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Good Canadian bands? (besides Planet Smashers, Barrymores)

any good canadian bands out there? i love the stuff i hear from up north and i'd like to hear more...

Permalink Reply by Danny C on July 30, 2009 at 1:14am: Bedouin Soundclash and The Beatdown are two good ones off the top of my head.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Zack on July 30, 2009 at 11:16am: the flatliners are canadian, but more of a punk band with tiny amounts of ska influence. i recommend "this respirator", pretty good song; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by oneboycircus on July 30, 2009 at 2:13pm: the Kingpins who are now "lo and the magnetics" I believe, they totally rip; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Skibz McCullock on July 31, 2009 at 1:11am: oneboycircus said:
the Kingpins who are now "lo and the magnetics" I believe, they totally rip

'Plan of Action' is one of my two favorite third wave albums *ever*...the whole melding of ska and alterna-pop with a Mod sensibility is absolute heaven to my ears. (The other album, of course, is The Siren Six!'s 'The Voice with the Built-In Promise'). Their first couple of albums, however, back when they were a more traditionally-minded group, are 'eh' at best.

King Apparatus is fantastic, Chris Murray's band before he went acoustic: hornless, guitar-driven third wave. Excellent stuff. General Rudie, Gangster Politics, Pressure Cooker and JFK & The Conspirators come to mind as well.

Stomp Records is based out of Canada, I suggest looking through their catalogue. They also released three volumes of all-Canadian ska compilation albums, "The All Skanadian Club".; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by oneboycircus on July 31, 2009 at 10:33am: Skibz McCullock said:
oneboycircus said:
the Kingpins who are now "lo and the magnetics" I believe, they totally rip

'Plan of Action' is one of my two favorite third wave albums *ever*...the whole melding of ska and alterna-pop with a Mod sensibility is absolute heaven to my ears. (The other album, of course, is The Siren Six!'s 'The Voice with the Built-In Promise'). Their first couple of albums, however, back when they were a more traditionally-minded group, are 'eh' at best.

King Apparatus is fantastic, Chris Murray's band before he went acoustic: hornless, guitar-driven third wave. Excellent stuff. General Rudie, Gangster Politics, Pressure Cooker and JFK & The Conspirators come to mind as well.

Stomp Records is based out of Canada, I suggest looking through their catalogue. They also released three volumes of all-Canadian ska compilation albums, "The All Skanadian Club".

couldn't agree more about Plan of Action. SO good!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by SERENITY2167 on July 31, 2009 at 9:10pm: Check out The Afterbeat from Winniepeg.

www.myspace.com/theafterbeat

www.sonicbids.com/theafterbeat; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Danny C on August 2, 2009 at 2:42pm: Also "One Night Band" is really good. They sound a lot like The Beatdown.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Brixton Beat on August 11, 2009 at 10:59pm: Canada has a nice spread of bands... 2 more I don't think anyone's mentioned:

SUBB -- Some of the best punktified ska and reggae you will hear! And the just released a new CD!

Rudeboy -- Some excellent 2-tone for ya!; ▶ Reply to This