1.
shoegazer-ish soundscapey stuff (cocteau twins, early his name is alive, & actually most 4AD bands)
2.
trip-hop & electronica (that bristol sound soothes my soul - gimme tricky, massive attack, and portishead, then toss in bjork, lamb, ruby, and cornelius, please)
3.
britpop (catherine wheel, blur, radiohead, elastica, house of love, trashcan sinatras, ride, charlatans, ned's atomic dustbin)
4.
80s "alternative" (NIN, depeche mode, the cure, new order, book of love, echo & the bunnymen, anything that you could comfortably wear black to listen to
)
5.
trance (uplifting, dark, psy, what have you)
6.
female vocalists (from ani d. to ella f. and back again)
7.
indiepop & post-rock (heavenly, chisel, tortoise, trans am, stereolab, fonda, the field mice, unrest, flin flon, beulah, takako minekawa, 33.3, god, this one's endless...)
8.
industrial (the old stuff - skinny puppy, kmfdm, my life w/ the thrill kill kult, frontline assembly, front 242, die warzau, pankow, pigface...)
9.
torch songs (practically anything ever written by cole porter, j. mercer, etc.)
10.
classical (baroque, baby, baroque)
[This message has been edited by vertigo (edited 10 November 1999).]