Devil In The Woods
You might recognize Devil In The Woods from their label's stellar pop releases, or from the great indie magazine they publish quarterly. D.I.W.'s leader Mike Cloward's fine pop taste can be recognized from him also being a co conspirator in the operations of Sugar Free Records.
Howie Beck
Howie Beck's gentle folk-pop is soothing and beautiful. This Toronto resident's lush and textured songs dabble in influences heard throughout the past fifty years, including George Harrison, Nick Drake, and Elliot Smith.
Hollow
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2002
Cruiser
This Scottish sextet merges ambient electronic textures with a host of older pop motifs to create ethereal, unmoored, minimalist music that hypnotizes with its repetitive figures and gentle atmospheres.
Northern Electric
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2001
Fiver
Long live the Central Valley of California and the pop emitted from its arid and sprawling landscape! Fiver's playful approach to pop nicely represents a region that has spawned the likes of Grandaddy and Pavement.
Here It Comes
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2002
Park Avenue Music
Downtempo, glitchy electronic beats mixed with a gorgeous and ethereal voice. Sacramento's Park Avenue Music is chilled and stirred, never shaken.
To Take With You
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2002
