Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
The Suburbs is the third album from the most popular and important band to come out of the Canadian indie rock scene, Arcade Fire. (Their closest competitor would be Broken Social Scene, but I don’t think the bands are all that close.) As we know, “popular” doesn’t always indicate any level of quality, but when it’s paired with “important” that’s usually a good sign.
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k-os - The Trill: A Journey So Far
The Trill: A Journey So Far is a compilation album from k-os, the Canadian singer-songwriter/rapper that already put out two other albums this year.
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Jets Overhead - Bridges
Jets Overhead is a group that I missed when "Bridges" was released. I would still be missing them, as well, if it weren't for a key moment in this week's House where a track from the album, "Where Did You Go?," plays. I saw the episode twice and both times I thought "I really like that song."
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Magneta Lane - Gambling with God
Gambling with God is the third collection of songs from the all-girl Canadian trio, Magneta Lane. They originally conceived the idea to start a band while backstage at a concert even though the (four at first, but eventually three) girls were fresh out of high school with no musical experience.
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Peaches - I Feel Cream
Peaches is a Canadian-born electroclash artist (who was roommates with Feist in Toronto at one point) and currently resides in Berlin. I Feel Cream is her fourth release using the Peaches moniker, but her very first album was released under her real name, Merrill Nisker.
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Metric - Fantasies
The problem with eagerly anticipating a new album from a band that you really like is that when the album finally arrives it is almost always a disappointment.
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MSTRKRFT - Fist of God
MSTRKRFT is a Canadian duo consisting of one half of the Canadian dance-punk duo, Death from Above 1979 and one half of the Canadian electronic pop duo, Girlsareshort.
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Julie Doiron - I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day
Julie Doiron is a Canadian singer-songwriter and she has been making albums regularly for close to twenty years. Her latest solo release is I Can Wonder What You Did with Your Day and the sound on this one is more electric than acoustic.
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Jenn Grant - Echoes
Echoes is the second album from the Canadian folk singer-songwriter Jenn Grant. This album is darker than her debut album, Orchestra For the Moon, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The songs were recorded mostly live with minimal overdubs in order to keep things as authentic as possible and the arrangements are extremely varied.
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Metric: Live at Metropolis
The Canadian indie band Metric recorded a live DVD at the Metropolis theatre in Montreal and cleverly titled it Metric: Live at Metropolis. It came out in February and it’s their first live video, but it wasn’t really what I wanted from them. Last year Metric finally released Grow up and Blow Away, their “debut” album recorded in 2001, and that was equally disappointing.
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