I love the strokes' first album but everything after that is a bit patchy for me ): cage the elephant is cool. I really don't like arctic monkeys, I liked them when I was first getting into music but they got really old really fast for me. some of their songs are really good, though. I love vampire weekend and I think their last album was their best so far!! I feel like they really matured; while the first album was fun enough, and the four or five really good songs were REALLY GOOD, I feel like they had the potential to do way more and that potential was realized with the last one. it feels much sadder. I like that. and mac demarco is pretty good as well. check out salad days, pretty solid album.
my favorites are modest mouse, animal collective, radiohead, yo la tengo, the brave little abacus, sonic youth, jeff buckley, red house painters, the national, elliott smith, teen suicide, the wrens, the world is a beautiful place & i am no longer afraid to die, oneohtrix point never, midwest pen pals, sufjan stevens, built to spill.... etc. I listen to a lot of emo, which I will shamelessly admit. I like to think my taste is pretty diverse. music is my favorite thing so I spend a lot of time seeking it out and listening to it and making it.