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TOOL
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Essential Album: AEnima (Volcano, 1996)
For Fans of...: Korn, Alice in Chains
Fun Fact: Band's last album was released in 2001

MADONNA
Hometown: Bay City, MI
Essential Album: Madonna (Sire, 1983)
For Fans of...: Kylie Minogue, Britney Spears
Fun Fact: Originally came to New York to be a dancer: Danced with Alvin Ailey and modeled; she was also part of a disco outfit

YEAH YEAH YEAHS
Hometown: New York, NY
Essential Album: Fever to Tell (Interscope, 2003)
For Fans of...: Peaches, the Kills
Fun Fact: Originally, Karen O and Nick Zinner were a folk duo called Unitard

BLOC PARTY
Hometown: South London, England
Essential Album: Silent Alarm (Vice, 2005)
For Fans of...: The Rapture, the Rakes
Fun Fact: Kriss Kross' 1992 Top of the Pops performance inspired Kele Okereke to make music

SCISSOR SISTERS
Hometown: New York, NY
Essential Album: Scissor Sisters (Universal, 2004)
For Fans of...: Supergrass, Har Mar Superstar
Fun Fact: Their name is slang for a lesbian sexual position

MATISYAHU
Hometown: West Chester, PA
Essential Album: Live at Stubb's (Or. Music, 2005)
For Fans of...: Bob Marley, Toots & the Maytals
Fun Fact: Born Matthew Miller, dropped out of school and followed Phish on tour

JAMES BLUNT
Hometown: Wiltshire, England
Essential Album: Back to Bedlam (Atlantic, 2005)
For Fans of...: Ryan Adams, Damien Rice
Fun Fact: The song "Goodbye My Lover" was recorded in his landlady's bathroom

MOGWAI
Hometown: Glasgow, Scotland
Essential Album: Young Team (Jet Set, 1997)
For Fans of...: Tortoise, Arab Strap
Fun Fact: Name comes from the Gremlins movies and means "ghost" in Chinese

COHEED AND CAMBRIA
Hometown: Nyack, New York
Essential Album: Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness (Equal Vision/Columbia, 2005)
For Fans of...: Rush, Brand New Fun Fact: First album features guest appearance by Bad Brains' Dr. Know

WOLF PARADE
Hometown: Montreal, QC
Essential Album: Apologies to the Queen Mary (Sub Pop, 2005)
For Fans of...: Arcade Fire, Hot Hot Heat
Fun Fact: Isaac Brock from Modest Mouse brought them to Sub Pop

GNARLS BARKLEY
Hometown: White Plains, NY / Atlanta, GA
Essential Album: St. Elsewhere (Downtown, 2006)
For Fans of...: Spank Rock, Dangerdoom
Fun Fact: Debut single, "Crazy," became the first ever UK No. 1 based on downloads alone

PHOENIX
Hometown: France
Essential Album: United (Astralwerks, 2000)
For Fans of...: Daft Punk, The National Trust
Fun Fact: got their start playing Hank Williams and Prince covers at French bars

DIGABLE PLANETS
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY / Silver Spring, MD / Philadelphia, PA
Essential Album: Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space) (Pendulum, 1993)
For Fans of...: Black Eyed Peas, De La Soul
Fun Fact: Each member had a solo project: Ladybug's was Ladybug Mecca, Doodlebug's was Cee Knowledge, and Butterfly's was Cherrywine

AMADOU & MARIAM
Hometown: Bamako, Mali
Essential Album: Sou Ni Tile (Polygram, 1999)
For Fans of...: Manu Chao, Angelique Kidjo
Fun Fact: The blind duo met at the Institute for Young Blind People in Bamako

LOUIE VEGA
Hometown: Bronx, NY
Essential Album: United DJs of America, Vol. 2 (DMC, 1995)
For Fans of...: Jellybean Benitez, Roger Sanchez
Fun Fact: Worked on Debbie Gibson's first record

SEU JORGE
Hometown: Rio di Janeiro, Brazil
Essential Album: Cru (Sony Japan, 2005)
For Fans of...: Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso
Fun Fact: Played in a Brazilian army band during his mandatory year of service; was the David Bowie-covering crew member in The Life Aquatic

