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Oh, Canadia...

Posted over 3 years ago
I see there are a slew of Canadians on this here Mog, and I live in Detroit, about 5 minutes from Windsor, Ontario.So, it's only fitting that I open the e-floor for discussion of the greatest band(s) or singer(s) from our northern neighbor. I mean, it's a huuuuuuuuuuuge country, right? So there has gotta be a huuuuuuuuuuuuge number of sweet little rock 'n' rollers from it, right? I'm not a huge fan of Our Lady Peace or Alanis. So who am I missing out on? Who do I need to be listening to?Upon combing my Wall of Sound, I found CDs and records from only four Canadian artists that I genuinely, truly appreciate :1) Leonard Cohen2) Sloan3) Wolf Parade4) Arcade FireSo help me, O Canadians. Help me help your musicians.
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  1. missjunk
    missjunk says Some nice mogging Canadian just turned me onto "Spirit of the West" . They sound sort of Irish pub rockers like a northern shores Flogging Molly...
    Permalink posted 11/26/2006
  2. admorobo
    admorobo says Broken Social Scene Godspeed You! Black Emperor (& A Silver Mt. Zion, Fly Pan Am, Set Fire To Flames, et al.) Final Fantasy Sunset Rubdown Joni Mitchell That's all I got.
    Permalink posted 11/26/2006
  3. Oedipa Maas
    Oedipa Maas says Broken Social Scene and Sunset Rubdown are *wonderful*. Also... Malajube Swan Lake The New Pornographers Stars Feist Destroyer ...Choose New Zealand next. I might be a bit more helpful in that scheme of things...
    Permalink posted 11/26/2006
  4. superflygeoff
    superflygeoff says Often overlooked, always bRUSHed aside...
    Permalink posted 11/26/2006
  5. rhymeswithrawk
    rhymeswithrawk says I didn't realize Destroyer was a Canadian. Nor did I realize Final Fantasy was, too. As for BSS, they're a tad too U2-y for me. At least that light blue-colored album was. And I've heard Stars and plan on picking it up when I find it used. It's $15 new in metro Detroit shoppes. I liked what I heard, but I didn't like it THAT much. :)
    Permalink posted 11/26/2006
  6. Oedipa Maas
    Oedipa Maas says Wow. U2? Never heard that before. Try the red BSS album, the eponymous one. Bono et.al. just played here - and were on all news channels. Sigh. I was a definite abstainer. ...And I suppose Whassisface Collett _does_ sound a little Bono-esque at times. Oh. Dear. P.S. Ditto on the feelings towards Stars. Bought Torquil Campbell's side project 'Memphis' for a curious fiver... And shouldn't have. A tad... indulgent... or summat. Yurr. P.P.S. Well... if you like Wolf Parade, then Spencer Krug's Sunset Rubdown should be a shoe-in. But you prolly already knew this... :)
    Permalink posted 11/26/2006
  7. SWozniak
    SWozniak says Detroit, Detroit...or a suburb? I used to live in Troy. Detroit is the shit. It and Seattle are my two favorite American cities.
    Permalink posted 11/26/2006
  8. rhymeswithrawk
    rhymeswithrawk says I live in Detroit. In New Center, about two blocks from the Fisher Building. One of my biggest pet peeves: People who say they live in Detroit when they live in the suburbs. I lived in Seattle for a year (and Tacoma for a year, too), and it was all right. Gorgeous place to live, lots going on. But I found it rather too pretentious for my taste.
    Permalink posted 11/26/2006
  9. SWozniak
    SWozniak says I've always lived outside those cities (Tacoma, Seattle, and Detroit), but I only say I lived in Detroit if I'm nowhere near it. Nobody knows the 'burbs.
