I don't think there'd be too much R.E.M. love on here but I'm a huge fan. All periods.
First four or so Screeching Weasel albums hold up for me. Avail, Dillinger Four, early Samiam, Swingin' Utters - I like 'em.
UFO rule, more soulful than most of the hard rock of that era. Some of it almost sounds like Maggot Brain. First Chicago (Transit Authority) LP too.
Hip-hop-wise I really like Earl Sweatshirt despite liking almost none of his contemporaries.