Canada

ingenious and infectious - upbeat rock that'll surprise and delight listen after listen - great friggin' music - great friggin' lyrics - don't pass this over

The Pixelators are an electropop duo based in Toronto, Canada. Sarah Dylan sings and plays acoustic guitar, and Harrison Jordan plays synth and sequencing.

Sometimes light and spacious, at other times eerie and dense with an ominous weight, this self titled album touches upon Velvet Underground, The Zombies or This Heat while not really having any obvious precursors – a lo-fi masterpiece cloaked in layers of vibrato and guitar wash.

3 peoples: one ukelele, one guitar, and more than one drum come together from other places and make some bang up indie pop with extremely cool experimental vocal harmonies and driving rhythms. If you haven't heard these cats yet you will... or if you won't you should... or just listen already! Aren't you tired of reading my ramblings?

grrrl with a farkin piercing voice makes up for a poppier sound than I prefer in my punk rock, so it's not complete crap - takes punk in new directions which I like very much - who said "punks dead?" - stream the entire Anthologie Des 3 Perchoirs Album here

Emotion stirrers, as great artists oughta be, done with their introspective honesty and passionate songwriting. This is rock, very good rock. Here you'll find them stripped down: acoustic guitar and glockenspiel. Four songs: Burn Your Life Down, Back In Your Head, Dark Come Soon (my fav), The Con, and an interview.

Unique wailing vocals that remind me of Native American chants. Anthem rock with elaborate arrangements featuring huge arrays of musicians. Their debut album funeral was arguably the best indie release of 2004.

Baroque pop supergroup (19 members): utterly creative and beautiful. Download their entire 2005 self titled album free here in real media format courtesy of Arts & Crafts.

urgent music with a message - tries to avoid gangsta rap clichés and posturing - vocal style comparable to Eminem - you think you know hardcore? - K'Naan, a Somali, knows hardcore

Come get clever lyrics and experimental beats/samples to satisfy your esoteric hip hop tastes. Plenty of tracks from his first LP Breaking Kayfabe & new release Afterparty Babies.