Originally Posted by Expletive Deleted

In that case, EitS are infinitely better than every single band you mentioned. The only band that even comes relatively close is The Arcade Fire, but I still wouldn't consider them good enough to even make an album that could match the brilliance of How Strange, Innocence.

However, I still wouldn't call EitS the best band of the past 5 years, I was just commenting that I was going to see them live. I'd pick Broken Social Scene or Mono.