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I'd suggest a great DJ called Girl Talk. Great stuff, each album is like one big song that blends together, and most of his stuff is available free online.
I'll link you to a few songs from one of my favorite groups: Infected Mushroom. They've mostly been doing electronic music but they always like to mix it up with different styles of music. Over the years they started incorporating a lot of electric guitar to their music, which makes for some great sounding stuff.
Their music is pretty varied so it's hard to give you a good idea of what kind of music they make.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSDgl4LC4Jc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWV4TIb776Q
Doves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjU_9D2q-rM
Mew
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-S0qJS9mG4
Manchester Orchestra
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DGbwFD_THs
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-v90jFiWrs
Broadcast
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw5ztuhEat4
Hopefully that'll be a nice jumping off point.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGcKtAYhZdc
Every try Jawbreaker
Same singer/guitarist
Justice
Danger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr-iawLvNr4
Passion Pit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxL9Hod_qCY
Death From Above 1979
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haSnf9K9iWs&feature=PlayList&p=971B8D8CFB2BFB09&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=1
MSTRKRFT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tPDIiJWVwA
The Crystal Method
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_w-NCLBBcg&feature=fvsr
The Black Ghosts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVAdxmd0RdA
Little Boots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJM68s5UAis
Friendly Fires
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyA8zfouG4Y
Cansei de Ser Sexy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cnOvMFnRvs
Memory Tapes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phAhpKvOq-E&feature=related
If you like Memory Tapes i'd check out MGMT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad-tgbtbCEM&feature=player_profilepage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jXxHXSTsPs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kyq0cA8fPE&feature=PlayList&p=E95868173C2C42A0&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=9
Ghostland Observatory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyMWA4jDNWU
This is what I could think of off the top of my head, I'll try to update it later.
Can you give more examples of the "mellow" bands you listen to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1hZVDLkJDc
Ratatat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64liF2VuLxI
Phoenix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iYRg1A_piM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5cgzcjqOtE&feature=fvst
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8kgu6rf0Ek
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZzA00JjOkg
And some good music from some mates I went to school with:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feA64wXhbjo
Whole song builds up to the end!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8md51JnCNFQ
I second the MGMT, and trail of the dead.
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs:
Also, second on Mew... they're pretty awesome.
Their music is pretty varied so it's hard to give you a good idea of what kind of music they make.
First up is Poquito Mas from their latest album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi4_bAWuKJQ
Can't Stop, also from the latest album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv_zMvRu7bY
Artillery from the previous album, for something different (sound quality seems a bit weird on the youtube versions)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jubAbKm842Y
Something different again, from a much older album
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuzal3B6UcI
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http://www.cl-rec.com/pod/podcast
It's pretty nice.