When it comes to musicians with a thorough knowledge and appreciation of cinema, Daft Punk (Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo) are a rare breed; their celebrated musical prowess has bee
Australian hard rockers, now split up. Self titled debut album was released in 2006, and was celebrated and derided in equal measures for its retro charm.
Women is an indie rock band from Calgary,Friends since childhood - two of them brothers - the band has an intuitive rapport that seems to transcend speech from years of playing together.
Hailing from Alberta, Women are a four-piece compared to acts like Swell Maps and the Velvet Underground; their self-titled debut album was released via Jagjaguwar in the autumn of 2008.
Wooden Shjips are drums (Omar Ahsanuddin), bass (Dusty Jermier), organ (Nash Whalen), and guitar (Erik "Ripley" Johnson); they are a vital and refreshingly inspired quartet from San Francisco playing
Songwriting is supposed to be a calling: a vocation whose lure is inescapable for the talented minority. That wasn't the case with Mark Hamilton, the songwriter behind the Canadian act Woodpigeon.
Their shoegazy sound echoes the feel of long dream-like drives through vast, cinematic American landscapes - full of surprises while the heat of the thick bass creates a woozy atmosphere.
Self deprecatory punk poet and long term survivor Wreckless Eric had a near brush with fame after his 1977 single "Whole Wide World" became a semi-hit.
Named after an English theologian and an early dissident in the Roman Catholic Church, Haitian-born singer, guitarist and producer, Wyclef Jean shot to stardom whilst making up one third of hip hop gr