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Rank Name Genre(s) Career Began Albums Labels

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Joy Division

Post-punk

Greater Manchester, Salford

Unknown Pleasures, The Complete BBC Recordings, The Peel Sessions, Les Bains Douches 18 December 1979, An Ideal for Living, Transmission / Novelty, Love Will Tear Us Apart, Closer, Atmosphere, Substance, Permanent, Heart and Soul, Preston 28 February 1980, Atmosphere, Remains, Testament, Words and Music, Let the Movie Begin, Martin Hannett's Personal Mixes, Joy Division The Complete BBC Recordings, Preston Warehouse, The Warsaw Demo, The Best of Joy Division, The Peel Sessions, The Peel Sessions, Licht und Blindheit, A Means to an End, Still, In the Studio with Martin Hannett, The Peel Sessions, The Peel Sessions, Live in Amsterdam 1980, Atmosphere / She's Lost Control, +−, +- Singles 1978-80, Warsaw, Total from Joy Division to New Order More

Factory Records, Qwest Records, Sordide Sentimental

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The Beatles

Rock music, Pop rock, Pop music, Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Liverpool

Magical Mystery Tour, 1, Rockin' at the Star-Club, The Capitol Albums, Volume 2, Rubber Soul, Best, Volume 4: 1964, Yesterday… and Today, 1967–1970, 1962-1966 (Red Album), Revolver, Let It Be, The Beatles Platinum (disc 2), Magical Mystery Tour, Love Songs, The Beatles’ Second Album, The Grey Album, Love Songs, The Number Ones, The Beatles 1967-1970, Anthology, I Want to Hold Your Hand, Twist and Shout, The Whale, 20 Greatest Hits, Anthology 2, Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles with Tony Sheridan & Guests, Por Siempre Beatles, Rock and Roll Music, Abbey Road, The Beatles' Million Sellers, The Beatles bootlegs, Live in Adelaide & Houston, Texas, Free as a Bird, The Best Of (26 Unforgettable Hit Songs), Best, Volume 9: 1966, The White Album, Rock 'n' Roll Music, The Early Tapes of the Beatles, The Beatles Collection, Volume 1, The Beatles 1962–1970, Part 2, EP Collection, Introducing… The Beatles, The Decca Tapes, Beatles for Sale, 1962-1970, Live in Paris 1965 2, Unsurpassed Masters, Help!, Beatles VI (Stereo and Mono), A Hard Day’s Night, Ain’t She Sweet, All My Loving, All You Need Is Love, And I Love Her, And Now: The Beatles, Baby It’s You, Cry for a Shadow, Roll Over Beethoven, The Beatles’ Movie Medley, The Long and Winding Road, Rock 'n' Roll Music, The Beatles: The Collection, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Hello, Goodbye, Yellow Submarine, Complete Rooftop Concert 1, The Capitol Albums, Volume 1, A Collection of Beatles Oldies, Four by the Beatles, Rock and Roll Music, Twist and Shout, Yesterday . . . and Today, The Beatles in Mono, Twist and Shout, The Beatles in Italy, Ticket to Ride, Roll Over Beethoven, Please Please Me, Past Masters, First Live Recordings Vol. One, Get Back, The Beatles 1962-1970, Part 3, Live at the BBC, Revolver (MFCD Mono Remaster), Past Masters, Volume Two, The Beatles 1967-70, Revolver (Stereo and Mono), The Beatles' First, The Beatles Box Set, Let It Be… Naked, Talk Down Under, Whitology (disc 1), Love, Words of Love, Let It Be, Beatlemania! With the Beatles, Long Tall Sally, A Hard Day’s Night, EP Collection, Volume 2, Perfect Collection, Volume 1: 1962-1963, Please Please Me, The Beatles' Hits, The Ballad of John and Yoko, Forever Gold, Something New, Alternate Rubber Soul, Get Back, The Beatles Conquer America, Do You Want to Know a Secret, Souvenir of Their Visit to America, Extracts from the Album A Hard Day's Night, Extracts from the Film A Hard Day's Night, Rarities, First Live Recordings, The Complete Ed Sullivan Shows, Revolver / Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Beatles ’65, Platinum, Volume 1, Real Love, I Feel Fine, Best Selection 1962-1968 Part 3, The Beatles Golden Edition, The Beatles' Christmas Album, Hey Jude, 16 Superhits, Volume 1, The Beatles’ Long Tall Sally, 4-by the Beatles, The Beatles Box, LOVE, Beatles for Sale, She Loves You, Golden Best 20, Volume 1, Introducing the Beatles (Us Mono Ver. 2), From Me to You, Live at Star Club 1962, Volume 1, The Beatles Ballads, Yesterday, Love, Love Me Do / I Saw Her Standing There, Matchbox, Meet the Beatles!, Kum Back, With The Beatles, Help!, Mythology 2, 1962–1966, Past Masters, Volume One, The Lost Tapes, Eight Days a Week, Love Me Do, The Beatles Stereo Box Set, The Beatles Collection, Rarities, 1964-06-17: Melbourne, Australia, The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl, Forever, Nowhere Man, The Beatles Mono Collection, 1962 Live Recordings, Live in Paris, 1965, 1962 Live at Star Club in Hamburg, Live in Japan 1964, Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962, First Live Recordings Vol. Two, 16 Superhits, Volume 2, Special Collection, Christmas, Rarities, The Best of the Beatles, Boys, I’ll Cry Instead, Please Please Me / From Me to You, Beatles for Sale, 16 Superhits, Volume 3, Soul Sessions (disc 1), Let It Be... Naked, The Beatles Beat, The Beatles Tapes from the David Wigg Interviews, In The Beginning, UK Singles Collection, Golden Beatles, Beatles Bop - Hamburg Days, The Beatles (disc 1), Day by Day, The Beatles' Story, Platinum, Volume 2, The Best of Beatles, Yellow Submarine Songtrack, Beatles Best Hits, I Should Have Known Better, Yesterday, Anthology 1, EP Collection, Volume 1, Anthology 3, Hey Jude, The Beatles 1962-1966, Sessions, Beatles VI, Komm gib mir Deine Hand, Back in the U.S.S.R., Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Reel Music, 23: The Number Ones, Something, Drive My Car, Beatles Tapes III: The 1964 World Tour, The Beatles 1962-1966 (Red Album), Volume 2, 23: The Number Ones, Can’t Buy Me Love, Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane, Paperback Writer / Rain, Rock & Roll Music, Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby, In the Beginning, Past Masters, Volumes One and Two, My Bonnie, Ain't She Sweet, Very Together, The Beatles, All My Loving, Last Year, The Look Behind Collection, Rock and Roll Music, Sie liebt Dich, Ain't She Sweet, The Beatles (disc 2), Mono Masters, Roll Over Beethoven, Got to Get You Into My Life, Nowhere Man, EP Collection, Volume 2, The Beatles’ Christmas Record, The Beatles, The Early Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Meet The Beatles!, The World's Best: A Collection of Beatles Rarities (New Master Edition), Lady Madonna, We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper, 16 Superhits, Volume 4, The Beatles (No. 1), The Beatles Complete Home Recordings, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help From My Friends, The Beatles, 20 Greatest Hits (Capitol), Words of Love, Los Beatles More

