Thanks to their obscenely good as well as intelligent and adventurous pop-rock, this conglomerate of Canadian rockers led by primary singer and songwriter Carl Newman landed their third album, Twin Cinema, on just about every 2005 year-end best-of list that mattered—not to mention the Top 50 on the U.S. album charts. As a result, what was once a side project for some of Vancouver's best indie rockers, including alt-country star Neko Case (Newman asks that the term supergroup be spared, please) has now becomemore

Thanks to their obscenely good as well as intelligent and adventurous pop-rock, this conglomerate of Canadian rockers led by primary singer and songwriter Carl Newman landed their third album, Twin Cinema, on just about every 2005 year-end best-of list that mattered -- not to mention the Top 50 on the U.S. album charts. As a result, what was once a side project for some of Vancouver's best indie rockers, including alt-country star Neko Case (Newman asks that the term supergroup be spared, please) has now become the main feature. Their cinematic sound is actually more of a giant multiplex, bringing a rich reference book of influences to bear on what's now one of the hottest acts in indie-rock.