Rage Against the Machine is really awsome. Nickleback, not so much.
Here's what I am going to dub "Arcteryx's Official Totally Kick-ass Music List," cause these kinda of threads seem to come up a lot, and it'd be nice to have a list I can just ctrl+v.
My Morning Jacket
Franz Ferdinand
Johnny Cash
Interpol
Hot Hot Heat
The Vines
The Streets
Deltron 3030
Handsome Boy Modeling School
MF Doom
Madvillain
Gorrilaz