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« on: 16 Jan 2006, 15:55 »
So I'm doing this media studies project on the rise of Canadian music into the mainstream in the last few years.  I've covered the basics.  The whole country music thing, the whole OMG ARCADE FIRE thing, brushed the surface of the Montreal music scene's rising popularity.  What I'm looking for is another angle, per se.  I'm so clouded by my own musical preferences (and laziness) that it's getting difficult.  

So I pose this question:  Good Canadian music, mainstream or otherwise?  Any genre.
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« Reply #1 on: 16 Jan 2006, 16:26 »
there's godspeed you! black emperor. can't think of any other canadian bands right now.
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« Reply #2 on: 16 Jan 2006, 16:35 »
GYBE and the spin-off bands- A Silver Mount Zion (and various versions), Set Fire To Flame, Fly Pan Am.  I hate to link to wikipedia but what the hell, check out Constellation - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation_Records

or there's the more general http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_music

If you need a quote to kick off with my favourite quote about Canada is -

“The tragedy of Canada is that it had a chance to end up with French Cuisine, English Culture, and American Technology, but ended up with English Cuisine, American Culture, and French Technology”
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« Reply #3 on: 16 Jan 2006, 16:36 »
Is that a question?

Are you looking for contemporary stuff? The New Pornographers, Broken Social Scene, err, lots of other ones that I can't think of right now...
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« Reply #4 on: 16 Jan 2006, 16:47 »
Yeah, especially contemporary stuff.  Like... last 5-6 years kind of thing at least.

Oh and Paper beats rock - what's that quote from?  Anything in particular?
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« Reply #5 on: 16 Jan 2006, 17:36 »
Wolf Parade and Rufus Wainwright, Hot Hot Heat, New Pornographers and Unicorns/Islands
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« Reply #6 on: 16 Jan 2006, 17:49 »
Montreal bands that I like would be: The Stills & The Stars (though I don't know how popular they are throughout the country)

And sometimes you just need some good 'ol BNL or Great Big Sea (just to lift the spirits)
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« Reply #7 on: 16 Jan 2006, 17:55 »
Dude. Fucking Rush. Seriously.
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but the music sucks because the keyboards don't have the cold/mechanical sound they had but a wannabe techno sound that it's pathetic for Rammstein standars.

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« Reply #8 on: 16 Jan 2006, 18:00 »
All i can think of is The Tea Party who i guess provide a good example of a canadian band having ongoing international success for quite an extended period of time.....
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« Reply #9 on: 16 Jan 2006, 18:48 »
Ah, thank you, E. Spaceman. I knew there were a bunch of new bands I was forgetting.
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« Reply #10 on: 16 Jan 2006, 18:53 »
BSS?
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« Reply #11 on: 16 Jan 2006, 19:05 »
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Ah, thank you, E. Spaceman. I knew there were a bunch of new bands I was forgetting.


My pleasure, but if new bands don't cut it there is the Tragically Hip (good), Neil Young, Celine Dion and Bryan Adams (judgement is kept private)
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« Reply #12 on: 16 Jan 2006, 19:07 »
Neil Young FTW!




And did I mention Rush?
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Quote from: Mr. Doctor on 21 Sep 2009, 12:01
but the music sucks because the keyboards don't have the cold/mechanical sound they had but a wannabe techno sound that it's pathetic for Rammstein standars.

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« Reply #13 on: 16 Jan 2006, 19:13 »
Celine Dion is not a band. She is a horror and I am glad she is in Vegas for the next couple of years and we don't have to see her. Maybe one of Siegfried and Roy's tigers will maul her. That would solve many a problem.
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« Reply #14 on: 16 Jan 2006, 19:23 »
Do you like Canadian music?
I like Canadian music
Don’t you like Canadian music, baby?
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« Reply #15 on: 16 Jan 2006, 19:31 »
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Celine Dion is not a band. She is a horror and I am glad she is in Vegas for the next couple of years and we don't have to see her. Maybe one of Siegfried and Roy's tigers will maul her. That would solve many a problem.


