Which five bands (who are active today) would you sign?

Your choices can be bands that are already signed. Just pick a fantasy roster.

Mclusky
Planes Mistaken For Stars
Hot Snakes
The Bronx
Racetrack

Radiohead
Shellac
PJ Harvey
Q and not U
Motorpsycho

1. Form of Rocket (yeah, you heard me)
2. Melt Banana
3. GoGoGo Airheart
4. the coolest punk band currently based out of Paris, France (no idea who they are, but it's fantasy, so i'll find them, thanks)

and maybe this is cheating, because it's not fully confirmed that they're active today, as required, but...

5. Slint

1.) Einstürzende Neubauten
2.) Tocotronic
3.) Tomte
4.) Sonic Youth
5.) my own crappy band!

Mclusky. The Blood Brothers. Desaparecidos. thisGIRL. Biffy Clyro.

Off the top of my head.

MC Hammer- hes doing auto loan commercials and I know he's got a gem of an album he's just waiting to release. Its just to ahead of its time.

kevin mcmahon (prick, lucky pierre) under whatever moniker he felt like
shellac
the breeders
apple is the animal, a friend's band
my band, whatever it winds up being called

Desaparecidos

Are you serious? There's, say, Fugazi, and then there's, say, Propagandhi, and then there's, say, At the Drive-In, and there's this band from Edmonton whose name escapes me and then there's Desaparecidos.

I do not get the Bright Eyes thing either. The Shins doing Tom Waits covers.

jimmy buffet
usher
avril lavigne
gretchen wilson
big & rich