Paul Hayden Desser, who records as Hayden, is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Thornhill, Ontario.
Edgar Breau is a musician in Ontario, Canada. He was a member of the Hamilton-based band Simply Saucer in the 1970s, and has released a number of solo albums.
Warsawpack was a Canadian experimental rap rock group based in Hamilton, Ontario. The band's music fuses hip hop, jazz, dub, groove and rock. The band's songs contained mostly politically charged lyrics that critiqued Western consumerism and neo-colonialism.
Tristan Psionic was a Canadian indie rock band. The band members also founded the music label Sonic Unyon.
Camouflage Nights is a Canadian electronic rock band from Toronto fronted by Rob Benvie and Ian McGettigan.
Spookey Ruben is a Canadian musician, producer, songwriter, composer, and filmmaker. Best known for his song and music video "These Days Are Old", Spookey's songwriting and eccentric production techniques often contrast high and low vocals, analogue keyboards, found sounds, sampled beats and stringed instruments such as electric and Spanish guitar. Spookey has released seven full-length solo albums.
Sonic Unyon is an independent record label based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The label has put out releases by bands including Tristan Psionic, Sianspheric, Shallow North Dakota, Eric's Trip, Hayden, Chore, Frank Black and the Catholics, A Northern Chorus, Raising the Fawn, Teenage Head, Simply Saucer, and Voivod. The label’s current artist roster includes Big Wreck, Danko Jones, Terra Lightfoot, and Basement Revolver.
Chore were a Canadian post-hardcore band from Dunnville, Ontario.
SectorSeven was a Canadian punk band from in Grimsby, Ontario, founded in 1992. Their name, which was originally two words, is taken from the 1969 science-fiction novel The Andromeda Strain.
The Ghost Is Dancing was a Canadian indie-pop band from Toronto, Ontario. The band had as many as ten members, many of whom were also in other bands.
Poledo was a Canadian alternative rock band based in Thornhill, Ontario, consisting of vocalist and bassist Joshua Malinsky, vocalist and guitarist Mitch Roth and drummer Dave Capogna, Their music is characterized by loud, heavily distorted guitar riffs and screamed lyrics.
Wilson Street is a Lower City collector road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at James Street North and works its way East and ends at Sherman Avenue North. The section between James Street and Ferguson Avenue was a one-way road, but was converted to a two-way street at 10 am on December 10, 2010.
Sianspheric is a Canadian space rock and shoegazing band originally from Hamilton, Ontario. This group were early signees to the Sonic Unyon label.
Shallow North Dakota was a Canadian noise rock/sludge metal band from Hamilton, Ontario. The band was known for its loud, aggressive music and live shows, which often included destroying stage equipment.
Tangiers was a Canadian indie rock band founded in 2003 and based in Toronto, Ontario.
Kitchens & Bathrooms were a Canadian indie math punk rock band based in Hamilton, Ontario. Ongoing members of the band were Phil Williams, Lee Penrose, Adrian Murchison (bass).
Young Rival is a Canadian indie rock band from Hamilton, Ontario. It consists of singer-guitarist Aron D'Alesio, bassist John Smith, and drummer Noah Fralick.
Jordan "Ratbeard" Hastings is a Canadian musician born in Hamilton, Ontario. He is best known as the drummer of Alexisonfire, having replaced their former drummer Jesse Ingelevics. Hastings was originally intended to be a temporary replacement, but then became a full member after two months, with his first album with the band being Crisis in 2006.
Blue Fog Recordings is a Canadian independent record label. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the label is owned and operated by musician Rick White and Brian Taylor of the Toronto record store Rotate This.
The Inflation Kills (TIK) were a band from Hamilton, Ontario, featuring founding members of prominent Southern Ontario independent bands Kitchens & Bathrooms and Hoosier Poet. Members of the band were: Phil Williams (vocals/guitar), Matt Fleming (guitar), Nicholas Daleo (drums) and Adrian Murchison (bass). After indie-math-rockers Kitchens & Bathrooms disbanded, Williams went on to start The Inflation Kills in 2004 with the intentions of demonstrating an aesthetic shift from more complex time signatures, toward a rock and roll inspired approach, and reestablishing a long commitment to an independent approach to musical creation. The Inflation Kills had two albums. Their self-titled, debut, full-length album released through the now defunct TikTokTikTok MUSIC! collective and distributed in Canada through Sonic Unyon. Their second album, "GROUNDS FOR TERMINATION", released in 2016 on bandcamp and other platforms.