Vee-Jay Records, EMI, United Artists Records, Capitol Records, Polydor Records, MGM Records, Apple Records, Atco Records, Swan Records, Parlophone, Odeon Records, Tollie Records More

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Radiohead

Alternative rock, Progressive rock, Electronic music, Experimental rock, Electronica, Art rock, New Prog More

Abingdon

Anyone Can Play Guitar, Paranoid Android, Drill, High & Dry: Live Package, High & Dry / Planet Telex, In Rainbows – From the Basement, In Rainbows, 2 + 2 = 5, Live à l'Astoria, OK Computer, Kid A, Breaks and Beats, Complete B-Sides, Leftover Computer, Rarities, Computer K.O., 1993-02-23: Black Session #21: Paris, France, 1993-12-01: The Barrowlands, Scotland, UK, 1995-06-27: I Wanna Be Jim Morrison: The Xanadu, Sapporo, Japan, 2001-06-01: No More Jokes: Rock am Ring, Nürburgring, Germany, 2003-06-04: Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY, USA, 2003-07-07: Il Lazzaretto, Bergamo, Italy, 2006-05-06: KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark, Interactive, Live at the 10 Spot, Painkiller, The King of Limbs, The King of Limbs, Pablo Honey, Kill All: The Rarities Collection, Radiohead: The Best Of, Dungeon Demo, These Are My Twisted Words, 2008-07-08: Kindl-Bühne Wuhlheide, Berlin, Germany, 1993-09-23: Florida Cameo Theatre, FL, USA, 1994-08-27: Reading Festival, Reading, UK, 1995-06-03: Johnny Walker Session, BBC Radio1, UK, 1995-06-06: RPM Club, Toronto, ON, Canada, 1995-12-01: Gino, Stockholm, Sweden, 2001-05-26: Plaza de Toros de Bilbao, Spain, 2003-05-22: Apollo Theatre, Manchester, UK, 2003-07-09: Piazza Michelangelo, Florence, Italy, 2006-05-01: The Big Ask Live, Koko, London, UK, 2006-06-17: Bonnaroo Festival, Manchester, TN, USA, 2008-08-27: Cricket Wireless Amphitheater, Chula Vista, CA, USA, 2010-01-24: Music Box Theater , Pyramid Song, Knives Out, Knives Out, Radiohead - Live at the Astoria, Nude, The Best Of, The Bends, Lost Treasures 1993-1997, Oxford's Angels, 1995-03-29: Sam The Record Man, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2001-08-03: Molson Park, Barrie, ON, Canada, 2002-07-24: Coliseu de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, 2006-06-13: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA, 2006-06-27: Bayside Embarcadero, San Diego, CA, USA, 2008-10-05: Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo, Japan, No Surprises / Running From Demons, Go to Sleep, 1995-06-15 PRE-FM: The Palace, Hollywood, CA, USA, 2002-07-30: Teatro Kursaal, San Sebastian, Spain, 2003-10-06: HiFi Buys Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2008-10-04: Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan, The Bends, It Takes a Thief: The Very Best of Thievery Corporation, Creep, Fake Plastic Trees, Stop Whispering, Manic Hedgehog demo tape, My Iron Lung, Supercollider, Looking Back at..., 2000-06-17: Arènes De Frejus, Fréjus, France, 2001-08-17: Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ, USA, 2003-07-03: Acoustic at Le Réservoir, Paris, France, 2006-08-12: Sziget Festival, Budapest, Hungary, 2006-08-15: Rock Oz' Arènes, Avenches, Switzerland, 2006-08-26: Rock En Seine Festival, Paris, France, 2008-01-16: Rough Trade East, Brick Lane, London, UK, 2008-04-01 (Evening): BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House, London, UK, 2008-04-01 (Matinee): BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio Theatre, Broadcasting House, London, UK, 2008-08-22: Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2008-06-25: Victoria Park, London, England, 2008-06-27: Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Scotland, 2008-08-01: Grant Park, Chicago, Il, USA, 2008-08-03: Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN, USA, 2008-08-04: Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA, 2008-08-09: Blue Comet Stage, All Points West Music & Arts Festival, Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ, USA, 2008-08-19: Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2008-08-24: Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA, USA, 2008-08-25: Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA, USA, 2008-08-28: Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 2008-10-02: Municipal Central Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan, The King of Limbs – From The Basement, There There, Amnesiac, I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings, There there, Les Eurockéennes de Belfort, Radiohead TV Covers, not my fault, 1994-02-12: Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2000-10-02: Victoria Park, Cheshire, Warrington, UK, 2002-08-07: Salamanca, Spain, 2003-06-07: Field Day Festival, Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ, USA, 2003-11-29: Arena, Nottingham, UK, TKOL RMX 1234567, Karma Police, Street Spirit (Fade Out), The Golden Unplugged Album, My Iron Lung, Fake Plastic Trees, Wormwood Demo, Just, Just, College Karma EP, Talk Show Host, 2008-07-01: Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Rocks Germany 2001, 1999-06-13: Tibetan Freedom Concert, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2001-06-23: Gorge Ampitheatre, George, WA, USA, 2003-06-28: Glastonbury Festival, Pilton, UK (BBC Radio 1), 2003-08-02: WTC Open Air Stadium, Osaka, Japan, 2003-11-27: Earls Court, London, UK, Tourism (1997-12-19: Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC, USA), TKOL RMX2, 2002-07-22-26: Portugal, Just, World Ballads Collection, 2000-09-16: Goffertpark, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2003-06-02: Musique Plus, Montréal, QC, Canada, 2003-10-06: Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2006-05-13: Empress Ballroom, Blackpool, UK, No Data, The Kid Parade (2002-08-07: Palacio Congresos, Salamanca, Spain), TKOL RMX 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, My Iron Lung, 1998-06-14: Tibetan Freedom Concert, RFK, Washington DC, USA, Live Au Forum, Unplugged Again, MTV Unplugged, 2000-06-15: Teatre Tivoli, Barcelona, Spain, OK MTV, 2001-05-28: Vaison-la-Romaine, France, 