I'm surprised I couldn't find a thread about it.

Blur
Gorillaz
Pet Shop Boys
Suede
Manic Street Preachers
The Divine Comedy
Pulp
New Order
Kula Shaker
The Pillows

More or less.

The Pillows
Noodles
The Beatles
Vivian Girls
Sparta Locals
Los Pepiniyoz
Pixies
Polbo
The Killers
Vampire Weekend

Fair mix of Japanese/English/Spanish-speaking bands

Mutemath
the pillows
Fields
Ben Folds
Ted Leo/Pharmacists
Coldplay
The Thermals
Acidman
Bump of Chicken
The Shins

No particular order, right? Also I'm playing with "Beatles and 60s music in general" clause so as to keep my focus on relatively new music.

the pillows
Ging Nang Boyz
GO!GO!7188
Sparta Locals
Kimura Kaela
the Strokes
Zazen Boys
Otogibanashi
Mass of the Fermenting Dregs
ART SCHOOL (took off RATM because it's been almost ten years since they broke up)

[quote="Jomei"]No particular order, right? Also I'm playing with "Beatles and 60s music in general" clause so as to keep my focus on relatively new music.

the pillows
Ging Nang Boyz
GO!GO!7188
Sparta Locals
Kimura Kaela
the Strokes
Zazen Boys
Otogibanashi
Mass of the Fermenting Dregs
ART SCHOOL (took off RATM because it's been almost ten years since they broke up)[/quote]

Mass would be in the list if it was a top 11 and not a top 10
I'm sure they'll make the list with the new album

Fucking awesome band

the pillows
Incubus
Dave Matthews Band
Interpol
Kimura Kaela
Eufonius
Paramore
Maximum the HORMONE
Dir en Grey
Gackt

Fuck, this was harder than I thought. I hardly have ten different bands on my media player.

[quote="NotSoFunnyBunny"]Dave Matthews Band
Paramore
Maximum the HORMONE
Dir en Grey
Gackt[/quote]

...
anyway

the pillows
Belle & Sebastian
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Tokyo Jihen
Neko Case
Monkey Majik
Number Girl (dead)
Zazen Boys
Stars
Joe Hisaishi (Studio Ghibli)

runners up: the one-album wonders, Death From Above 1979, and The Pipettes
Sparta Locals

[quote="GoldenRhino"][quote="NotSoFunnyBunny"]
Maximum the HORMONE
[/quote]

...
anyway
[/quote]

Let's not diss the HORMONE

bloodthirsty butchers
Number Girl
凛として時雨
the pillows
Wilco
Advantage Lucy
Midsummer
American Football
Mew
As Cities Burn

[quote="ThinlineTele"]Advantage Lucy[/quote]

Might make my list when I download some more.

>Notsofunny
Props for Kaela, slops for what GR pointed out. xD

[quote="GoldenRhino"]Belle & Sebastian[/quote]

Niiiiice! I love Belle & Sebastian.

Thinnline, I've been meaning to check out Mew. Reccomendations?

There's no way I could find ten bands of all time, but these are ten bands i've been listening to a lot lately.

Deerhunter
Grizzly Bear
Guided by Voices
My Blood Valentine
Big Star
Interpol (our love to admire was bullshit)
Panda Bear
The Stone Roses
Radiohead
Pavement

[quote="A.Fish"]Thinnline, I've been meaning to check out Mew. Reccomendations?[/quote]
frengers.

gonna hold off on making a list, i've been listening to so much different music its hard to pin my fav artists down to just 10. and the majority of them are defunct, since i haven't been listening to new music at all lately.

[quote="Raid"]Vampire Weekend[/quote]
no offense, but i think they're one of the most annoying indie bands ever. just saying. It's Men at Work for hipster kids.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNT7uZf7lew

[quote="Jomei"]

>Notsofunny
Props for Kaela, slops for what GR pointed out. xD[/quote]

Kaela is both beautiful and talented. I find it hard to dislike any of her songs.

I really listen to whatever I think sounds good anymore. Lyrics usually come second. MtH has some pretty catchy sounding songs, even though their lyrical quality is seriously zero. That and I need something I can run to when summer rolls around. MtH is very good to run to, because you constantly feel like you should be running away from whatever the fuck is blasting in your ears.

I can understand disliking Diru for their newer stuff, Gackt for his girliness, MtH for their insanity and Paramore, but you can't be suspicious of Dave. He's crazy like a river bends--in a good way, I think.

Top Ten edit (because I forgot some others):

the pillows
The Delgados
Eufonius
The Black Mages (if they would count)
Granrodeo
Jean-Jacques Burnel
Incubus
Dave Matthews Band
Kimura Kaela
Interpol

If I had to extend the ranks, Gackt, MtH, Porno Graffiti and Diru would probably come somewhere after.

I'm up for some suggestions if you guys are willing to give any. I'm not too musically cultured anymore, but I'm open to almost any genre. Most of my shit consists of what I listed.