Another band from my earliest days in college radio, and another band that totally disappeared after an album or two.
The Jack Rubies hailed from London, England, but sounded like an American band from the same time period of late 80s college rock. Think REM but with a more of a power pop edge. They also had an ultra-hip record label behind them, TVT Records, home to Nine Inch Nails amongst other bands.
The band wasn't particularly original. I did have a copy of their debut album, See the Money in My Smile, and really enjoyed it for what it was, unassuming and pleasant jangly power pop. They broke no new ground, and they failed to capture many ears.
The band only put out one more album, in 1989, Fascinatin' Vacation, also on the TVT label. They broke up in the early 90s, and members went on to form other band that plied in obscurity: The Milagro Saints and the Screaming Windsors.
"Mona Lisa" was the lead off track from 1988's See the Money in My Smile.
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Meet the 2017 Polaris Award Short List
(This blog post is likely to come off as cynical. Take it as you will...)
The Polaris Prize used to mean something. Since 2006, the award has been given to a Canadian artist deserving of merit by artistry, not by album sales. But, like all awards as they age, it's lost its shine and has started to become irrelevant.
This year's crop of ten shortlisted albums doesn't seem like a particularly strong one. Though there are some great albums here, this seems cobbled together by tin-eared hacks looking to make a statement of some sort.
I was a Polaris juror once upon a time, just a few years ago in 2010. The online debate over what albums should be included in the long list, then the final ten, and the final voting, are something I'd like to forget. You can boil down the jury into three camps. 1) Those jurors with the loudest voices, self-aggrandizing and arrogant, vain believers that they are the taste-makers of Canada. 2) Jurors looking to make a statement, advocating for whatever artist made a social or political statement, regardless of the quality of the album in question, and 3) music fans who like music and want to celebrate that. Sadly, the first two seem to be the loudest groups, and the smallest in size, but the ones that generally get the most attention.
My own participation was earnest at first, but when the conversation degenerated into non-music topics, like the politics of the performers, or the ethnic background or sexual orientation of the artists, I quickly lost interest. I don't believe I even participated in discussion once the short list was announced.
I've talked about this in the past, and referenced Johnny Regalado's infamous blog post, "I Was a Polaris Juror, and it Sucked". Regalado's on the other side of the fence from me as to the ethnic make up of the musicians (I think it doesn't matter at all, it's the music that counts), but he's spot on about the talk about the music in general. It's juvenile, and dominated by a few louder voices.
This year's nominees:
A Tribe Called Red - We Are the Halluci Nation
BadBadNotGood - IV
Leonard Cohen - You Want it Darker
Gord Downie - The Secret Path
Feist - Pleasure
Lisa Leblanc - Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?
Lido Pimienta - La Papessa
Tanya Tagaq - Retribution
Leif Vollebekk - Solitude
Weaves - Weaves
Looking at the list, I see what you would call a nice Grammys style mix there. We've got a few great albums, some albums on the list because the artists pulls at the heart strings or represent some political or social ideology, and some safe picks there because the albums are decent, but not great.
Falling into the first part are my two picks for best albums, likely Weaves and Leif Vollebekk. Weaves I picked for one of my favourite albums of 2016, and I truly think it's a groundbreaking and innovative. Vollebekk has simply made a really enjoyable indy-rock/folk album that's a joy to listen to from front to back.
I'd put Tanya Tagaq and A Tribe Called Red in the first group too, with both albums straddling genres and blurring the lines between First Nations traditional music and modern indy rock and electronic styles. Though these albums do have the distinction of also being First Nations artist, which is going to muddy the waters a bit. The question will come up, "Are they being recognized for the music or for their background?" I point back to the strange win of Buffy Sainte-Marie's thoroughly mediocre album in 2015 for my cynicism there.
Gord Downie and Leonard Cohen are the Grammy style nominees this year, the "sorry for your personal problems, here's an award" award. Cohen's album was quite average. Downie's album was fairly decent, but his diagnosis of cancer is going to colour his nomination.
Then the safe picks. Feist has already won the prize twice before. Pleasure is an average album. Lisa Leblanc's work was groundbreaking gritty country, up until this latest album, which is very plain. Same with BBNG, a plain album that pales in comparison to their previous album, but this one has more big name guest stars.
I've not heard the Lido Pimiento album, so I can't comment on it.
