- Filligar
- Mean Creek
- Tender Mercies
- Margot and the Nuclear So & So's
- Young the Giant
- We Are Augustines
- The Barr Brothers
- Brad Byrd
- Cold War Kids
- The Head and the Heart
Check those bands out, they all have interesting styles but they make it work. Mean Creek opened up for the Counting Crows when I saw them in Minneapolis and they were very good and are a new band.