2003-03-07: La Reservoir, Paris, France, 2+2=5, Are You Listening?, 1992-11-14: University of Essex, Colchester, UK, 1993-10-15: Chicago, IL, USA, 1994-12-13: Beacon Theatre, New York City, NY, USA, 1994-05-27: Astoria, London, UK, 1995-02-16: Black Session, Paris, France, 1995-08-06: Atlanta Cat's Paw Studios FM Broadcast, 1995-12-04: Planet Paradiso: Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1996-04-13: Data Complete: The Avalon, Boston, MA, USA, 1996-03-22: CBC Studios Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1996-05-25: Pinkpop: Megaland, Landgraaf, Netherlands, 1996-07-13: T in the Park Festival, Hamilton, Scotland, UK, 1996-07-28: Big Day Out, Galway, Ireland, 1996-05-27: Pinkpop, Megaland, Landgraaf, Netherlands, 1996-08-14: Great Woods, Boston, MA, USA, 1997-07-14 PRE-FM: KROQ Weenie Roast, Irvine Meadows, CA, USA, 1997-06-28: Glastonbury Festival, Pilton, UK, 1997-10-18: Le Zénith, Paris, France, 1997-12-19: 10 Spot, New York, NY, USA, 1997-12-19: Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY, USA, 1998-04-18: Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, USA, 1998-04-13: Molson Theatre, Montreal, QC, Canada, 1998-04-04: Salem Armory Auditorium, Salem, OR, USA, 1998-01-23: Akasaka Blitz, Tokyo, Japan, 1998-12-10: Amnesty International Concert, France, 2000-07-09: Old Roman Amphitheatre, Cessaria, Italy, 2000-07-04: Berlin, Germany, 2000-06-18: Villa Reale, Monza, Italy, 2000-12-14 PRE-FM: BBC Radio 1, UK, 2001-04-28: Canal+ Studios, Paris, France, 2001-06-04: Pinkpop: Megaland, Landgraaf, Netherlands, 2001-06-27: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA, 2001-06-20: Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO, USA, 2001-06-23: The Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA, USA, 2001-06-30: Santa Barbara County Bowl, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 2001-08-01: Hutchinson Field, Chicago, IL, USA, 2001-08-03: Molson Park, ON, Canada, 2001-07-07: Southpark, Oxford, UK, 2001-08-07: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA, 2001-08-08: Blossom Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA, 2001-08-14: Suffolk Downs, Boston, MA, USA, 2001-08-16: Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ, USA, 2002-07-24: Coliseu dos Recreios de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, 2001-09-29: Osaka, Japan, 2001-09-11: Parkbuhne Wulheide, Berlin, Germany, 2002-07-22: Coliseu dos Recreios de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, 2002-08-02: Benicassim Festival, Benicassim, Spain, 2002-07-30: There, There: Teatro Kursaal, San Sebastian, Spain, 2002-08-05: Palacio de Congresos, Salamanca, Spain, 2002-08-01: Teatro Kursaal, San Sebastian, Spain, 2003-05-25: Shepherds Bush Empire, London, UK, 2002-08-06: Palacio de Congresos, Salamanca, Spain, 2003-05-18: Dublin, Ireland, 2003-05-28: Jo Whiley Session, BBC Radio1, UK, 2003-05-28: Live Lounge, BBC Radio 1, 2003-06-28: Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Pilton, UK, 2003-07-04: Les Eurockéennes de Belfort, Belfort, France, 2003-07-11: Ferrara, Italy, 2003-08-13: Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA, USA, 2003-08-15: Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal, Qc, Canada, 2003-08-23: Alpine Valley, East Troy, WI, USA, 2003-09-26: Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2003-09-23: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, USA, 2003-09-29: Breakfast With Radiohead, KROQ, Capitol Records, Hollywood, CA, USA, 2003-08-30: Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2003-09-29: Capitol Records Studio, Hollywood, CA, USA, 2003-09-30 Pre-FM: KROQ Radio, 2003-10-15: Skydome, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2003-11-17: Bercy, Paris, France, 2003-11-26: Earls Court, London, UK, 2003-12-08: Maida Vale Studios, London, UK, 2004-05-01: Coachella Festival, Indio, CA, USA, 2004-05-01: Empire Polo Fields, Indio, CA, USA, 2004-04-18: Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, 2004-04-24: Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia, 2006-06-04: Bank of America Pavilion, Boston, MA, USA, 2006-05-09: Heineken Music Hall, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2006-05-15: Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, UK, 2006-06-23: Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, 2006-06-19: Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA, 2008-06-17: Civica Arena, Milan, Italy, 2008-05-03: From the Basement, Hospital Studio, London, UK, 2008-06-12: Festival Daydream, Parc del Fòrum de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, 2009-03-24: Club Ciudad, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Creepshow (1993-07-12: The Whiskey, Hollywood, USA), 2008-10-08: International Forum, Tokyo, Japan, 2008-10-07: International Forum, Tokyo, Japan, Live at 10 Spot, Idiot Computer, Mists of Avalon (1997-06-28: Glastonbury, UK), Memento for Later (2001-06-09: BBC Studios, London, UK), Planet Acoustic (1996-07-13: T in the Park, Glasgow, Scotland, UK), Street Spirits (2000-10-17: Sears Theatre, Toronto, Canada), No Surprises, Itch, Pop Is Dead, Com Lag: 2plus2isfive, Jigsaw Falling Into Place, Towering Above the Rest, Just for College EP, Hail to the Thief, Radiohead Box Set, Radiohead for Haiti, High & Dry, Reckoner, High & Dry, A Total Waste of Time, Creep, College Karma EP, College EP, 7 Television Commercials, Go to Sleep, Airbag / How Am I Driving?, High & Dry, Unplugged: The Complete Acoustic Sessions, Ale to the Thieves, Me & This Army: Radiohead Remixes, Amnesiac College EP, 2 + 2 = 5, Uncut, Shindig Demo, 8 Outtakes From Amnesiac, Fond, but Not in Love: The B Sides, Oxford Devils, TKOL RMX1, The Bends Pinkpop, The Bends, Live in Praha, Bootleg No. 2: Do Not Tell Me.., Remix Project, The Bends Pinkpop, No Surprises, Go to Sleep, Harry Patch (In Memory of), TKOL RMX 3, Coup d'État, B-Sides, Climbing Up the Walls, Fucking Rarities, Gagging Order: Acoustic Renditions, Greatest Hits 98, Les Enfants Terrible, Raretrax 2, TKOL RMX4 More

