Weird, I could've sworn I already posted in this thread, but my post seems to have disappeared. Anyways, here are a few brilliant bands/artists from the Great White North that everybody should check out:
"I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."
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
Anyways, I just realized I forgot to mention Ron Sexsmith. Fantastic songwriter!
"I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."
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!
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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.
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
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.
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
guess i posted this in the other thread: Great Lake Swimmers. one of the best bands out there right now.
i'm getting confused with the double thread! i have to keep skimming through to see if this is the one i've already agreed with other's picks...easily confused am i !
That makes two of us. I must have seen them live at least 12 times over the years and they always kicked ass. In my opinion they made bands like Guns N' Roses look like a bunch of sissies. Hugh Dillon has a new band called the Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir. Their debut album "The High Cost of Low Living" came out in 2005 and was produced by the Hip's Paul Langlois:
They just finished recording their 2nd album (with Paul producing again), and it should be out sometime this year. I can't wait to hear it. Here's a cool interview Hugh did last week with George Stroumboulopoulos on CBC's The Hour:
"I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."
Of course, the first 2 albums (Dig & Scenery and Fish) kick ass (Santana-influenced hard rock), but Blue Green Orange is to IME as No Code is to PJ. I am a huge IME fan and I hated Blue Green Orange when it came out so I let it sit on the shelf for a few years. Now I can't stop playing it. Their last album, The Quicksilver Meat Dream was little bit too much Tool-inspired for my liking but there are a couple of great songs on that album too.
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I just thought I'd feedback on what I've heard and what's impressed me. Four bands stick out so far:
The Tragically Hip
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Wintersleep
Great Lake Swimmers
That's it for now, but I'll keep listening... I need to listen to I Mother Earth (I like their name!), but I'm at work right now.
'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'
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Neko Case
The New Pornographers
Broken Social Scene
Feist
Stars
The Dears
Tegan & Sara
The Tragically Hip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtqCXpqhsMI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEGyKECUh80
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsj9fXH2Psw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO4xasPhGic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg01BU_S4zI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1_rdaq2S7A
Wintersleep
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZapSEzUJjg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wM8mu1ZR8g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE8O_Zo0srY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noERk-Bf5MM
The Weakerthans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1WxZ4w7NFM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A927zcSSw2s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQY599iIsOc
Sarah Harmer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52vXPZAkDug
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN2TL59FCQg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPJRSbmoh2M
Sam Roberts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh9EClH_wso
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjaK_UHqEd8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWrzXJkQJdw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCClbR1ZORo
Rheostatics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM7eA0HSb2o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvIJs5_2PD4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTiWHObOZ7k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPDQ7u6BlZw
Matt Mays & El Torpedo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEIe3IBEBzI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKCReMTe0jY
The Constantines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30yEWwQEYIk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbhirNAmYww
The New Pornographers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpvqU2cmK8I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBAUQaj6EJo
Kate Fenner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzmgpxrLz7c
K-OS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=602F1Db-uLY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdZsUkYGq5k
Lowest of the Low
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI3YGC8UcfE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv6cJm5jM7w
Feist
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZZ1Gd5qjc4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbPQbqw7UjY
-Tom Waits
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
Anyways, I just realized I forgot to mention Ron Sexsmith. Fantastic songwriter!
-Tom Waits
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!
Manchester - 4/6/2000
London - 20/4/2006
Dublin - 23/8/2006
London - 18/6/2007
New York City - 24/6/2008
New York City - 25/6/2008 - we will be "what is up" New York
Manchester - 18/8/2009
London - 18/6/2018
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.
man, i miss the headstones. :(
Brave to try to gamble at times
i'm getting confused with the double thread!
The Dears
Julie Doiron
Eric's Trip
Godspeed
Malajube
Jean Leloup
Feist
Broken Social Scene
Leonard Cohen
Neil Young
Rufus Wainwright
etc...
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
-Moist/David Usher. Easily one of Canada's best singers.
-Neil Young
-54-40
-I Mother Earth
-Matthew Good
-Rush
-Bryan Adams
54-40 is one of Canadas most consistent bands.
That makes two of us. I must have seen them live at least 12 times over the years and they always kicked ass. In my opinion they made bands like Guns N' Roses look like a bunch of sissies. Hugh Dillon has a new band called the Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir. Their debut album "The High Cost of Low Living" came out in 2005 and was produced by the Hip's Paul Langlois:
http://www.maplemusic.com/artists/hdr/disc.asp
They just finished recording their 2nd album (with Paul producing again), and it should be out sometime this year. I can't wait to hear it. Here's a cool interview Hugh did last week with George Stroumboulopoulos on CBC's The Hour:
http://www.cbc.ca/thehour/video.php?id=1566
-Tom Waits
Of course, the first 2 albums (Dig & Scenery and Fish) kick ass (Santana-influenced hard rock), but Blue Green Orange is to IME as No Code is to PJ. I am a huge IME fan and I hated Blue Green Orange when it came out so I let it sit on the shelf for a few years. Now I can't stop playing it. Their last album, The Quicksilver Meat Dream was little bit too much Tool-inspired for my liking but there are a couple of great songs on that album too.
*dies laughing*
Really?
I just thought I'd feedback on what I've heard and what's impressed me. Four bands stick out so far:
The Tragically Hip
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Wintersleep
Great Lake Swimmers
That's it for now, but I'll keep listening... I need to listen to I Mother Earth (I like their name!), but I'm at work right now.
- the great Sir Leo Harrison
saw them twice this weekend in chicago! (opening up for the Hip
even got a chace to meet the drummer Loel, and tell him how bloody amazing he was!
man, those Halifax boys can rock the fuck OUT! :cool:
REALLY??? holy crap!! i had no idea! :eek:
dammit, i wish i'd known that.... Zanne and I would have had more to talk to Loel about!