TED LEO & PHARMACISTS
Hometown: New York, NY
Essential Album: The Tyranny of Distance (Lookout, 2001)
For Fans of...: Sloan, the Hold Steady
Fun Fact: Recorded two albums as part of mod-punk revival band Chisel

THE GO! TEAM
Hometown: Brighton, England
Essential Album: Thunder Lightning Strike (Memphis Industries, 2004)
For Fans of...: The A-Team
Fun Fact: The Go! Team was initially a solo project for Ian Parton who was then a documentary film director

METRIC
Hometown: Toronto, ON
Essential Album: Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (Everloving, 2003)
For Fans of...: The Cardigans, Blonde Redhead
Fun Fact: So-named for its metered approach to musical structures

EDITORS
Hometown: Birmingham, England
Essential Album: The Back Room (Kitchenware, 2005)
For Fans of...: Hard-Fi, Interpol
Fun Fact: the members were studying music technology at Stafford Univ. in the UK

ART BRUT
Hometown: South London
Essential Album: Bang Bang Rock & Roll (Fierce Panda, 2005)
For Fans of...: The Rakes, the Clash
Fun Fact: Named after French painter Jean Debuffet's definition of outsider art, art created outside the boundaries of official culture

THE DEARS
Hometown: Montreal, QC
Essential Album: No Cities Left (SpinART, 2004)
For Fans of...: The Postal Service, Broken Social Scene
Fun Fact: Formed in 1995 but didn't get much recognition until 2004 with the release of No Cities Left

THE MAGIC NUMBERS
Hometown: London, England
Essential Album: The Magic Numbers (Capitol, 2005)
For Fans of...: The Mamas & the Papas
Fun Fact: Romeo's mother's name is Juliet

LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES
Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela
Essential Album: Arepa 3000: A Venezuelan Journey into Space (Luaka Bop, 2000)
For Fans of...: Manu Chao, Café Tacuba
Fun Fact: David Byrne discovered the band by picking up one of 20 copies of their CD in a record store and calling the number on the back. Then he signed them to Luaka Bop

MICHAEL MAYER
Hometown: Cologne, Germany
Essential Album: Immer (Kompakt, 2002)
For Fans of...: Magnet, Pet Shop Boys
Fun Fact: Grew up the Black Forest in southwest Germany

MURS FEATURING 9TH WONDER
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA / North Carolina
Essential Album: Murs 3:16: The 9th Edition (Definitive Jux, 2004)
For Fans of...: El-P, the Living Legends
Fun Fact: In a seven-year period, Murs appeared as a rapper on more than 20 records, EPs and singles

MATES OF STATE
Hometown: Lawrence, KS
Essential Album: Bring it Back (Barsuk, 2006)
For Fans of...: Built to Spill, Stereolab
Fun Fact: The duo are married

GILLES PETERSON
Hometown: South London
Essential Album: Worldwide (BBC, 2000)
For Fans of...: John Peel, Minus 8
Fun Fact: Raised by French and Swiss parents but only spoke French at home

INFADELS
Hometown: London, England
Essential Album: We Are Not the Infadels (Wall of Sound, 2006)
For Fans of...: We Are Scientists, Audio Bullys
Fun Fact: Name came about after band saw Osama bin Laden on TV cursing the infadels

MINUS THE BEAR
Hometown: Seattle, WA
Essential Album: They Make Beer Commercials Like This (Arena Rock Recording, 2004)
For Fans of...: The Appleseed Cast, the Jealous Sound
Fun Fact: Band entered the studio to record their debut before ever playing a show

BE YOUR OWN PET
Hometown: Nashville, TN
Essential Album: Be Your Own Pet (Rough Trade, 2005)
For Fans of...: Hot Hot Heat
Fun Fact: Big fans of T Rex and XTC; won't be able to legally drink for some time

YOUTH GROUP
Hometown: Sydney, Australia
Essential Album: Skeleton Jar (Epitaph, 2005)
For Fans of...: Badly Drawn Boy, Death Cab for Cutie
Fun Fact: Toby Martin and Danny Allen are only original members left

