Hello! David, the bands to check out were Lovedrug and The Wails. Wait, do you read this? I think you do. Hmm... Better X-post!

Also, I love 'Cornered' by Mike Baldwin, 'Pearls Before Swine' by Stephen Pastis, and 'Cyanide and Happiness' by somebody? Good comics! Links follow:

http://www.ucomics.com/cornered/index.phtml
(click through the archives too! they're all pretty great!)

http://www.comics.com/comics/pearls/
(same advice as above!)

http://www.explosm.net/comics/
(Jan 14-18 are especially sly)