any good Non-UK/US Band ?? thanks

Belgium: dEUS and Evil Superstars. Sadly the latter has broked up in several mediocre bands (such as Millionaire). dEUS is pretty DARN GODLIKE. You might be able to download some of their toons from www.hotellounge.com, I think.

you am i baby. you am i.

De Kift

Ireland: Dudley Corporation, Joan of Arse.

Blumfeld and Peterlicht.

Chocolat from Japan, Shermans from Sweden, second the Corpo, The Chills (from a land down under) and for the rest of the world you might as well go for Paul Simon who invented world music. Didn't he?

spain: la casa azul, vacaciones

germany: lali puna, komeit, barbara morgenstern

switzerland: sportsguitar

sweden: club 8

SEPULTURA

Achtung! Nordic music is where it's at. Check out Soundtrack Of Our Lives for pop-rock-psych mish mash action, The Hives for your new favourite band, Múm for acoustic electronica, and for retro action Bo Hansen for spaced out wibbly music.

Decapitated from Poland, Insision from Sweden, and Zaza from Thailand.

Los Hermanos(rock), Pato Fu(rock), Kelly Key(teen-pop), Bandana(teen-pop), Renato Cohen(hard-techno, lenha), Homohetero(house), Calypso(ahh, well... calypso), Tiro de Gracia(DSICO-hop), Babasonicos(rock), M2M(teen-pop), Nortec(house), Chatuba de Mesquita(BRASILAN FUNK!), Tatu(teen-pop). Paulina Rubio(teen-pop, MOVE AWAY from anything in english), Catupecu Machu(rawk), Supla(rock) and loads of shit i just cant think now

I just want to say BO HANSSON again for EMPHASIS!

Spain : Los Cucas (guitar pop, great tunes)

Cuba : Orishas (cuban rap)

Russia : Mal'chishnik (rap)

I second the Nortec Collective (Mexican techno) recommendation ...

Molotov (Mexico): Rage Against The Machine on a fratboy tip.
Articolo 31 (Italy): Early 90s style afrocentric hip-pop.
And Manu Chao. Obviously.

Rage Against The Machine on a fratboy tip

A bit redundant there.

Japan: Boredoms, Melt Banana, Space Streakings New Zealand: Tall Dwarfs

Paging mark s: recommend some Zim-pop! Bundu Boys, er, Lovemore Majiva, er, I dunno any more.

South Africa: Mandoza for kwaito action (but he's the only one I know).

Holland: Seedling
Ireland: Gemma Hayes
Canada: New Pornographers Those line breaks had better bloody work.

See the Canadian thread.

Severed Heads, SPK, Skinny Puppy, The Leather Nun, Laibach

Japan: boom boom satellites

Canada: hayden, the new deal, king cobb steelie

Sweeden: the hives

Hey I know someone in the Dudley Corporation!

Soundtrack of Our Lives Soundtrack of Our Lives Soundtrack of Our Lives!!! I've only heard a couple of the Hives songs (compared to the several album of SoOLS that I've heard) but these guys blow them away, albeit in completely different style.

Japan: the Masaki Batoh/Ghost/Cosmic Invention/Sweet & Honey axis is my favorite. Hippie-folk/krautrock/arasive noise freakouts. They used to rehearse in abandoned churches.

blonde redhead.........

Has the rest of the world produced anything worth mentioning? Oh good grief, there are thousands. Canada (Neil Young!). Ireland (Van Morrison). France has been going strong in dance recently. Germany did some good early electronica. Jamaica, most notably, has this style called reggae, which has been producing lots of wonderful music since the '60s, and the rest of the Caribbean has produced calypso, soca and lots of good latin music.

Some other favourites of mine: the Saints, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds/Birthday Party, Avalanches, Chills (Australia), Atari Teenage Riot (Germany), Joseph Spence (Bahamas), Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens and the Makgona Tsohle Band, Holy Spirits Choir (SA), Kanda Bongo Man, Diblo-Dibala, Freddie de Majunga (Zaire), Khaled, Rachid Taha, Chaba Zahouania (Algeria), Amayenge, Shallawambe (Zambia), Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Pakistan), Four Brothers, Oliver Mutukudzi, Real Sounds (Zimbabwe), Teebee (Norway), Ofra Haza (Israel), Ali Farka Toure (Mali).

