Daily Bread - 'Shot The Picture'

They play “SEXY GARAGE DANCE”, according to their own description. Freesonica put it this way: “See it as an exhilarating combination of the raw energy of 60s Garage Rock, the recalcitrant attitude of the Dutch Indie scene and Electro dance grooves”. So why is it Sexy? “…well we are sexy, aren’t we??”

Barely a year ago, Stefan Stoer (drums) and Chris Mulder (bass) decided to pursue a radically new course after the demise of the Britpop band they had been playing in. They were aware that Kimberly (who is from the same village and frequents the same watering-hole) wrote a lot of poetry, and they concluded that it would be interesting to make music together. Once they started writing it became clear that the combination of bass and drums was too minimal, and the sound of the Philicorda turned out to be the perfect solution. Daily Bread was born!

Lola Kite - 'Everything's Better'

Lola Kite is a live electronica-synth-pop band. Influenced by mainly 80s and 60s bands Lola Kite creates a sound that can be drowny, psychedelic and poppy at the same time using synthesizers, guitars, programmed drums and live percussion. 

Crystal Castles - 'Celestica' (Official Video)

Crystal Castles is an experimental electronic music band from Toronto, Ontario, consisting of producer Ethan Kath and vocalist Alice Glass.  Crystal Castles are known for their chaotic live shows and their melancholic lo-fi home productions. The duo released many vinyl EPs between 2006 and 2007 and eponymous albums in 2008 and 2010. The band's debut album was included in the "Top 50 Greatest Albums of the Decade" by NME Magazine, at number 39.

Belle & Sebastian - 'I Want The World To Stop'

Belle and Sebastian are an indie pop band formed in Glasgow in January 1996. Belle and Sebastian are often compared to influential indie bands such as The Smiths, as well as classic acts such as Love, Bob Dylan and Nick Drake. The name Belle & Sebastian is inspired by Belle et Sébastien, a children's book by French writer Cécile Aubry. Lauded by critics, Belle & Sebastian's "wistful pop" has nevertheless enjoyed only limited commercial success

Arcade Fire - 'The Suburbs'

Arcade Fire is an indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada The band consists of the husband and wife duo of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, Will Butler, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, Jeremy Gara, and Sarah Neufeld. The band play guitar, drums, bass guitar, piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, xylophone, glockenspiel, keyboard, French horn, accordion, harp, mandolin and hurdy-gurdy. The band takes most of their instruments on tour, and the multi-instrumentalist band members switch instrumental duties throughout their shows.

Arcade Fire have won numerous awards, including both the Meteors 2008 Best International Album award and the Juno Awards 2008 Alternative Album of the Year award for Neon Bible. It has also been nominated for the Best Alternative Music Album Grammy in 2005 for Funeral and in 2008 for Neon Bible. Arcade Fire released their third studio album, The Suburbs, in 2010 to further critical and commercial success, receiving another Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Album, as well as a nomination for Album of the Year.

Thunderheist - 'Jerk it'

Thunderheist is an electronic music duo from Toronto and Montreal, Canada. Thunderheist is made up of producer Grahm Zilla (from Montreal) and MC Isis (from Toronto).  The two began collaborating before they had ever met in person, sending MP3 files to each other over the Internet.  They are currently signed to Big Dada. The group started in 2005 when Grahm accidentally sent Isis an mp3 track he was working on and she recorded a rap over it. They've received moderate popularity for their track "Jerk It" featured in the 2008 film The Wrestler. Thunderheist was selected as the X3 Artist of the month by Aux.tv, CBC Radio 3 and Exclaim! Magazine for April 2009. Their self-titled full-length was released March 31, 2009.
Thunderheist plan to take a break during 2010 to focus on solo projects, after releasing the single Drive-In.

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Stricken City - 'Losing Colour'

If it was the mid-’80s, Stricken City would be the archetypal British indie band. They studied film and fashion, have an eccentric knockout for a singer, and write songs that are ramshackle, charming and slightly obscure. They’re indie in the best, oldest sense of the word. 

Read more: The Fader

The Raveonettes - The Last Dance

The Raveonettes are a Danish alternative rock duo, consisting of Sune Rose Wagner (born 1973, Sønderborg, Denmark) on guitar, instruments, and vocals, and Sharin Foo (born 12 December 1979, Copenhagen) on bass, guitar and vocals. Their music is characterized by close two-part vocal harmonies inspired by The Everly Brothers coupled with hard-edged electric guitar overlaid with liberal doses of noise, very similar to The Jesus and Mary Chain. Their songs juxtapose the structural and chordal simplicity of '50s and '60s rock with intense electric instrumentation, driving beats, and often dark lyrical content, similar to another of the band's influences, The Velvet Underground.