Music Suggestions.

[Leftfield Shoegazer]

If you want to change your musical direction completely, I suggest you could hit post-rock territory by listening to Talk Talk's amazing album Spirit of Eden. OR, if you're feeling adventurous you could opt for the amazing voice of Scott Walker - trying the albums Tilt or Drift.

[shadowmac]

Wow. The OP is an expansive list.

I'll offer a band that I came across by accident and was so impressed that I bought their most recent album (at that time) the next day. This group will give even more variety to your list.

GREAT BIG SEA - Courage, Patience and Grit
This is a live CD and DVD - they are definitely worth listening to AND watching. They display a smatterring of influences from folk to REM to BonJovi; "Bob" one of the main 3 guys, plays more than a dozen different instruments...GBS is impressive.

Mac

[Iota]

Wow. The OP is an expansive list.

Yeah, it's awesome, isn't it? ...

[daranable]

Oh wow! I can't believe I forgot about these forums. Ty all for the suggestions I will definitely go through and try out all of your suggestions!

Recently I added a group that I am starting to like a lot called Metric.

Ty for the suggestions again all!

[stay awake]

Also try Al Di Meola for a jazzy twist, he's really good