Discount Bin: Good Musical Finds Elephant Stone’s ‘Hindie’ Rock Discount Bin, January28 , 2010 This Montreal-based indie rock band’s name is an obvious ode to The Stone Roses, but the band has influences that do extend beyond what’s apparent. Lead singer and ethnically Indian multi-... The Real Tuesday Weld Discount Bin, February 5, 2010 Loosely defining their music as ‘antique beat,’ The Real Tuesday Weld’s style is highly regarded, and some of their songs have been used in short animation films, TV, and advertising. Extraordinary ... Puya’s Fundamental: Metal Mayhem from the Carribean Discount Bin, January 18, 2010 The band name Puya sounds almost tribal, and the music they make partly is - it’s visceral and spontaneous. Their sound is the bastard offspring of two genres, both poetic and evocative ... Cat Empire Discount Bin, December 15, 2009 A sextet backed on tour by a solid horn section and string section, a massive rotation of guest artists, a turntablist, and a bevy of dancers, Australian indie band Cat Empire is a revelation as an already ... Ally Kerr: Rising UK Indie Artist Extraordinaire Discount Bin, November 14, 2009 Ally Kerr is one of the fastest-rising UK Indie Artist to come from Scotland. He’s getting some much-deserved recognition with his second album Off the Radar that was released in 2008 ... Loney, Dear: Swedish Indie Artist Discount Bin, October 31, 2009 Emil Svanängen, a.k.a. ‘Loney, Dear’ is one of the many indie musicians who came from Sweden -- where they probably have more indie-music artists per square mile than any other place on Earth ... Youth Group: Not Your Average Indie Act  from Down Under Discount Bin, October 18, 2009 The Youth Group were virtual unknowns from Australia until the American teen tv drama The O.C. picked it up and started playing the band’s cover of ‘Forever Young’ by Alphaville incessantly for ...

The Hsu-Nami: Face-melting Er-hu Rock Discount Bin, October 18, 2009 Anyone with an appreciation for experimental rock should sit up and pay attention because The Hsu-Nami is unlike anything you’ve heard before. This Taiwanese-American group ambitiously ...

The Slants: Chinatown Rock Discount Bin, October 7, 2009 If you think everything that can be done has been done, you obviously haven’t heard this band. The band hails from Oregon and is possibly the only American Asian electroclash band around ...

Portastatic: Mac McCaughan’s Audio Journal Discount Bin, September 23, 2009 Side projects could be strange entities; you can never predict where it’ll go. Take Portastatic – a shining example of how underrated greatness could emerge from the periphery....

Sunday Ear Candy Discount Bin, September 9, 2009 This Chicago psych-pop septet would fit right into a playlist that has The Shins, Rufus Wainwright, and Belle & Sebastian. The band 1900s is arguably this generation’s spunkier version of ...