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Sideways:
In Calgary, a buddy introduced me to these guys.

The Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir, also known simply as "The Agnostics".

I don't know how easy it would be to find their CDs, but if you can, I recommend them!!

Review of their album:

Johnny C:
I forgot you lived in Calgary! I was there just last week. Blast and damn etcetera.

The Agnostics are indeed sweet, they make a regular stop at the Folk Festival here in Regina.

Sylvie is my local buzz band, and the only local really worth talking about; they're coming to Cowtown on the 25th so I suggest checking 'em out.

TheLoweringTide:
I checked out some of the sample songs on their site.  The Tom Waits comparison in that review is pretty apt.  I'd almost go so far as to call them "derivative."  But then if you're going to derive your sound from anyone, there are worse choices than Tom Waits.

It's definitely one of the better band names I've ever heard.  I'd certainly check them out if I ever found myself in Calgary.

Uh...my city doesn't believe in local music unless it's in the form of horrible high school pop-punk bands.  Or Cheap Trick cover bands.  Because Cheap Trick is from here.

JLM:
Because I just moved I haven't really had the time to discover a lot of local acts.  However, I'll bring up two bands, one from my hometown and one here, that I think are definately worth a listen.

The first is La Cacahouette from Buffalo, NY, a sort of dream-pop, shoegaze trio that's really making a go for it in a city that just doesn't appreciate that kind of music.  check them out at http://www.myspace.com/lacacahouette.

The second is The Stereo Future, from here in Seattle.  They're pretty good, in that they don't sound like everything else around the city right now.  http://www.myspace.com/thestereofuture

Paulbot:
There used to be a good band around here called Halo, but the drummer left, and they changed their name to the Vega Method, and went all prog-noise-core-crap. Shame, really, they were great live.

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