Canadian bands I should check out?

northernwave · May 2007

Lowest of the Low - An incredible band...period! Three amazing studio albums...start with their first one 'Shakespeare My Butt' and go from there.

As for the Rheostatics, go get 'Melville' and 'Whale Music'...their finest two hours.

robfest2 · May 2007

#1 New Canadian bands is

Tokyo Police Club

http://www.tokyopoliceclub.net

http://www.myspace.com/tokyopoliceclub

mookie blaylock 10 · May 2007

northernwave wrote:

Lowest of the Low - An incredible band...period! Three amazing studio albums...start with their first one 'Shakespeare My Butt' and go from there.

As for the Rheostatics, go get 'Melville' and 'Whale Music'...their finest two hours.

a friend of mine was a huge lowest of the low fan. i think they have a lot of fans among their fellow canadian musicians as well.

good call on those rheostatics records too. double live is also amazing.

civ_eng_girl · May 2007

Besides the Hip, which is a given...

my favorite canadian band from the 90's was Moist!
mmm... David Usher...

and also... i'd be remiss if i didn't mention, as I always do, Holly McNarland. :cool:

edit... the weakerthans!

laudenum · May 2007

and of course the cowboy junkies

Anon · May 2007

By a Thread. i think they broke up though. their debut was on Revelation and then they did a split with some band who sucked. they cut their second LP but it's still unreleased. awesome band.

pjl44 · May 2007

Big Wreck and Finger Eleven...both don't get the credit I think they deserve.

And of course Rush!!

chitty · May 2007

THE TEA PARTY. Truly an amazing 3 piece band. Broke up a year or so ago

I also like Finger 11.

London Calling · May 2007

there's a canadian singer called Marshall Tully whose released a couple of albums, both of which are no longer available ( http://cdbaby.com/cd/tully ). I cant find any info about him on the web, has anyone ever heard of this guy?

PJ_Phil · May 2007

Definitely the first 2 I Mother Earth albums.
Broken Social Scene, the Tragically Hip, Joel Plaskett Emergency, Sloan, Blue Rodeo, Matt Mays, The Dears, Buck 65, Death From Above 1979 (although they have broken up), and Ron Sexsmith to name a few.

aspoonfulweighsaton · May 2007

Let me add to the votes for:

Neko Case
The New Pornographers
Broken Social Scene
Feist
Stars
The Dears
Tegan & Sara

direwolf74 · May 2007

mookie blaylock 10 · May 2007

you always kick ass, direwolf!

bubbamackdaddy69 · May 2007

What everyone here has mentioned...
as well as Wolf Parade is good and an old band that is broken up now but awesome is called Superfriendz
Oh as well...LOL...Organized Rhyme..(With TOM GREEN)...not really but 1 catchy hit

direwolf74 · May 2007

Why is there two of these threads?

Anyways, I just realized I forgot to mention Ron Sexsmith. Fantastic songwriter!

superdeluxe · May 2007

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

I've been hearing rumours of a lot of great bands coming from Canada. I'm already obsessed with Arcade Fire. Can anyone list some more?

Tragically Hip

Housing Jim · May 2007

superdeluxe wrote:

Tragically Hip

Go with The 'Hip my friend.....you won't regret it. I'm a newcomer to thier music and I am loving it

They blow your Arcade Fire out of the water!

The Vacant · May 2007

Big Sugar - Their album Hemi-Vision is an amazing blend of hard rock, dub reggae, and blues. The also have a smoking cover of Traffic's Dear Mr. Fantasy.

pjs big canuk fan · May 2007

some goodies that saddly aren't together though yuo sould check out are the headstones,rusty and junk house.it goes without saying thier erly stuff only

mookie blaylock 10 · May 2007

The Vacant wrote:

Big Sugar - Their album Hemi-Vision is an amazing blend of hard rock, dub reggae, and blues. The also have a smoking cover of Traffic's Dear Mr. Fantasy.

oh yeah, they used to blow the doors off any venue they played! and dear mr. fantasty live was one of the best. definitely one of the loudest bands i have seen live, but in a very, very good way.

good call.

Canadian bands I should check out?

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