Matador get props for Yo La Tengo, Bardo Pond and Guided by Voices. But there's not too many other bands signed to them that I really enjoy.
On the more experimental side of things, Kranky are a great label for ambient, drone, post-rock and general left-field music. They've put out some great stuff from artists like Grouper, Tim Hecker, Bowery Electric, Jessamine, Stars of the Lid, Windy & Carl, Jessica Bailiff etc.
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