ALFRED PRESENTS: Bands that are only popular in Canada (and rightfully so!)

Lisnaholic · 04-11-2011, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

I'm sure it does, there's a couple of stations in Toronto that play "oldies" music. I rarely ever listen to them though.

Yes, I guess you`re right. If you have round-the-clock traditional music, it must get pretty tedious !

Scissorman · 04-11-2011, 10:40 AM

I used to like a band from Canada, called Joydrop. I still play some of their songs every now and then

Burning Down · 04-11-2011, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Scissorman

I used to like a band from Canada, called Joydrop. I still play some of their songs every now and then

I actually only knew one song by them (until you posted that one):

That was a huge hit here, and then they kind of went nowhere after that.

Alfred · 04-11-2011, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

And did you know that the CRTC (basically our equivalent to the FCC) requires that the daily playlist of Canadian radio stations contains 30% Canadian content? That's why so many Canadian bands are popular here only - because they're being played non-stop on the radio.

Yeah, I touched on that a bit in the first post. 30% is quite a huge amount if you think about it. The local rock station around here usually fills that requirement by playing the exact same bands every day: Rush, The Tragically Hip, BTO/The Guess Who, Neil Young, and *shudder* Nickelback. Kind of defeats the whole give-new-Canadian-bands-exposure thing, doesn't it?

Burning Down · 04-11-2011, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Alfred

Yeah, I touched on that a bit in the first post. 30% is quite a huge amount if you think about it. The local rock station around here usually fills that requirement by playing the exact same bands every day: Rush, The Tragically Hip, BTO/The Guess Who, Neil Young, and *shudder* Nickelback. Kind of defeats the whole give-new-Canadian-bands-exposure thing, doesn't it?

Same with the stations in Toronto. Q107 is the worst offender for constantly playing Rush, the Tragically Hip, BTO and the Guess Who. They all fit into their playlist of course, but sometimes it gets boring. And the more contemporary stations seldom play music from newer bands. So much for exposure.

+81 · 04-11-2011, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by music_phantom13

Do bands like Wintersleep ever get any play? Or Arcade Fire? Or Stars? Because if you're going to play ridiculously obscure Canadian music because of some stupid rule, I feel all three of these and all of the other bands people brought up would be much better options. I have this thought Wintersleep might, because they're the most like what I hear on the radio here that I can think of.

Wintersleep's song 'Oblivion' seemed to have crept its way into the "Alt-Rock" stations within the past year-year and a half. I'm glad to see them finally get some exposure though, while I enjoy it, I always thought it made a poor single and it was released in '07, not even their most recent work.

I'm also pleased to hear bands like Metric and Tegan and Sara getting more airtime.

Nice thread, Alfred. Non of these groups came as a surprise to me, haha. All very deserving.

Howard the Duck · 04-11-2011, 08:32 PM

I quite like this lot:-

sorta like Big Star with actual discernible melodies and hooks and catches

Ghost · 04-11-2011, 11:18 PM

I'm interested to know how well Big Sugar did outside of Canada during their highest point. I know Gordie Johnson went off and formed some kind of Texas band called "Grady" after they broke up, not sure how well that did. Might be another Big Sugar album out this year too, actually.

Paedantic Basterd · 04-11-2011, 11:22 PM

Haha, the New Pornos definitely don't deserve to be in this thread.

Howard the Duck · 04-11-2011, 11:23 PM

^^but I only know of Canadian bands big outside of Canada

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Ghost Groupie Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Where am I? Posts: 29	I'm interested to know how well Big Sugar did outside of Canada during their highest point. I know Gordie Johnson went off and formed some kind of Texas band called "Grady" after they broke up, not sure how well that did. Might be another Big Sugar album out this year too, actually.

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Paedantic Basterd Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,184	Haha, the New Pornos definitely don't deserve to be in this thread.

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Howard the Duck Live by the Sword Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 9,075	^^but I only know of Canadian bands big outside of Canada