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hey, i was wondering if you could reccommend some indie american or canadian bands who havent made it international yet. i want to be ahead of all my friends!! ive already checked out death cab for cutie, guster and the postal service and i really like them. and im in the middle of downloading songs by the academy is and dashboard confessionals. so maybe something like that? thanks v much.

imogen heap
this providence
he's not famous..but rocky votolato has great music..listen to "white daisy passing" great song.
Jack's Mannequin
INCUBUS
Franz Ferdinand
Arctic Monkeys
Although they're not exactly indie..Phantom Planet is a good band in general…
SECONDHAND SERENADE
The Academy Is…
The Feeling
BEN FOLDS (FIVE)
BECK
Ben Lee
Bloc Party
Cold War Kids
The Decemberists
THE DRESDEN DOLLS
The Fratellis
Head Automatica
THE HUSH SOUND
The Killers
NADA SURF
THIS WORLD FAIR (listen to Don't Make Me Wait)
Pretty Girls Make Graves
The Raconteaurs
R.E.M
Regina Spektor
Sherwood (listen Song in My Head)
SNOW PATROL (listen to Signal Fire)
The Starting Line
The Strokes
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Thursday
The White Stripes (more rock than indie)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Album: Return To The Sea 2006

Born from the indie-pop ashes of the favorite underground band The Unicorns in 2005, Return to the Sea is the debut album of a great new Canadian band (Montreal to be exact). In fact there has been a lot of good music coming from Canada lately (Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, New ographers, Feist, etc.) and Islands are riding that wave. Where The Unicorns (and a lot of other similar bands from the indie rock tree) were chaotic, lo-fi experimenters in the stranger side of indie-pop, Islands are a much more mature and emotional band, adding a variety of new instruments to their repertoire, some unusual to what you’ve heard from other indie-popsters (i.e. strings, accordions, upright bass, etc.) for a much more adult and often whimsical sound. You don’t have to be a fan of The Unicorns or indie-pop in general to like this album , all you need is two functioning ears and two hands to clap along.

What really stands out for me in this album is the ludicrous and often surreal lyrics like “You can Scoop out my brain /Shape it into an ear and then tell me your pain” –just par for the course in this album. The most appropriate way I can describe these guys is that they’re strangly lovable and lovably strange. It’s too bad that this band doesn’t get more exposure and recognition.

Much thanks to Equator Records for releasing this album. ISLANDS ARE FOREVER!
Go buy the rest of their albums too.

My personal favorites are
Rough Gem
Volcanoes
Swans (Life After Death)

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Every month, London Public Library, Ontario, Canada supports local teen talent by providing a free venue for independent bands to offer a public show. This is a couple of songs from the January 2009 performance by o Time Travel.

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The End by Andrew F from his debut album Reckless Abandon (May 22 2008)

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I dunno..I love a lot of English and American groups naturally..but a lot of my fav's are Canadian..what do you guys think?

Sam Roberts
Broken Social Scene
Arcade Fire
Feist
Great Lake Swimmers
Handsome Furs
Wolf Parade
Apostle of Hustle
Darn it…check them out..(depends on your taste of course)
R Tam - Interesting point…well thought out..thank you

The Canadians have sure been prolific and put out some great music…

U.S. indie/alt:

Sonic Youth
The Black Keys
Grizzly Bear
Interpol
The National
Of Montreal
The Hold Steady
Spoon
Okkervil River
LCD Soundsystem
The Ponys
Wilco
White Rabbits

It is a toss up in my book to say they are better or worse than Canada or Europe.