Vancouver

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.

"Music is the new pornography." - Jimmy Swaggart Canadian indie rockers whose sound is highly influenced by such power pop bands as The Cars and Cheap Trick, although their songs are generally of a greater melodic and harmonic complexity. - Wikipedia

the tenth release from vancouver-based 'the dirty spoons'. this one is a bit of a departure from their regular noise/ambient electronic stuff, being a mix of processed samples based around toys and children's instruments.

you can't put em in a box - what genre to select? - folksy for sure - their slam poetry style brings a strong hip hop influence, but lacks its heavy beats - their intense lyrics are brash and thought provoking - i really dig the track: Grafitti Sex

minimalist yet not at all boring - drawing from psychedelic and post-punk eras with throbbing rhythms, hammond organs, and searing guitars - thinking sonic youth mating w/ fat momma cass - sorry if you're picturing that in your mind right now - ok no i'm not