If I were a gambling man, I'd go with A Tribe Called Red this year. Their album was a stunning statement, a wildly ecclectic album, confronational, genre-bending album, difficult to listen to but awarding once dug into. I'd love to see Weaves take the prize, but I think it's a long shot at this point.
The Polaris Prize used to mean something. Since 2006, the award has been given to a Canadian artist deserving of merit by artistry, not by album sales. But, like all awards as they age, it's lost its shine and has started to become irrelevant.
This year's crop of ten shortlisted albums doesn't seem like a particularly strong one. Though there are some great albums here, this seems cobbled together by tin-eared hacks looking to make a statement of some sort.
I was a Polaris juror once upon a time, just a few years ago in 2010. The online debate over what albums should be included in the long list, then the final ten, and the final voting, are something I'd like to forget. You can boil down the jury into three camps. 1) Those jurors with the loudest voices, self-aggrandizing and arrogant, vain believers that they are the taste-makers of Canada. 2) Jurors looking to make a statement, advocating for whatever artist made a social or political statement, regardless of the quality of the album in question, and 3) music fans who like music and want to celebrate that. Sadly, the first two seem to be the loudest groups, and the smallest in size, but the ones that generally get the most attention.
My own participation was earnest at first, but when the conversation degenerated into non-music topics, like the politics of the performers, or the ethnic background or sexual orientation of the artists, I quickly lost interest. I don't believe I even participated in discussion once the short list was announced.
I've talked about this in the past, and referenced Johnny Regalado's infamous blog post, "I Was a Polaris Juror, and it Sucked". Regalado's on the other side of the fence from me as to the ethnic make up of the musicians (I think it doesn't matter at all, it's the music that counts), but he's spot on about the talk about the music in general. It's juvenile, and dominated by a few louder voices.
This year's nominees:
A Tribe Called Red - We Are the Halluci Nation
BadBadNotGood - IV
Leonard Cohen - You Want it Darker
Gord Downie - The Secret Path
Feist - Pleasure
Lisa Leblanc - Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?
Lido Pimienta - La Papessa
Tanya Tagaq - Retribution
Leif Vollebekk - Solitude
Weaves - Weaves
Looking at the list, I see what you would call a nice Grammys style mix there. We've got a few great albums, some albums on the list because the artists pulls at the heart strings or represent some political or social ideology, and some safe picks there because the albums are decent, but not great.
Falling into the first part are my two picks for best albums, likely Weaves and Leif Vollebekk. Weaves I picked for one of my favourite albums of 2016, and I truly think it's a groundbreaking and innovative. Vollebekk has simply made a really enjoyable indy-rock/folk album that's a joy to listen to from front to back.
I'd put Tanya Tagaq and A Tribe Called Red in the first group too, with both albums straddling genres and blurring the lines between First Nations traditional music and modern indy rock and electronic styles. Though these albums do have the distinction of also being First Nations artist, which is going to muddy the waters a bit. The question will come up, "Are they being recognized for the music or for their background?" I point back to the strange win of Buffy Sainte-Marie's thoroughly mediocre album in 2015 for my cynicism there.
Gord Downie and Leonard Cohen are the Grammy style nominees this year, the "sorry for your personal problems, here's an award" award. Cohen's album was quite average. Downie's album was fairly decent, but his diagnosis of cancer is going to colour his nomination.
Then the safe picks. Feist has already won the prize twice before. Pleasure is an average album. Lisa Leblanc's work was groundbreaking gritty country, up until this latest album, which is very plain. Same with BBNG, a plain album that pales in comparison to their previous album, but this one has more big name guest stars.
I've not heard the Lido Pimiento album, so I can't comment on it.
If I were a gambling man, I'd go with A Tribe Called Red this year. Their album was a stunning statement, a wildly ecclectic album, confronational, genre-bending album, difficult to listen to but awarding once dug into. I'd love to see Weaves take the prize, but I think it's a long shot at this point.
