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I only have one song by Elbow (Leaders Of The Free World) but I love it and I'm sure all their other stuff is great. gonna check it out.

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If you want to hear a more diverse Elbow, check out their first record, Asleep in the Back. It's got some of the beautiful stuff that they do so very very well (scattered black and whites, as previously mention) but also a lot of darker, harsher sounding stuff. Check out Bitten by the Tailfly (which is fucking HUGE live) for an example of that, and Any Day Now for a perfect example of the combination of the two.

I fucking love elbow.

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king crimson, and more specifically robert fripp. his music was always praised, but his producing and recording skills were far advanced for the time. combining an surreal qualities and simplicity he crafted songs for 3-4 peter gabriel albums, daryl halls first solo album, contributed to bowies berlin era album heroes, revolutionized the tape recorder with brian eno.

blah blah blah, just check out his discography: http://www.elephant-talk.com/discog/fripp/

i gurantee you'll find quite a few good albums in that discog there.

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Grant Lee Phillips (Buffalo).
Meat Beat Manifesto.
Lee Norris (Metamatics, Norken, Nacht Plank)

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their brand new album the seldom seen kid is fucking awesome - probably the best they've ever done and i don't say that lightly.

it's funny actually as i've been reading quite a few of the rave reviews it's been getting and at least three of them have mentioned the fact how critics can never understand why a band as good as elbow doesn't achieve the commercial success and sales level they deserve whereas coldplay and snow patrol sell by the bucketload...

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Boom Boom Satellites - Lots of goodies in their body of work.

65 days of static - Really got into them once I gave them a chance.

Mad Capsule Markets - Although they have disbanded, you've got to give them props for being Japan's only Digital Hardcore Techno Surf Punk Rock Electronic Metal band.

Ani DiFranco - She has an endless reserve of creativity. She puts out almost an album a year and always tours. Just when it starts to get old, she changes it up and starts something new, again.

Walls of Jericho - The hardest working band in hardcore/metal music today. They are on tour 300 days a year. Their shows never get old. And Candice's vocals will melt your ass if you're too close to the stage. Just listen to "There's No I in Fuck You!"

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I'm assuming they are one in the same?

Snacks and Candy!

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from the world of electronica:

way out west
futureshock
hybrid
peace division

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it could be because their name is Elbow. i'm serious.

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100% agree. Lee Norris rules.