I've been trying to find some new bands to listen to, but haven't really been successful in finding something I really like in this particular category.
Dark, spacey, and kinda trippy is good (though doesn't necessarily have to be constantly slow paced). Radiohead and Smashing Pumpkin's Adore album are examples of what I likes.
If anything comes to mind, name it! New, old, whatever. :]
I cant' really vouch for them, but my friend really likes The Birthday Massacre. I don't know, I'm not really up on the music scene anymore, so you may already know about them and have ruled them out. But they seem to fit many of the criteria you listed.
Dark:
-Jack Off Jill
-Murder By Death?
-Dead Poetic
-The Dresden Dolls
-Evanescence
-My Chemical Romance
Spacey:
?
Trippy:
-MGMT
-Fight Like Apes
All of the above: None
You might like Silversun Pickups. They match up fairly well with Radiohead and Smashing Pumpkins. Actually, if you go into Shoegazer music (Silversun Pickups, Lush, Magnetic Morning, My Bloody Valentine), you might find a bunch you like. It's super slow paced tho...
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'Evanescence' is good if you stick with the first album. The second one is mostly pop music
dude...i'm tired of telling people this. Fallen is the second album. Open Door is the 3rd. Open Door isn't horrible like people like to think either. Definitely the first 2 Evanescence albums tho. Give the 3rd a listen if you so choose.
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When I hear dark, spacey, and trippy, I think of Archive and Portishead immediately. Boards of Canada might not be a bad way to go if you don't mind instrumental music.
Home Video is awesome, it's kind of like if Thom Yorke's solo album was slightly danceable. Early Clinic (namely Internal Wrangler and Walking With Thee), Slint's album Spiderland, Moderat (download their song Rusty Nails at least, I think it's their best), and um... that's all I can think of at the moment.
you know why birds don't write their memoirs? because birds don't lead epic lives, that's why. who'd want to read what a bird does? nobody. that's who.
Buck-Tick is a pretty cool band and his mid-to-late 90's period meets the criteria that you're looking for (perhaps some songs are a little bit The Cure-ish). However, don't know how you feel about J-rock...