    Permalink posted 11/26/2006
  10. Anonymous says I’d been turning a friend onto new bands for years when one day she put on “Songs of Leonard Cohen”. By the time Cohen got to the anecdote about the Eskimo, the movie he’d taken, and his blue lips, I knew my friend’s debt was paid in full. A list of four acts is plenty if it’s the right four. Anyway, no scoops here: Joni Mitchell’s about the only Canuck apart from Leonard I’d even think about getting marooned with. The next runner-up is the guy who wrote the score for “HAIR”, fer Pete’s sake. http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2005/05/1712.cfm Anyway, have you heard Metric, Death From Above 1979, Bright Eyes or The Dears? I haven’t. Broken Social Scene? They did a splendid score for “Halfnelson”. http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B00008RBJU001002/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_002/104-4101417-6999126 Posted less than a minute
    Permalink posted 11/26/2006
  11. rhymeswithrawk
    rhymeswithrawk says Oh! I forgot about DFA1979! Metric is all right; I have one of its records. Bright Eyes doesn't rawk my sawks. Keep 'em comin' people! And anything from YouTube or sound clips the better!
    Permalink posted 11/26/2006
  12. blueone51
    blueone51 says The Constantines The Hidden Cameras The Stills If you go old school: The Band (mostly Canadian) Guess Who Rush And the one band they should take back and never ever let out of Canada again – Nickelback
    Permalink posted 11/26/2006
  13. Sevana Stone
    Sevana Stone says hmm-can't say I know a Canadian outside of KD Lang (I stopped listening after her) but there is a local band you should be checking out-The Fags...they just came out with a new album Light em Up (ha ha-get it) and they, in my opinion, are a double awesome.. PS: I'm no longer in the City Limits, but I like to think I still am just the same :)
    Permalink posted 11/26/2006
  14. Peggah
    Peggah says On Friday at Magic Stick I saw Jason Collett and Sam Roberts Band, and they're both Canadian. And once, I drove to Guelph? I think, to see Pilate, now called Pilot Speed. Also, I used to love Joydrop, hahaha. Oh man, 89x introduced to me to so many Canadian bands. The Lovely Feathers played at the Lager House on Saturday, and I missed them unfortunately. Also, Tegan and Sara. I like their songs, but not their voices. A bigger pet peeve of mine is when kiddies in the suburbs say they're from Detroit when they've NEVER been. It really surprises me how terrified people are of Detroit.
    Permalink posted 11/26/2006
  15. kristiana
    kristiana says Um, come on people - Neil Young. Nomeansno Buck 65 Gordon Lightfoot Cowboy Junkies Hank Snow Stompin' Tom Connors I'm too tired to think of any more right now.
    Permalink posted 11/26/2006
  16. Peggah
    Peggah says Yes, Buck 65! I was trying to think of him, but I couldn't remember haha. All I could think of was the kid that was telling me he knew him in Montreal outside of a show.
    Permalink posted 11/26/2006
  17. kristiana
    kristiana says Ah - I used to be a big fan of Sons of Freedom back in the day. forgot about them. Of course there's DOA too.
    Permalink posted 11/26/2006
  18. Oedipa Maas
    Oedipa Maas says Sunset Rubdown Malajube And how could I forget... The Unicorns / Islands... The Unicorns Islands Apologies if preaching to the converted...
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  19. rhymeswithrawk
    rhymeswithrawk says I would like to apologize to all Canadians for forgetting that Neil Young is one of "you guys." He just seems so American after all these years.
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  20. kristiana
    kristiana says I would like to think that there is something uniquely Canadian about Neil, maybe he would too. But he's been an ex-pat for so long.... What does any of it even mean anyway? Yet another barrier we put between ourselves - categorize ourselves to the point where we don't know who the hell we really are, just have these stupid tags. Well anyways. Don't forget "Helpless": There is a town in north Ontario, With dream comfort memory to spare, And in my mind I still need a place to go, All my changes were there. I know Neil, I know.
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  21. dbboucher
    dbboucher says Oh, Canadia? You only need one vowel for our country name... You seem to like Indie Rock. Well you're in luck, because the Canadian Indie Rock scene is just booming right now. It's not my specialty, I'm still living in the 90s alternative rock scene myself. As for the Indie Rock bands, I like Metric, Wolf Parade, Hot Hot Heat, The Dears, Feist, Broken Social Scene, New Pornographers to name a few. If you like the 90s alternative rock, I have a bunch more, but you already indicated you didn't like Our Lady Peace so that's not a good start.
