Nicholas Friesen @Nicholastronaut December 14, 2016
We spend a lot of time at J&E touching base with Canadian musicians who made music in the ’90s to find out what they’re working on today. Proving that CanRock is alive and well in 2016, we thought we’d share some of our favourite tunes from the past 12 months.
33. Chixdiggit – 2012 (one track album)
32. Classified – Having Kids is Easy from Greatful
31. Joel Plaskett – Just Because (digital single)
30. Rational Youth – This Side of the Border from Future Past Tense
Read our interview with Tracy Howe here.
29. David Usher – We Will Be Free from Let It Play
28. Skydiggers – Set You Free This Time from Here Without You – The Songs of Gene Clark
27. Gord Downie – The Stranger from The Secret Path
26. Rufus Wainwright – A Woman’s Face from Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets
Read our interview with Rufus Wainwright here.
25. GeL – Not A Love Song from GeL
Read our interview with Roberta Carter-Harrison here.
24. Tegan and Sara – Stop Desire from Love You To Death
23. Blue Rodeo – Superstar from 1000 Arms
Watch our video interview with Blue Rodeo here.
22. Headstones – Fuck It (12″ single)
Read our interview with Trent Carr here.
21. By Divine Right – New Life from Speak & Spell US
20. Steven Page – Linda Ronstadt In The 70s from Heal Thyself Pt 1: Instinct
Read our interview with Steven Page here.
19. Communism – Take Care of Each Other from Get Down Get Together
Read our interview with Don Kerr here.
18. Ron Hawkins – Beautiful Girl from Spit Sputter and Sparkle
Read our interview with Ron Hawkins here.
17. Johnny Sizzle – Teenage Slutz from Recovery
16. The Evaporators – I Can’t Be Shaved from Ogopogo Punk
15. SIANspheric – I Have It from Writing the Future in Letters of Fire
14. Michael Feuerstack – Home Away From Home from Adult Lullabies
13. Figure Walking – Sounds (digital single)
12. Public Animal – It Don’t Seem Right from Palace Arms
11. Duotang – Nostalgia’s a Vice from New Occupation
Read our interview with Duotang here.
10. The Tragically Hip – In A World Possessed By The Human Mind from Man Machine Poem
9. John K Samson – Postdoc Blues from Winter Wheat
8. Brendan Canning – Book It To Fresno from Home Wrecking Years
7. Bankruptcy – Besmirch My Name from For the Future
6. Tommy Hawkins – That’s the Way I Walk from Amy
5. Feist – Flamenco (digital single)
4. Art Bergmann – A Town Called Mean from The Apostate
Read our interview with Art Bergmann here.
3. TUNS – Mixed Messages from TUNS
Read our interview with Mike O’Neill here.
2. Noah’s Arkweld – Save Me From Myself from Taking It To Heart Volume One
1. Weird Lines – Summer Can from Weird Lines
Read our interview with CL McLaughlin and Julie Doiron here.
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