alex

give some names please.

here ill start.

Cohen and the Ghost

mattee66

Ray LaMontagne is an excellent singer songwriter with amazing lyrics. His new album entitled "Gossip in the Grain" comes out September 30th, 2008 so be ready for it.

brickwall

Mumford and Sons, Johnny Flynn and Phil Campbell.

ogle Sam

hands down... The Decemberists.
(I may be a little biased just because they're from my hometown...)

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OnTheAshes

the decemberists r brilliant
two gallants...not quites sure wot they r, very folky/bluesy type ppl
fionn regan
willy mason

LoganFiddle

The decemberists are awesome. Your hometown?! cool. Have you met them? are they been struck by the crankiness of stardom?

ogle Sam

Haha, actually they are the most down-to-earth people! They performed before Barack Obama's speech I went to in my hometown, and my friends got to meet them. My friend said to Chris Funk (the bass player I think) "Hello Mr. Funk..." and Chris was so thrown off by being called Mr. Funk he cracked a joke about it to them, dropped everything that he was doing, had a conversation, took pictures, the whole nine yards.
Then I went to see them open for Death Cab For Cutie later that month, and Colin Meloy and the rest of them turned it more into a theatrical performance than a concert alone! The acted out this song and danced, and Colin and some other members actually jumped offstage and danced around in the crowd with everyone! Colin even crowd-surfed. He's even hilarious, too. And he can walk on water.
A lot of popular indie bands reside in the Northwest, and I'm sooo lucky to live in the epicenter of it all. The Shins reside here, The Decemberists, Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock actually lives on the same street as James Mercer of the Shins believe it or not, plus The Blow, Yacht, Viva Voce, Talkdemonic, The Shaky Hands, Helio Sequence, etc., etc. The last few aren't on the same scale as the previous, but they still are widely known.
If it sounds like I'm maniacally praising my hometown, I AM.

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