I've gotten the bug to buy about $200 worth of major label (or or very well known) CDs again, so I need some good suggestions. Rock, pop, country, rap, whatever.

So what are your favorite major label bands that I don't know about?

Wilco
3Ds
Acetone
Air
Aislers Set
Apples in Stereo
Beachwood Sparks
Beat Happening
Bedhead
Belle & Sebastian
Bettie Serveert
Beulah
Bonnie Prince Billy
The Boxhead Ensemble
Franklin Bruno
Buck
Bunnygrunt
Calexico
Calla
Cat Power
The Cat's Miaow
Chappaquiddick Skyline
Circulatory System
The Court and Spark
The Crabs
Cub
Damon & Naomi
Death Cab for Cutie
The Delgados
The Dismemberment Plan
Sarah Dougher
Dressy Bessy
Early Day Miners
Elf Power
Elysian Fields
The Essex Green
Edith Frost
Future Bible Heroes
The Gentle Waves
The Go-Luckys
Go Sailer
Godspeed You Black Emporer
The Halo Benders
The Handsome Family
Heavenly
Helium
Holiday
Ida
Idaho
K.
Karate
Kings of Convenience
Kiss Offs
Kleenex Girl Wonder
Komeda
The Lilys
Liquorice
Lois
The Lookers
Low
The Lucksmiths
Magnetic Fields
Barbara Manning
Marbles
Marine Research
Mascott
Mates of State
The Mendoza Line
Microphones
The Minders
Mirah
Mojave 3
The Mountain Goats
Movietone
Neutral Milk Hotel
The New Pornographers
The New Year
Nothing Painted Blue
Will Oldham
The Olivia Tremor Control
Palace
Papas Fritas
Parcels
Pastels
Pedro the Lion
Pernice Brothers
Joe Pernice
Pharmacists/Ted Leo
Rainer Maria
Red House Painters
The San Francisco Seals
Sarge
The Scud Mountain Boys
The Secret Stars
Shins
Sigur Ros
Sloan
Smog
The Softies
Songs: Ohia
The Spinanes
Starlight Mints
Stars
Swearing at Motorists
Toomey, Jenny
Tsunami
Tullycraft
Tuscadero
The Verna Cannon
Virginia Dare
White Stripes
Wolfie
Yo La Tengo

Sorry Penny Lane -- you clearly know little to nothing about music. All of those artists are actually indie. In the changing tides of musical definitions you have obviously not kept up with what us elites think.

He asked for some good major label band suggestions, and I know you were just enthusied about these small time bands that somehow were placed on a big time label, but they are not "Major Label Bands" They are actually Indie Bands on a Major Label. BIG difference.

thanks,
Curtis