Saturday, July 15, 2017
DNTTA Playlist for June 16, 2017
Artist - Song - Album (Label) * indicates Canadian Content
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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Woodhawk - The High Priest* - Beyond the Sun (Independent)
Slow Death Lights - Dirty Chores* - Slow Death Lights (Independent)
Floating Widget - I am the Temple* - The Sounds of Earth (Independent)
Animal Slaves - Thoughts Fall* - A Fine End (Spiral)
Beth - Code of Thieves* - Beth (Independent)
J Blissette - Love Letter* - J Blissette EP (Independent)
Radio May Wave - Blind - Anybody Cares? (Independent)
Kristin Witko - Blue Light* - Union EP (Independent)
BB Gabor - Soviet Jewelry* - BB Gabor (Anthem)
Hakan Kursun - Gamsiz - Kuark (Independent)
KMVP - Vegetarian GF* - KMVD Revenge EP (Independent)
Gawker - Moneyshot* - Hulk Hogan Sex Tape (Independent)
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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Woodhawk - The High Priest* - Beyond the Sun (Independent)
Slow Death Lights - Dirty Chores* - Slow Death Lights (Independent)
Floating Widget - I am the Temple* - The Sounds of Earth (Independent)
Animal Slaves - Thoughts Fall* - A Fine End (Spiral)
Beth - Code of Thieves* - Beth (Independent)
J Blissette - Love Letter* - J Blissette EP (Independent)
Radio May Wave - Blind - Anybody Cares? (Independent)
Kristin Witko - Blue Light* - Union EP (Independent)
BB Gabor - Soviet Jewelry* - BB Gabor (Anthem)
Hakan Kursun - Gamsiz - Kuark (Independent)
KMVP - Vegetarian GF* - KMVD Revenge EP (Independent)
Gawker - Moneyshot* - Hulk Hogan Sex Tape (Independent)
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Video Playlist #13: Birds and Bees
A new playlist, about the Birds and the Bees
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0QOmyo1JgZeFh3rGf24tB6UaP2g2V4Er
1) The Bird and the Bee - Polite Dance Song
2) Babybird - You're Gorgeous
3) Birdheat* - Courage
4) Andrew Bird - Capsized
5) Bird Gets the Smile - Here and Gone
6) Fish and Bird* - Mark My Grave
7) The Mutton Birds - Anchor Me
8) Birds of Wales* - Philanthropist
9) Band of Bees - Hourglass
10) Beekeeper* - Oh Hi!
11) The Kingbees - My Mistake
12) Husking Bee - New Horizon
13) Persephone's Bees - City of Love
14) Ghost Bees* - Erl King
15) Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees* - You Don't Miss Me
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0QOmyo1JgZeFh3rGf24tB6UaP2g2V4Er
1) The Bird and the Bee - Polite Dance Song
2) Babybird - You're Gorgeous
3) Birdheat* - Courage
4) Andrew Bird - Capsized
5) Bird Gets the Smile - Here and Gone
6) Fish and Bird* - Mark My Grave
7) The Mutton Birds - Anchor Me
8) Birds of Wales* - Philanthropist
9) Band of Bees - Hourglass
10) Beekeeper* - Oh Hi!
11) The Kingbees - My Mistake
12) Husking Bee - New Horizon
13) Persephone's Bees - City of Love
14) Ghost Bees* - Erl King
15) Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees* - You Don't Miss Me
Monday, July 10, 2017
DNTTA Playlist for June 9, 2017
Artist - Song - Album (Label) * indicates Canadian Content
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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Amy Brandon - VL* - Scavenger (Independent)
Cornelius Dufallo - Bayolo: Tusch - Journaling 2 (Innova)
Crystal Mooncone - Leeward Side - Listening Beam Five (Innova)
Minotaurs - Don't Turn Away* - Aum (Independent)
Jasshauze - Clusters - Jasshauze (Independent)
Five Alarm Funk - Power of Funk* - Sweat (Independent)
Ed Palermo Big Band - Eleanor Rigby - The Great Un-American Songbook (Cuneiform)
Microscopic Septet - Migrane Blues - Been Up So Long, It Looks Like Down to Me (Cuneiform)
Peregrine Falls - Eating Crow* - Peregrine Falls (Drip Audio)
Listen to Do Not Touch This Amp every Friday 8-9 PM Pacific at www.thex.ca
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Amy Brandon - VL* - Scavenger (Independent)
Cornelius Dufallo - Bayolo: Tusch - Journaling 2 (Innova)
Crystal Mooncone - Leeward Side - Listening Beam Five (Innova)
Minotaurs - Don't Turn Away* - Aum (Independent)
Jasshauze - Clusters - Jasshauze (Independent)
Five Alarm Funk - Power of Funk* - Sweat (Independent)
Ed Palermo Big Band - Eleanor Rigby - The Great Un-American Songbook (Cuneiform)
Microscopic Septet - Migrane Blues - Been Up So Long, It Looks Like Down to Me (Cuneiform)
Peregrine Falls - Eating Crow* - Peregrine Falls (Drip Audio)
Saturday, July 1, 2017
150 Obscure Canadian bands for Canada150
For Canada150, I decided to do a post about obscure Canadian bands. But, working in campus radio, focusing on modern obscure Canadian bands seemed to easy. And I could easily come up with 150 well known bands. So, I limited myself to bands before about 2000.
