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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
Poll: For which artists/bands will you buy their next album they put out, unquestionably, without reservation, without reading a review, or hearing any of the songs, or knowing the title. Please do not include bands that are not reasonably likely to release any more new albums -- yes I would buy a new Beatles album, but there's not going to be one.

For me, it's
AC Newman, Arcade Fire, Belle & Sebastian, Bravery, Bright Eyes, Da Band (ahhh, I wish), Damien Rice, The Darkness (though I haven't gotten around to it yet), The Dears, Dizzie Rascal, Feist, Fiery Furnaces, Flaming Lips, Franz Ferdinand, The Game, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Green Day, Greenhornesm, GNR (I guess . . .??), The Hives, Immaculate Machine (Katherine Calder's band -- New Pornographers family), Inara George, Interpol, Jack White, Jay-Z, Kaiser Chiefs, Killers, Lowest of the Low (again, I wish), Ludacris, M.I.A., Mack 10/Westside Connection, Maximo Park, Moby, Morrissey, New Pornographers, Radiohead, Rilo Kiley, The Shins, Sigur Ros (though, once again, I haven't got around to it yet), Snow Patrol, Stars, The Streets, The Strokes, Tegan & Sara, Tenacious D, Transplants, White Stripes, Wilco, Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The saddest thing for me about making this list is that for a very long time, this list was one band, the Tragically Hip, and now they don't come close to making this list.

So, who ya got?

My list is not that long, but here goes:

Garbage (I hear they have broken up again, however), Radiohead, Muse, Weezer, Travis, Pretenders (I can dream, can't I?), Killers, Pixies, Gorillaz, The Like, any band including either Tim Locke or Zac Maloy, Crowded House (sigh), Neil Finn, Morrissey (this is a fence-sitter for me based on his recent stuff, but now that I'm in with his keyboardist, I have to be up on his new stuff for the next tour)

In past years, I would have included REM, but they burned me pretty good with their last 4 or so albums.

As far as commentary on your list goes, that Yeah Yeah Yeahs album was horrible, though I still like Maps (it is in my head as I type this, in fact). Some of the other bands on your list are quite likeable, but don't fall into the no-questions-asked category for me (e.g., Kaiser Chiefs, The Bravery, Snow Patrol, Interpol).

Top of my list for impossible ones that I wish could put out another album would be Sublime.