Aww man. People give country a bad rap. You've just got to find the right music is all (a.k.a. avoid the radio like a bat from hell.) artists like Johnny Cash & Karen Dalton or, for a newer artist, Alela Diane and radio shows like Prarie Home Companion will guarenteed make you change your mind about it, trust me.
Ok, for other kinds of music...let me just steal from what I've been listening to lately-
Ceremony(hardcore punk)-"This Is My War"
Alela Diane(New Wierd/Folk)-"Foreign Tounge"
Minor Threat(old school hXc punk)-"Filler"
Nick Drake(folk)-"Road"
Orchid(old school screamo)-"Aesthetic Dialect"
Catherine Wheel(brit pop/shoegaze)-"Judy Staring At The Sun"
Bikini Kill (riot grrl, girl punk rock)-"Suck My Left One"
Sleater Kinney(punk, riot grrl)-"Oh!"
Devendra Banhart(God incarnate, New Wierd/Folk)-"Inaniel," "Carmensita," "At The Hop,"...really, anything
Airiel(shoegaze)-"Swimming Through Us"
Norma Jean (indescribable awesome.Only Bless The Martyr And Kiss The Child, though.)-"Face: Face"
Fugazi (post hardcore, emo)-"Recap Modotti"
Rites of Spring (post hardcore, emo)-"For Want Of"
Tim Buckley(old school folk)-"I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain"
Jeff Buckley(folk, 90's, grunge) feat. Elizabeth Frazer (of the amazing shoegaze/etheral/post punk band Cocteau Twins!)-"All Flowers In Time"
Temple of The Dog-"Say Hello 2 Heaven"
Shakira-"Hips don't lie (bamboo remix)"
Jzabehl-"It's all about me"
hope this helps!