No spite for Mr Adams? As horrible as Celine Dion is she makes for great drunken Karaoke. Besides Siegfried and Roy was cancelled in 2003 so I think she will return to torment your lands unharmed.
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« Reply #16 on: 16 Jan 2006, 19:39 »
Damn! I cannot see Celine working for karaoke, but that's just me. Bryan Adams yes, Celine no.
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« Reply #17 on: 16 Jan 2006, 19:43 »
This one time I went to a Bryan Adams concert just so I could call out "Play 'To Be Young (Is to Be Sad, Is to Be High)'!"*

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

*not a true story
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« Reply #18 on: 16 Jan 2006, 20:32 »
Death From Above 1979
Wolf Parade
Black Mountain
Weakerthans
Lenonard Cohen
Placenta Skyline

and many, many, many more I can't think of right now.
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« Reply #19 on: 16 Jan 2006, 20:50 »
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Dude. Fucking Rush. Seriously.


QFT. Also, Strapping Young Lad, Devin Townsend, and the Devin Townsend Band. Because Devin Townsend owns.
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« Reply #20 on: 16 Jan 2006, 21:13 »
I didn't know Strapping Young Lad were Canadian. totally second them.
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« Reply #21 on: 16 Jan 2006, 21:17 »
They did release an album called 'For Those Aboot to Rock'. Which is awesome, because they're making fun of AC/DC and Canada at the same time.
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« Reply #22 on: 16 Jan 2006, 22:12 »
Sloan is a great Canadian rock band. Atleast they were great back in the mid 90s. Action Pact wasn't too good.
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« Reply #23 on: 16 Jan 2006, 22:28 »
How about Sum 41 and Averil Lavigne?






No? What about Comeback Kid then? They're pretty awesome hardcore from Canada.
Arcade Fire has already been mentioned.
Those are the only two I can think of... 3 Inches of Blood might be from there?
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« Reply #24 on: 17 Jan 2006, 00:28 »
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Sloan is a great Canadian rock band. Atleast they were great back in the mid 90s. Action Pact wasn't too good.


Agreed.  From One Chord to Another is a power-pop classic.

In fact, Canada was a power-pop sparkplug in the 90s.  You've got Sloan, Age of Electric, Treble Charger, Limblifter, I Mother Earth, and, well, Matthew Sweet (though he's actually from Nebraska but was much more successful in Canada than in the US).  SOOOOOOOO many Canuck Big Star fans!
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« Reply #25 on: 17 Jan 2006, 02:54 »
Nickleback (love em or hate em)
New Pornographers were mentioned, but also solo AC Newman and Neko Case...
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« Reply #26 on: 17 Jan 2006, 03:45 »
Boo! You mentioned all the wrong bands (...well, mostly). Here, let me fix it for you:

Do Make Say Think
North of America
The Holy Shroud
Contrived
The Plan
Ion Dissonance

...and just for the sake of it: Propagandhi and Cryptopsy too.
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« Reply #27 on: 17 Jan 2006, 04:33 »
Avril Lavigne!
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« Reply #28 on: 17 Jan 2006, 05:11 »
Loverboy!
DOA!
Pointed Sticks!
Men Without Hats!!!!!!


*Does the safety dance*
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« Reply #29 on: 17 Jan 2006, 07:11 »
You might consider Venetian Snares, then you would have electronica covered too. In the same vein Peaches might be of interest.
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« Reply #30 on: 17 Jan 2006, 07:52 »
elliott brood for sure! i love them & pretty sure theyre canadian
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« Reply #31 on: 17 Jan 2006, 09:12 »
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The Holy Shroud


YES! Other bands that (I think) haven't been mentioned:

The Constantines
Sea Snakes
Van Johnson
You Say Party! We Say Die!
The Burdocks
Sour Keys


And seriously, to everyone who said Rush: you all deserve high fives.
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« Reply #32 on: 17 Jan 2006, 09:14 »
wow, this is just one big snob fest, isn't it?
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« Reply #33 on: 17 Jan 2006, 09:26 »
our lady peace. <3
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« Reply #34 on: 17 Jan 2006, 09:28 »
It's  one big CANADIAN Snob fest.
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« Reply #35 on: 17 Jan 2006, 10:54 »
how about talking about how 80% of these "Montreal Bands" are from Vancouver/The Island, but we don't get any mad props for good music!
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« Reply #36 on: 17 Jan 2006, 11:53 »
Controller.Controller
Tegan & Sara
Metric
Martha Wainwright
Weakerthans
Propagandhi
Hawksley Workman

others!
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« Reply #37 on: 17 Jan 2006, 12:03 »
Manitoba/Caribou
Akufen
Crackhaus.