I am a huge, huge, HUGE fan of Canadian music, especially the obscure stuff, and I LOVE sharing older, obscure Canadian underground bands. I have a huge amount of them in my own collection. I spent a good week looking through my collection, digging around the internet and wracking my own brain to come up with enough bands. I'll also be linking to a website or Youtube video if I can find something for the bands, so you can enjoy them too.
Got a band you loved that I missed? Comment! We just might do this again next year!
Note: Now that this is finished, I actually found bands I know exist but have no presence on the internet at all (no one remembers Din, The Magnetic People, The Puritans, The Whirligigs, Supercar, The Trees, The Sturgeons, The J. Jonah Jamesons and so many others!)
1) 6cylinder (Vancouver, late 70s/early 80s - roots/indy)
2) Alien Heirs (Vancouver, early 80s - new wave)
3) Alta Moda (Toronto, late 80s - R&B/funk)
4) Animal Slaves (Vancouver, early 90s - indy/post punk)
5) Annihilator (Ottawa/Vancouver, mid 80s to present - metal)
6) Asexuals (Montreal, late 80s - indy)
7) Bamboo (Toronto, mid 80s - reggae)
8) The Battered Wives (Toronto, late 80s/early 80s - new wave/punk)
9) Bloody Chicletts (Calgary, mid 90s - alt-rock)
10) Blue Northern (Vancouver, early 80s - roots rock)
11) Blue Peter (Toronto, late 70s/early 80s - new wave)
12) Bob's Your Uncle (Vancouver, mid 80s - indy)
13) The Bonaduces (Winnipeg, late 90s - indy/punk)
14) Boys Brigade (Toronto, early 80s - new wave)
15) Monte Cantsin (Montreal. mid 80s - electronic/experimental)
16) Cats Can Fly (Toronto, mid 80s - new wave)
17) Chalk Circle (Ottawa, late 80s - indy/new wave)
18) Change of Heart (Toronto, late 80s/early 90s - indy)
19) Chixdiggit (Calgary, mid 90s - punk)
20) Colour Me Psycho (Calgary, mid 80s - goth-rock)
21) cub (Vancouver, early 90s - "cuddlecore")
22) Curse of Horseflesh (Calgary, mid 80s - surf/roots)
23) Darkest of Hillside Thickets (Vancouver, 90s-present - horror rock)
24) Dayglo Abortions (Vancouver, 80s-present - punk)
25) Decoded Feedback (Montreal, 90s-present - industrial)
26) Deja Voodoo (Montreal, 80s - garage rock)
27) The Demics (London, ON, early 80s - punk/new wave)
28) The Deserters (Toronto, early 80s - new wave)
29) The Dice (Toronto, early 80s - rock)
30) The Dik Van Dykes (Hamilton, ON, 80s - punk/garage)
31) The Dinner is Ruined (Toronto, 90s - rock/experimental)
32) The Diodes (Toronto, 80s - new wave/punk)
33) The Dishrags (Vancouver, early 80s - new wave/punk)
34) Disappointed a Few People (Montreal, mid 80s - indy)
36) Eight Seconds (Ottawa, early 80s - new wave)
37) Elevator to Hell (Halifax, late 90s - indy)
38) The Enigmas (Vancouver, early 80s - punk/garage)
39) Eric's Trip (Moncton, NB, 90s - indy/garage)
40) Exciter (Ottawa, 80s - metal)
41) The Extras (Toronto, early 80s - new wave)
42) The Extroverts (Regina, early 80s - new wave)
43) Family Plot (Vancouver, late 80s - post punk)
44) Fifth Column (Toronto, early 80s - punk)
