[Rez]

strictly 2000s?
bands that started in the lst 6 years and going strong since:

The Books (3 amazing albums)
Mum (also 3 amazing albums)
explosions in the sky (3 amazing albums)
jackson and his computer band (1 amazing album so far, but extremely promising)
junior boys (1 fantastic album, one more soon)
junior senior (2 albums i can't say are amazing but i love them. second one way way better than the first)
LCD soundsystem (i think technically had their first crappy single in 99, but it been all amazing afterwards, couple of year-defining eps and an excellent album)
lightning bolt (ok, i'm getting out of the decade but seriously, wonderful rainbow and hypermagic mountain. get on that boat if you arent)
M83
manitoba/caribou
mu
sigur ros (eeh, no. but america knew them in 2000. and honestly 98's von isnt great...)
tv on the radio (blindingly good ep, followed by a not-as-good but excellent lp, now being followed by a better lp... not to mention they're exciting as all hell)
the avalanches (1 album in 2000. motherfucking classic, though)
polmo polpo (2 albums, last one is in my top 5 of all time)
apparat (glitchy, trickd out electronic madness... yet. incredibly listenable.
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE (probably the best of the lot. the only reason i'm not so incredibly excited that i thought of them first was because i'm personally attatched to other records. but this is consistenly amazing shit. new tracks played like are going to make the next album an absolute must)

also, i'm going to have to say what everyone else repeats up to an annoying point about coldplay. BENDS-ERA RADIOHEAD SLAMMED THROUGH A STARBUCKS FILTER WITH A DASH OF INSECURITY AND A DOUBLE DOSE OF REVERB.
well, maybe not all that, but that band epitomize how the top can be reached by being in the middle of every spectrum. they're unloathable, but they're still not any good.

Dido=Moby=Death.