Maple Music

it's like growing , but in french.

Because Quebec, is the world's largest exporter of ~~Maple Syrup~~ Technical Death Metal

It's Rush -- they hardly need any introduction!

I'm moving back to live in Canada in 9 days! It's going to be a drive of 10-12 hours nonstop, anyone got music to pad out a playlist? Anything thematically fitting for moving back to Canada, doesn't need to be neccarily a Canadian musician, but bonus if it is. Looking to really amp myself up for finally living in Canada again.

Les Moontunes are an Acadian ensemble (although a lot if not most of their songs are in English!) with influences ranging from jazz to metal to soul to psychedelic rock. When they perform live, they do so in astronaut suits to represent their out-of-this-world sound.

If you just look up the name of the song, many sites will now prompt anti-self harm messages instead of showing you results.

Propagandhi was formed in 1988 in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. They remain very active and are still consistently touring all across Canada.

Listening to just a few of the songs, you get a heavy dosage of the rage induced progressive stances of the band, associating strongly with left leaning and far left stances and prone to politicized speeches while on stage.

While the early songs of Propagandhi were more in line with skate/punk rock, nowadays the band as a heavy, well, heavy metal tune to them. Their strong progressive political theming has if anything amplified over the years, with their recent new album released May 2nd of this year featuring strong anti-fascist lyrics.

CARIBOU is an one-man electronic band, written, performed, and produced by Dan Snaith from Dundas, Ontario. He's also released music under the names Manitoba and Daphni.

From the Kon Kan Wiki: "Kon Kan is a Canadian Synth-pop concieved and formed in 1988 by Barry Harris in Toronto, Ontario. Kon Kan were awarded a 1990 Juno for the song " I Beg Your Pardon" and nominated a 1991 Juno Award for the Single "Puss N' Boots/These Boots Are Made for Walkin''"

It seems that Kon Kan is somewhat active again, with new singles being created in 2023, and a recent tour in Brazil. Most new updates and activity seems to be on Kon Kan facebook page.

The Royal Foundry is a Canadian alternative pop quartet band whose core is the Edmonton couple Jared Salte and Bethany Schumacher. They initially formed as a folk duo but, in 2015, began a significant revitalization and revision of their sound, incorporating elements of 1990's Brit-Pop with power-pop stylings of groups like Arcade Fire, and 1970's Progressive Rock elements inspired by groups like Yes and Supertramp Their music has been described as alt rock, indie rock, alternative pop, and Synth Pop.

Stompin' Tom Connors is perhaps the most venerated Canadian country/folk songwriter and singer of all time -- and for good reason. His entire musical career was dedicated to singing and celebrating Canada and it's culture. Charles Thomas Connors long career netted him various accolades and honours in his name, although connors was famous for being humble and declining many of his honours.

There is much that can be said about Tom Connors, but his love for Canada was genuine and always first and foremost in his life.

I feel as though this song might give us insight to how he would feel with current US-Canada relations.

If you don't like Canada.... "Ya can better serve your country by living somewhere else".

Metric was formed in 1998 in Toronto, Ontario, and by 2006 was quickly gaining in popularity, with various nominations by Canadian-centric awards such as Juno Awards and Polaris Music Prize. It wouldn't be until 2010 that they won their first Juno Award "Best Alternative Album of the Year" for their 2009 album Fantasies.

Black Sheep in particular was released on August 10th, 2010 on the Band's MySpace page. This song would be used as the soundtrack for the 2010 film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, although the song is sung by Brie Larson portraying the character Envy Adams instead. Bryan Lee O'Malley said that Envy Adam's poses in the graphic novel were inspired by concert photos of Emily Haines (the lead singer of Metric).

Blacksheep is Metrics most listened to song on spotify, with 163 million listens on the Brie Larson vocal version (as used in the Scott Pilgrim movie), and 131 million listens to the band's original version.

A great musician who faced more than his share of demons. I first saw this video 5 or so years ago, and I've been coming back to it regularly since. There's an authenticity to Stewart's singing, a pained optimism of sorts, paired with the agressive mandolin-playing. It just speaks to me.

RIP Brian Wilson

we're all gonna die

This post brought to you by my local radio station in the early '00s. Thanks CanCon!

Scott Pilgrim (1998) is perhaps one of the most over the top teenage angst punk bands I've ever heard -- perhaps precisely because the original band members were young teenagers when it was created. Plumtree was formed in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1993 and disbanded in 2000.

Lynette Gillis and Carla Gillis still play for the rock band Overnight and occasionally Bells Blanging. Catriona Sturton lives in Ottawa and teaches harmonica inbetween making blues music.

Amanda Bidnall went on to become an accomplished academic in history and is now a freelance editor.

Nina Martin went on to become a professor of Geography with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

The song is most well known for inspiring the famous graphic novel series Scott Pilgrim (2004-2010) by also fellow Canadian Bryan Lee O'Malley. The Scott Pilgrim franchise would end up taking up much more cultural real estate than the band or song itself.