45) Forbidden Dimension (Calgary, late 80s/early 90s - horrorpunk)
46) The Forgotten Rebels (Hamilton, 80s - punk)
47) Funeral Factory (Calgary, 80s - goth pop)
48) BB Gabor (Toronto, mid 80s - new wave/rock)
49) Go Four 3 (Vancouver, late 80s - indy)
50) Golden Calgarians (Calgary, mid 80s - indy)
51) The Gruesomes (Montreal, 80s - garage)
52) Bruce Haack (Edmonton, 60-80s - electronic)
53) Hardship Post (Halifax, early 90s - indy)
54) hHead (Toronto, 90s - grunge)
55) Hissanol (Victoria, 90s - indy/punk)
56) Huevos Rancheros (Calgary, 90s - surf/punk)
57) Iko (Montreal, early 80s - electronic)
58) Images in Vogue (Vancouver, early 80s - synthpop)
59) The Inbreds (Halifax, 90s - indy)
60) Industrial Artz (Toronto, early 90s - industrial)
61) Insex (Vancouver, early 80s - punk)
62) Interstellar Root Cellar (Calgary, 90s - funk)
63) Jale (Halifax, mid 90s - indy)
64) Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra (Edmonton, late 80s - indy)
65) Sherry Kean (Toronto, mid 80s - pop)
66) Kick Axe (Regina, mid 80s - metal)
67) King Apparatus (Toronto, late 80s - ska)
68) King Lettuce (Edmonton, mid 89s - alt-rock)
69) Kish (Toronto, late 80s - hip-hop)
70) Konkan (Toronto, mid 80s - dance/pop)
71) Lava Hay (Toronto, late 80s/early 90s - folk/indy pop)
72) The Leather Uppers (Toronto, 90s - punk)
73) The Look People (Toronto, 80s/90s - indy)
74) Manteca (Toronto, 60s - jazz/fusion)
75) The Mants (Victoria, BC, 90s - garage/punk)
76) Maow (Vancouver, early 90s - indy/punk)
77) Mecca Normal (Vancouver, 80s-present - indy/experimental)
78) Mendelson Joe (Toronto, 70s-present - folk/experimental)
79) Belinda Metz (Edmonton/Toronto, mid 80s - pop)
80) Minutes from Downtown (Toronto, mid 80s - new wave)
81) The Modernettes (Vancouver, early 80s - punk/new wave)
82) Monuments Galore (Winnpeg, mid 80s - indy)
83) My Dog Popper (Calgary, 80s - punk)
84) Nash the Slash (Toronto, 70s/80s - new wave)
85) National Velvet (Toronto, early 90s - indy rock)
86) Neo A4 (Edmonton, mid 80s - radio pop)
87) New Regime (Toronto, early 80s - new wave)
88) Nihilist Spasm Band (London, ON, 60s/70s-present - experimental)
89) The Nils (Montreal, mid 80s-present - punk)
90) No Fun (Vancouver, early 80s - punk)
91) Noise Unit (Vancouver, 90s-present - industrial)
92) NoMeansNo (Victoria, 80s-present - punk/noise)
93) Numb (Vancouver, late 80s/early 90s - industrial)
94) Offenbach (Montreal, 80s/90s - blues rock/French)
95) John Oswald (Toronto, 90s-present - experimental)
96) Oversoul Seven (Vancouver, late 80s - indy)
97) Painted Thin (Winnipeg, late 90s - indy/punk)
98) Perfume Tree (Vancouver, 90s - post punk/electronic)
99) Personality Crisis (Winnipeg, early 80s - punk)
100) Phono-Comb (Toronto, early 90s - surf/roots)
101) Picture Comes to Life (Toronto, late 80s - new wave)
102) The Primrods (Calgary, early 90s - indy/post punk)
103) Plumtree (Halifax, early 90s - indy)
104) The Pointed Sticks (Vancouver, late 70s/early 80s - new wave/punk)
105) Poisoned (Vancouver, late 80s - indy/punk)
