Anybody wanna take a stab at listing let's say a top five of favorite bands or performers you would consider current? I don't wanna make things difficult or anything, so I'll make the guidelines only that they must have released a recored within the last 2 years and their first record should be from the 90s at the earliest. I'll list five in no order...

The White Stripes
Erykah Badu
Massive Attack
Beck
Handsome Family

Just a starting point. I'm sure there are active artists I just haven't heard enough of or that have pretty smallish outputs that would otherwise make the list. Some of my favorite recent records are from people that I've only heard the one record from and would have to hear them put something more out before I'd add them. I should I could probably pretty easily expand the list to a top ten or more even of folks with decent output, but I wanted to make it limiting so I'm not even gonna mention 'em.

Who else wants to make a list?