Здравствуйте

I've recently decided to learn Russian without the aid of classes (since none are offered in my area), so I'm getting together everything I think I'll need to accomplish this successfully. I have the first set of Pimsleur CDs to help jumpstart my pronunciation skills, a good grammar book, dictionary, '501 Russian Verbs,' and even a book of short stories that has English on one side and Russian on the other. This site looks very helpful, too!

I'm currently a German major at college and have gotten quite good at that. What helped me a great deal was having a variety of German songs to listen to over and over again, which improved my ear for the language. I'm confident that having some Russian songs would help me in the same way.

The only problem is that I have no idea which songs or even which groups are worth investigating. In my time here in the States I've only heard the names 'Ленинград' and 'Тату.' All in all I have about 6 Russian songs - a decent start, but not enough.

So my question: Could anyone give me a few names of groups that they would highly recommend?