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Real80sman, good tip on Fingereleven - Bones & Joints is my personal favorite. Here's a few other interesting bands I've uncovered in the last couple of years:

Apples in Stereo - a quirky little indie pop-rock band
The Fiery Furnaces - some good ole chick punk with a liberal dose of garage rock
Godspeed You Black Emperor - think Sigur Ros - if you can wrap your head around newer Radiohead, it may be time for a greater challenge
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - pop hits/tv theme songs/showtunes given a punk dressup
The New Pornographers - a Vancouver indie-rock supergroup!?!?
the Von Bondies - they aren't much of a secret since Jack White beat up their lead singer (I think he may have been nervous - might be a new garage rock king)

A lot of these are pretty well known already, but worth checking out if you haven't!

Keep the suggestions coming everyone!

I also do love Norah, especially the multi Grammy winner cd, really deserve it, but I buy the dvd concert, I was kind ‘da let down. She should hook up with excellent musicians, not just good musicians, tho, the sound of the dvd is super good.
Has anyone had heard that 16 years old girl from Britain that sings blues?... can’t recall her name, kind of looks like Janis Joplin but prettier . I saw her on the Dave lettermarn or leno show a couple of months ago…She sounded awesome, very powerfull, but haven’t get her cd yet…
Does any one recommends it?

Her name is Joss Stone and I think her CD is AWESOME. Who would've thunk a 16 yr old white girl from the UK could sing w/ that much soul?

Kinda like when I heard Johnny Lang. On his first album, he didn't live enough years to play like that...

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes are a LOT of fun to listen to. They do great fast punk covers of such songs as Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl", Elton John's "Rocket Man", and the Pretenders "I'm Gonna Be" (a.k.a. I Would Walk 500 Miles).

Peter, didn't know Chrissie Hynde sang on that.....

I think you meant the Proclaimers.

The Joss Stone CD is quite good - lyrics aren't, but singing, music, and quality are good, worth the purchase. If she doesn't burn and fade she could be become good.

Oops! How could I confuse gangly twins from the UK with a girl-next-door-ish card-carrying member of PETA from Ohio -- who now lives in London. My mistake.

OK, they're not exactly new, but they're back

Dust for Life.

Excellent hard rock/metal. Very similar to Alice in Chains, with a lot of texture. I just got their new CD (available only through their website, for 8 bucks, including shipping! And they gave me a signed poster!), and it blows me away. Great stuff, well thought out. Sounds fantastic on my Senns.

Hmm.. new or unknown bands (or re-emerging bands)

New Descendents album out soon...
Curse of Blondie will be available in N.America soon too...
the Harlots are gaining ground in Western Canada...
Subhumans are recording again (more geezercore!!)...
Mickey Desadist of the Forgotten Rebels just released a solo garage album, but you've got to be a fan to appreciate it (and the two GG Allin covers on it)...

Bren R.

good pick on the Harlots, Bren
another good Canuck band gaining notoriety is Billy Talent. Great punk album, highlights are Try Honesty, The Ex, and Voices of Violence.