OMG. That's just too hard! I'm going to really piss off Swish and give three lists of 5.

My non-prog, non-Canadian list would probably be the same as Swish Daddy's except I might replace Spoon with Ray Lamontagne. Although I would have to give Spoon honourable mention along with Josh Ritter.

Wilco
The Decemberists
The Shins
Ray Lamontagne
Andrew Bird


My prog list would include:

Threshold
Ritual
Riverside
Porcupine Tree
Dream Theater

And then there's the Canadian stuff which most of you have probably never heard (although, most Canadians have probably never heard this stuff either).

Luke Doucet
Rose Cousins
Three Days Grace
The Trews
Justin Rutledge