Musicians/Bands I Love:

 

Tori Amos (Scarlet's Walk and earlier)

Bjork

Ani Difranco

Lisa Germano

Yoko Kanno

Metric (and Emily Haines' solo work)

Beth Orton (first three albums)

Liz Phair (first three albums)

Radiohead

R.E.M. ('90s and earlier)

The Smashing Pumpkins

Tangerine Dream

Throwing Muses

Amon Tobin

U2 (mostly the '80s and early '90s stuff)

Vangelis

Suzanne Vega

Faye Wong

 

 

Musicians/Bands I Like:

 

AFI

The Antlers

Fiona Apple

David Arkenstone

Badly Drawn Boy

Sara Bareilles

Barenaked Ladies (the first two albums)

The Beatles

Beck

Belly

Bloc Party

Boards of Canada

Bright Eyes

The Brilliant Green

Kate Bush

Catatonia

Neneh Cherry

Counting Crows

The Cranberries (first two albums)

Julee Cruise

The Cure

Dead Can Dance

Lana Del Rey

Dessa

Dido

The Dresden Dolls

Duran Duran

Enya

Esthero

Evanescence

A Fine Frenzy

Florence + the Machine

Matthew Good

P.J. Harvey

Sophie B. Hawkins

Imogen Heap

Kristin Hersh

Veda Hille

Hole

Hum

Michael Jackson ('80s stuff)

Jimmy Eat World

The Juliana Theory

Ladytron

La Roux

Letters To Cleo

Love Psychedelico

Madonna

Aimee Mann

Sarah McLachlan (first three albums)

Mediaeval Baebes

Moby

Moist

The Mountain Goats

Moxy Fruvous

Muse

My Chemical Romance

Joanna Newsom

Nirvana

Nine Inch Nails (some)

Heather Nova

Sinead O'Connor

Babatunde Olatunji

OneRepublic

Paramore

Pet Shop Boys

Pink

Portishead

Elvis Presley

Pulp

Rasputina

Damien Rice

Rihanna

Santigold

The Shins

Sloan

Snow Patrol

Regina Spektor

Supertramp

The Tragically Hip ('90s and earlier)

Weezer

Kanye West (some)

The White Stripes

Amy Winehouse

 

 

Musicians/Bands I Can Take or Leave:

 

Bryan Adams (some of his early songs are all right; don't like the newer stuff)

Aerosmith (like a few of their hits)

The Beach Boys

Christina Aguilera

The Cardigans

Collective Soul

Crowded House (love a couple songs, not so keen on the rest)

Delerium

Depeche Mode

Garbage

Goo Goo Dolls

Green Day

Heart

Whitney Houston

Led Zeppelin

Lisa Loeb

Matchbox Twenty

Alanis Morissette

No Doubt

Oasis

Our Lady Peace

Pearl Jam

Poe

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Maaya Sakamoto (mostly just like the stuff Yoko Kanno composed for her)

Skunk Anansie

Soundgarden

TLC

 

 

Musicians/Bands I Dislike:

 

Backstreet Boys

Toni Braxton

Coldplay

Celine Dion

Avril Lavigne

Limp Bizkit

Nickelback

N Sync

The Offspring

Rammstein

Britney Spears

Spice Girls

Sum 41

System of a Down

Shania Twain

 

 

Musicians/Bands I've Liked A Song or Two By, But Haven't Pursued Further Yet:

 

A Fine Frenzy

The All American Rejects

Aqualung

Azure Ray

Bif Naked

The Birthday Massacre

Bloc Party

Butterfly Boucher

The Colour

Death Cab For Cutie

Fall Out Boy

Alana Grace

Gary Jules

Lifehouse

Modest Mouse

Morcheeba

Placebo

Remy Zero

Tool

Yellowcard

Veruca Salt

 

 

Classical Composers I Like (my exposure is admittedly limited):

 

Bach

Chopin

Mozart