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Besnard Lakes: official website; myspace; The Besnard Lakes raise immediate comparisons to the Arcade Fire, but those are primarily due to accidents of geography and band chemistry: like the Arcade Fire, the Besnard Lakes are from Montreal and led by a married couple. That's largely where the similarities end, because if this Quebecois collective resemble any of their Canadian counterparts, it would be as an unexpectedly effective combination of the Dears' psychpop hooks and the languid space rock ambience of early Broken Social Scene. - Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

Acrylics: myspace; If you cut certain sections of the Acrylics music and looped them together, you would be forgiven for thinking you were listening to a relaxation type given to you by some well-meaning relative. The band certainly does nothing to discourage their slightly skewed interpretation of ‘cool’. Contemplative slow-burning candy garage and seductive vocals provide a reflective airy 80s filmic feel. Further complimented by graphics delivered with an irony that only New Yorkers seem to perfect.

The Cinnamon Band: myspace; Drummer Neil Campbell and guitarist John Harouff, the two heavy-hitting henchmen behind The Cinnamon Band, make one hell of a first impression. The two won attention as high school students as two-thirds of the shapeshifting rock act The Union of a Man and a Woman, including from Jagjaguwar’s Darius Van Arman...who signed the act to his label.
An opening set for indie faves Handsome Furs at Satellite Ballroom in April [08] led to more co-bills. And during an opening set at Mates of State’s recent gig at Gravity Lounge, The Cinnamon Band ripped through a half-dozen tunes that grew from silk-lined vocal harmonies into a shrapnel cloud of shimmering chords and skull-rattling drums. Hearing Harouff strum to Campbell’s drum fills is a bit like listening to Bruce Springsteen team up with Scottish post-punks Mogwai—there’s lean, refined songcraft, but no shortage of showmanship or ferocity.
“When I originally envisioned the band, it was with a lot of multiple vocal parts,” says Harouff. “I envisioned two guitars, bass, drums, as many vocalists as possible.” But, he adds, “Neil and I have a chemistry...It’s hard for even one other person to get involved.”

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