106) Polyrock (Canadians based in New York, early 80s - post punk)
107) Psyche (Calgary, late 80s/early 90s - industrial/synthpop)
108) Purple Knight (Moncton, late 70s/early 80s - garage/punk)
109) Raggadeath (Toronto, 90s - reggae/punk)
110) Random Killing (Toronto, mid 80s - punk)
111) Rational Youth (Montreal, early 80s - new wave)
112) Ray Condo (Vancouver, 80s/90s - country/rockabilly)
113) The Razorbacks (Toronto, late 80s - rockabilly)
114) Removal (Vancouver, 80s/90s - punk)
115) The Ripcordz (Montreal, 80s/90s - punk)
116) Scott B. Sympathy (Toronto 80s - indy/roots)
117) The Scramblers (Vancouver, 80s - punk/rockabilly)
118) The Secret V's (Vancouver, early 80s - punk/indy)
119) Showbusiness Giants (Victoria, 80s/90s - indy/punk)
120) SIANspheric (Hamilton, 90s/present - drone/post punk)
121) The Silver Darts (Toronto?, 80s - indy)
122) Simply Saucer (Hamilton, 60s/70s - proto-punk)
123) Slow (Vancouver, mid 80s - punk)
124) The Smugglers (Vancouver, late 90s - punk/garage)
125) SNFU (Calgary, 80s/90s-present - punk)
126) Sons of Freedom (Vancouver, late 80s - punk/indy)
127) The Stand GT (Toronto, late 80s - punk)
128) Strange Advance (Vancouver, early 80s - synthpop)
129) Stretch Marks (Winnipeg, early 80s - punk)
130) Stunt Chimps (Toronto, mid 80s - electrorock)
131) The Subhumans (Vancouver, early 80s - punk)
132) The Super Friendz (Halifax, mid 90s - indy)
133) Tankhog (Vancouver, late 80s - punk)
134) Teenage Head (Hamilton, early 80s - punk)
135) Thrush Hermit (Halifax, 90s - indy)
136) Trans-X (Montreal, early 80s - electro/new wave)
137) Tristan Psionic (Hamilton, 90s - indy)
138) U.I.C. (Exeter, ON, 80s - punk)
139) UJ3RK5 (Vancouver, early 80s - punk/new wave)
140) Uzeb (Montreal, 80s/90s - jazz rock)
141) The Viletones (Montreal, late 70s/early 80s - punk)
142) The Vindicators (Calgary, 80s - punk/garage)
143) Voivod (Montreal, 80s-present - metal)
144) The Von Zippers (Calgary. 80s - punk)
145) Wagbeard (Calgary, 90s - punk/indy)
146) Weeping Tile (Kingston, ON, 90s - indy/roots)
147) The Wooden Stars (Sackville, NB, 90s - indy)
148) The Young Canadians (Vancouver, early 80s - punk)
149) Zon (Toronto, 70s - prog rock)
150) Zuckerbaby (Calgary, 90s - alt-rock)
151!!!!) Zumpano (Vancouver, 90s - indy rock)
I am a huge, huge, HUGE fan of Canadian music, especially the obscure stuff, and I LOVE sharing older, obscure Canadian underground bands. I have a huge amount of them in my own collection. I spent a good week looking through my collection, digging around the internet and wracking my own brain to come up with enough bands. I'll also be linking to a website or Youtube video if I can find something for the bands, so you can enjoy them too.
Got a band you loved that I missed? Comment! We just might do this again next year!
Note: Now that this is finished, I actually found bands I know exist but have no presence on the internet at all (no one remembers Din, The Magnetic People, The Puritans, The Whirligigs, Supercar, The Trees, The Sturgeons, The J. Jonah Jamesons and so many others!)
