I love you dude, get their new album "Menos el Oso", if you haven't already. Oh and "They Make Beer Commercials Like This" as well, both are amazing.
I haven't looked through much of this thread, but i'll just throw out some bands that i'm really into right now, a lot have probably been mentioned already, but you never know. I was gonna mention Minus the Bear and The Decemberists, but they've been covered already.
The New Pornographers
The Hold Steady
Sufjan Stevens
My Morning Jacket
Dismemberment Plan
Destroyer
Belle & Sebastian
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Sparklehorse
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
Metric