Capitol Records, Parlophone, XL Recordings, TBD Records

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Beach House

Electronic music, Indie rock, Experimental music, Shoegazing, Dream pop, Baroque pop, Lo-fi music More

Baltimore

Teen Dream, Devotion, Beach House, Used to Be, Zebra, Devotion

Sub Pop, Bella Union, Carpark Records

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Animal Collective

Alternative rock, Electronic music, Ambient music, Experimental rock, Indie rock, Psychedelic rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Indie pop, Noise music, Experimental music, Jam band, New Weird America, Freak folk, Psychedelic pop, Avant-garde music, Noise, Psychedelic music, Noise pop More

New York City

Grass, Panda Bear, Carrots, Person Pitch, Take Pills, Pullhair Rubeye, Hollinndagain, Danse Manatee, People, Crumbling Land, Coconuts, Animal Crack Box, Feels, Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished / Danse Manatee, Fall Be Kind, Sung Tongs, Here Comes the Indian, Fireworks, Water Curses, Strawberry Jam, Summertime Clothes, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Peacebone, Campfire Songs, Who Could Win a Rabbit, Berserker, Prospect Hummer, Brother Sport, People More

Domino Records, Secretly Canadian, Fat Cat Records, Paw Tracks, St. Ives More

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The Smiths

Alternative rock, Post-punk, Indie pop, Jangle pop

Manchester

Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me, Singles, Strangeways, Here We Come, Sheila Take a Bow, Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others, The Peel Sessions, The Queen Is Dead, This Charming Man: Remixes, “Rank”, This Charming Man, Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, Ask, Sheila Take a Bow, The World Won't Listen, There Is a Light That Never Goes Out, Meat Is Murder, Panic, I Started Something I Couldn't Finish, Bigmouth Strikes Again, Sweet and Tender Hooligan, The Smiths, The Smiths Singles Box, The 12" Mixes, Rare Tracks on Vinyl, Eager to Be Held, Live in Derby Dec. 7th 1983 & Meerward, Amsterdam 1984, The Peel Session, Barbarism Begins at Home / Shakespeare's Sister, Louder Than Bombs, The Very Best of the Smiths, The Complete John Peel Sessions, Rare, How Soon Is Now?, The Boy With the Thorn in His Side, Better Live Than Dead, William, It Was Really Nothing, Best... I, Stop Me, 1985-05-18: Live in Madrid: Paseo de Camoens, Madrid, Spain, Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before, ...Best II, Hand in Glove, The Sound of The Smiths, What Difference Does It Make?, William, It Was Really Nothing / How Soon Is Now, Demos & Outtakes, Girlfriend in a Coma, That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore, Still Ill, Reel Around the Fountain, Hatful of Hollow, Shoplifters of the World Unite, The Headmaster Ritual, Shakespeare's Sister More