1) 6cylinder (Vancouver, late 70s/early 80s - roots/indy)
2) Alien Heirs (Vancouver, early 80s - new wave)
3) Alta Moda (Toronto, late 80s - R&B/funk)
4) Animal Slaves (Vancouver, early 90s - indy/post punk)
5) Annihilator (Ottawa/Vancouver, mid 80s to present - metal)
6) Asexuals (Montreal, late 80s - indy)
7) Bamboo (Toronto, mid 80s - reggae)
8) The Battered Wives (Toronto, late 80s/early 80s - new wave/punk)
9) Bloody Chicletts (Calgary, mid 90s - alt-rock)
10) Blue Northern (Vancouver, early 80s - roots rock)
11) Blue Peter (Toronto, late 70s/early 80s - new wave)
12) Bob's Your Uncle (Vancouver, mid 80s - indy)
13) The Bonaduces (Winnipeg, late 90s - indy/punk)
14) Boys Brigade (Toronto, early 80s - new wave)
15) Monte Cantsin (Montreal. mid 80s - electronic/experimental)
16) Cats Can Fly (Toronto, mid 80s - new wave)
17) Chalk Circle (Ottawa, late 80s - indy/new wave)
18) Change of Heart (Toronto, late 80s/early 90s - indy)
19) Chixdiggit (Calgary, mid 90s - punk)
20) Colour Me Psycho (Calgary, mid 80s - goth-rock)
21) cub (Vancouver, early 90s - "cuddlecore")
22) Curse of Horseflesh (Calgary, mid 80s - surf/roots)
23) Darkest of Hillside Thickets (Vancouver, 90s-present - horror rock)
24) Dayglo Abortions (Vancouver, 80s-present - punk)
25) Decoded Feedback (Montreal, 90s-present - industrial)
26) Deja Voodoo (Montreal, 80s - garage rock)
27) The Demics (London, ON, early 80s - punk/new wave)
28) The Deserters (Toronto, early 80s - new wave)
29) The Dice (Toronto, early 80s - rock)
30) The Dik Van Dykes (Hamilton, ON, 80s - punk/garage)
31) The Dinner is Ruined (Toronto, 90s - rock/experimental)
32) The Diodes (Toronto, 80s - new wave/punk)
33) The Dishrags (Vancouver, early 80s - new wave/punk)
34) Disappointed a Few People (Montreal, mid 80s - indy)
36) Eight Seconds (Ottawa, early 80s - new wave)
37) Elevator to Hell (Halifax, late 90s - indy)
38) The Enigmas (Vancouver, early 80s - punk/garage)
39) Eric's Trip (Moncton, NB, 90s - indy/garage)
40) Exciter (Ottawa, 80s - metal)
41) The Extras (Toronto, early 80s - new wave)
42) The Extroverts (Regina, early 80s - new wave)
43) Family Plot (Vancouver, late 80s - post punk)
44) Fifth Column (Toronto, early 80s - punk)
45) Forbidden Dimension (Calgary, late 80s/early 90s - horrorpunk)
46) The Forgotten Rebels (Hamilton, 80s - punk)
47) Funeral Factory (Calgary, 80s - goth pop)
48) BB Gabor (Toronto, mid 80s - new wave/rock)
49) Go Four 3 (Vancouver, late 80s - indy)
50) Golden Calgarians (Calgary, mid 80s - indy)
51) The Gruesomes (Montreal, 80s - garage)
52) Bruce Haack (Edmonton, 60-80s - electronic)
53) Hardship Post (Halifax, early 90s - indy)
54) hHead (Toronto, 90s - grunge)
55) Hissanol (Victoria, 90s - indy/punk)
56) Huevos Rancheros (Calgary, 90s - surf/punk)
57) Iko (Montreal, early 80s - electronic)
58) Images in Vogue (Vancouver, early 80s - synthpop)
59) The Inbreds (Halifax, 90s - indy)
60) Industrial Artz (Toronto, early 90s - industrial)
61) Insex (Vancouver, early 80s - punk)
62) Interstellar Root Cellar (Calgary, 90s - funk)
63) Jale (Halifax, mid 90s - indy)
64) Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra (Edmonton, late 80s - indy)
65) Sherry Kean (Toronto, mid 80s - pop)
66) Kick Axe (Regina, mid 80s - metal)
67) King Apparatus (Toronto, late 80s - ska)
68) King Lettuce (Edmonton, mid 89s - alt-rock)
69) Kish (Toronto, late 80s - hip-hop)
70) Konkan (Toronto, mid 80s - dance/pop)
71) Lava Hay (Toronto, late 80s/early 90s - folk/indy pop)
72) The Leather Uppers (Toronto, 90s - punk)
73) The Look People (Toronto, 80s/90s - indy)
74) Manteca (Toronto, 60s - jazz/fusion)
75) The Mants (Victoria, BC, 90s - garage/punk)
76) Maow (Vancouver, early 90s - indy/punk)
77) Mecca Normal (Vancouver, 80s-present - indy/experimental)
