Originally Posted by drawerfixer

Heya!

I have almost 19 gigs of music on my computer, accumulated over the years. However, much of these are tunes that I've found I just don't like. I got an iTunes gift certficate, and would like some help in finding music to fit my tastes. I'm hoping the audiophiles here at TFP can help.

Here are some artists that I tend to like. Granted, some of them are more for the music than lyrics (think John Mayer).

(Really like):
Dispatch !
Belle & Sebastian !
The Polyphonic Spree !
Jack Johnson
O.A.R.
Sublime
Common !
Tom Petty !
Crash Test Dummies !
Rage Against The Machine !

(Listen to alot):
311
Presidents of the United States of America (Yeah!)
Nirvana
Weezer
The Beatles
String Cheese Incident

(Pop junkie music):
Dashboard Confessional
Dave Matthews
Kanye West
John Mayer

I know some of these are all over the place, switching from Rage to Kanye to Dispatch, but I'm hoping there are some correlations in there. I'm mainly looking to expand my horizons in the direction of Dispatch, B&S, and bands of that nature. I've been hearing B&S on MTV the past week or so. Eek! Any TFP help on establishing indie music street cred?