All time is difficult....favorite for awhile is
www.easternstandardtime.com. I'm just a sucker for good horns.
I think all time though, the one band i'll never grow out of is Operation Ivy. I'm 30 and have been listening to them since i was 15. Punk Rock gets no better. No matter who you like, nothing describes music better than:
[Sound system gonna bring me back up, one thing that i can depend on]
"Try to describe to the limit of my ability:
Its there for a second
Then it's given up what it used to be
Contained in my music somehow more than just sound
This inspiration coming and twisting things around
Because you always know that its gonna have to go
You always know that you'll be back in the cold.
Point of depatrure sublimated in a song
Its always coming to give me that hope for just a second
Then its gone but!
[Chorus] Sound system gonna bring me back up...one thing that i can depend on[Chorus]
Static pulse inside of music bringing us escape
Its always temporary changing nothing in its wake
Just a second where were leaving all this shit behind
Just a second but its leaving just this much in mind:
To resist despair that second makes you see
To resist despair because you cant change everything
To resist despair in this world is what it is to be free
[Chorus]
Wake up turn my box on
Bust the shade let the sun in
times getting tougher bout time to start runnin
Box in my hand music by my side
Skanking to the rhythm of the music by my side"
http://www.plyrics.com/o/operationivy.html
I just love 'em. Musically and lyrically. They almost make me want to be liberal, not quite...but almost.