Peter, Bjorn and John - Writer's Blockthe only reason i ever heard this band was because the cd player at my old job broke, so i turned the radio on and heard their 'Young Folks' single. checked out the rest of the album on a whim and...it is solid and catchy enough to enjoy the first time around
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV4Rt4lKgasBand of Horses - Cease To Beginnot as sweeping or 'grand' as their first album (less reverb) but the songwriting is just as strong...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK716RqoUmsBlack Lips - Good Bad Not Evili first got turned on to these guys a couple years ago by a co-worker...they were some dirty sounding garage rock tunes that were pure pop through all the mud...the sound's been cleaned up a little sing, with songs about serious subjects that are too fun and catchy to be stuffy or self-righteous...some killer lo-fi garage pop/rock tunes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QxwA4ZCioIThe Black Angels - Passoverthis entire album is sometimes vaguely, sometimes blatantly about the war in Iraq, without sounding like a recently converted college activist...if you like nico or spacemen 3 you will love these guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT3oe9U_L_EMotorhead - Overkillcause Motorhead fuckin rocks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb052CExbUIBlack Keys - Rubber Factorytwo white kids from ohio do the blues right...how does that voice come out of that guy?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoG3TACGXZo&mode=related&search=Vulgar Boatmen - Please Panicmuch thanks to DU's own enigmatic for turning me on to these guys...an effortless swirl of roots, country, with heavy influences (not always evident) from buddy holly, bo diddley, and so on...this is one of those bands that unquestionably had the talent to make it big but got chewed up in the music industry instead...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m6Jdiea8GURedman - Dare Iz A Darksideone of the best rappers ever, with the best album he ever did - the production and rhyme play speaks for itself...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw4cMsTuiYEQueens of the Stone Age - Rated Rdirty, heavy, ass kicking rock'n'roll music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScgERsqzUhQHank Williams III - Straight To Hellnot your granddaddy's country (not even his own) - country for people who hate country
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbKwF36o3JA