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  22. lemontwist
    lemontwist says Darren (dbboucher) has helped me discover a shitload of good Canadian bands: The Tragically Hip I Mother Earth Edwin (from IME) Econoline Crush Our Lady Peace (duh) The Headstones Priestess (this band kicks ass!) Sarah McLachlan Junkhouse Doctor Sloan Finger Eleven
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  23. dbboucher
    dbboucher says More on the way too, I think... ;-)
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  24. dbboucher
    dbboucher says Here are some well knowns artists/bands that are Canadian. Not meant to be a recommendation list, but just an eye opener to the people who said they didn't know any Canadian artists. This is meant to be a list of better known, not necessarily better artists. Bryan Adams April Wine Melissa Auf Der Maur (Hole, Smashing Pumpkins) Bachman Turner Overdrive (Taking Care of Business) Barenaked Ladies Tom Cochrane Bruce Cockburn Leonard Cohen Jeff Healey The Guess Who (American Woman) Avril Lavigne Gordon Lightfoot Loverboy (red leather pants, haha) Sarah McLachlan Joni Mitchell Alanis Morisette New Pornographers Nickelback (do I hear hissing?) Our Lady Peace Red Rider Robbie Robertson Rush Paul Shaffer Sloan The Tragically Hip Shania Twain Loudon, Martha, Rufus Wainright Check out this list: http://www.answers.com/topic/list-of-canadian-musicians
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  25. Manos
    Manos says Many good'uns already listed. Jane Siberry is another.
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  26. wdog
    wdog says ..a lot of my choices betray my advancing years.. but the one band you have to listen to, too much before their time.. Rough Trade - especially High School Confidential.. other honourable mentions: Toronto; Martha and the Muffins; Blue Rodeo; Ducette; Payolas; Pursuit of Happiness; Men Without Hats; Skinny Puppy; Ian Thomas; The Kings; Klattu; Steppenwolf; Moist..
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  27. dbboucher
    dbboucher says My wife loves Rough Trade.
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  28. wdog
    wdog says oops.. forget to turn of "bold".. it's amazing to me that very few people remember Rough Trade and almost no one appreciates them now, I think if the band came out today, with the greater acceptance of "alternative lifestyles".. they would have done much better..
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  29. dbboucher
    dbboucher says The music (that I have anyway) has aged pretty well. Can't say that of most of the stuff from the 80s.
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  30. Neill
    Neill says I live in the UK and even I have seen; The Dears TV on the Radio New Pornographers Hot Hot Heat Bright Eyes Arcade Fire and The Stills
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  31. CobyHoff
    CobyHoff says I guess not many people like/have-heard-of Moxy Fruvous, but they are Canadian and I like them.
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  32. 1234chainsaw
    1234chainsaw says I can't get into BSS or Wolf Parade, but do check out Metric and The Stills. But only their first records. The sophomore efforts by both are disappointing.

    Constantine, Destroyers, and the New Pornos, sure. Ditto for Neil and the Cowboy Junkies. When did Bright Eyes become Canadian? Conor Oberst is a Nebraska boy. I also don't think TV On The Radio are Canadian. Another band that shouldn't be let out of Canada are the Tea Party. Too bad for this thread that Neko Case isn't Canadian. There were some good poppy punk bands in the late '70s and early '80s (I like the Pointed Sticks and the Diodes in particular), but it sounds like that might not be so much your thing. Finally, the Deadly Snakes and The Organ.
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  33. 1234chainsaw
    1234chainsaw says Sorry for terrible spelling. It should have been Constantines and Destroyer.
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  34. rhymeswithrawk
    rhymeswithrawk says I have Metric's "Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?" and really like several of the tracks off that. And I have Destroyer's "Rubies," "This Night" and "Your Blues." I have the first two New Pornos, but haven't bought "Cinema" yet. I have all the Neil Young from Buffalo Springfield to about 1980. And I have all of the Deadly Snakes records - they're even one of my "bands you should've heard of" on Mog. I can't believe I forgot they were Toronto boys. TV on the Radio are from New York. Another band not to let out of Canada: The Tragically Hip. Moral of the story: I like more from Canada than just four bands and Labatt.
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  35. 1234chainsaw
    1234chainsaw says Twin Cinema is the weakest New Porno. Destroyer's Streethawk is also well worth it.
