What are some good musicians/bands I should check out?

How non-mainstream do they have to be? Do you mean new to you, or just new? Here's about 70 bands. Good luck in your quest.

Jawbreaker

Les Thugs

Kudzu Wish

Seaweed

The Prids

Flogging Molly

Rock*A*Teens

The Epoxies

Erase Errata

Mekon's

Pretty Girls Make Graves

Motormark

Sleater-Kinney

The Thermals

Wipers

Misfits

Die! Die! Die!

Rocket From The Crypt

Die Mimmi's

Fugazi

Wire

Slant 6

Grade

X-Ray Spex

All Girl Summer Fun Band

Built To Spill

Minor Threat

Superchunk

Gang Of Four

The Raveonettes

The Gossip

Leatherface

Hot Water Music

Jawbox

Mates Of State

American Steel

Hutch(90's Portland)

Mission Of Burma

Dead Low Tide

Miss Derringer

Pogue's

Janis Martin

Green Circles(00's Portland)

Scared Of Chaka

Blitz

The Queers

Small Brown Bike

Minutemen

Black Flag

The Sonics

You Say Party! We Say Die!

Friction(90's, "Hours Of Operation")

Les Savy Fav

Sissyface(90's Portland)

X

Screeching Weasel

Flamingo 50

Jets To Brazil(1st album)

Sham 69

Bikini Kill

The Hot Toddies

Roxy Epoxy & The Rebound

Undertones

Archers Of Loaf

Dirty Three

The Night Marchers

Bad Brains

Hot Snakes

Telephone(00's Portland)

Magnetic Fields

Fight Like Apes

This Is My Fist

Wet Confetti

The Minds

Talkdemonic

I only really know metal but here are some of my favourite bands.

Female fronted bands (Starting from lightest to heaviest)

-Paramore

-Flyleaf

-Kells

-Within Temptation

-Evanescence

-Kittie

-The agonist

-Arch Enemy

-Iwrestledabearonce

Male bands:

-Tool

-The butterfly effect

-radiohead

-nivarna

-Rage Against the Machine

-Disturbed

-Mudvayne

-Killswitch Engage

-Slipknot

-Bring Me The Horizon

These range from Punk Metal to Deathcore...Sorry i don't know any lighter stuff, but these are very good bands. If you want REALLY unknown bands, For female vocals, Kells, A french metal band will do the job (La Sphere is there best song) . For heavier stuff, Eths, A french screaming band, Also, The Agonist.Kittie too, I'd suggest the untill the end album, it's the only good one...

For unknown Male bands try The Butterfly Effect, An absolutily AMAZING Australian band which is just mind blowing live... Mudvayne is Pretty unknown too, they're heavier and some of the lyrics are kind of dark. But then again most of these are dark..

Hope this helps!!!

listen to Florence and the Machine!

they are absolutely amazing! And they released their debut album last year.

Another great band is Vampire Weekend. Don't be put off by the name. Their music is very much indie and kind of reggae, not emo or anything as the name may suggest. Excellent stuff.

others:

Lisa Mitchell

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Sarah Blasko

Kate Miller-Heidke

The Cat Empire

Mumford and Sons

Death Cab for Cutie

Grizzly Bear

Some of the best contemporary bands in my opinion...

Biffy Clyro

Editors

Mumford & Sons

Reverend & The Makers

Regina Spektor

Green Day

Enter Shikari

Kasabian

Delphic

Parlor Mob

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool

Friendly Fires

Here is all kinds of genre's that are sadly unknown because they are great. I promise you will love them!

against me

anthony green

atmosphere

bayside

brand new

breathe carolina

bright eyes

caspa and rusko

charlyne yi

circa survive

city and colour

cocorosie

damien rice

elliot smith

fake blood

ghostland observatory

gudda gudda

imogen heap

jack johnson

jay brannan

joanna newsome

lisa mitchell

mgmt

modest mouse

postal service

passion pit

rocky votolato

straylight run

tegan and sara

yann tierson

yeah yeah yeahs

ziggy marley

Fejd Arcana Krauka Pendulum The snow fall BA a million: No. BA 2: Supernatural. Faceoff. actual Blood. WWE. remarkable Race. BA 3: i do not dig comedian books. i'm no longer an all out fan on video games, yet i'm getting my fingers on in spite of the truth that i'll. Tekken sequence, King Of warring parties sequence, WWE sequence, tremendous Mario Galaxy sequence, Pokemon sequence, metal equipment sturdy sequence, and Spyro The Dragon are a number of my favorites. BA 4: person-friendly! The Triangle.

how about an idea of what kind of music you like...?

well if your ZenDup how about you check out the album Zen Arcade by Husker Du, pink turns to blue is a good song to start off on

me personally im stuck on the band mission of burma right now

ah, you know what the band morphines not that bad either

...the raincoats too

Check out Spacehog- Beautiful Girl, 2nd Avenue, Almond Kisses, Anonymous, Lucy's Shoe to get you started. Matt Krause (me) on myspace music search

Regina spector

lynyrd skynyrd

nirvana

red hot chilii peppers

the jimi hendrix experienxe

radiohead

out of the world bands!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!