Link1) Sufjan Stevens
2) The National
3) Kanye West
4) LCD Soundsystem
5) Sleater-Kinney
6) The Hold Steady
7) Green Day
8) The Fiery Furnaces
9) The Decemberists
10) Spoon
11) The Mountain Goats
12) My Morning Jacket
13) Fiona Apple
14) Rogue Wave
15) Bright Eyes
16) Kelly Clarkson
17) Death Cab For Cutie
18) Animal Collective
19) Ryan Adams
20) Crooked Fingers
21) Kings of Leon
22) We Are Scientists
23) Devendra Banhart
24) Okkervil River
25) MF Doom
26) Gwen Stefani
27) Andrew Bird
28) Black Keys
29) Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
30) Two Gallants
31) American Analog Set
32) Sunno)))
33) The Juan McLean
34) Giant Drag
35) Iron & Wine
36) Wilco
37) Antony & the Johnsons
38) Out Hud
39 John Vanderslice
40) Explosions In The Sky
Umm, The Wrens have been inexplicably left off. However, note that these are the top 40 American live acts. So all you big fans of Coldplay out there, don't complain.