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  36. Neill
    Neill says Bad me! TV on the Radio are from New York......I just got over excited.....again.
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  37. kristiana
    kristiana says Emily Haines, solo stuff is pretty nice. Joel Plaskett and The Emergency. Josh Martinez
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  38. ooeh
    ooeh says IMHO, Eric's Trip (RIP) are the greatest Canadian rock band ever. Neil Young is good, too ;-)
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  39. champy
    champy says Black Mountain are awesome. P.S. Bright Eyes are from Nebraska
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  40. rhymeswithrawk
    rhymeswithrawk says I'll be honest, I was kinda disappointed in Black Mountain. I really like that first track, the "hooooooly coooooow" one, but the rest was kinda, eh. Maybe I'll give it another listen.
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  41. Anonymous says Okay. Leonard, Joni, Neil Young and I are all booked on the S.S. Minnow.
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  42. kristiana
    kristiana says Wow, that brought back memories, ehoo - I mean ooeh - like, every other all-ages show when I was a teenager growing up in NB. You managed to find one of the few ET songs I actually liked back in the day. I dunno, I always found them unoriginal - from their name, to so obviously showing their influences( Sonic Youth, duh, Dinosaur Jr., My Bloody Valentine), to the shoegazing and turning of backs to the audience which always got on my nerves. But who am I to talk? It's not that they were that bad - it's just they got sooooo much attention, and I never really understood why, especially when there were so many other interesting things going on in the local scenes. Oh well. Julie Doiron is still doing the solo thing, and of course there is Elevator (formerly known as Elevator Through, formerly known as Elevator To Hell, lol).
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  43. KezOnTour
    KezOnTour says Definately The Dears. The greatest non-josh related band I've seen in years!
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  44. dbboucher
    dbboucher says Neko Case should be an honorary Canadian for the role Canada played in her musical career! :-)
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  45. rhymeswithrawk
    rhymeswithrawk says She's a Tacoman, dbboucher. Tacoma needs all the heroes it can get. Trust me. I lived there.
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  46. dbboucher
    dbboucher says Yeah, I know she's not Canadian, but it's rare for an American artist to make it in Canada before the USA. Although, I guess if you're in Tacoma...
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  47. BellaVendetta
    BellaVendetta says Hidden Cameras Daydream Nation
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  48. leftoverking
    leftoverking says *{color:red}Chiliwhack*
    Permalink posted 11/27/2006
  49. commutation
    commutation says i agree with most of what has been said above, but i can't believe that nobody has mentioned THE WEAKERTHANS. 'Reconstruction Site' and 'Left and Leaving' are both amazing albums. great lyrics, unique vocals, catchy riffs. you can't go wrong with their style of folk-infused punk.
    Permalink posted 11/28/2006
  50. rhymeswithrawk
    rhymeswithrawk says The Weakerthans ARE a great band. Maybe nobody has mentioned them because nobody realized they were Canadian. "My city is still breathing, but barely it's true/through cities gone missing like teeth." That line always reminds me of Detroit, not Canadia. :)
    Permalink posted 11/28/2006
  51. Scarlett Echo
    Scarlett Echo says Hello Detroit. I'm from Windsor. I listen to a lot of Canadian music. Not by choice. It just happens. A lot of them are already listed here but I'll add some more. Stabilo Birds of Wales The Consumer Goods Tomi Swick Bedouin Soundclash Alexisonfire City and Colour controller.controller The Tea Party The Golden Dogs Hinterland The Suits XL Junior Boys Memphis Neverending White Lights
    Permalink posted 11/29/2006
  52. mutterimieli
    mutterimieli says Throw Hewit in there too!
    Permalink posted 11/30/2006
  53. kristiana
    kristiana says We may be a huuuuuuuge country, but, ah, our population is a wee bit small eh?
    Permalink posted 11/30/2006
  54. ConQueso
    ConQueso says God bless Detroit...and Windsor...the 19 year old college student's locale of choice. I like the Weakerthans. I do believe they hail from Winnipeg...although they don't seem overly fond of it. (i was going to point out Neil Young but the OP beat me to it.)
