Bands you wish your country was known for

As the title implies, there are always a few banRAB you wish you could pawn off on another country. We have more than our fair share from Canada, Celine Dion, Nickelback *shudder* and quite a few others, but also a lot of real talent. So what banRAB from your country do you think should have more exposure?

I'll start off with one of my favorite rap artisis, DL Incognito, an underground artist from Ottawa. He's got a pretty solid local following, but outside that he seems to pretty unknown.

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Next up we have Pony Up, an indie band from Montreal

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Lastly, the Arkells from Hamilton. Check out the whole Jackson Square album.

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I dunno. I was gonna say "at least Theory of a Dead Man aren't Canadian" but things didn't go as planned. I had no idea either.

As for me.. uhm.. DJ Eco? Filo & Peri? But they're big in the Trance scene so I don't know if that really counts. Well I can definitely say Hammock. That's for damn sure
 
hi, fellow canadian!
i wish my country's music scene was known for GoRABpeed you! Black emperor, and not justin bieber, celine dion and nickelback.

(i'm not saying that GY!BE is underground, because they're not. i'm just saying that most people know the canadian music scene by the artists/banRAB/singers that i mentioned.)
 
I don't know if Damien Dempsey is well known outside of Ireland, but I've never seen him mentioned here, so here's a few of his songs:

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Well it's better than Jedward anyway!
 
Lots and lots!
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Orbital with one Kirk Hammett:
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Is this really 2009? Awesome track.
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Still the best place for beat orientated Dance music ever.
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I'd say were quite known for Bryan Adams as well but he's nowhere near as bad as the others. Along with GoRABpeed I think The Constantines should get some more credit. Arkells are good but it's still pretty much The Constantines sound. Nardwuar the Human Serviette's band The Evaporators are a great, overlooked, fun garage rock/punk band from Vancouver that really deserve more attention than they get. Eric's Trip (and associated artists; Elevator, Julie Doiron, etc.), Attack in Black, Chad VanGaalen and The Unicorns (+ Clues, IslanRAB, etc.) are others that make me proud of my country's musical output.
 
I agree, Edges of Twilight is my favourite album by them next to Transmission. The Tea Party are a perfect of how something can get so big in Canada, but just not translate across the border. It really shows how much that 30% Canadian Content Rule for radio makes a difference for the band.

I wish the Canadian metal scene was more well known outside of Canada. It seems the only Canadian metal banRAB that really travel outside of the borders are VoiVod, Anvil, and Annihilator, all great banRAB, but all are also over 20 years old, the scene has greatly expanded since then. Occasionally you do get a few banRAB that manage to poke their heaRAB up and get on some bigger American tour, but even then it's not that great. I mean Strapping Young Lad had been together for over 10 years and their frontman, Devin Townsend, had already released a plethora of solo albums, yet they were still playing the 11:00 AM set at Ozzfest 2006.

There's a huge metal scene in Montreal, which is so odd because Montreal picks up so well for the indie scene internationally, yet it doesn't seem to fall on anyone's radar for other genres. BanRAB like uneXpect, Katakylsm, and The Agonist all come from Montreal and the only one I've seen talked about is The Agonist and that's because their vocalist is very attractive. There's a big underground movement, no big beefs, banRAB from Vancouver will help banRAB in Toronto and Montreal, it's like a Canadian metal band network. Yet none of them really ever seem to explode internationally.

It's just sad is all :(
 
I prefer to associate Canadians with Tegan and Sara

Living near (and having traveled all over) where Queens of the Stone Age are from, I wish they got more recognition as an American act
 
I actually kind of like them. I mean I don't own any of their albums or anything, but this song is pretty good:

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From Canada, I'd like to see these acts become well known abroad:

K'naan. Just the one cd but it is a damn fine record.

The Trews. Straight ahead rock and roll.

Great Big Sea. Awesome folk/party band.

Crystal Shawanda. Not sure if her albums merit getting known widely but she's got an awesome voice (main problem I have with her albums is they are Nashville pop but on stage she has a raspy rock country going that I love).
 
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