This is by no means a complete list of bands endorsed by Strangecult.com, but it is pretty close. If you find a broken link, let me know. (Or better yet, tell me what the correct one is.) Bands with a (review) next to them have had something profound and terribly kiss-ass written about them on the music reviews page.

If you'd like to see who's playing in the Sacramento area this month, please consult the Local Music Links at the bottom of the page.

Above the Orange Trees
Air
Dot Allison
Alpha
American Analog Set
Barry Andrews
The Aquabats
Arab Strap
Audio Out Send
Autour De Lucie
Azure Ray
Baby Bird
Brian Ballentine & Friends
Anton Barbeau
Belle & Sebastian
Belly
Richard Belzer
The Ben Steinert Assault
The Beta Band
Bettie Serveert
Bif Naked
The Billy Nayer Show
Binary Dolls
Birthday
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Blood Hag
Blonde Redhead
Boards of Canada
Boy Tiger
Richard Brautigan
Bridge & Tunnel
Bright Eyes
British Sea Power
Brother
Buckner & Garcia
Built Like Alaska
The Buggles
Wiliam S. Burroughs
Cake
Call & Response
Call Me Ishmael
Calla
Captured by Robots
Cat Power
Catherine
The Catherine Wheel
Centro-matic
Chachi Jones
The Church
Cibo Matto
Clinic
The Clocks
Comet Gain
Julian Cope
Sarah Cracknell
Crash*star
The Creatures
Crime in Choir
The Cure
Curve
Daisy Spot
Dandy Warhols
Darling Violetta
Death Cab For Cutie
Death in Vegas
Deathray
Deimos
The Delta 72
Depeche Mode
DEVO
Dexy's Midnight Runners
Dido
Dr. Frank
The Drama
Drip
Dubstar
Dusty Brown
Dusty Trails
Dutch Girls on Bikes
Dungeons & Drag Queens
Electrogroup
Elk City
ENT
Estereo
Esthero
The Evening
Far
Justin Farren
Firesign Theater
The Flipsides
Flood
Frank Jordan
Ruebi Freyja (review)
The Frogs
Fruitbat
Fugazi
Future Bible Heroes
Gaea Spore
Grandaddy
The Gentle Waves
Go National
Jacob Golden
Golden Shoulders
Goldfrapp
The Good Life
The Gothic Archies

Grandaddy
The Groovie Ghoulies
Mark Growden
Guided by Voices
Dana Gumbiner

Gus Gus
The Haints

Har Mar Superstar
Headboard

The Helper Monkeys
Her Space Holiday
Homo Erectus
Hooverphonic
David Houston
I am the World Trade Center
The Innocence Mission
Jackpot
Nick Jaina
Bobby Jordan
Joy Division
Junkster
K's Choice
Kaito
Kally
Kentucky Slim
Christian Kiefer (review)
Killing Buddha
King Black Acid
Kissing Tigers
The Knockoffs
Kostars
Ladytron
Lamb
Laptop (review)
Las Pesadillas
Sandi Leeper
Le Tigre
Les Drageurs
Tom Lehrer
Life is Bonkers
Lifeliner
Lily Frost
Little Guilt Shrine
Little Tin Frog
Longwave
The Long Winters
Looper
Low
Low Flying Owls
Lush
Madness
The Magnetic Fields
The Mallrats
The Man O' Malleys
Man or Astroman?
Mary Lou Lord
Mates of State
Mazzy Star
MC Hawking
Men With Guns
Mercury Rev
Stephin Merritt
Milemarker
Milwaukee
Rusty Miller
Model A
Modest Mouse
Mogwai
The Moldy Peaches
Mono
Mono Puff
Morcheeba
Morrissey
Moth Spy
Moxy Fruvous
The Mr. T Experience
Mt. Saint Mt.
Mulu
Muse
The Musical Drum Key
My Bloody Valentine
My Merry Malady
Sarah Nelson (review)
Nevada Backwards
New End Original
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Nutty Boys
No Kill I
Now It's Overhead
Olive
Olivia Tremor Control
One Dove
Onelinedrawing
Orisha
Over The Rhine
Amber Padgett
Park Avenue Music
Parker & Lily
The Passengers
Peach Union
Pedro the Lion
The Pernice Brothers
Persephone's Bees
Petrol
The Phenomenauts
Jeff Pitcher
PJ Harvey
Pocket for Corduroy
Poe
Popgun
Portishead
The Postal Service
Elena Powell
Preston School of Industry
The Proles
(review)
Pyre
Radar Brothers
Radiohead
Ramona the Pest
Razorlily

The Red Elvises
Red Star Memorial
Red Planet
Red Tyger Church
R.E.M.
The Reindeer Section
Jonathan Richman
The Riff Randals
Rilo Kiley
The Rotten Apples
Royal Crown Revue
Rubymar
The Rum Diary
Saint Etienne
Sammy
Hope Sandoval
Sarge
Save Ferris
Scout
Kevin Seconds
The Secret Band (review)
Secret Chief 3
The Secretions
Shady Minuet
Matt Sharp
Sigur Ros
Sing-Sing
Siouxsie & The Banshees
The 6ths
The Skirts
Sleater Kinney
Sloan
The Smiths
Smog
Snakefarm
Snake River Conspiracy
Sneaker Pimps
Snow Patrol
Snubnose
The Softies
Soma Sonic
Sparklehorse
The Spells
Spiritualized
Splendid
Spyglass
St. Simon 3
Stars of Stage & Screen
Statistics
Stellastarr*
Stereolab
Stereophonic Space Sound
Strangeways
The Stratford 4
Suede
Suggs
Superficial Hero
The Swords Project
They Might Be Giants
Tortoise
Emiliana Torrini
Tuscadero
Tycho
Umbravox
Underworld
U2
Varnaline
Velvet Chain
The Velvet Teen (review)
Velocette
Violet Indiana
Vitesse
Ana Voog
Lee Bob Watson
Weeping Tile
Weezer
Whistler
Logan Whitehurst & The Jr. Science Club
The White Stripes
Windsor for the Derby
Xenophilia
XTC
Yellow 6
The Youth Symphony

Local Music Links:

Old Ironsides (usually 21+)
The Blue Lamp (21+)
True Love Coffee House (all)
Capitol Garage (all)
Luna's Cafe (all)
Espresso Metro (all)
Beanheads (all)
The Fox & Goose (21+)
Placerville Coffee House (all)
The Distillery (21+)
Harlows (21+)
The Crest Theater (varies)
The Boardwalk Orangevale (varies)
G Street Pub-- Davis (21+)

LoCalMuSac -- spiffy local zine!
No Kill I's Inbred band project
K.D.V.S. --UCDavis Radio
Sacramento News & Review
and
ALIVE & KICKING
(yes, I know the link goes nowhere)

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