    Permalink posted 12/01/2006
  55. Sureshot
    Sureshot says Some music I've acquired from my Canadian sister over the years Bare Naked Ladies Moist The Watchmen 54-40 The Tragically Hip The Matthew Good Band Po' Girl Trish Klein of the Be Good Tanyas, and Allison Russell co-founded Po Girl after discovering their shared passion for creaky prohibition-era jazz and blues. I met Allison during my time in Vancouver in 1999 when she was part of folk duo 'Fear of Drinking'. Check her work out she has a beautiful voice. http://www.pogirl.net/ The other half of Fear of Drinking was ex-pat Brit 'Tim Readman'. Uncle to a close friend of mine. He has a long running residency at the Montmart Cafe in Vancouver. If you're near there and enjoy folk go see him. If you're a Brit from Newcastle you may remember Tim as the guitarist from Watt Government, Arthur 2 Stroke & The Chart Commando's, and The Kane Gang. Tim Readman Myspace Someone mentioned Spirit of The West? One of the tightest live bands I've witnessed. Faithlift is probably the most worn CD in my collection. Lyrically fantastic too.
    Permalink posted 12/01/2006
  56. Andie
    Andie says Couple bands that no one has mentioned yet... I think Odds Junkhouse Econoline Crush Treble Charger April Wine Moist Age of Electric 13 Engines (We had kind of a quiet heyday in the Mid-90s... tons of cool shit coming out of here) Bears Mentioning again... The tragically Hip, as well as Metric... two of my personal faves For the hardcore Punkers, Dayglo Abortions And I am sooo sooo glad someone mentioned STOMPIN TOM!!
    Permalink posted 12/01/2006
  57. rhymeswithrawk
    rhymeswithrawk says Now are all of these bands actually good or is everyone just naming every Canadian band ever to walk the planet?
    Permalink posted 12/01/2006
  58. Andie
    Andie says IMO the ones I named are good. However I can't believe I forgot alexisonfire. Gah.
    Permalink posted 12/01/2006
  59. ookpik
    ookpik says I have a big list of "awesome Victoria, BC bands":/ookpik on my MOG. Here are some more, that I don't see mentioned yet. For folks who like Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown, here are some more Canadians to try: bq. - Frog Eyes bq. - Swan Lake (Supergroup with brand new album. Members of Frog Eyes, Destroyer, Wolf Parade) bq. - Atlas Strategic (defunct, proto-Wolf Parade) bq. - Blue Pine (defunct, proto-Frog Eyes) For folks who like Sigur Ros and atmospheric stuff like that: bq. - A Northern Chorus bq. - The Faunts (more shoegazey) For folks who like beautiful, moodie indie pop: bq. - "Chet":http://myspace.com/chet bq. - "Elephant Island":http://elephantisland.net bq. - Away Ri'o! bq. - Rufus Wainwright bq. - Chad Van Gaalen bq. - Himalayan Bear In a more country/folky/songwriter style: bq. - Great Aunt Ida bq. - Roger Dean Young and The Tin Cup bq. - Martha Wainwright bq. - The Sadies bq. - The Unintended (The Sadies plus Greg Keelor of Blue Rodeo) Power-pop, dancey indie type stuff: bq. - Immaculate Machine bq. - "Young & Sexy":http://www.youngandsexy.org bq. - "The Paper Cranes":http://thepapercranes.com bq. - Unicorns / Islands bq. - Run Chico Run (I saw them open for Man Man in October, and it really made sense. They are surprisingly dark despite being upbeat and fun.) A great website for this kind of thing is "New Music Canada":http://newmusiccanada.com. Practically everybody keeps a profile on there, and lists the other NMC bands they like. They also have a frequent podcast (CBC Radio 3 podcast) of new music.
    Permalink posted 12/02/2006
  60. ookpik
    ookpik says *I am posting again just to try to close the bold formatting. It's getting annoying!
    Permalink posted 12/02/2006
  61. greeninkstains
    greeninkstains says I belive that these haven't been mentioned. Hot Hot Heat Bif Naked K-os Bruce Cockburn There are others, but my brain is melted from excessive essay writing.
    Permalink posted 12/03/2006

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