Alright dude from Edmonton going by Tropic Harbour, you win, your dream-pop shit is cool.

So there’s like this chick and she makes music as Ruby Pins and it’s like dark and all, but cool. (via Ad Hoc)

Chicago-based Mines make gauzy stuff for the kids. (via Ad Hoc)

Couple Wegies playing poppy post-punk impressed me enough for this post. They call themselves It Girl.

The musical garden of Toronto continues to bloom with the beautiful Marriage.

People love to badmouth Pitchfork but they’re like so good at everything they do it like pisses me off. I found this track by Julia Brown on the Forkcast the other day and fell in lo-fi love with the Maryland mumblecore types. And now you can too (via Pitchfork)

Some dudes from Stockholm, Sweden call themselves Alexandria and make big, bright dream-poppy music. This is what the sound like (see below…)

Princess Century is actually Maya Postepski – a Toronto-based artist who is also in Austra and Trust. So if you guessed that 0n her own she also makes dark, broody, sexy, goth music…you guessed correct. Apparently she was inspired to write the songs off her upcoming album by spending time in the Topanga Mountains and learning about the Manson Family murders that took place in the area.

The Cautioneers. They’re from Toronto. Make like…dreamy pop stuff.

The Banter Media guys sent over this shiat from Way Yes, a sort of experimental-pop band from Columbus, Ohio.  I like it.

Way Yes – Colerain