my response to the challenge

"a" as in animal collective
"b" as in beck
"c" as in cat power
"d" as in drive by truckers
"e" as in eurythmics
"f" as in foo fighters
"g" as in gillian welch
"h" as in (the) helio sequence
"i" as in iron & wine
"j" as in jolie holland
"k" as in kaiser chiefs
"l" as in ludacris
"m" as in (the) mountain goats
"n" as in neutral milk hotel
"o" as in ozzy osbourne
"p" as in (the) postal service
"q" as in queens of the stone age
"r" as in radiohead
"s" as in spoon
"t" as in tool
"u" as in uncle tupelo
"v" as in vampire weekend
"w" as in wilco
"x" as in xoxo, panda
"y" as in yo la tengo
"z" as in (the) zombies