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When we were in high school, there was some pretty bad music being produced: Britney Spears and boy bands and Creed (shudder). We'd decided that mainstream American music was pretty much the root of all evil. (True: our CD collection boasts a mix we burned that's actually called "Mainstream American Music is the Root of All Evil.") That's when we first started listening to indie rock. Bands on small labels or releasing their own music. Innovative recording techniques, usually the result of albums being made in someone's tile bathroom or padded-walled basement. Harmonies that evoked the 1960s. That's when we discovered Sloan. As soon as we heard the opening of their song "The Other Man," off of their 2002 record , we were more or less hooked on this Torontonian indie-pop quartet. (Admittedly, we're late adopters: Sloan has been performing together since the early 90s.)