Okay, I'll give this one a shot, though it's more like "Top 5 things Floid finds in his playlist and wants to mention:"
1. The Elevator Drops - $7 Single
2. Julian Cope - Dance By the Light of the Bridges You Burn
3. The Beta Band - Dry the Rain
4. Schneider TM - Reality Check
5. R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (entire album on endless repeat)
Edit: Oh, yeah, as part of my open conspiracy to help The Elevator Drops get more popular than they are,
samples here, though the encoding on the Quicktimes is downright awful -- they have
good production on the actual CDs. One member's side project
over here with some real MP3 sound, both sites require Flash, doot doot doot.