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Inch Chua
Singer-songwriter from Singapore, performed at SXSW, sweetly edgy voice

Matt Track
3 piece band from Montreal singing with a worldly sense of humour about getting bald and how wrestling is staged

Jess Hill
Vancouver treasure singing dream-folk that captures you, takes you in rapture and flits away
















Caracol
Sometimes duo from Montreal with rhythm and ukulele

Trailhead
Traveling German musing on life's experiences through acoustic songs
















Maneli Jamal
Persian-born, American-exiled, Canadian-dwelling guitar virtuoso

Toronto Talent

Local talent should not go unnoticed!

After my shot at stage managing for Indie Week here in Toronto, I got to knock a few more locals to my much too short list.

Cai.ro

Lots of reverb, lots of wavy vocals and swayable rhythms. mildly smoldering

http://www.myspace.com/cai.ro

BlueVenus

Jazzy and trumpet-filled, with vocals that hold on to a tension just before the oooh.
http://www.myspace.com/bluevenusmusic

Brad Fillatre
*Indie Week finalist!

Technically speaking a Newfie. What caught the attention of Indie Week judges and audiences alike was the soul he inserted into his vocals. he not only strummed his guitar but put out music so raw it made you hurt inside.
http://www.myspace.com/bradfillatre

Alissa Vox Raw

In one word: loops. low almost raspy voice layering in a dizzying pattern.1940's meets synth
http://www.myspace.com/alissavoxraw