music.

Here's a list of all my favorite artists--one for each letter of the alphabet.

Allred (but Augustana is a close second)
The Beatles
Coldplay (also check out The Continentals--a local band)
Death Cab For Cutie
The Early November
Franz Ferdinand
Graham Coxon
The Hoosiers
Ingrid Michaelson
Josh Garrels (also check out Josh Wilsher--another local)
The Killers
Love You Long Time
Mae (with Muse a close second)
The New Pornographers (with Noah and the Whale a close second)
OK Go
The Posies
Quietdrive (eh...)
Regina Spektor (I think it's a tie between her and The Raconteurs)
Someone Still Loves You, Boris Yeltsin (tied with Sherwood)
Third Eye Blind
(No U)
Valencia
We Are Scientists (with We Shot the Moon a close second)
(No Y)
(No Z)