I've been wanting to get into Laurie for awhile actually; I'll take your post as a sign that I should get rolling on that, lol.
A few diggables on my end-
Giant Squid - Metridium Fields
Modern avant-garde metal full of some surprisingly cool ideas, with a fair amount of beauty thrown in for good measure. Fans of folk-metal and Tool..start your engines!
Arthur Russell - Another Thought
Now this here is quite something - it's a terrific blend of progressive pop and post-punk, a "what if
Gary Numan,
Tom Waits and
The Police decided to cut a record together?" scenario, and has probably popped up on a few other radars around here besides mine at some point.