Hey mace, i'm new also and i think this place is great, those are great bands, my top 5 right now are :
!. Minus the bear
2.Gomez
3.the weakerthans
4.eric hutchinson
5. wilco
oh yeah does everyone know that the man who fronts the boondock saints is also the creative force behind the movie of the same name, they did most of the sountrack....awesome. in my humble opinion