it took me almost to hours on rateyourmusic :)

I haven't heard of Combustible Edison or The Amazing Crowns. But The Talking Heads are far too hard to pin down, I am claiming them for Scotland personally ;).

I used Wikipedia, which is why I made a good few mistakes and forgot a lot of bands.

I used to have my music organized through Google Earth. I could click on each state or province or country and a folder with all the music from that area would pop up. It was pretty cool.

You should do it again. Then make a list. For this thread.

There's no way I'm going to be able to do this...but I'll try

Alabama: P.S. Eliot
Alaska: Portugal. The Man
Arizona: Andrew Jackson Jihad
Arkansas: Listener
California: The Mountain Goats
Colorado: Laura Veirs
Connecticut: My Heart To Joy
Delaware: Joshua Fit For Battle
Florida: This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb
Georgia: The Wild
Hawaii
Idaho: Josh Ritter
Illinois: American Football
Indiana: Ghost Mice
Iowa: She Swings, She Sways
Kansas
Kentucky: Daniel Martin Moore
Louisiana: Neutral Milk Hotel
Maine: Ray LaMontagne
Maryland: Ponytail
Massachusetts: The Saddest Landscape
Michigan: Paul Baribeau
Minnesota: Doomtree
Mississippi: One Reason
Missouri: The Republic Tigers
Montana
Nebraska: Tilly and the Wall
Nevada
New Hampshire: Jason Anderson
New Jersey: Titus Andronicus
New Mexico: Beirut
New York: The Hold Steady
North Carolina: Bowerbirds
North Dakota
Ohio: The National
Oklahoma: Audra Mae
Oregon: The Thermals
Pennsylvania: Snowing
Rhode Island: Deer Tick
South Carolina: Iron & Wine
South Dakota
Tennesee: Madeline Ava
Texas: Okkervil River
Utah
Vermont: Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains
Virginia: Wow, Owls!
Washington: The Microphones
West Virginia
Wisconsin: Bon Iver
Wyoming

Add Washington DC: The Max Levine Ensemble

I missed 10, but I tried. There were so many bands I love from Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, California, Washington, Oregon and New York that it killed me.

I was hoping you'd post in here just to get The Hold Steady a little New York love.

Unfortunately, I got logged onto GE one day and all my placemarks were gone. And after all the work I did organizing it, I was like... well screw that. :/

I will make a list if I get time tonight.

Nice choices!

Vegangelica is totes the best artist from Iowa.

I think she may be the only artist from Iowa.

how dare you

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