genre shopping

Well one thing I have yet to do since restarting the site is to recommend music. I'd like to think that I'm into enough different genres that there's something for everyone, but that's for you to decide I guess. My first two weeks that I was back on my trusty p2p Soulseek (never could get into the whole torrent scene), I dived into screamo punk. For those unaware, screamo is basically (forgive me, purists) emo with screaming. Not that the old emo didn't have screaming. I was calling it screamcore for a while, but apparently it's the trend now and the trend's name is screamo. If you're not into emo or any music that involves screaming (or screeching in some cases), then you probably won't find much you like here. But I decided a while ago to stop being ashamed of liking emo. Some of it anyways. I can't seem to get into some of the big names like Thursday and Early November. I usually only like a few songs from each band too. Anyways, the line between emo and screamo is blurry, but these are the top 3 screamo bands I'd recommend. What I like is that they have a healthy dose of singing and screaming, not just the latter, and they also have some decent rhythm and riffs. These bands are Senses Fail, Silverstein, and Underoath. Underoath is the heaviest music (although violence is a very common theme with SF) and also happens to be a Christian band. I point this out, not out of discrimination that the whole band happens to be Christian, but that they are actually a 'Christian Band', in that they present certain themes. Not always though, I think it's mostly their older stuff, some of which was definitely trippy. But Thrice has a lot of religious undertones in their music too, and you'd never know it. Here's the best songs, in my humble opinion:
Senses Fail - The Irony of Dying on Your Birthday, Buried a Lie, One Eight Seven
Silverstein - Already Dead, Your Sword vs My Dagger, The Ides of March
Underoath - A Boy Brushed in Red...., It's Dangerous Business...., Reinventing Your Exit, Down Set Go

Now screamo is an extension of emo which is an extension of punk, so it wasn't too far out of my normal bounds to start a screamo collection, plus I also had Greg and Matt's help in exposing me to some of the bands I checked out (I must've downloaded 40 different bands). My next desired collection though will be harder to find my way into though. I know VERY little about the indie scene and it looks big. REALLY big. Plus I don't know many people to help me out. I'm getting some help though. Very diverse scene obviously, since the term 'indie' can refer to a whole thwack of different styles. So far, I'd like to recommend The Postal Service, Bloc Party, The Bravery, and strangely enough (you'll know what I mean if you check em out) Rilo Kiley.