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A little selection of music (concentrating mostly on rock) strictly from 1970 to 1999.
Format
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Band name
Album name 1 (release year)
Genre(s)
Choice song(s) from this album
Album name 2 (release year)
Genre(s)
Choice song(s) from this album
...
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Dismemberment Plan
Emergency & I (1999)
Post-hardcore/pop rock
You Are Invited, A Life of Possibilities
Slint
Spiderland (1991)
Early post-rock/post-hardcore
[The entire album]
Sigur Rós
Ágætis byrjun (1999)
Post-rock
[The entire album]
Primus
Frizzle Fry (1990)
Primus/funk metal
John the Fisherman, To Defy the Laws of Tradition, Too Many Puppies
Sailing the Seas of Cheese (1991)
Primus/funk metal
Jerry Was a Race Car Driver, Tommy the Cat
Pork Soda (1993)
Primus/funk metal
Mr. Krinkle, DMV, My Name Is Mud
Tales from the Punchbowl (1995)
Primus/funk metal
Southbound Pachyderm, Wynona's Big Brown Beaver
Robert Muczynski
Profiles for harpsichord, op. 42 (1982)
Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano, op. 29 (1971)
Storm & Stress
Storm & Stress (1997)
Avant-garde rock
[The entire album]
Philip Glass
Glassworks (1982)
Post-modern/minimalist
[The entire album]
Tortoise
TNT (1998)
Post-rock
TNT, Swung from the Gutters, Ten-Day Interval, I Set My Face to the
Hillside
Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)
Post-rock
The Taut and Tame, Djed, Along the Banks of the River
Mogwai
Mogwai Young Team (1997)
Post-rock
Yes! I Am a Long Way from Home
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
F♯ A♯ ∞ (1997)
Post-rock
The Dead Flag Blues
Sun Ra
Lanquidity (1978)
Jazz fusion
Lanquidity
Space Is The Place (1973)
Avant-garde jazz
Images, Space Is The Place
Steve Reich
Clapping Music (1972)
Post-modern/minimalist
Clapping Music
Music for 18 Musicians (1978)
Post-modern/minimalist
Music for 18 Musicians
Do Make Say Think
Do Make Say Think (1997)
Post-rock/noise
1978
Don Caballero
For Respect (1993)
Math rock/grunge
For Respect, "Got a Mile, Got a Mile, Got an Inch"
Don Caballero 2 (1995)
Math rock
Stupid Puma, "please tokio, please THIS IS TOKIO"
King Crimson
Discipline (1981)
Prog
Discipline
Mahavishnu Orchestra
The Inner Mounting Flame (1971)
Jazz fusion/prog
You Know You Know
Cynic
Focus (1993)
Tech death
Veil of Maya
Pele
Elephant (1999)
Post-rock/math rock
A Scuttled Bender in a Watery Closet, Linear Clocks and Daughters
Lightning Bolt
Lightning Bolt (1999)
Noise rock
Fleeing the Valley of Whirling Knives
McCoy Tyner
Fly with the Wind (1976)
Third stream
Fly with the Wind
Return to Forever
Light as a Feather (1973)
Jazz fusion
Spain
Sunn O)))
The Grimmrobe Demos (1999)
Drone doom
Black Wedding
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin gets a special entry because they released a lot of music and
only a few songs are really any good. They are (in order):
No Quarter
The Rain Song
Moby Dick
Achilles' Last Stand
Mos Def
Black on Both Sides (1999)
Hip-hop
Mathematics
A Tribe Called Quest
The Low End Theory (1991)
East coast hip-hop
[N/A]
Dillinger Escape Plan
Calculating Infinity (1999)
Mathcore
Calculating Infinity
maudlin of the Well
My Fruit Psychobells...A Seed Combustible (1999)
Avant-garde metal
[N/A]
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