ITT: Artists you can never discuss without mentioning another artist

Beach House - Mazzy Star
Editors - Interpol - Joy Division
Gene - The Smiths
Elastica - Wire
Coldplay/Muse - Radiohead
Keane/Travis/Embrace - Coldplay
Bush/Silverchair - Nirvana
Creed - Pearl Jam
Godmack - Alice in Chains
Mercury Rev - Silver Jews
Modest Mouse - Built to Spill
Eels - Beck
Panda Bear - Beach Boys
Nick Drake - Elliot Smith
The Killers - New Order/Springsteen
The Gaslight Anthem - Titus Andronicus
Explosions In The Sky - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
A Place to Bury Strangers - The Jesus and Mary Chain
The Strokes - Television
The Tallest Man on Earth - Bob Dylan
Karnivool/Rishloo/Soen - Tool
Silversun Pickups - Smashing Pumpkins
Teenage Fanclub - Big Star
Pallbearer - Warning
Airbag - Pink Floyd

Oasis - Blur
Blur - Oasis

Ariel Pink

clipping. - Death Grips

>Interpol
>Coldplay/Muse
>Keane/Travis/Embrace - Coldplay
>Bush/Silverchair
>Creed - Pearl Jam
>Godmack
>The Killers
>The Gaslight Anthem - Titus Andronicus
>Explosions In The Sky - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
>The Strokes
>The Tallest Man on Earth
>Karnivool/Rishloo/Soen - Tool
>Silversun Pickups
>Pallbearer - Warning
>Airbag

Artists you can never discuss

elliot smith was a kid when nick died

novel thread idea

savages - siouxsie and the banshees (although I would compare their sound more to bauhaus)

Goo Goo Dolls - Replacements

Built to Spill - Modest Mouse

MGMT - Starfucker