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Asian Dub Foundation
The Asian Dub Foundation is England's answer to America's Rage Against the Machine -- without all the
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Agitated
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In-your-face
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Pioneering
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Political
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Punk
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Rebel
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Ska revival
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Social revolution
The Specials
Any band that brings together Jamaican ska and British punk and actually makes it fun should indeed b
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Kinetic
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Punk
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Rebel
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Ska revival
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Smoky
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Social revolution
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Urban
The Smiths
A kind of charming darkness oozes between Morrissey and Johnny Marr of the Smiths. The combination of
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Brit-pop
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Dark
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Ethereal
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Melancholy
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Post-punk
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Quirky
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Sincere
Radiohead
Radiohead's musical gestures are grand, even spacious, but they are neither airy nor light. Indeed, t
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Brit-pop
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Epic
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Grand
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Lush
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Melancholy
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Moody
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Pathos
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Progressive rock
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Smarty arty pop
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Voluminous
The Verve
The Verve was a modern British pop band with a tinge of psychedelia and more than a bit of melancholy
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Brit-pop
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Depressive
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Pathos
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Pop
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Tragic
Grateful Dead
On a Friday night in 1989, the word started drifting through certain circles that a band called The W
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Classic rock
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Expansive
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Hypnotic
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Improvised
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Kaleidoscopic
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Open-ended
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Organic
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Psychedelic music
Santana
Carlos Santana is known for his long, drawn-out solos that soar into the highest registers of the gui
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Classic rock
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Ecstatic
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Improvised
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Open-ended
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Pathos
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Psychedelic music
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Spiritual
Eurythmics
The Eurythmics did not merely tap into the synthesized pop sounds of the 1980s -- they helped to defi
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80s synthpop
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Cool
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Expansive
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Lush
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Sensual
Dead Can Dance
Multi-instrumentalist Brendan Perry and classically trained singer Lisa Gerrard are both of Anglo-Iri
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Ethereal
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Goth music
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Hypnotic
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Intimate
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Lyrical
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Moody
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Pathos
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Spiritual
Kahimi Karie
With a syrupy-sweet, breathy voice, Kahimi Karie whispers in our ears in a decidedly child-like way.
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Bright
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Bubblicious
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Candy
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Ethereal
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Pop
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Smarty arty pop
Cibo Matto
While no doubt enjoying a certain Japanese sensibility -- after all, that accent broadcasts their lin
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Bubblicious
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Eclectic
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Playful
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Pop
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Quirky
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Smart
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Smarty arty pop
Pizzicato Five
With an oddly prodigious appetite, Pizzicato Five consumes musical genres: dance, trance, jungle, Jam
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Bright
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Citational
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Clean
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Eclectic
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Polychromatic
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Pop
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Smart
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Smarty arty pop
The Pixies
With lyrics that range from musings on the Eiffel Tower to thoughts on the nature of space, The Pixie
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Absurd
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Alternative rock
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Intense
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Pop
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Post-punk
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Slangy
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Smarty arty pop
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Visceral
Bjork
Looking at her life and career, Bjork is honest about what is hers: "All I have is intuition." Obviou
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Charming
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Dramatic
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Kaleidoscopic
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Sexy
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Smarty arty pop
Cornelius
Cornelius, a.k.a the Orangutan, and Keigo Oyamada, escapee from the Planet of the Apes, sports a prod
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Bright
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Bubblicious
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Citational
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Pop
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Smart
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Smarty arty pop
Tortoise
The group known as Tortoise crawled through the caverns of Chicago's rock underground during the earl
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Ethereal
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Euphoric
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Post-rock
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Rhythmic
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Round
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Serene
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Tranquil
Janis Joplin
Sometimes sublime and tender, sometimes raving and frightening, Janis Joplin's vocals had a raw energ
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Bombast
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Classic rock
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Gritty
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Primal
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Psychedelic music
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Visceral
Beck
Reluctant rock star and style-transcending musical pioneer, Beck burst onto the scene in 1994 with hi
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Citational
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Clean
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Ebullient
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Playful
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Pop
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Smarty arty pop
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix was a leftie. But rather than use a left-handed guitar, he simply used a right-handed on
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Classic rock
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Intimate
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Kaleidoscopic
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Kinetic
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Moody
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Psychedelic
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Psychedelic music
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Spiritual
David Byrne
David Byrne's work constitutes a Postmodern, apocalyptic mixture of music, lyrics, film, and photogra
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Smarty arty pop
R.E.M.
Yes, the band does take its name from the rapid eye movement (REM) phase of sleep, the phase in which
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Alternative rock
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Eclectic
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Intimate
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Kaleidoscopic
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Saturated
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Sincere
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Smarty arty pop
Prince
Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7, 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American musician. He perfor
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Eclectic
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Excessive
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Feminine
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Funk
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In-your-face
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Moody
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Sexy
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Smarty arty pop
,
Wise assy
The Beatles
It's 1959, and the Beatles, the most famous rock 'n' roll band in the history of the universe, are ju
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Composed
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Dreamy
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Eclectic
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Psychedelic
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Smart
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Smarty arty pop
Laurie Anderson
Laurie Anderson trained as a violinist, art historian, sculptor, and more recently, as a poet. For th
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Cd-rom
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Collage
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Composed
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Electronic
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New musical hybrids
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Political
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Repetitive
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Smarty arty pop
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Technology
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Trippy
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Witty
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