Black Eyed Peas: I hate hip-hop, but I liked the way Fergie acted on a personal level, in interviews and stuff, plus their music seemed to be something other than the usual hip hop, something "cosmopolitan" somehow all in tune with modern times. To my surprise, I actually enjoyed it. Same goes for Dead Mau5 and Alicia Keys... Oh and reggae in general, you can blame GTA IV for that lol
My favorite band lately? Superheavy. It's a "power band", it has one of Bob Marley's sons, Mick Jaegar, Joss Stone, Will.I.Am (or somebody else from Black Eyed Peas) and this other fellow I keep forgetting. It's very very interesting, it has a strong reggae mood to it, but it's not reggae at all, a lot of jazz soul and rock around it too.