MASSIVE ATTACK
Hometown: Bristol, England
Essential Album: Blue Lines (Virgin, 1991)
For Fans of...: Tricky, Portishead
Fun Fact: This band is oft-considered the pioneer of trip-hop

PAUL OAKENFOLD
Hometown: London, England
Essential Album: Global Underground: Oslo (Boxed, 1997)
For Fans of...: Sasha, Paul Van Dyk
Fun Fact: This DJ recently collaborated with actress Brittany Murphy for "Faster Kill Pussycat," the fist single off A Lively Mind; he also co-produced the Happy Mondays' classic Pills, Thrills, and Bellyaches

COLDCUT
Hometown: London, England
Essential Album: Journeys by DJ: 70 Minutes of Madness (Music Unites/Sony, 1996)
For Fans of...: Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation
Fun Fact: The two DJs behind Coldcut rose to fame in the mid-'80s by producing and remixing for Eric B. & Rakim and Queen Latifah

MYLO
Hometown: Isle of Skye, Scotland
Essential Album: Destroy Rock & Roll (Breast Fed, 2004)
For Fans of...: Royksopp, Moby, the Orb
Fun Fact: Ne Myles MacInnes, this DJ was enrolled in UCLA's doctorate program for philosophy before dropping out to pursue music

KASKADE
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Essential Album: It's You It's Me (Om, 2003)
For Fans of...: Rithma, Mark Farina
Fun Fact: Kaskade's day job is as an A&R assistant at Om Records

DUNGEN
Hometown: Vastergotland, Sweden
Essential Album: Ta Det Lugnt (Subliminal Sounds, 2004)
For Fans of...: Parson Sound, Olivia Tremor Control
Fun Fact: Frontman Gustav Ejstes sings in his native Swedish and plays the majority of instruments (including fiddle, organ, bass, drums, flute, and mellotron) on their debut album

JAMIE LIDELL
Hometown: Cambridge, England
Essential Album: Multiply (Warp, 2005)
For Fans of...: Squarepusher, Otis Redding
Fun Fact: This Brit got his start producing solo laptop compositions, but he proved himself a soul singer with 2005's Multiply

JAZZANOVA
Hometown: Berlin, Germany
Essential Album: Jazzanova (Ropeadope, 2002)
For Fans of...: Chateau Flight, Kruder & Dorfmeister
Fun Fact: The members of this Berlin collective joined forces after DJing with one another at a club called Delicious Donuts

STELLASTARR*
Hometown: New York, NY
Essential Album: stellastarr* (RCA, 2003)
For Fans of...: The Pixies, the Cure
Fun Fact: Drummer Arthur Kremer once acted alongside former child star Rick Schroeder in a TNT movie

GABRIEL & DRESDEN
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
Essential Album: Bloom (Nettwerk, 2004)
For Fans of...: Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyk
Fun Fact: This San Francisco-based duo's "As the Rush Comes" was the #1 dance song on U.S. radio in 2004

ONEREPUBLIC
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Essential Album: OneRepublic (Columbia, 2006)
For Fans of...: U2, Howie Day
Fun Fact: Frontman Ryan Tedder's favorite treat is candy corn

CHRIS LIBERATOR
Hometown: London, England
Essential Album: Trust the DJ: CL02 (TrusttheDJ, 2002)
For Fans of...: Aphex Twin, AFX
Fun Fact: He co-owns and runs tech-house label, Stay Up Forever Label Collective

KRISTINA SKY
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
For Fans of...: Paul Van Dyk, Jean Michel Jarre
Fun Fact: Sky has a residency with XM Satellite Radio's Lost Episode

THE OCTOPUS PROJECT
Hometown: Austin, TX
Essential Album: One Ten Hundred Thousand Million (Peek-A-Boo, 2005)
For Fans of...: Lali Puna, the Postal Service
Fun Fact: This trio have said their ultimate cold-weather soundtrack includes Hot Hot Heat, This Heat, Canned Heat, and, of course, Singing Nun

GIANT DRAG
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Essential Album: Hearts and Unicorns (Kickball, 2005)
For Fans of...: I Am Kloot, Rosebuds
Fun Fact: This girl-dude duo love cheeky song titles, like "Kevin Is Gay" and "Yflmd," which is an acronym for "You Fuck Like My Dad")

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