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The Born Ruffians consist of Luke Lalonde on guitar and vocals, Mitch Derosier on bass and Steven Hamelin on drums. The band is a Canadian indie rock band presently signed to Warp Records. Their debut singles have had widespread airplay on CBC Radio 3, such as, This Sentence Will Ruin/Save Your Life and the single [...]

Formed in 2003, this Canadian indie folk band is from Ottawa, Ontario. The group is composed of Rolf Klausener (songwriter, vocalist, guitarist), Howie Tsui (guitarist, visual artist), Jeff Debute (bassist), Jeffrey Malecki (drummer) and Montreal’s Keiko Devaux (keyboardist). Devaux is the most recent member of the band, for he joined around 2006. The group is [...]

This indie rock/neo-psychedelia/experimental rock band started at Carleton College, winter of 2003. They have already released three albums: Tapes ‘n Tapes (2004), The Loon (2005-2006) and Walk It Off (2008). The group has four members: Josh Grier (Tapes 1), Jeremy Hanson (Tapes 2) Matt Kretzman (‘n) and Erik Appelwick (‘n). They also had former members [...]

Not too familiar? Maybe because they are not your common indie band. Most indie bands would go for rock music, alternative, punk, etc. But the Paper Cranes are more of a seaside music-hall melancholy (think bouncing-ball piano lines, sock-hop clap-along beat and a scarcely there set chorus of “oooh ooohs”) particularly blissfully inapt to go [...]

Although this indie electronic band’s career started in 1999, they seem to be more active in the year 2006 until the present. The group consist of Joseph Williams where the band name came from) who plays as the vocals, and utilizes melodica, synth and a laptop; Hayes Shanesy on vocals as well and guitars, Tyler [...]

This indie band has sure gone a long way! A real long way back, since 1990 with a compilation of Happy or Sad Wearing Your Anorak. This indie group has made it strong because until today, they are an active band. They have made a lot of compilations, flexi EP’s, Mini LP’s and Cd’s. The [...]

Read on to have an idea on the indie band named, The Faintest Idea. This indie group has four members who sure has an idea what’s going on around here. On the drums, the group has Martin Cannert, both Christopher Larkner and Daniel Svanhog for vocals and guitars and Joel Gorsch also on vocals and [...]

They sure had a lot of patience with their band for a sure success. This indie pop band was formed by Ray Proudfoot (vocals and guitar) and Keenan Dowers (Rhodes and electric organ and vocals) in Seattle, Washington. They both went to the same high school together so this made the bands foundation strong. Keenan [...]