Death From Above 1979
Label: Vice
Genre: Rock, Dance?...

Take two Canadians who really want to rock, give one a bass, the other a drum set and provide them with some very loud sound equipment. Meet Death From Above 1979, a crazy two-piece, balls-out version of the White Stripes whose music will want to make you dance and beat people up at the same time. It's thick, raunchy, and will stick to your lungs and ears. If you don't like it at first, give it another listen, I'm sure it'll grow on you.

Songs for Downloading:
Romantic Rights
Dead Womb

http://www.deathfromabove1979.com


Wir Sind Helden
Label: Virgin
Genre: Deutsch-pop, Rock, Alternative

Wir Sind Helden, translated as "We Are Heroes" Hails from Germany and has enjoyed some reasonable success in their Vaterland. I was introduced to them a few years back while spending a year as an exchange student and found their simple pop structure and melodies pretty catchy. I had all but forgotten them until I was flipping through the channels at a friend's house during a party last weekend (Theme: Paranormal Formal), and happened to stumble upon their video "Nur Ein Wort" at 2AM on some local access channel. Again, I found myself bobbing my head to their lighthearted sound. This is not deep, thoughtful music, but its sound has the potential to make your day brighter. And they have a key-tar to boot.

Sadly they do not have any mp3s posted for downloading, but I can provide some links to videos and music clips on their website.

Links:
Music clips on their website
Video for 'Nur Ein Wort' (click on the link under 'Das Video zum neuen Song')
The video won't play in firefox, so I suggest you bust out Internet Explorer if you need to

http://www.wirsindhelden.com