Warner Bros. Records, Warner Music Group, Sire Records, Rough Trade Records More

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Arcade Fire

Alternative rock, Indie rock, Indie pop, Post-punk revival, Art rock, Baroque pop More

Montreal

Cold Wind / Brazil, Live Ep, Neon Bible, Funeral, Christmas Album, The Arcade Fire, 2005-09-29: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA, Neighborhood #3 (Power Out), Keep the Car Running / Broken Window, No Cars Go, Rebellion (Lies), The Suburbs, Neighborhood #2 (Laïka), Intervention, 2001 Demo More

Merge Records, City Slang Records, Rough Trade Records

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The Strokes

Alternative rock, Indie rock, Power pop, Post-punk revival, Garage rock, Lo-fi music More

New York City

The Modern Age, Room on Fire, Last Nite, Heart in a Cage, Is This It, Juicebox, 2003-12-10: Le Zénith, Paris, France-live album, The Observer EP, 2001-08-06: Triple J: Live at the Wireless-live album, 2002-08-23: Reading Festival, UK-live album, 2003-10-12: UMBC Fieldhouse, Baltimore, MD, USA-live album, First Impressions of Earth, Angles, 2002-02-28: Amsterdam, Netherlands-live album, Hard to Explain, Modern Girls & Old Fashioned Men-single, The End Has No End, Live in London, BBC Radio 1 Session 2006-live album, 2001-06-08: Peel Sessions-live album, 2001-10-13: Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY, USA-live album, 2001-10-27: 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA, USA-live album, 2002-03-18: Paris, France-live album, 2002-10-02: Fleet Pavillion, Boston, MA, USA-live album, Melting Pot-live album, Hear It or Leave It-live album, Someday, Under Cover of Darkness, The Strokes: The Collection-album, 12:51, You Only Live Once, Taken for a Fool-single, Reptilia, New York City Cops-single, Observer Exclusive-compilation album More

Sony BMG Music Entertainment, RCA Records, Rough Trade Records

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MGMT

Alternative rock, Progressive rock, Synthpop, Electronic music, Electropop, New Wave, Experimental rock, Indie rock, Psychedelic rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Indie pop, Electronica, Electronic rock, Surf music, Jam band, Dance-punk, Post-punk revival, Psychedelic pop, Folktronica More

Brooklyn, Middletown

Siberian Breaks-single, Electric Feel, Congratulations, Climbing to New Lows, Oracular Spectacular, Time To Pretend EP, Qu'est-ce que c'est la vie, chaton?, Climbing to New Lows, Flash Delirium-single, Live , Qu'est-ce que c'est la vie, chaton ?-live album, Live , BBC Radio 1: Christmas Gifts-live album, Daytrotter Session-live album, 2008-03-13: South by Southwest, The Rio, Austin, TX, USA-live album, Time to Pretend, We Hear of Love, of Youth, and of Disillusionment, We (Don't) Care EP, Congratulations Remixes, It's Working-single, Of Moons, Birds and Monsters-remix, Kids-single, Metanoia-single, Late Night Tales: MGMT, Time to Pretend, MGMT More

Sony Music Entertainment, Columbia Records, Sony Records

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Phoenix

Alternative rock, Rock music, Synthpop, Electronic music, New Wave, Indie rock, Electronic dance music, French pop music, French rock More

Versailles

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, It's Never Been Like That, Heatwave, Lisztomania, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix: The Complete Multitracks, If I Ever Feel Better, Everything Is Everything, Party Time / City Lights, Too Young, Kitsuné Tabloid, Long Distance Call, Alphabetical, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Remix Collection), LIVE! ThirtyDaysAgo, Run Run Run, Lisztomania Remixes, Consolation Prizes, United, Alt. Versions 2006 More

EMI, Virgin Records, V2 Records, Astralwerks

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The Killers

Alternative rock, Rock music, Pop rock, Synthpop, New Wave, Indie rock, Pop punk, Post-punk revival, Garage rock, Heartland rock More

Las Vegas, Las Vegas-Paradise, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area

Hot Fuss, Tranquilize, For Reasons Unknown, A Great Big Sled (feat. Toni Halliday), Joseph, Better You Than Me, Mr. Brightside, Sam's Town, Day & Age, The World We Live In, ¡Happy Birthday Guadalupe!, All These Things That I've Done, Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll, Read My Mind, Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Hot Fuss: Limited Edition, Bones, Sawdust, Human, Smile Like You Mean It, When You Were Young, Somebody Told Me, Spaceman, The Killers Demo, Mr. Brightside 12", Don't Shoot Me Santa, Boots, Mr. Brightside More

