Brand New is one of my latest bands that I like. They're an indie band from Long Island who play soft, almost Starflyer 59 segments, and then loud, Vheissu-era Thrice segments. They have a new album out, titled The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me. All around they're just a pretty cool band, and I'm running out of things to say, so that's it.
Recommended listens: "Sowing Season(Yeah)," "Jesus Christ," and "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad."
I hardly know anything about these dudes in Coheed and Cambria, but they make some of the best music on today's music scene. "Welcome Home," is a loud, crazy, and dramatic single for their newest CD, titled, (clears throat) Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Vol. 1: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness. And that's pretty much all I have to say about them, so just listen.
Jack and Meg are the two minds behind The White Stripes. They were originally married, but then they divorced, but for some reason decided to KEEP the band. They continue to put out successful and brilliantly written music. Albums like Elephant and White Blood Cells are prime examples of this. So just check 'em out when you can(unfortunately they don't have a purevolume or MySpace that I can find).