I love the Field Mice, like Clinic, I'm neutral on all others except Madonna, who I think is one of the worst musicians of all time.

Sufjan Stevens - Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!)
Roky Erickson With Okkervil River - John Lawman
One Tough Cookie - I Didn't Want To Ask
Crywank - Hikikomori.
Surfer Blood - Harmonics
The Mountain Goats - Pale Green Things
The Allman Brothers Band - Jessica
Destroyer - Beggars Might Ride
So Many Dynamos - We Panic In A Pew
The Wild - The Saddest Thing I Ever Saw.

Not strictly on the theme but this might interest one or two people. I recently wrote a piece for my university paper titled Music Shuffle: Top Ten Guilty Pleasures.

The University Observer » Music: Shuffle – Guilty Pleasures - Ireland's Award-Winning Student Newspaper

my favs
 

in no particular order.....

serious bus stops - cant w8 4 xmas
my pet wife - love is in the hair
paedo chatshow - nevermind the botox
rummaging keith - i like gravy
salty bumloops - nananananana
mumzinjail - cant stop collapsing
quenty hands - internal telescope
dave the sheep - gimme scrapy
hiphoperation - your own personal cheeses
the warm backs - bagpipes at dawn

Here's my top 10:

10; stryper - christ on a bike going backwards
9; chesney hawkes - the one and only (griff jones devil mix)
8; mahoney - put your hands up
7; the laaa's - ***s kebabs n sh*gs
6; ere jon - new motor
5; palin - alaska sweetie pie
4; mad ras - elephants elephants
3; white van man - loaded spam
2; james joyce - i'm touching your sister
1; dram biue - shaken not spilt

Not one artist that I've heard of.

CCR - I Put A Spell On You
Pearl Jam - Gimme Some Truth
Crooked Fingers - Mansion On The Hill
The Killers - Enterlude
Mary Wells - The One That Really Loves You
Neil Young - Peace Valley Boulevard
Santo & Johnny - Sleepwalker
The Strokes - Fear of Sleep
Louis Prima - The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round
Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues

One of my favorite 5 rock instrumentals ever.

i like ccr and neil young, and the strokes and the killers are okay. i hate pearl jam. everything else i haven't heard of.

crucif*cks - hinkley had a vision
ofwgkta - blade (earl sweatshirt)
zounds - can't cheat karma
night birds - no way home
jfa (jodie foster's army) - zimbobwe
elvis presley - devil in disguise
husker du - how to skin a cat
wu tang clan - wu tang clan ain't nothin' ta f' wit
vivian girls - the desert
big black - bad penny

a very nice mix.....although ironically the only two i don't think i've heard are the two you picked as favorites :)

Naevus - Hasty Bastard (Silent Life)
Psychic TV - Southern Comfort (Allegory And Self)
Ottawa - Desensesitized (Ottawa/Jihad Split 12")
The Thermals - Liquid In, Liquid Out (Now We Can See)
Depeche Mode - Shake The Disease (101)
The Thermals - Now We Can See (Now We Can See)
David E. Williams - I'm In Love With Ambulance Driver (I Have Forgotten How To Love You)
Alkaline Trio - Bleeder (Alkaline Trio)
Descendents - Bikage (Milo Goes To College)
Texas Is The Reason - Dressing Cold (Texas Is The Reason)

Hi bob...
Depeche are in my top 5 all-time fave bands, I quite like the Thermals if it's the same group as did the song called "How We Know"... Psychic TV bring back memories too...

1-1 > BRIAN ENO > Music For Airports
Schottkey 7th Path > APHEX TWIN > Selected Ambient Works 85-92
Stop! In The Name Of Love > DIANA ROSS > The Ultimate Collection
All Cried Out > ALISON MOYET > Ultimate 80's (Union Square) Disc 3
Range Life > PAVEMENT > Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
Moses Law > MAD PROFESSOR > Escape To The Asylum Of Dub
Adam's Song > BLINK 182 > Enema Of The State
A Harder Version . AGGROVATORS > At The Controls
Inferno > ALIEN SEX FIEND > Singles 1983-1985
End > MOGWAI > Ten Rapid

^ Not familiar with all of those songs, but Adam's song is definitely one of my favorite Blink-182 songs, which is a great band.

Nonpoint-Bullet With A Name
Halestorm-I Get Off
Simple Plan-I Can Wait Forever
Green Day-Whatsername
Linkin Park-Numb
Snow Patrol-You Could Be Happy (not my favorite band of these, but a great song in my opinion)
The Turtles-So Happy Together
Shinedown-Second Chance
Alice In Chains-Them Bones
Lifehouse-Smoke & Mirrors

A lot of new rock bands, which aren't the best but I listen to them on occasion. I really like Alice in Chains and that LP song.

Milano - Sigur Ros
Schottkey 7th Path - Aphex Twin
On the Front Line - The Casualties
The Dead Flag Blues - Godspeed You! Black Emperor
What Difference Does it Make - The Smiths
Inside the Fire - Disturbed
Dream of Mirrors - Iron Maiden
Hangin Tree - Queens of the Stone Age
Royal Orleans - Led Zeppelin
Secret Fire - Death