Semipopular Music

Entry format

The number in parentheses is the number of songs the artist has in my theoretical list of the top 10000 songs of all time; it gives an indication of my regard for the artist.

Main entries

Updated Jan. 2008:

Gothic Archies (3)

Steven Bernstein (3)

Gogol Bordello (6)

Arcade Fire (4)

Updated Dec. 2007:

Bob Dylan (85)

Arctic Monkeys (4)

Joanna Newsom (2)

Ghostface Killah (12)

TV on the Radio (3)

Earlier:

OutKast (17)

The Go-Betweens (26)

The White Stripes (6)

Shakira (4)

Lady Sovereign (2)

Iron Butterfly

The Beautiful South (19)

John Coltrane (22+)

George Russell (5)

Charles Lloyd (2)

Thunderclap Newman (1)

Holy Modal Rounders (21)

The Microphones

The Chantels (4)

Shelby Lynne (4)

No Doubt

Napalm Death

Method Man (2)

Sarah McLachlan

Sade (1)

The Knack (1)

Johnny Cash (29)

Grades only

Updated Feb. 2008:

Gnarls Barkley (1)

Sufjan Stevens (1)

Updated Jan. 2008:

Jewels and Binoculars (1+)

Yo La Tengo (10+)

Miranda Lambert (4)

M.I.A. (11)

Earlier:

At the Drive-In (2)

Postal Service (3)

Nick Cave (3)

Fela Kuti (10)

Bright Eyes (1)

James Carter (6+)

Eminem (17)

The Hives (3)

Morrissey (2)

The Rapture(1)

Bloc Party

Brian Wilson(4)

Madonna (28)

Björk (13)

PJ Harvey (19)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs (2)

The Shins (2)

Ryan Adams (1)

Antony and the Johnsons

The Flaming Lips (5)

The New Pornographers (4)

Spoon (1)

Interpol

Modest Mouse (3)

The Libertines (4)

Dizzee Rascal (4)

LCD Soundsystem (3)

Gorillaz (3) 31Mar2006

Queens of the Stone Age (3)

Coldplay (2)

Jay-Z (10)

The Streets (6)

Wilco (12)

Missy Elliott (9)

Radiohead (13)

Kanye West (9)

The Strokes (3)

Franz Ferdinand (2)

Keith Richards

Neil Young (47)

Peter Tosh (3)

Guns N' Roses (5)

Elton John (9)

The Cure (3)

Thelonious Monk (41)

T. Rex (7)

Duke Ellington (60-80)

Pulp (4)

Randy Newman (21)

Al Green (34)

Oasis (4)

Wu-Tang Clan plus offshoots (19)

Simon and Garfunkel (4)

Kraftwerk (8)

R.E.M. (10)