Island Records, Vertigo Records, Marrakesh Records

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Interpol

Alternative rock, Indie rock, Post-punk revival

New York City

Our Love to Admire, Live Session, Mammoth, Turn on the Bright Lights, Interpol EP, Unknown Pleasures, Antics, Interpol, The Black EP, Interpol Remix EP, Interpol, The Heinrich Maneuver, Fukd I.D. #3, Interpol: Live In Astoria EP, Precipitate EP, Antics, College Radio EP, Say Hello to the Angels / NYC, Evil, Live EP, Obstacle 1 (Arthur Baker remix), Hands Away, Obstacle 1, Slow Hands, C'mere, Precipitate, Remix, Demo Tape, Assorted, Try It On Remixes EP, Peel Sessions More

EMI, Capitol Records, Matador Records, Parlophone

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Belle & Sebastian

Folk rock, Indie rock, Indie pop, Baroque pop, Pop folk, Jangle pop, Twee pop, Pop More

Glasgow

Dear Catastrophe Waitress, Dear Catastrophe Waitress, Introducing... Belle & Sebastian, Dog on Wheels, Step Into My Office, Baby, Storytelling, This Is Just a Modern Rock Song, If You’re Feeling Sinister, If You're Feeling Sinister: Live at the Barbican London, LateNightTales: Belle and Sebastian, Funny Little Frog, The Life Pursuit, Belle and Sebastian Write About Love, Lazy Line Painter Jane, Books, The BBC Sessions, Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant, Legal Man, I'm Waking Up to Us, The White Collar Boy, 3.. 6.. 9 Seconds of Light, Jonathan David, I Want the World to Stop, The BBC Sessions, I'm a Cuckoo, The Blues Are Still Blue, The Boy With the Arab Strap, Tigermilk, The Blues Are Still Blue, Books, Push Barman to Open Old Wounds, Casaco Marron More

Jeepster Recordings, Matador Records, Rough Trade Records, Matador, Jeepster Records More

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The Cure

Alternative rock, Rock music, New Wave, Post-punk, Gothic rock

Crawley

High, Mint Car, Mixed Up, Wrong Number, The Cure in Orange, Strange Attraction, Pornography, Japanese Whispers, Faith, Wild Mood Swings, Concert: The Cure Live, Lost Wishes, Hot Hot Hot!!!, Hot Hot Hot, Primary, Greatest Hits, Fading Roots, Mixed Up, Entreat, Greatest Hits, Fire in Cairo (Digitalism remix), Greatest Hits, Half an Octopuss, Dredd Song, Close to Me (remix), A Forest, Lovesong, The Caterpillar, Just Like Heaven, Seventeen Seconds, Cut Here, Bloodflowers, Show, Charlotte Sometimes, Concert: The Cure Live / Curiosity: Cure Anomalies 1977-1984, Collector's Kaleidoscope, The Peel Sessions (1980-03-10), Dr. Robert and Mr. Smith, In Between Days, The Head on the Door, Disintegration, Galore: The Singles 1987-1997, Fascination Street, 1986-06-21: Glastonbury Festival, Worthy Farm, Glastonbury, UK, A Single, Doctor Robert's Surgery, The Peel Sessions (1981-01-15), The Lovecats, Jumping Someone Else's Train, Let's Go to Bed, The Walk, Freakshow, Best, Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me, Three Imaginary Boys, Wish, The Dragon Hunters Song, The Peel Sessions (1979-05-16), Close to Me (Closest mix), Taking Off, Gone!, The End of the World, Standing on a Beach: The Singles, Happily Ever After, The Funeral Party Now Began: Australia, 1980, Boys Don't Cry (New Voice - Club Mix), Retrospective, The Top, The Cure, MTV Unplugged, Paris, The Perfect Boy, Alternative Medicine, The Cure in Orange, Funeral Party Now Began: Australia, 1980, Torture, Slashed With Lipstick, Carnage Dream, U.S.A. 1992, The Swing Tour '96 Barcelona, Five Live, Stained Glass Smile, The Peel Sessions (1978-12-04), Five Swing Live, The Cure: Festival 2005, Boys Don't Cry, Boys Don't Cry, Pictures of You, Faith, Ultra Rare Trax, Killing an Arab, 4:13 Dream, Galore, Why Can't I Be You?, The 13th, A Thousand Virgins, Join the Dots: B-Sides and Rarities, A Letter to Elise, Grinding Halt, The Peel Sessions (1985-08-07), Studio Daze, Sideshow, Sleep When I'm Dead, The Peel Sessions, Maybe Someday, Join the Dots: B-Sides and Rarities, 1978-2001, The Only One, Lullaby, Catch, alt.end, Close to Me, The Peel Sessions (1982-01-04), Hypnagogic States, Friday I'm in Love, In Between Days (CD Video), Razor Rare, Volume 3: Demos, Rarities, Never Enough, The Complete B-Side Collection (1987-1992), Standing on a Beach: The Singles (And Unavailable B-Sides), Best Of, Acoustic Daze More

Elektra Records, Geffen Records, Polydor Records, Asylum Records, Sire Records, Fiction Records, Fiction, Suretone Records More

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15

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Alternative rock, Dance music, Alternative dance, Post-punk, Indie rock, Art punk, Dance-punk, Post-punk revival, Art rock, Garage rock, Garage punk More

New York City

Date With the Night, 2004-07-24: Central Park, NY, USA, It's Blitz!, ITunes Originals – Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gold Lion, Show Your Bones, Live Session (iTunes Exclusive) Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Machine, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Pin, Live Session EP (iTunes Exclusive), Heads Will Roll, 2002-08-22: Peel Session, 2004-01-29: BBC in New York Acoustic Session, Is Is, ITunes Session Ep, Y Control Remixes, Zero, 2003-08-09: Øyafestivalen, Oslo, Norway, 2002-02-22: WFMU, 2003-04-14: Steve Lamacq BBC Radio Session, 2009-04-11: Saturday Night Live in New York City: NY, USA, 2003-08-24: Reading Festival, Reading, UK, 2004-03-15: San Francisco Session, 2006-04-30: Coachella Festival, Indio, CA, USA, Maps, Tell Me What Rockers to Swallow, Cheated Hearts, Fever to Tell, Live in Mexico City, Is Is, Mini Album, Turn Into, Y Control, Heads Will Roll, Skeletons More

