The Fray are sweet. I hear the Artic Monkeys are finally getting some recognition too. Aaaaand White Stripes.

White Stripes newer stuff pisses me off. Icky Thump is a bit too self indulgent for my liking.

I don't know what we mean by mainstream here... but I'll put down kasabian, radiohead and the strokes as my current faves. Even though the latter two haven't done anything in a while.

The Fray annoy the living bejeezus out of me.

:yikes: ! that is a really really awful thing to say.

@MHDTV
i like what they have done and the past and i personally did enjoy stadium arcadium. they each offer soemthing seperately. i love me some funky bass lines.

Shop Boyz.

Crowded House are still a perennial favourite of mine, and make consistently good mainstream music.

Radiohead, Tool, RATM, APC, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and that's about all.

The first step to recovery is admittance son. Just kidding, I can't resist them either.

Oh, it's enjoyable, and Rick Rubin does a great job letting rock's best modern rhythm section do their thing, but it's just so indistinctive. Michael Balzary+Chad Smith=Awsomeness incarnate.

Modest Mouse, Muse, Hello Goodbye...... not sure of any others.