Music recommendations? (Velvet Underground, Television, The Fall, Pixies, more inside)?

Question

Looking for a new artist or album to check out with some kind of similarity to at least one artist off this list. New or old, obscure or popular, doesn't matter. If you could add a little description on who they're most like, that'd be great, but doesn't make too much of a difference.

Velvet Underground
The Fall
Television
Pixies
Richard Hell & the Voidoids
Can
Slint
Comus
Tom Waits
Gang of Four
NoMeansNo
Streetlight Manifesto

Answer 1

As for artists that sound like Gang of Four or The Fall...check out these...
-Bloc Party
-The Rapture
-LCD Soundsystem
-Franz Ferdinand
-Kaiser Chiefs

Just in general, you could check these guys out...they seem to be somewhat similar to those you listed...
-Spoon
-TV on the Radio
-The White Stripes
-Phoenix
-Radiohead
-The Caesars
-Peter, Bjorn & John
-Cold War Kids
-The Decemberists
-The Shins
-Kasabian
-Modest Mouse


I mean, I can hardly think that you haven't heard of some of these, but even so they are probably worth checking out.

Answer 2

William Elliott Whitmore ----> Tom Waits/Johnny Cash sound and vibe