• "Transaction fees" on gig tickets
• Tribute albums
• Trunk Records
• Two drummers
• Two-fer CDs
• Unreleased recordings
• Various artists compilations
• Venues you've seen gigs at / Venues of interest
• Vinyl – transferring to computers
• Vocalists – your favourite 3?
• Wax Trax
• Weirdest LPs ever
• What happened to music?
• What is this music?
• What's on ya cassette playa?
• What’s on ya CD playa?
• What's on ya MP3 playa?
• What's on ya playlist?
• What's on ya radio?
• What's on ya record playa?
• What's on ya shop stereo?
• Who don't you get?
• Wire magazine: in the latest issue... / Wire's top 50 2007 albums
• World music
• Worst album ever by someone you rate – poor LPs by apparently talented people / Worst record ever
• YouTube
• Your 100 favourite albums
• Your 100 favourite songs

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Your favourite 'A' artist
Your favourite 'B' artist
Your favourite 'C' artist
Your favourite 'D' artist
Your favourite 'E' artist
Your favourite 'F' artist
Your favourite 'G' artist
Your favourite 'H' artist
Your favourite 'I' artist
Your favourite 'J' artist
Your favourite 'K' artist
Your favourite 'L' artist
Your favourite 'M' artist
Your favourite 'N' artist
Your favourite 'O' artist
Your favourite 'P' artist
Your favourite 'Q' artist
Your favourite 'R' artist
Your favourite 'S' artist
Your favourite 'T' artist
Your favourite 'U' artist
Your favourite 'V' artist
Your favourite 'W' artist
Your favourite 'X' artist
Your favourite 'Y' artist
Your favourite 'Z' artist

Books and literature

• 20th century's most influential books
• 2006's best book?
• Alan Bennett
• Backlog of books to read?
• Best book you read in 2005?
• Book club idea
• Books you see other people reading
• Borges stories
• Charles Bukowski
• Charl