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Gnarls Barkley, Echo & The Bunnymen, The Cure, New Order, Dusty Springfield, Moby Grape, Eric B & Rakim, probably a few dozen others.
I don't know what you really mean by "easily encountered", but the artists I would probably have never listened without AM that I now love are: The Velvet Underground Nirvana Radiohead Stevie Wonder Talking Heads The Smiths Miles Davis And that's just in the top 40
I just realized that I never answered this question myself! Just off the top of my head: Lou Reed/Velvet Underground/Nico Franz Ferdinand Can Echo and the Bunnymen Patti Smith Tubeway Army/Gary Numan Sparks
moonbeam, yes you have. second post lol.
Oh shit!