best artists in the last 15 years

Shadorne

Here are some of the better "new" bands I like:

Manu Chao: Latin Punk with Reggae shadings: best live band = to the Clash on his best nights--blew Radiohead off the stage last Friday in SF

Lucinda Williams: nobody does "blue" better than her

Gotan Project: hypnotic mix of electronica and tango from Argentina

Paul Kelly: one of the best singer songwriters out of OZ

Hot Chip: best merging of UK electronica and Prince style funk

Jesus Alemany: best Afro-Cuban jazz

The Raveonettes: Buddy Holly meets Jesus and Mary Chain filtered with Danish cool

Los Lobos: world class musicians who play like they have been together four decades--which they have

Sigur Ros: dream like soundstages that reflect their Icelandic roots

Anthony & the Johnsons: a voice so fragile and emotive

Keren Ann: French torch singer who sounds like a smoke and beer in some distant cafe in Paris

Los Abandoned: multi-cultural punkers who recall X

Tokyo Police Club: one of the best emerging bands from Montreal

Rodrigo & Gabriela: Mexican buskers exiled in Ireland--acoustic like you have never heard it

Cold War Kids: best band out of Orange County--literate in style to Dylan and Waits

There are so many. Hope I don't miss the key ones

Radiohead
The white stripes
Spoon
The Black keys
Ryan adams
Conor Oberst (Bright eyes)
Wilco
The flaming lips
The future sound of London (93+)
Goldfrapp
Basic Channel
Boards of Canada
Air
Death cab for cutie
Did I say The Black Keys? ;-)
Pole (Arty dub)
Deepchord( Dub made simple)
Massive attack
Bjork
Cat Power
Amon Tobin- there is nothing else like him
Tory Amos
Autechre- There is nothing else like them
Biosphere
Coldplay
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Medeski Martin and wood
Bill Frisell (could be more than 15 years)
The Raconteurs
Norah Jones
Stereolab ( unique)
Little Wayne
The Roots
Low
Dixie Chicks
Ladytron
Kings of Leon (highly underrated)
Beck
Sigur raus
Belle and Sabastian
The Kills
Tom Waits
M.I.A
K&D
Daft Punk
The Chemical brothers
Aphex twin ( could be more than 15 years)
mum
Elliot Smith

These aren't in my top 15 necessarily but with a quick scan they didn't catch my eye:
Alexi Murdoch
Anjelique Kidjo
Carolyn Wonderland
Brett Dennen
Teddy Thompson
Radney Foster
Gomez
KT Tunstall
James Hunter
Ozomotli
Nickel Creek
Jakob Dylan
Ryan Adams
Kasey Chambers
Gabriel Y Rodriquez
I'm sure a few are previously mentioned but just to expand the list.

Vienna Teng

radiohead, the white stripes.