Has it really been a year since I featured three up and coming Canadian indy bands? Let's fix that right away. Here's three Canadian acts you need to check out:
1) Foam Lake
Foam Lake are seasoned veterans of the Canadian indy rock scene, having been in bands like The Blood Lines, Slow Down Molasses and The Warbrides. Foam Lake just put out their debut album, Force and Matter, in November 2011.
The band sound a lot like Wire crossed with Depeche Mode. They have solid post-punk and indy rock sensibilities, and add in a nice flourish of electronics in many places in their first album.
http://foamlakeband.com/
2) Rob Crooks
From Winnipeg, Rob Crooks plays a noisy mix of indy rock with plenty of experimentation. As a member of hip-hop collective Magnum K.I,, he made some intriguing hip-hop. Hearts, his 2012 release, sees him abandon hip-hop (for the most part) for oddball experimentation, feedback and singer-songwriter sensibilities. Thing of him as a low-rent, mosquito bitten Canadian version of Beck and you have a close approximation as to how he sounds.
http://www.robcrooks.com/
3) House of Daggers
From Vancouver, House of Daggers is a collaboration between DJ Tone and alt-pop singer Nothingilistic. Nothingilistic has released three albums of weirdly skewed pop so far, but House of Daggers is a dirty, dancable mix of electro-rock. Having been familiar with Nothingilistic's career to date, House of Daggers sounds like nothing he'd produce ever. It's a fascinating departure and the music is driving, noisy and challenging. Their debut EP is called Lightning Swords of Death.
http://www.myspace.com/565073443
http://youtu.be/_Vu7dExkmiI
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