Silver Apples-"Silver Apples" (1968)/"Contact" (1969)

The first electronic band? Did Can crib some of their sound from them?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB_bQhy6_N4
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MX-80 (Sound)-"We're an American Band"

an older one from 1981: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIHBehzE5l8

The guitarist, Bruce Anderson, plays like an angry Robert Fripp, which is a good thing.
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the Walkmen-"A Hundred Miles Off"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9NIPDeoPvM
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Stuart Staples-"Leaving Songs"

Tindersticks' leader does solo album that sounds exactly like Tindersticks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWj7IEWpcxA