Air, Akhenaton, Aphex Twin, Arcade Fire, Asian Dub Foundation, Atari Teenage Riot, the Band, Beck, Belle and Sebastian, Beth Orton, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Cassius, the Chemical Brothers, CocoRosie, Daft Punk, the Decemberists, Depeche Mode, Dizzee Rascal, Emmylou Harris, Flight of the Conchords, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, Gram Parsons, Hank Williams, Janis Joplin, Jayhawks, Jeff Buckley, the Jesus & Mary Chain, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Joy Division, Jurassic 5, Justice, Kate Bush, the Knife, Lauryn Hill, Leonard Cohen, LTJ Bukem, Lucinda Williams, the Magnetic Fields, Marvin Gaye, Massive Attack, MC Solaar, Mercury Rev, Miles Davis, Monster Magnet, My Bloody Valentine, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Nine Inch Nails, Nirvana, Patti Smith, anything produced by Phil Spector, Portishead, Primal Scream, Pulp, R.E.M., Radiohead, Redd Kross, Roni Size, Roy Zimmerman, the Shins, Simian Mobile Disco, the Smiths, Sonic Youth, Spiritualized, Stereolab, London Suede, Sufjan Stevens, Sun Ra, Syd Barrett, Tindersticks, Tom Waits, Townes van Zandt, Tricky, Van Morrison, Velvet Underground, Whiskeytown, XTC, Yo La Tengo, the Zombies