For the Hungarian rock band, change your tags to Generál There are at least 3 artists named "General" on the music scene: 1) Streetpunk / Oi band from Novi Sad, Serbia. 2) Indie rock / Alternative band from Glasgow, Scotland. 3) Hip hop artist from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
Son of a travelling musician, Jon Bilbrough grew up crawling around studio leads with a backdrop of guitars, African drums, Doumbeks & thumb pianos. He would later be no stranger to the stage, following his dad on tour to perform some of his earliest gigs in halls usually graced by Ravi-Shankar in India and in other parts of Asia. The experience had a great impact on Jon’s music. Rather than travelling a well worn musical path Jon’s head was bursting with Bhangra rhythms, Sufi-style singing and Bollywood riffs and he began to translate this through voice and guitar.
Dream pop from Ottawa, Canada native Jonathan Clancy.
Download Bravestation's 2010 EP for FREE from Bandcamp - http://bravestation.bandcamp.com/ With the ethereal post-pop aura and intricate soundscapes featured on their self-recorded and self-produced 2010 EP, Toronto-based Bravestation won over critics and listeners alike, landing themselves on numerous year-end lists across the globe. The four-piece draws upon the ambient textures and spaced-out guitars of the New Wave movement, combining those elements with tribal drumbeats and moody vocals in order to achieve their signature pop sound.
The Weeknd is a Toronto-based R&B singer named Abel Tesfaye. Abel started uploading songs to YouTube in 2010 and in March of 2011 he dropped his first mixtape, House of Balloons. In August of 2011, he dropped his second mixtape, Thursday. His third mixtape, Echoes of Silence, was released on December 21 2011. The Weeknd takes his ambivalent emotional tenor and stretches it out, building a whole worldview from it. He has sampled artists such as Beach House and Siouxsie and the Banshees. http://the-weeknd.com/
Woodhands is an electro-rock duo signed to the Paper Bag Records label. The band was formed in Montreal by Dan Werb (keytar, synths, vocals) and Paul Banwatt (drums, vocals) in 2007, but is currently based in Toronto. They are known for their sweaty and impulsive live shows and were mentioned as one of 5 bands to watch in 2008 by Exclaim! Magazine. Fellow Paper Bag artist Laura Barrett provides guest vocals on their debut full-length, Heart Attack.
* 2006 Songwriter of the Year - The International Greenman Review
* 2007 Ontario Council of Folk Festivals 'Songs From The Heart'
* 2007 Canadian Folk Music Award nominee - Best Songwriter
*2008 Mac Beattie Porcupine Award "I aim to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable"
The former alias of Dan Snaith, an electronic musician from Dundas, Ontario, Canada. Snaith renamed himself Caribou in 2004 under threat of an American lawsuit by Richard "Handsome Dick" Manitoba, who had used the surname professionally since the 1970s but has not released any music as a solo artist. Manitoba's critically acclaimed album "Up In Flames" has since been re-released under the Caribou name and listed as such in discographies.
Melissa McClelland (born c. 1979) is an American-born Canadian singer-songwriter who lived in Burlington, Ontario, in her youth and now bases her career from Toronto. McClelland's music is influenced by blues and americana. A writer on CMJ's staff blog wrote that McClelland has "a persona reminiscent of a female Tom Waits." Biography Melissa McClelland was born in Chicago, Illinois. She spent her youth in Burlington, Ontario before developing her career in Toronto.
Bell Jar is a fantastic band from Cheltenham England.