Here is a criminally unsigned band from overseas that is just amazing. The Wonderful Guinea Pigs are Dan Johansson and Joakim Paulsson from Linköping, Sweden. With the addition of Jens Mårtensson(guitar), Magnus Samuelson(bass guitar) and David Pärsson(keyboards) completing the line-up, the Guinea Pigs recorded a bunch of songs that got on the local radio. They were voted “best unsigned act” at Manifestgalan 2007 (that’s a local indie music fest over there)! This is a great opportunity to have a label take these talented guys and set the power pop music world on fire. Currently they have a CD-R of demos completed last year and if you want to hear this click on the link below. The sound is not unlike Big Star, Popsicle, and especially Teenage Fanclub. The sound is very clean and polished with melodic harmonies and stuffed full of hooks – In fact, this is the best unsigned demo I heard this year. I wish them much good luck.
The Wonderful Guinea Pigs MySpace Page
Another criminally unsigned not-band-but-singer-songwriter: Dawn Xiana Moon. You should see if you can get her to do an interview, it’d be awesome.