ok check out the Guardian's of the Galaxy awesome mix vol.1.  it's really cool just google it.

Retro new wave is pretty dope

Well, is there anything specific you're looking for? Maybe you'll get better suggestions if we had something to go by.

But in the meantime, let's throw out a few genres and see what sticks.

Dance-Punk: Death From Above 1979, LCD Soundsystem, Liars

Glitch-Hop: Baths, Tobacco, Kids & Explosions

Heartland Rock: Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, the Menzingers

IDM: Flying Lotus, Aphex Twin, Tycho

Math Rock: Battles, Don Caballero, Shellac

Experimental Dubstep (Not the wub-wub kind): James Blake, Mount Kimbie, Burial

Shoegaze: My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Deerhunter

Chamber Pop: Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, the Beach Boys

Post Punk:Gang of Four, Joy Division, Public Image Ltd.

Psychedelic Pop: the Beatles, Animal Collective, Olivia Tremor Control.

Indie Folk: Neutral Milk Hotel, Andrew Jackson Jihad, the Mountain Goats

And for a few of my personal favorites: Bomb the Music Industry!, Big Black, Captain Murphy, Gogol Bordello, Streetlight Manifesto, MF Doom, and Danny Brown.

Sorry for the big list, just wanted to help out a bit. If there's any more songs you want me to suggest, just name a few bands (or pick a few off of this big-ass list) and I'll see what I can do.

Diamond Dave - The Bird and The Bee
War to End All Wars - Yngwie Malmsteen
My Land on Fire - Introspeccion
Through the Wind - Highlord
Purpleborn - Signum Regis
Lord of Eternity - Gaia Prelude

Jace- My Serenade
Plumb- Blush (remix)
Eveanescence- Going under
Jena Lee- Mon Ange
Infinite- Back
Sia- Elastic Heart
Imagine Dragons- Who we are
Lana Del Rey-Summertime Sadness

What the hell-avril lavigne
If today was your last day-nickelback
Innocence-nightcore
Skys still blue-Andrew belle
Try-colbie caillat
My immortal-eveanescence

"Collider" Jon Hopkins
"Edgar" Modeselektor
"Entertainment" Garden City Movement
"Feel Real" Deptford Goth
"Gooey" Glass Animals
"Home Recording" Mount Kimbie
"Hurt (Pedestrian Remix)" Ursa Minor

Black Sabbath- N.I.B. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNKttM…
A$AP Rocky- Goldie www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNKFCl…
Oval- Ah! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0MWfJ…
Blackalicious- First in Flight www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1FME7…
Peggy Lee- Black Coffee www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3dgaB…
Tricky- Feed Me www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFK2r0…
Joni Mitchell- Help Me www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOEE-k…
Reverend Horton Heat- Bales of Cocaine www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpoE6y…
The Black Dog- Raxmus www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuWjYC…

I just posted up one of my original songs. By all means. please feel free to
listen to it and tell me what you think. I'll post up a download link to the
song shortly.