Some bloggers recently got together and made a list of the 40 “best” bands in America. Note, only American bands need apply. The longer and more catchy title for this list is “The Top 40 Bands In America As Voted On By A Bunch Of Effing Music Bloggers That Only Listen To Cooler Than You Guitar Based Indie Rock And Not Much Else”. The original list, with quotations and MP3s can be found here.
Which are you listening to? (My faves are bold.)
1) TV On The Radio
2) The Hold Steady
3) The Decemberists
4) Ghostface Killah
5) My Morning Jacket
6) Bob Dylan
7) The Mountain Goats
8) Silversun Pickups
9) The Thermals
10) Cat Power
11) Grizzly Bear
12) My Chemical Romance
13) Wilco
14) Joanna Newson
15) Sleater-Kinney
16) Okkervil River
17) Eric Bachmann
18) Beruit
19) The National
20) Voxtrot
21) Bishop Allen
22) Tom Waits
23) Sufjan Stevens
24) Aberdeen City
25) Fiery Furnaces
26) Ryan Adams
27) M. Ward
28) Midlake
29) Sonic Youth
30) Man Man
31) Lavender Diamond
32) Timbaland
33) Lucero
34) DangerMouse
35) Car Stereo (Wars)
36) Girl Talk
37) LCD Soundsystem
38) Tapes N Tapes
39) Shearwater
40) Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s