Voxtrot - Up an coming Indie Pop band who haven't put out an LP yet but have 3 good EPs out so far:
Raised by Wolves
Biggest Fan
Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives
I'm sure most people have heard plenty about Califone by now (they have like 8 or 9 full length albums now) but I haven't seen them discussed much and just wanted to point out that their most recent album really is fantastic:
Califone - Roots and Crowns
My favorite music review site (CMG) rated it the 3rd best album of 2006 and tried to explain it in one sentence:
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combining the most adventurous experimental impulses with sheer pop accessibility, pinging everything from postpunk to modern electronica to some unknown ‘50s musician trying out their amp in different corners of the room just to judge the resonance.
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And finally, for those who really liked The Format, here is an older CD (2005) with a similar melodic/rock feel that I've pretty much never heard talked about anywhere (which I suppose could be a bad thing?).
Let Go - Let Go
Anyway, you can stream it all
here.
A good starting place would be "No Drugs, No Alcohol"