Best Canadian Indie Bands

Best Canadian Indie Bands

So, being a Canadian musician used to be a negative title and all of us hopefuls had no higher dream than to ex-patriate in order to find success. With the enormous influence of Montreal's Arcade Fire it could be said that a great change occurred that would forever alter the place of Our Home and Native Land in the eyes of music publishers and listeners across the world.

Having played bass and guitar in bands in and around Toronto, Ontario, the subject of quality, independant Canadian music is near and dear to my heart and here I will try to compile a list of the groups you should treat your ears to. This will by no means be entirely complete but give it a shot and listen to what polar bears sound like with guitars.

In alphabetical order because hierarchies are no good for this sort of thing:

* Arcade Fire (http://www.arcadefire.com)
* Arrows (http://www.myspace.com/arrows)

* Broken Social Scene (http://www.arts-crafts.ca/bss)
* Burn Planetarium (http://www.myspace.com/burnplanetarium)
* Cities in Dust (http://www.myspace.com/citiesindust)
* Constantines (http://www.constantines.ca)
* Cuff the Duke (http://www.cufftheduke.com)
* Death from Above 1979 (http://www.deathfromabove1979.com)

* Die Mannequin (http://www.myspace.com/diemannequin)

* The Coloured Lights (http://www.myspace.com/thecolouredlights)
* The Golden Dogs (http://www.myspace.com/thegoldendogs)
* In-Flight Safety (http://www.myspace.com/inflightsafety)

* Islands (http://www.myspace.com/islandsareforever)
* The Mark Inside (http://www.themarkinside.com)
* Mattie Leon (http://www.myspace.com/mattieleon)
* Mother Mother (http://www.mothermothersite.com)

* Royal City (Go to CBCRadio3 and search to listen)

* Shout Out Out Out (http://www.shoutoutoutout.com)
* The D'urbervilles (http://www.myspace.com/thedurbervilles)
* Two Hours Traffic (http://www.twohourstraffic.com)
* United Steel Workers of Montreal (http://www.myspace.com/unitedsteelworkersofmontreal)

* Wolf Parade (http://www.myspace.com/wolfparade)
* You Yourselves (http://www.myspace.com/youyourselves)