I didn't like Dead Soul Tribe much. And PW are one of my favourite bands, but only because of Social Grace. For some reason everflow doesn't do it for me at all and beyond that I get the feeling they weren't even trying.
And Watchtower were really amazing. Although I agree they didn't make it easy for Alan Techio (sp? it's been a while) with their material and all. Jason McMaster was comparably quite better at sounding less strained and emotionally valid over that material. Oh, and Watchtower are also back together which is very nice.
As to confessor, I really dig the way he sings, really. He's rarely 'on the note' but there's some emotion there, and in good contrast to the mechanistic music.