Blitzen Trapper and The Sheepdogs

I have been listening to this band since grade 8 and i just re-found them and re-"fell in love" with them!

Blitzen Trapper is a Portland, Oregon-based experimental alternative country/folk band signed to Sub Pop Records. Formed in 2000, the band currently operates as a quintet, with Eric Earley (guitar/vocals), Erik Menteer (guitar/keyboard), Brian Adrian Koch (drums/vocals), Michael VanPelt (bass), and Marty Marquis (guitar, keyboards, vocals). Blitzen Trapper self-released its first three albums. "Wild Mountain Nation" was #98 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.

http://www.blitzentrapper.net/

The other band that has just recently found its way to my ipod is The Sheepdogs...

The Sheepdogs are a Canadian rock band from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, consisting of Ewan Currie on vocals and guitar, Leot Hanson on guitar, Ryan Gullen on bass and Sam Corbett on drums. The band has officially signed with Atlantic Records. The band is going on tour with Kings of Leon as the opening act on the Canadian leg of the Kings of Leon tour.

http://www.thesheepdogs.com/