Interscope Records, Polydor Records, Fiction Records, Modular Recordings More

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16

Roxy Music

Progressive rock, Pop rock, New Wave, New Romantic, Country, Glam rock, Psychedelic rock, Art rock, Protopunk More

London

Jealous Guy: A Tribute, The Best of Roxy Music, Viva!, Roxy Music, The Ultimate Collection: With Roxy Music, More Than This, Slave to Love: The Very Best of the Ballads, Street Life: 20 Great Hits, The Platinum Collection, Tokyo Joe: The Best of Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music, Virginia Plain, For Your Pleasure, Stranded, Country Life, Love Is the Drug, Siren, Manifesto, Flesh + Blood, Avalon, Ladytron, Live, Heart Still Beating, The Collection, The Early Years, The Thrill of It All, Dance Away, More Than This, Oh Yeah (On the Radio), Remix #01, The High Road, Jealous Guy, Pyjamarama / The Pride and the Pain, Concerto, Concert Classics, More Than This, Greatest Hits, Street Life: 20 Great Hits, Nineth Studio Album, The Ultimate Collection, Angel Eyes, All I Want Is You, Love Is the Drug, Over You, The Atlantic Years 1973-1980, Live in America More

Warner Bros. Records, Reprise Records, Virgin Records, Polydor Records, Island Records, Atco Records, E.G. Records More

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17

Talking Heads

Rock music, Progressive rock, New Wave, Pop music, Post-punk, Punk rock, Indie rock, Funk, Art punk, Art rock, Punk funk More

New York City

Once in a Lifetime, Remain in Light, More Songs about Buildings and Food, Talking Heads: 77, Fear of Music, Wild Wild Life, Psycho Killer, True Stories, The Collection, Speaking in Tongues, And She Was, Once in a Lifetime - The Best of Talking Heads, The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads, Once in a Lifetime, Stop Making Sense, Selections From Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime (Box Set), The Best of Talking Heads, Bonus Rarities and Outtakes, Live on Tour, Naked, Brick, Once in a Lifetime: The Best Of, The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads, Remixed, Radio Head, Road to Nowhere, Same as It Ever Was, The Psycho Killers / The Secret Lives of Tina Weymouth, Popular Favorites: Sand in the Vaseline, No Talking Just Head, The Lady Don't Mind, 12x12 Original Remixes, (Nothing but) Flowers, Houses in Motion, This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody), Little Creatures, Cities, Slippery People, Rare 12″ Mixes More

EMI, Warner Music Group, Sire Records

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18

The Clash

Rock music, Punk rock, Pop punk, Ska punk

Notting Hill

Concerts for the People of Kampuchea, This Is England, The Call Up, I Fought the Law, The Cost of Living E.P., The Singles, Complete Control, Return to Brixton, Super Black Market Clash, Know Your Rights, Train in Vain, The Singles, Should I Stay or Should I Go, Should I Stay or Should I Go?, The Clash, Sandinista!, Combat Rock, The Essential Clash, Bankrobber, English Civil War, Black Market Clash, Singles Box, London Calling, The Story of the Clash, Volume 1, Live at Bond's Casino, Clash on Broadway, Capital Radio One, The Magnificent Seven, Il grande Rock, The Vanilla Tapes, Rock the Casbah, The Singles, From Here to Eternity: Live, Remote Control, The Singles, The Call Up / The Magnificent Dance, The Ultimate Collection, Crucial Music: The Clash Collection, Hitsville U.K., Should I Stay or Should I Go? / Rush, London Calling, The Clash: Live At Shea Stadium, Clash City Rockers, Solid Gold, Tommy Gun, The 12" Mixes, This Is Radio Clash, Cut the Crap, 1977 Revisited, Train in Vain / Bankrobber, (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais, White Riot, Give 'Em Enough Rope More

Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Columbia Records

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19

Neutral Milk Hotel

Alternative country, Indie rock, Psychedelic rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Indie pop, Psych folk, Lo-fi music, Indie folk More

Ruston

Invent Yourself a Shortcake, Beauty, Demo 2, Beauty, Everything Is, Hype City Soundtrack, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, On Avery Island, 1998-09-18: Pusterviksbaren, Göteborg, Sweden, 1998-02-27: Graffiti, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 1997-04-26: Terrastock Festival, Providence, RI, USA, 1997-05-03: 7th Entry Street, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 1998-02-26: Sudsy Malone's, Cincinnati, OH, USA, Demo 1, Holland, 1945 More

Merge Records, Domino Records, The Elephant Six Collective

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20

Orange Juice

Rock music, New Wave, Post-punk, Indie rock, Indie pop

Glasgow

The Orange Juice, Ostrich Churchyard, The Glasgow School, Texas Fever, The Orange Juice / You Can't Hide Your Love Forever, The Heather's on Fire, ...Coals to Newcastle, Rip It Up, You Can't Hide Your Love Forever, The Very Best of Orange Juice, Simply Thrilled Honey / Breakfast Time More

