Austin Newcomers initially had an electro-rock sound. Their second EP showed a matured lyrical direction and a departure from their earlier sound. Their current sound has more in common with indie-rock bands such as The Strokes and The Libertines.

Explore to find moody, haunting soundscapes, intricate layering of guitars and voice, reflections on change and loss, and the desire to see things for what they really are.

Indie rockers with a sound that pays homage to classic power pop and New Wave, the Canadian band the New Pornographers made a major impact with their 2000 debut album, MASS ROMANTIC. Something of an indie supergroup, the band includes members of Zump…

One of the most celebrated new bands of 2004, the Arcade Fire came out of Montreal's vibrant music scene with a melancholic, cinematic sound equally redolent of '80s heroes like the Cure and Echo & the Bunnymen and latter-day orchestral-rockers Mercu…

Toronto band Do Make Say Think began as the psychedelic-influenced instrumental improvisations of bassisttrumpeter Charles Spearin guitarist Justin Small and drummer James Payment The band grew to include keyboardist Jason MacKenzie and multi-instrum…

Joshuas Habit mixes the old school spirit and attitude of the classic rock era on stage with an energetic modern rock sound that is explosive and edgy.

Born in Mogadishu Somalia just as the civil unrest that rocked the country was beginning rapper KNaan spent the early years of his life trying to avoid death and listening to the hip-hop records that his father who had left Somalia earlier sent to hi…