Two current interests: Vampire Weekend and Beach House. Both had new albums drop in the last couple months.
All time echelon?: The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Television, Modest Mouse, Nick Drake, Neutral Milk Hotel, Nirvana, Built to Spill, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Pavement (my god they should have been earlier in the list), Townes Van Zandt, Yo La Tengo, Tom Waits, Pixies, Radiohead (especially in rainbows), Neil Young, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Dinosaur Jr., Arcade Fire, Credence Clearwater Revival. ehh you get the idea