Lists!

I like lists. I make a lot of them. Usually I never actually get to crossing things off of the list, because the best part is just writing things down in columns. I could care less if I actually accomplish anything, and I'm always finding half-finished lists lying around. ANYWAY this list was going to be a guide to "A Random Selection of Interesting Sites I Found While Bored on the Internet" but then I was reminded that I promised Colin a list of new music he might enjoy. He has a problem with wormholes and lives physically in the present day but makes frequent trips to the mid-eighties and the late nineties. While this is not a bad thing, and is especially useful for Halloween and theme parties, Def Leppard could use a rest on his iTunes. So I will attempt to pull his musical taste, at least, into the late 00's. (oughts? oo's? did anyone figure that out yet?) Below is the list of bands organized loosely by category. Unfortunately I did not have time make handy reference Venn diagrams, so you are going to have to imagine the overlapping categories yourself.


3 Word Name Bands
Usually all dudes. A marked tendency towards rocking.
Dirty Pretty Things
Cold War Kids
We Are Scientists
Les Savy Fav
Broken Social Scene
Neutral Milk Hotel
New York Dolls
Rock Kills Kid


Tousle-Haired Singer Songwriters
Frequently found in coffeehouses. Like to sing pretty songs on acoustic guitars about their feelings. Mostly harmless, but may make you cry.
Willy Mason
Andrew Bird
Sparrow House
Ryan Adams
The Shivers


Our Neighbors to the North
O, Canada! Why must your bands always be so large? Are you trying to make up for something?
Arcade Fire
New Pornographers
Malajube (bonus: Quebecois!)
Broken Social Scene


Drainpipe
Refers to the skinny jeans members of the band are usually wearing. Since they are mostly European, it works on them. Most communicate ironically and through electronic bleeps.
Dirty Pretty Things
LCD Soundsystem
Maximo Park
Klaxons (but only “Golden Skans”)
The Maccabees
The Subways
Los Campesinos
Of Montreal
Phoenix
Postal Service
Beirut
The Rosebuds


The Outcasts
The other categories kicked them out, so they got their own.
Sleater-Kinney (“The Woods”)
Midlake
Spoon
Calexico
The Format
Guster
Oh No! Oh My!
The Bens
Erasure (“Stop!” Warning - Eighties playlist only!)