Canadian Musical Talent you're proud of.

RandomJunkie The Unicorns are not from Montreal. Theyre west coast baby.

 

I second that. Their shows are AWESOME. Joni Mitchell's cool too.

 

No, the Unicorns are from Montreal.
I like a band called SIANspheric, I think they are from the GTA.
Hayden is the shit. So are the Hip. According to Don Cherry, theyre the best band in the world. Not an exaggeration.

Peace

 

Sorry, I think they might be from the island. crystaleyez may be correct.

 

sara slean, sarah harmer, tegan and sara... anyone with a "sara" in their name and I am there. Hawksley and Rufus too. And there is a girl in Saskatoon, she is like 16, who can out blues BB King.

 

I like a lot of the bands mentioned, but I didn't see The Mahones anywhere.....I've seen them play and they're good.

 

i used to have a sianspheric album that i loved so much... stupid house fire..

i saw hawksley workman open solo for the violent femmes - his performance was so damn strange people didnt know whether to cheer or boo - but his guitar playing was freakin GOOD. then i went to closing night at the republiK - that was a good day...

has anyone heard yesterdays kids? they're on treetop films "fourplay" soundtrack. i like their style. that whole vid has got awesome music on it. actually, all their vids have cutting edge stuff on them.

 

Yes the Unicorns are originally from Vancouver Island, but they were later based in Montreal -- i say "were" because they've recently disbanded.

No one mentioned Leonard Cohen yet, so i will.
Some other good ones that haven't been mentioned:

The Constantines
The Joel Plaskett Emergency
The Intesteens
Form One

 

oh yeah, no one mentioned belvedere... great punk band. download slaves to the pavement if you want to check them out,.

 

That Saskatoon girl is Megan Lane. She rocks.

 

yesss.. Megan Lane is fucking amazing. I must go hunt down her cd. There's another really good blues artist here in Stoon, a bit older... Jordan something.

I really like the Tea Party too... didnt' know they were Canadian though, heh. Avril, well, some of her songs are decent, but I'm not actually willing to actually spend money to listen to any of her stuff.

 

dayglo abortions, from victoria bc

their music was just about declared obscene in canada

 

The Guess Who, Neil Young, The Band hands down the greatest musicans that I am most proud of that come from Canada.

 

well i think nobody mentioned, Warsaw Pack (they broke up recently and i'm shattered), Wasabi Collective also rock....Kid Kola (ninja tune,??) also local rock bands rule like Abacus, Seven Sided Animal

 

I knew her name was Megan Lane... i am friends with her older sister Jen and her brother Jermey (both are also very talented musicans). I just didn't think anyone else really knew about her, as I usually saw her is seedy, dingy club basements. lol.

It's Jordon Cook that you are thinking of Ihmurria... he went over to the UK and was taught by/played with Van Morrison, or so the rumour goes.

 

i love kid koala - and the band bullfrog he plays in too.. ( i think thats who u mean?)

 

I'd say we should be fairly proud of Skinny Puppy. Pioneers in industrial music. They helped develop the macine-esque sound, and really influenced alot of the bigger bands.

But, yeah, Canadian music is kinda sad.....

 

ya..... canada's finest DJ....
(and the world!) even if you don't like his music you cannot deny the talent with 5 turn tables!!!!

 

Kid Koala does rock. i didnt even know he was canadian. Another Sakatoon band, The Cracker Cats. Three beautiful girls with a guitar and banjo and a mandolin. Great harmonies. The lead singer is the daughter of the singer of Crooked Creek who youd know of if youve ever been to a Ness Creek, aah sweet happy-ness. Also I might add they are friends of mine, Especially the banjo player. Ahh saskatoon What a great place. I am never there anymore save for xmas, but I´ll always love it.

 

grand theft bus
and anotehr local band the port city all stars
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