I just never really went for Husker Du, even when I was really into punk and its off-shoots.
Mark Kozelek has released some material under his own name (including an acoustic cover of AC/DC; I'm not sh*tting you), but he's famous for being front man for the Red House Painters (indie/slowcore outfit of the 90s) and Sun Kil Moon (a sorta indie band of the past decade; two original albums, with one bizarre Modest Mouse cover album). I'm not sure what genre I'd definitely put his music under; certain albums veer certain ways (slowcore for early RHP work; folk for some of his later stuff). Guy had a rough life growing up -- which isn't unique, really, but it's really reflected in his voice, especially on Songs for a Blue Guitar and onwards.
His lyrics are just unbelievable. Phenomenal imagery with a kind of economy of ideas that's really not paralleled; there can be comparisons to Elliott Smith and Nick Drake, but whereas those two were rather upfront with their anguish, Kozelek sounds reflective, and almost resigned.