a few genre threads worth linking:

coldwave/post-punk:
http://www.echoingthesound.org/commu...wave-Post-Punk
jangle/paisley underground:
http://www.echoingthesound.org/commu...ey-underground
synthpop/italo:
http://www.echoingthesound.org/community/threads/944-Synthpop-Italo-etc
power pop:
http://www.echoingthesound.org/commu...5-Power-pop!!!
music with ethereal female vocals:
http://www.echoingthesound.org/commu...-Female-Vocals
factory records:
http://www.echoingthesound.org/commu...actory-Records
60s girl pop:
http://www.echoingthesound.org/commu...l-group-greats

BANDS:

suede:
http://www.echoingthesound.org/commu...-London)-Suede
chromatics:
http://www.echoingthesound.org/commu...817-Chromatics
wire:
http://www.echoingthesound.org/commu...reads/949-Wire
xeno & oaklander:
http://www.echoingthesound.org/commu...-amp-Oaklander