Canadian bands I should check out?

mookie blaylock 10

pj's big canuk fan wrote:

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

man, i miss the headstones. :(

off_the_record

guess i posted this in the other thread: Great Lake Swimmers. one of the best bands out there right now.

mookie blaylock 10

off_the_record wrote:

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 !

thankyougrandma

Arcade Fire
The Dears
Julie Doiron
Eric's Trip
Godspeed
Malajube
Jean Leloup
Feist
Broken Social Scene
Leonard Cohen
Neil Young
Rufus Wainwright

etc...

melodyman22

-The Tragically Hip
-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.

direwolf74

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

man, i miss the headstones. :(

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

Songburst

I Mother Earth it is.

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.

Tek Money

melodyman22 wrote:

54-40 is one of Canadas most consistent bands.

*dies laughing*

Really?

harmless_little_f***

Thanks everyone for your answers to this.

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.

civ_eng_girl

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

Wintersleep

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:

civ_eng_girl

mookie blaylock 10 wrote:

wintersleep (opened for PJ in NFLD)

http://www.myspace.com/wintersleepmusic

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!