The holy trinity. :)

K.
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« Reply #38 on: 17 Jan 2006, 12:39 »
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Metric
Martha Wainwright
Weakerthans
Propagandhi
Hawksley Workman


I actually thought for a long time that it was his real name. I got kind of disappointed when I found it wasn't :|
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« Reply #39 on: 17 Jan 2006, 14:32 »
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The Holy Shroud


YES!

ZOMG! Someone else knows The Holy Shroud and likes them?! Marry me! I don't even know if you're male or female and I don't care. Marry me.

Also, if you like The Holy Shroud, you should really check out North of America, two of the guys in The Holy Shroud used to be in that band (and apparently are again) and their last album (Brothers, Sisters) shares a couple of similarities. That is, if you don't know them yet.
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« Reply #40 on: 17 Jan 2006, 15:54 »
North of America is pretty awesome. I think I like the Holy Shroud a little bit better though.

Also, concerning the marriage proposal: when and where?
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« Reply #41 on: 17 Jan 2006, 16:33 »
I'm not quite sure about the date yet, I'm rather busy with uni work right now and there's this pesky ocean between America and Europe too...
Given the whole Holy Shroud / NoA thing though, I think Halifax would be a good option for the where.

Concerning the dower though: Are 20 camels, a bag of candy and a stuffed wombat okay?
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« Reply #42 on: 17 Jan 2006, 16:49 »
D.O.A.
Propagandhi
Pointed Sticks
Young Canadians
The Subhumans (with Gerry Hannah, not Trotsky)
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« Reply #43 on: 17 Jan 2006, 18:26 »
Hmm hip-hop is very poorly represented...

Kid Koala
Mood Ruff
Maestro
k-os
Buck 65
DL Incognito
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« Reply #44 on: 17 Jan 2006, 19:43 »
I suggest anything off of Paper Bag Records or Mint Records, both of which are personal favorites of mine and feature such artists as the New Pornographers and Controller.Controller.
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« Reply #45 on: 18 Jan 2006, 02:59 »
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how about talking about how 80% of these "Montreal Bands" are from Vancouver/The Island, but we don't get any mad props for good music!


Never said that any of them had to be from montreal, he brushed the surfae of the montreal scene and is just now looking for good quality canadian stuff

that being said

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« Reply #46 on: 18 Jan 2006, 03:34 »
without reading the rest of the replies (forgive me), good Canadian bands/artists:

The Weakerthans
The Most Serene Republic
The Planet Smashers
Chris Murray
King Apparatus
Barenaked Ladies

and perhaps some bad Canadian bands/artists would help, too?:

Simple Plan
SUM41
Nickleback
Avril Lavigne
Shania Twain
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« Reply #47 on: 18 Jan 2006, 03:39 »
Propagandhi, Chris Murray, DOA, NomMeansNo and the Nunfuckers are my favourite Canadian music.
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« Reply #48 on: 18 Jan 2006, 06:57 »
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Concerning the dower though: Are 20 camels, a bag of candy and a stuffed wombat okay?


I am allergic to camels, perhaps llamas would work though?
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« Reply #49 on: 19 Jan 2006, 06:08 »
Man, I can't believe no one has mentioned Skinny Puppy(or any of the offshoot bands for that matter).  

In a similar, if stranger vein, try Prospero, Antigen Shift, Iszoloscope, vo1d, and for the darker dance party person in you, Ayria.

Of course, there's also the many Bill Leeb/Rhys Fulber and friends bands as well.  Front Line Assembly, Delerium, Conjure One, Noise Unit, and Decree.
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