Some of these are far fetched but give 'em a try
Matt Pond PA- Try Guided By Voices, AM/FM, Beulah, Ambulance Ltd, The Capitol Years, or Earlimart.
Rilo Kiley- Try The Elected (also on SubPop), Mercury Rev, Blonde Redhead, Magneta Lane, or Sarah Dougher/The Crabs.
Decemberists- Mmm try Neutral Milk Hotel, Broken Social Scene, Trembling Blue Stars, Arab Strap, Hood, Quasi
Braid- Cap'n Jazz/ Joan of Arc, No Knife, Hey Mercedes, The promise ring, Jawbox, Sunday's Best/ The Jealous Sound
(Owen- American Football {which you probably already are aware of the connection there}. try East River Pipe, Elliot Smith, Lou Barlow, or Archer Prewitt)
Metric- Try Magneta Lane, New Pornographers, Guided By Voices, Imperial Teen, Russian Futurists, Freezepop, or Robots in Disguise
I haven't heard of the last four. I'll check em out though
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