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Nirvana
Wu‐Tang Clan
Prince
Daft Punk
The Smiths
Radiohead
Liz Phair
Kanye West
DJ Shadow
Pavement
D’Angelo
Sonic Youth
Jay‐Z
My Bloody Valentine
Public Enemy
The Magnetic Fields
Beastie Boys
Björk
The Strokes
Pixies
OutKast
Green Day
Nas
The Replacements
Hole
The Dismemberment Plan
The Notorious B.I.G.
R.E.M.
Beck
Weezer
A Tribe Called Quest
Metallica
Pulp
U2
Beyoncé
Burial
Elliott Smith
M.I.A.
Neutral Milk Hotel
Kendrick Lamar
Modest Mouse
LCD Soundsystem
Nine Inch Nails
Wilco
Eminem
Hüsker Dü
De La Soul
PJ Harvey
Janet Jackson
The Jesus and Mary Chain
Lil Wayne
Guns N’ Roses
Sleater‐Kinney
Vampire Weekend
Portishead
Eric B. & Rakim
Drake
The Chemical Brothers
Belle and Sebastian
Ghostface Killah
Robyn
The Flaming Lips
Fugazi
Aphex Twin
The Cure
The Breeders
N.W.A
Yo La Tengo
Smashing Pumpkins
Slayer
Frank Ocean
Oasis
Bikini Kill
Tricky
Japandroids
Arcade Fire
Genius/GZA
TV on the Radio
Madonna
J Dilla
Miranda Lambert
Missy Misdemeanor Elliott
The White Stripes
New Order
Blur
Clipse
Boards of Canada
TLC
Guided by Voices
Justin Timberlake
L.L. Cool J
Depeche Mode
Dr. Dre
Dinosaur
Paul Simon
Jaÿ‐Z
Tears for Fears
Panda Bear
Amy Winehouse
The xx
Fugees (Refugee Camp)
Mary J. Blige
Primal Scream
Built to Spill
Miguel
Kate Bush
Madvillain
The Knife
Fiona Apple
Against Me!
Michael Jackson
blink‐182
The Stone Roses
Broken Social Scene
Animal Collective
The Afghan Whigs
The National
Pearl Jam
Lucinda Williams
Taylor Swift
Ryan Adams
Cloud Nothings
Tom Waits
Raekwon
Sunny Day Real Estate
Pistol Annies
Erykah Badu
The Postal Service
Massive Attack
Spoon
Janet
Le Tigre
Run‐D.M.C.
The Wrens
The Smashing Pumpkins
tUnE-yArDs
Disclosure
Mastodon
At the Drive‐In
Black Star
No Age
Four Tet
Jeff Buckley
Jimmy Eat World
The Avalanches
Teenage Fanclub
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
BOREDOMS
Galaxie 500
Lauryn Hill
The Pharcyde
Drive‐By Truckers
Various Artists
Lady Gaga
Sufjan Stevens
Soundgarden
Moby
Rage Against the Machine
Sleigh Bells
Mobb Deep
Deerhunter
Run the Jewels
The Mountain Goats
Aaliyah
Beach House
Chance the Rapper
Spiritualized
Destroyer
Orbital
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
System of a Down
Brad Paisley
Snoop Doggy Dogg
The Roots
Phoenix
Nicki Minaj
Paramore
DJ Rashad
The Shins
The War on Drugs
Bright Eyes
Oneohtrix Point Never
Interpol
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Rilo Kiley
The Weeknd
Queens of the Stone Age
Grizzly Bear
Air
2Pac
Dirty Projectors
Cursive
L7
Basement Jaxx
M83
Wussy
Caribou
The Field
Cannibal Ox
The Chills
Bon Iver
Bruce Springsteen
My Chemical Romance
Sun Kil Moon
Sebadoh
Neko Case
the Microphones
Swervedriver
Stereolab
Deftones
Maxwell
The Pogues
George Michael
Sublime
The Mekons
Slint
Ice-T
Tegan and Sara
Frankie Knuckles
Ride
Coldplay
Aerosmith
The Go‐Betweens
Digable Planets
Superchunk
The Killers
The Books
Sugar
Tyler, The Creator
The Unicorns
Tori Amos
The Hold Steady
Usher
Garbage
Sigur Rós
Old 97’s
Gorillaz
Ice Cube
Parquet Courts