your list is a good list. Thanks for taking the time to list the bands out with your own notes. Very helpful.
I will follow your style and add a few more.
Jack Johnson: Guitarists at bars and beach destinations will play his single guitar/melodies as much as they’ve played Jimmy Buffet for years.
Fall Out Boy: Extremely complex (maybe even confusing) lyrics and hard rock rifs. Fun band with a unique sound.
The Offspring: A one-of-a-kind voice fronts this band. Their music is often a bit irreverent. They’re a 90’s band (you gotta keep ‘em separated) but they’ve continued to make music.
Paramore: Very young group (I think they were teenagers when they formed) with a solid female vocal lead who belt out edgy lyrics and hard rock beats. They also have some ballads.
Cake: They use a lot of different instruments in their music (trumpets, violins) and their lyrics are often hilarious. They make exceptional use of 2 channel sound, with competing instruments playing right and left channels against and with each other. Another band with a unique vocal sound as well.
Weezer: These guys are musical geniuses but they don’t take themselves too seriously.
Been listening to Foster the People, 2 Door Cinema Club and forever a Strokes fanatic.
There is a interesting band (new to me) called Tame Impala and another called Foxygen worth giving a listen