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Frank Giaramita
12/27/05, 09:04 PM
Check out an article (http://img458.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lastscan8ip.gif) from a Toronto newspaper about the Canadian indie scene taking over this past year.

Submitted by: Nate_RAWKS
Grybo
12/27/05, 09:09 PM
i did not know metric was from canada. thats really cool
Nate_RAWKS
12/27/05, 09:14 PM
Yay Canada!!!! What a great year!!!!
jfb392
12/27/05, 09:28 PM
I like the addition of "canuck" in the title.
BackInTheJox
12/27/05, 09:29 PM
So Canadians took over 2005...are they responsible for all the shit that happened?
justanact
12/27/05, 09:36 PM
I've always been drawn to Canadian bands. Most of them are fucking awesome. Like Fifth Hour Hero, One Candle Power, The Weakerthans, The Paperbacks, Moneen....The St. Catherines. good stuff.

Then theres celine dion. But whats a good gene pool without a few mutations?
Sureshot182
12/27/05, 09:46 PM
stars and arcade fire..mmm
MattyBeatz
12/27/05, 09:50 PM
I love Metric. Great live show, Emily is an awesome front woman, and their last record was amazing. However, I listened to their new record numerous times and can't get into it as much as their last album. It's not as jumpy and instantly catchy. It's a bit more subdued and mellow.
IAPAI
12/27/05, 09:53 PM
death from above 1979, too
xTJx
12/27/05, 10:26 PM
Ugh, so many great Canadian bands other than Metric. I seriously cannot stand that band
12:46AM
12/27/05, 10:35 PM
Ugh, so many great Canadian bands other than Metric. I seriously cannot stand that band
yeah metric is... not good.
do you guys remember when tate said that boys night out was the only good canadian band? man, that was an ignorant comment.
Get Fucked
12/27/05, 10:41 PM
Mmm Canadia, I love fuckers who like to think we produce shit, for every shitty band we produce their are probably 50 shitty American bands.
kg00d
12/27/05, 10:44 PM
Stars are good.
Spaulding44
12/27/05, 10:50 PM
Nice job Canada

Yes i mean there is shit that comes from us (Nickelback, Default, Simple Plan, Theory of a Deadman, those dudes that sing that song "Just Like You" and "I hate everything about you"..fuck what are they called) anyway...actually shit that was a really unexcusable list but hey when we make stinkers we make stinkers! Can I get an AMEN
thirsk
12/27/05, 11:00 PM
i've actually been really impressed from what's come out of canada lately. I guess we had to recover from avril...sorry
hah
thedood
12/27/05, 11:12 PM
damn straight...im drunk on a tuesday night bitches...canada is awesome suckas.
MikeAL4W
12/27/05, 11:38 PM
Boston HXC and The South Shore Scene in MA is blowing up like you thought it would, call mikey fresh same numba same hood.
MikeAL4W
12/27/05, 11:40 PM
But Boys Night Out is the shit. You guys need to take back alanis morrisette tho, and even if she isnt canadienne , she seems it so just take her anyway.
number2alien
12/28/05, 12:06 AM
The great thing is there's still plenty of bands that still need to blow up stateside. Stabilo. Rio Bent. Ethers Void. And those are just some Vancouver-area bands. And, heck, let's not forget about bands like Propagandhi, The Weakerthans, and the Barenaked Ladies (I don't give a shit what you think about their albums, this band puts on the best live show in rock..I can guarantee that everyone would enjoy their live show if they'd just give them a chance). Sure, Canada has unleashed some bad music on the world, but so have a lot of other countries! I just hope this recent trend will increase respect for Canadian music scenes.
Aileen
12/28/05, 01:48 AM
good. if they hadn't included bedouin in that article i would've had to punch faces.
golfchick
12/28/05, 08:59 AM
oh were so cool.

let's not forget hot hot heat and alexisonfire.

i do not like metric either though.. they just annoy me.

broken social scene are pretty good though.
bossman calling
12/28/05, 09:36 AM
yeah metric is... not good.
do you guys remember when tate said that boys night out was the only good canadian band? man, that was an ignorant comment.
no one takes tate seriously since he called fallout boy's album mind blowing
tommyhaych
12/28/05, 10:36 AM
Richmond Hill = great canadian (well Nova Scotian) band.

http://www.myspace.com/richmondhill
Kelley Nicole
12/28/05, 11:19 AM
oh were so cool.

let's not forget hot hot heat and alexisonfire.

i do not like metric either though.. they just annoy me.

broken social scene are pretty good though.
pretty good? they're better than just pretty good. especially compared to a band like alexisonfire (sorry, i just can't stand them).


i really wish people would stop about canada...i love a lot of these bands, but stop focusing on the "canadian indie scene." it's ridiculous.
G funk
12/28/05, 11:26 AM
Go Canada!
Metric is freaking awesome. They have an intense live show that will leave you amazed. When i saw them for the first time i wasn't expecting much, I thought their first CD was ok, but nothing too special. After the show it was a whole different story. I go to quite a bit of concerts and i would say Metric was one of my best of 2005. I don't think anybody can see a live Metric show and walk out of there disappointed or at least walk out not in love with Emily Haines - boy or girl.
For Real.
Feist is pretty cool too.
Kelley Nicole
12/28/05, 11:30 AM
Feist is fucking incredible. I love her albums, but live she's a million times better. And she's insane when she plays with BSS, you can't tak your eyes off of her.

Everyone says what you said about Metric's live show, and though I do like their music, I've still never felt like I had to go see them. They're playing here in April, finally a show that's not 21+, and I'm not sure if I should go or not.
hamiltonburns
12/28/05, 12:18 PM
canada has protest the hero, thats all they need

and jagged little pill by alanis morisette is a solid fuckin album, nothing wrong with her
G funk
12/28/05, 01:17 PM
Feist is fucking incredible. I love her albums, but live she's a million times better. And she's insane when she plays with BSS, you can't tak your eyes off of her.

Everyone says what you said about Metric's live show, and though I do like their music, I've still never felt like I had to go see them. They're playing here in April, finally a show that's not 21+, and I'm not sure if I should go or not.


You shoud go if you want to have a new favorite band and a new crush on Emily.
They will do that to you live. I'm telling you.
sweetmik
12/28/05, 01:24 PM
boys night out!
bossman calling
12/28/05, 01:30 PM
it's really sad that some of you had to spoil this thread by bringing up bands like boys night out and alexisonfire. this was about GOOD canadian music, not your pop punk emo garbage.
ForeverInADay
12/28/05, 04:09 PM
Richmond Hill = great canadian (well Nova Scotian) band.

http://www.myspace.com/richmondhill
I live five minutes outside of Richmond Hill, Ontario. wee.

Nova Scotia is part of Canada...
ForeverInADay
12/28/05, 04:11 PM
What about xLifexRuinerx? hahahahaha Anyone?
BackInTheJox
12/28/05, 04:15 PM
it's really sad that some of you had to spoil this thread by bringing up bands like boys night out and alexisonfire. this was about GOOD canadian music, not your pop punk emo garbage.

die plz
Nate_RAWKS
12/28/05, 05:24 PM
it's really sad that some of you had to spoil this thread by bringing up bands like boys night out and alexisonfire. this was about GOOD canadian music, not your pop punk emo garbage.


haha