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Mardeen

Check out Kids by Mardeen (can be downloaded on Indie Music Filter Volume 4, grab it here).

This is Mardeen, a three-piece power-pop group from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. I hear pieces of Built To Spill and Weezer, with remnants of the Canadian East Coast Pop Explosion in the mid 90’s. Their debut album (Read Less Minds) was recorded by Halifax rock veteran Charles Austin (The Super Friendz, Buck 65) and is available at Zunior.

Head to their myspace page to hear Telephones. Catchy, great lyrics.

The band perform Oct. 20th at The Seahorse for The Halifax Pop Explosion.
Mardeen

Zunior.com. The little digital music store

The Zunior 10 song compilation

Did anyone notice this thing show up on my page recently?? He’s a friendly widget who likes to give people great Canadian digital music by sending you to Zunior.? Take a look.

Zunior – the little digital music store is a Canadian online record label and music store, started by Dave Ullrich, formerly of The Inbreds. Zunior is a sort of iTunes for independent artists, but better facilitates artist independence and freedom.? –from Wikipedia.

You can pretty much find any Canadian indie band you are looking for there, or discover new artists through Zuniors podcast.? And for people who love the physical product, you can also download pdfs of the artists cover artwork.? Keep your eye on the widget kids…?

Zunior.com.? The artists make more, the users pay less.