I didn't see a "post your favourite bands" thread.

[Kit Carruthers]

Every music forum should have a "post your favourite bands" thread.

Boards of Canada, Tim Hecker, Steve Reich, Sonic Youth, Bardo Pond, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Autechre, 65daysofstatic, Radiohead, My Bloody Valentine, Philip Jeck, Saxon Shore, Oceansize, John Cage, Biosphere, The Doors, Mono, Stars of the Lid, Fennesz, Max Richter, Acid Mothers Temple, Piano Magic, :zoviet*france:, Aereogramme, Bowery Electric, Mogwai, Surface of Eceon, Massive Attack, Love, Daturah, Deathprod, Jessamine, Brian Eno, William Basinski, Lustmord, MGR, Boris, Jakob, Envy, Gas, Jetone, Spacemen 3, Earth, Dredg, Explosions in the Sky, Blueneck, Lull, 2814, UNKLE, Celer, The Beatles, The Cooper Temple Clause, Andrew Chalk, Arovane, Cities Last Broadcast, Circle, Jefferson Airplane, The Antarcticans, Infinite Body, Roly Porter, Haujobb, The Streets, Wolf Eyes, Sasha, Deaf Center, Jesu, The Evpatoria Report, Interpol, Cream, 1 Mile North, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Bola, Maybeshewill, Loop, Of Montreal, Hybrid, DJ Shadow, Circulatory System, Sleepmakeswaves, Hadouken!, Crippled Black Phoenix, 35007, Oval, Mirror, Asian Dub Foundation, Swans, Sunn O))), The Velvet Underground, Hood, Burial, Aidan Baker, Redjetson, Venetian Snares, Aufgang, Jimi Hendrix, Christopher Bissonnette, Muse, Funeral Diner, Shora, Slint, Hakobune, Suicide, Bethany Curve, M83, múm, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, A Silver Mt. Zion, The Rolling Stones, Slowdive, Bark Psychosis, Oneohtrix Point Never, SleepResearch_Facility, Hammock, Unwound, Refused, Don't Look Back, Isis, Murcof, Grails, Plastikman, Coil, Talk Talk, Herbst9, Deafheaven, Infantjoy, World's End Girlfriend, Hope of the States, Vladislav Delay, Flying Saucer Attack, Sweek, Björk, Sylvain Chauveau, Sparrows Swarm and Sing, 13th Floor Elevators, Windy & Carl, Hallucinogen, Comets On Fire, Casino Versus Japan, King Crimson, Clann Zú, Sneaker Pimps, Inade, Underground Resistance, Tricky, Idiot Pilot, Susumu Yokota, Over-Gain Optimal Death, Fleetwood Mac, Red Sparowes, Gregor Samsa, Alva Noto, Logh, Monolake, From the Sky, Slow Six, Curve, Eluvium, Ben Frost, Black Heart Procession, Do Make Say Think, VNV Nation, Dälek, Pan•American, Codeine, The Zombies, Ladytron, Olivia Tremor Control, Rachel's, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Grouper, Tod Dockstader, Pendulum, Terry Riley, Laura, Kashiwa Daisuke, Bathyscaphe, All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors, silentwatcher, The Heads, Scraps of Tape, Harold Budd, Rosetta, Can, Ryoji Ikeda, Clogs, TV On the Radio, RJD2, Mico Nonet, DJ Krush, How To Disappear Completely, Shpongle, Rival Consoles, Animal Collective, Old Man Gloom, Pavement, Komet, Portishead, Empusae, The Unicorns, Aphex Twin, Encre, Röyksopp, Pan