awiseman

so i've heard some pretty cool new bands recently -

the Broken West are a pretty fuzzy, sunny, happy indie group - kind of like Ben Kweller, Teenage Fanclub, and the rockier parts of Belle and Sebastian's new stuff. Lots of punchy piano and ooh-oohs.

http://www.myspace.com/thebrokenwest

Illinois are harder to describe, they're pretty diverse from track to track - Broken Social Scene on one, Neutral Milk Hotel on another, Mellow Gold-era Beck, Ash-y brit pop, etc etc. They're pretty cool, and their EP is super.

http://www.myspace.com/illinois

Goose is a Belgian band, of all places. I don't think I've ever heard of a band from Belgium. I don't know too much about them, but "British Mode" sounds like DFA-type electro rock, the Faint, and some French techno - Justice or Daft Punk or something.

http://www.myspace.com/goosemusic
and the video for "British Mode" is cool - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZwli-ulUNg