This is less scratching the surface than just noting that there is a surface.

postal blue from brazil. dorian of juniper bells from the phillipines. orwell from france.

i thought for sure i'd see ethan saying 'destroy the new ilm' in here...

What kinds of bands? I suspect you mean that rock music.

Canada: hayden Sweden: kent Germany: Notwist

I have to agree with DeRayMi and ask what kind of bands? more rock oriented? jazzy? punk....there is so much out there that could fill up pages just listing them all

i'm a new zealander so i better plug some local bands that are about to be released overseas

pacifier: used to be called shihad but they had to change their name because americans thought shihad sounded too much like jihad. they've just finished recording their new album in the states which will be released in august

che fu: rapper / singer who records and tours with a live band (the krates). he recently played at the royal gala concert and is about to be released in the UK. hip hop with soul

the datsuns: similar to the hives / the strokes. recently signed to richard branson's v2 label

salmonella dub: live dub / reggae band. already big in france (apparently)

concord dawn: kind of industrial drum'n'bass. currently being name checked by some of the biggest d'n'b djs in the world

zed: pop/rock band. hugely popular with the teenage girl demographic. recently signed with interscope,being released in the US sometime this year

there's a whole lot of other new zealand bands i could list here, please email me for more info on any of these bands

None of my favourite music comes from US/UK at this point.

Scratch Pet Land are Belgian (check out the new Fan Club Orchestra CD on TKCB/ Sonig, which is them in disguise). Fabio Viscogliosi is a Paris-based Italian whose 'Spazio' (Microbe Records) is just great; spare, sinuous guitar songs. Nobukazu Takemura's 'Songbook' CD is also excellent; girlish voices singing odd phonemes over plonky surreal sub-Satie synth. Haruomi Hosono's 'Monad Box' is retro heaven, as are The Plastics.

I also currently rate Dominique Petitgand (Belgian sound artist using found voices), Carsten Nicolai (icy purism), Mum, Tarwater, Gutevolk. Am listening to Holger Hiller radio pieces from the 80s ('Keischlahuwe') and Miharu Koshi (synthy classical Japanese chanteuse). Not to mention tons of kabuki music!

Mmm, D-Sound and Bertine Zietletz from Norway. A coupla my favorite bands, introduced by an ex-flatmate who's Norwegian.

Also Jaurim from S. Korea--they rock the hizzowse and don't sing in English.

Sweden - bob hund, Fireside, Bear Quartet, Pluxus, Eggstone, Kristofer Åström, Stina Nordenstam and many many more.

Well, Radio Birdman were pretty damn good and Australia isn't the US or the UK, really, so I will pimp them. Similar to the garage/protopunk stuff from Detroit in the '60s and '70s (one of their members was from there) but they've got sort of a pop edge to 'em. "Love Kills" is fucking awesome.
Also, from Japan: GUITAR WOLF. Think the Hives only ten times more batshit.

Circle from Finland, just outdid the singer from Can at the garage tonight. Dureforsog - the Danish Bungle/Residents. Sigur Ros, GYBE...

isn't blonde redhead based out of NYC?? (i know their ethnicities)

Not to mention tons of kabuki music!
Bah! Too low brow . I prefer Noh theatre.

The Gentlemen, from Tasmania. Heavy, punk-metal with lyrics that sound as though Yeats wrote them. Rent Boy are damn good too. (both on a label called Consumer Productions http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Movie/9629/index.html)

Electronica: Pimmon from Sydney Hip Hop: Dark Tower from NZ Big Dumb RAWK: The Legends Of Motorsport - Melbourne Weird Indie Guitar Drones: Chris Smith - Melbourne again, has an album out US label Emperor Jones called Map Ends 1995 - 2001

Stephanie Sun from singapore, kind of faye wong-ish mandarin pop mixed with Hokkien folk. I have her second album (which roughly translates into My desired happiness). some of the songs are bland, but there are also several amazing ones (the title track and Tien hei hei).

"Also, from Japan: GUITAR WOLF"

I could be wrong but arn't they called Guitar Vader?

jeans team. from....sweden? http://www.kitty-yo.de

guitar wolf are awful.

tatu! from russia

http://www.taty.ru

soundtrack of our lives from Sweden

I'm going to give lame answers for the sheer hell of it. Daft Punk. Cassius. Phoenix. Richie Hawtin.