ween, radiohead, hayden, the mars volta, the rapture, belle and sebastian, stereolab, sparklehorse, !!!, outhud, air, gogogoairheart, trans am, ladytron, moving units, fischerspooner, adult, mount sims, prefuse 73, aphex twin, bjork, pj harvey, nick cave, tom waits, vincent gallo, erland oye, shneider tm, beehive and the barracudas, manu chao, plastilina mosh, the faint, portishead, antipop consortium, public enemy, the black keys, the violent femmes, tricky, the notwist, broadcast, fog, boards of canada, sigur ros, massive attack, underworld, solvent, soviet, los aterciopelados, calexico, antibalas afrobeat orchestra, tortoise,fourtet, blonde redhead,felix da housecat, danger mouse, hieroglyphics, the boredoms, mogwai, babyland, david bowie, david byrne, neil young, lou reed, the residents, thought gang, julee cruise...i tried to leave off some of the more obvious ones. also, i'm not getting into blues or country, cause you can fill in the music history blanks, can't you? sure you can.