Sonic, Magyar Posse, Minsk, Bossk, Moving Mountains, Broken Social Scene, Gifts From Enola, Airiel, Asobi Seksu, Boredoms, The Moody Blues, Starflyer 59, Lightning Bolt, The Dead Texan, 5ive's Continuum Research Project, Yellow6, The Postal Service, Seachange, Monster Movie, Friends of Dean Martinez, Magnetic Fields, The Orb, The Dismemberment Plan, Cult of Luna, Philip Glass, Up-C Down-C Left-C Right-C ABC + Start, Arktau Eos, Neutral Milk Hotel, Muslimgauze, The Microphones, Jeniferever, Chubby Wolf, Silver Apples, Tracer AMC, Alec Empire, My Vitriol, Queens of the Stone Age, Yasushi Yoshida, Circle, Yndi Halda, Opitope, Iron & Wine, The Samuel Jackson Five, Amiina, Chapterhouse, The Album Leaf, Joy Division, The Apples in Stereo, Caspian, Vitalic, The Flaming Lips, Spiritualized, Port-Royal, Donovan, Cocteau Twins, Television, Early Day Miners, Paatos, The Notwist, Fbcfabric & Reindeer, We Lost the Sea, Love Spirals Downwards, Pixies, The United States of America, Aarktica, Ride, Shellac, Buffalo Springfield, Kyuss, The Caretaker, Pelican, The Rapture, God is an Astronaut, At the Drive-In, Iamthemorning, Kid Koala, DJ Spooky, Guitaro, Amon Tobin, Godflesh, This Mortal Coil, Meniscus, The Faint, Bonobo, Bauhaus, Mute Math, Bad Sector, Cat Power, Built to Spill, Assemblage 23, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Sigur Rós, Amusement Parks on Fire, Modest Mouse, Leftfield, LCD Soundsystem, Esmerine, Covenant, I'm Not a Gun, Alison's Halo, iLiKETRAiNS, Labradford, Destroyalldreamers, Auburn Lull, The White Stripes, Nick Drake, Meanwhile Back in Communist Russia, Kim Hiorthøy, Efterklang, Led Zeppelin, The Incredible String Band, Bel Canto, Spoon, Concord Dawn, Arcade Fire, Galaxie 500, Astral Projection, Joy Wants Eternity, The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa, The Who, Beck, Serge Gainsbourg, The Mars Volta, Pink Floyd, Circle Takes the Square, Bright Red Paper, Blonde Redhead, The Verve, The Telescopes, !!!, Stereolab, Tom Waits, Stellardrive, Brainiac, Tarantula AD, Infected Mushroom, The Guess Who, Weezer, cLOUDDEAD, The Beach Boys, Creedance Clearwater Revival, Dead Can Dance, Audrey, Adorable, Bob Dylan, µ-Ziq, ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, The Strokes, Tortoise, Enon, Apoptygma Berzerk, Low, Nine Inch Nails, Singapore Sling, Buck 65, Bailter Space, Juno Reactor, September Malevolence, First Band From Outer Space, Merzbow, Gorillaz, Diary of Dreams, The Timeout Drawer, pg.lost, Depeche Mode, Ben Folds Five, Cam Butler, Blind Mr. Jones, French Teen Idol, This Will Destroy You, Meanest Man Contest, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Byrds, Ozric Tentacles, The Shins, Readymade, 9 Lazy 9, The Beta Band, Tool, Snoop Dogg, Wu-Tang Clan, Moby, Deftones, Dr. Dre, Rage Against the Machine, Eminem, Paul Oakenfold, KoRn, System of a Down, Linkin Park