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The Velvet Underground

Alternative rock, Rock music, Folk rock, Blues-rock, Experimental rock, Noise rock, Psychedelic rock, Noise music, Art rock, Drone music, Protopunk More

New York City

Bootleg Series, Volume 1: The Quine Tapes, Andy Warhol's Velvet Underground featuring Nico, Gold, The Very Best Of, Live MCMXCIII, Live at Max's Kansas City, Chronicles, Fully Loaded, Loaded, Live MCMXCIII, The Very Best of the Velvet Underground, Sunday Morning / Femme Fatale, The Velvet Underground and Nico, Selections From Peel Slowly and See, The Velvet Underground Playlist Plus, Rock and Roll: an Introduction to The Velvet Underground, 1969: Velvet Underground Live With Lou Reed, Volume 1, 1969: The Velvet Underground Live, An Introduction to the Velvet Underground, 1969: Velvet Underground Live With Lou Reed, Volume 2, Final V.U. 1971-1973, The Best of The Velvet Underground: Words and Music of Lou Reed, The Best of The Velvet Underground: The Millennium Collection, 1969-08-02: Hilltop Festival, Rindge, NH, USA, White Light/White Heat, 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground, VU, La Cave 1968, Velvet Redux: Live MCMXCIII, The Best of Lou Reed & The Velvet Underground, Another View, Gold, Best of Velvet Underground, What Goes On, All Tomorrow's Parties / I'll Be Your Mirror, Andy Warhol's Velvet Underground (feat. Nico), Loaded: Fully Loaded Edition, Peel Slowly and See, Squeeze, The Universal Masters Collection: Classic Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground & Nico (Deluxe Edition), The Velvet Underground and Nico, Unripened More

Atlantic Records, Mercury Records, Polydor Records, MGM Records, Verve Records, Sire Records More

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22

Spoon

Alternative rock, Indie rock, Rock and roll, Post-punk revival, Garage rock, Third-wave of ska More

Austin

A Series of Sneaks, Sister Jack, The Agony of Laffitte, Gimme Fiction, I Turn My Camera On, Nefarious, Got Nuffin, Everything Hits at Once, Not Turning Off, Sister Jack, Someone Something, Transference, Anything You Want, Telephono, Soft Effects, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, Don't You Evah, The Agony of Lafitte, Car Radio / Advance Cassette, 30 Gallon Tank, Kill the Moonlight, Anticipation, Get Nice!, The Agony of Laffitte, Love Ways, Jonathon Fisk / Stay Don't Go, Girls Can Tell, All the Negatives Have Been Destroyed, Stay Don't Go, The Way We Get By, Written in Reverse More

Elektra Records, Merge Records, ANTI-, Matador Records, Peek-A-Boo Records More

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23

Television Personalities

Post-punk, Punk rock, Indie pop, Mod

England

Far Away and Lost in Joy EP, Don't Cry Baby... It's Only a Movie, Prime Time Televison Personalities 1981 - 1992, Yes Darling, but Is It Art?, Chocolat Art, We Will Be Your Gurus, A Memory Is Better Than Nothing, Mummy Your Not Watching Me, I Was a Mod Before You Was a Mod, 14th Floor / Oxford St., W1, Privilege, ...And Don't the Kids Just Love It, Peel Session, They Could Have Been Bigger Than the Beatles, Are We Nearly There Yet?, How I Learned to Love the Bomb, She's Never Read My Poems, And They All Lived Happily Ever After, All the Young Children on Crack, Where's Bill Grundy Now? EP, Fashion Conscious, My Dark Places Remixes, The Painted Word, My Dark Places, The Good Anarchist, Part Time Punks: The Very Best of Television Personalities, Closer to God More

Domino Records

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24

CAN

Progressive rock, Electronic music, Ambient music, Experimental rock, Psychedelic rock, Avant-garde music, Krautrock More

Cologne

Radio Waves, Inner Space, Anthology: 25 Years, Ege Bamyasi, Sacrilege, Silent Night, Future Days, Can, Delay 1968, Hoolah Hoolah, Soundtracks, Out of Reach, Landed, Cannibalism 1, Flow Motion, Can, Sacrelige, Soon Over Babaluma, Rite Time, Inner Space / Out of Reach, Tago Mago, Can-Can, CAN, Monster Movie, Can Live: Music (Live 1971-1977), Prehistoric Future, Unlimited Edition, Peel Sessions, Cannibalism 2, The Legendary Can, Saw Delight, Out of Reach, Cannibalism, Can Live, Unlimited Edition, Anthology, Unlimited Edition, The Peel Sessions, Tago Mago, I Want More More

Liberty Records, United Artists Records, Mute Records, Spoon Records

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Spacemen 3

Alternative rock, Indie rock, Psychedelic rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Drone music, Space rock More

Rugby

The Perfect Prescription, Performance, Playing With Fire, How the Blues Should've Turned Out, Take Me to the Other Side, Performance: Live at the Melkweg 6/2/88, Spacemen Are Go!, Revolution or Heroin, All Fucked Up, Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs To, Sound of Confusion, Threebie 3, Playing With Fire, Performance, For All the Fucked-Up Children of the World, We Give You Spacemen 3, Performance (Genius Records version), Hypnotized / Just to See You Smile, Big City, Live in Europe 1989, Dreamweapon, Revolution, Dreamweapon, Transparent Radiation, DJ Tones EP, Translucent Flashbacks, Dreamweapon: An Evening of Contemporary Sitar Music, Recurring, Translucent Flashbacks - The Singles, Forged Prescriptions More

Arista Records, Fire Records

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