Animal Collective > Battles

Melvins (page has done some questionable work in the studio, so minus points for that).
Throwing Muses (never heard tm, but anything is better than the breeders).
Low
Drive Like Jehu
Pre-Soft-Bulletin Flaming Lips
Nine Inch Nails
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
The Orb
Unwound
Portishead
Silver Jews
Sunny Day Real Estate
Elliott Smith
Autechre
Radiohead
Animal Collective
DJ Shadow

Melvins VS Helmet- Melvins
Breeders VS Throwing Muses- Breeders (for "Cannonball")
Codeine VS Low- low
Drive Like Jehu VS Fugazi- Fugazi
Early Mercury Rev VS Pre-Soft-Bulletin Flaming Lips- Mercury Rev
Nine Inch Nails VS Ministry- Ministry
Mogwai VS Godspeed You! Black Emperor- Mogwai
The Orb VS Orbital- Orbital.
Polvo VS Unwound- Polvo (haven't heard Unwound)
Portishead VS Massive Attack- Portishead
Silver Jews VS Sebadoh- Silver Jews
Sunny Day Real Estate VS Cap'n Jazz- Haven't heard of either, sorry.
Elliott Smith VS Smog- Smog
Aphex Twin VS Autechre- Autechre
Pulp VS Radiohead- Radiohead
Battles VS Animal Collective- Animal Collective
DJ Shadow VS Boards of Canada- Boards of Canada

Melvins!!!!!!!!!!
Breeders
Low
Drive Like Jehu
Early Mercury Rev
Nine Inch Nails
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Unwound
Sebadoh
Sunny Day Real Estate
Elliott Smith
Autechre
Radiohead
Battles
Boards of Canada

Agreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed. I don't understand how one would pick Smog over the best songwriter/lyricist/musician of the 24 and a halfth century.
And Pulp vs. Radiohead?! What the hell?! That's a bit unfair, I mean... Pulp sucks, Radiohead hasn't sucked in years. And even in that period where I say they "suck," it was only a few songs that sucked... and it's still far better than Pulp.

Sorry...?

The other ones, I'm not really gonna bother with, but... Cap'n Jazz or Sunny Day Real Estate, I'll take Cap'n Jazz, because they released completely incredible fucking music, and broke up. SDRE released two fuckin' great albums and then broke-up-ish... and then released some terrible stuff.
See also: Weezer.

Smith was very similar to Paul McCartney. He had that same "completeness" and balance about his compositions, without actually sounding like the Beatles.

Better lyrics, too. And way more interesting.

Smog / calahan is excellent.
I prefer his style to ES's: supper, river, knock, doctor, wild love, red apples etc... are excellent LPs from start to finish
+ he's got a very extended back catalogue, more extended as he's not dead yet
ha
I never said ES was bad, far from it, he's very good, i just find his songs more "generic".
me likey Smog, sorry

smog's just more interesting.

What a dull list of bands. Not one would I choose to listen to.

Yep. Though Battles are really good too, Animal Collective are superior. But I can't say I'm really objective about that - AC is one of my favorite bands

My thoughts exactly haha.