78) Mendelson Joe (Toronto, 70s-present - folk/experimental)
79) Belinda Metz (Edmonton/Toronto, mid 80s - pop)
80) Minutes from Downtown (Toronto, mid 80s - new wave)
81) The Modernettes (Vancouver, early 80s - punk/new wave)
82) Monuments Galore (Winnpeg, mid 80s - indy)
83) My Dog Popper (Calgary, 80s - punk)
84) Nash the Slash (Toronto, 70s/80s - new wave)
85) National Velvet (Toronto, early 90s - indy rock)
86) Neo A4 (Edmonton, mid 80s - radio pop)
87) New Regime (Toronto, early 80s - new wave)
88) Nihilist Spasm Band (London, ON, 60s/70s-present - experimental)
89) The Nils (Montreal, mid 80s-present - punk)
90) No Fun (Vancouver, early 80s - punk)
91) Noise Unit (Vancouver, 90s-present - industrial)
92) NoMeansNo (Victoria, 80s-present - punk/noise)
93) Numb (Vancouver, late 80s/early 90s - industrial)
94) Offenbach (Montreal, 80s/90s - blues rock/French)
95) John Oswald (Toronto, 90s-present - experimental)
96) Oversoul Seven (Vancouver, late 80s - indy)
97) Painted Thin (Winnipeg, late 90s - indy/punk)
98) Perfume Tree (Vancouver, 90s - post punk/electronic)
99) Personality Crisis (Winnipeg, early 80s - punk)
100) Phono-Comb (Toronto, early 90s - surf/roots)
101) Picture Comes to Life (Toronto, late 80s - new wave)
102) The Primrods (Calgary, early 90s - indy/post punk)
103) Plumtree (Halifax, early 90s - indy)
104) The Pointed Sticks (Vancouver, late 70s/early 80s - new wave/punk)
105) Poisoned (Vancouver, late 80s - indy/punk)
106) Polyrock (Canadians based in New York, early 80s - post punk)
107) Psyche (Calgary, late 80s/early 90s - industrial/synthpop)
108) Purple Knight (Moncton, late 70s/early 80s - garage/punk)
109) Raggadeath (Toronto, 90s - reggae/punk)
110) Random Killing (Toronto, mid 80s - punk)
111) Rational Youth (Montreal, early 80s - new wave)
112) Ray Condo (Vancouver, 80s/90s - country/rockabilly)
113) The Razorbacks (Toronto, late 80s - rockabilly)
114) Removal (Vancouver, 80s/90s - punk)
115) The Ripcordz (Montreal, 80s/90s - punk)
116) Scott B. Sympathy (Toronto 80s - indy/roots)
117) The Scramblers (Vancouver, 80s - punk/rockabilly)
118) The Secret V's (Vancouver, early 80s - punk/indy)
119) Showbusiness Giants (Victoria, 80s/90s - indy/punk)
120) SIANspheric (Hamilton, 90s/present - drone/post punk)
121) The Silver Darts (Toronto?, 80s - indy)
122) Simply Saucer (Hamilton, 60s/70s - proto-punk)
123) Slow (Vancouver, mid 80s - punk)
124) The Smugglers (Vancouver, late 90s - punk/garage)
125) SNFU (Calgary, 80s/90s-present - punk)
126) Sons of Freedom (Vancouver, late 80s - punk/indy)
127) The Stand GT (Toronto, late 80s - punk)
128) Strange Advance (Vancouver, early 80s - synthpop)
129) Stretch Marks (Winnipeg, early 80s - punk)
130) Stunt Chimps (Toronto, mid 80s - electrorock)
131) The Subhumans (Vancouver, early 80s - punk)
132) The Super Friendz (Halifax, mid 90s - indy)
133) Tankhog (Vancouver, late 80s - punk)
134) Teenage Head (Hamilton, early 80s - punk)
135) Thrush Hermit (Halifax, 90s - indy)
136) Trans-X (Montreal, early 80s - electro/new wave)
137) Tristan Psionic (Hamilton, 90s - indy)
138) U.I.C. (Exeter, ON, 80s - punk)
139) UJ3RK5 (Vancouver, early 80s - punk/new wave)
140) Uzeb (Montreal, 80s/90s - jazz rock)
141) The Viletones (Montreal, late 70s/early 80s - punk)
142) The Vindicators (Calgary, 80s - punk/garage)
143) Voivod (Montreal, 80s-present - metal)
144) The Von Zippers (Calgary. 80s - punk)
145) Wagbeard (Calgary, 90s - punk/indy)
146) Weeping Tile (Kingston, ON, 90s - indy/roots)
147) The Wooden Stars (Sackville, NB, 90s - indy)
148) The Young Canadians (Vancouver, early 80s - punk)
149) Zon (Toronto, 70s - prog rock)
150) Zuckerbaby (Calgary, 90s - alt-rock)
151!!!!) Zumpano (Vancouver, 90s - indy rock)
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