What's Your Top Ten Favorite Bands?!

Your Top Ten Favorite Bands

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We all know that music is subjective. So, as much as it pains me to say it, you're all well within your rights to love Nickelback and/or Justin Bieber (but... WHY?!). So, I encourage all of your to read my top 10 and they reply with yours. This isn't a debate about who's better and what's better; rather, I'm more interested in learning some new music and seeing what people are into. The following is a list of my ten favorite bands - some are bands I've always loved and some are bands are like the positive magnet end to my negative magnet end trying to pick what to listen to on the commute every morning (ie, I've only been listening to a few of these bands religiously but I anticipate a long relationship).
Without further ado:

1a) Radiohead

This album is by far my favorite album ever. And, this band has probably half of my top ten favorite albums. I liked them before I knew it would be cool, when it was cool, and now that it's probably not cool anymore.

1b) Dave Matthews Band

I know, I know.. but, for the past 15 years of my life, I've been insisting to people that you need to see Dave live (and put blinders on so that you can ignore the drunk bros) before you can accurately form an opinion on  the band.

3) Arcade Fire

The third of three of my long-time favorites. There was a time that I had a full-up IPod nano but I literally just alternated between the above three groups.

4.) Rubblebucket

The love affair began 3 years ago at the Green River Festival on the Greenfield Community College Campus and it's continued to grow from there. Infectious fun is what this band is. Pretty much the definition of dancing like no one is watching (except that you're surrounded by a whole crowd of people).

5.) Modest Mouse

One of those bands that everyone likes or no one really hates. I think they're one of the most underrated bands going out there. I don't a lot of their back story - I wonder if they choose to stay out of the limelight - but, I wonder why they don't get more exposure.

6.) Sufjan Stevens

Sufjan Stevens is the hipster sweetheart. He can do nearly no wrong. But, for real, he's one of those tortured soul, artist-types that really only care about the music.

7.)Phish

Truly talented jam virtuoso's.  Like Dave Matthews Band, their devoted following gives them not the most flattering image.

8.)Fleet Foxes

I scrolled through my ITunes library the other day on the commute and picked out "He Doesn't Know Why" to listen to. A week and a half later, I'm still listening to all of their songs alphabetically on repeat. 

9.) The National

(Note: Can anyone spot the other member of my list in this performance??) The National sorta follows Radiohead in the pretty-friggin-depressing lyrics but somehow uplifting music.

10.) TV on the Radio

These guys are so solid.  I really battled with which song to share; so, I shared this entire album. But, if you haven't heard any of their music... trust me, you can't go wrong with any album of theirs.

Honorable Mention:

- Sigur Ros

- The Black Keys

- PJ Harvey

I really wanted to include the above three, but then it wouldn't be a top 10, would it??