My favourite musical genres, in order of favourite, are... Ambient/Sound Art, Post-Rock, Psychedelia, IDM, Neoclassical, Shoegaze, "Post-Metal," Post-Hardcore, Space Rock, Minimal Techno... Futurepop, EBM... Trip-Hop, Downtempo, Turntablism, Drum'n'Bass, Indie Hip-Hop... Indie Rock, Indie Pop, Indie Folk, Slowcore, Emo... On the other side of my musical taste... 60s Psychedelic Pop and Folk. On the other other side of my taste... Psytrance, Goa Trance, Psychill, Progressive Trance. And as a kid I liked Nu Metal and Gangster Rap and will always have a soft spot for it. I'm post-post-indie.

[Orbited insanitarium]

I found a 3 page topic for this.
Band Obsessions

And that is one hefty long list.

I usually listen to singer-songwriters more than bands but that doesn't mean I don't have my fair share of favourites from both.
All recommended listening by the way.

Singer/songwriters;

Father John Misty, Tom Waits, Björk, John Grant, Tim Buckley, Thundercat, Vashti Bunyan, Christine and the Queens, Grace Jones, Neil Hannon (aka the divine comedy), Kate Bush, Tricky, Andy Shauf, Leonard Cohen, John Cage, Frank Zappa, Peter Gabriel, Jon Anderson, Steve Hillage, Kevin Parker, Sunbeam Sound Machine, J. Spaceman (aka. Spiritualized), Mac DeMarco, Nick Drake.

Bands;

Genesis, The Flaming Lips, BoC, Caravan Palace, The Orb, The Cure, FSOL, Yes, The Chemical Brothers, Tindersticks, Phantogram, Air, Simian, Primal Scream, Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Crumb, Yello, Radiohead, Caró.

My favourite Genres are;

Prog, Psychedelic Rock, Electronica, Art-pop, Folk, Noise, Post-punk, Breakbeat, Atmospheric D'n'B, Jazz Rock, Post be-bop, Funk, Indietronica, Chamber/Baroque pop, Vocal Blues, Drone, Electro-swing, Ambient House.

[Orbited insanitarium]

I found a 3 page topic for this.
Band Obsessions

And that is one hefty long list.

I usually listen to singer-songwriters more than bands but that doesn't mean I don't have my fair share of favourites from both.
All recommended listening by the way.

Singer/songwriters;

Father John Misty, Tom Waits, Björk, John Grant, Tim Buckley, Thundercat, Vashti Bunyan, Christine and the Queens, Grace Jones, Neil Hannon (aka the divine comedy), Kate Bush, Tricky, Andy Shauf, Leonard Cohen, John Cage, Frank Zappa, Peter Gabriel, Jon Anderson, Steve Hillage, Kevin Parker, Sunbeam Sound Machine, J. Spaceman (aka. Spiritualized), Mac DeMarco, Nick Drake.

Bands;

Genesis, The Flaming Lips, BoC, Caravan Palace, The Orb, The Cure, FSOL, Yes, The Chemical Brothers, Tindersticks, Phantogram, Air, Simian, Primal Scream, Dan le Sac vs Scroobius Pip, Crumb, Yello, Radiohead, Caró.

My favourite Genres are;

Prog, Psychedelic Rock, Electronica, Art-pop, Folk, Noise, Post-punk, Breakbeat, Atmospheric D'n'B, Jazz Rock, Post be-bop, Funk, Indietronica, Chamber/Baroque pop, Vocal Blues, Drone, Electro-swing, Ambient House.

New additions (or simply some I omitted);

Ozric Tentacles, Underscores, Wall of Voodoo, Marillion, Dutch Uncles, Hiroshi Yoshimura, Stars of the Lid, desert sand feels warm at night, MGMT, Sufjan Stevens, Telepath テレパシー能力者, Jon Hopkins, Nine Inch Nails, Pet Shop Boys, Justice, Jean-Michel Jarre, Todd Rundgren.

[cabal rose tv]

Aside from BOC - Deftones, my bloody valentine, Portishead, Tame Impala, Slipknot (used to listen to them back in middle school, recently listened to their third album, and was blown away by the lyrics and music), Korn (huge fan back in the days, now rarely listen to them), Slowdive, Syd Barrett (huge inspiration), Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Radiohead, Bark Psychosis, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Massive Attack, Ka-Meal, Yung Lean, Bones, Ramones, Suicideboys, Myslovitz, PRO8L3M, Muslimgauze, Chromatics, The Stooges, and probably many more