Sam Roberts - Shapeshifters

Let's do some Canadian rock today. These guys from Montreal are always hit and miss for me. This latest album was really upbeat, rocky, but I just felt a tad over-produced. The drum tracks sounded kind of dry and stale, and the vocals sound processed and squashed and chorused to death. But hey, it's a catchy tune and I like the video. It's probably much better live.

The Bad Plus - The Empire Strikes Backwards

More jazz! Montreal, September 18, 2010. Darth Vader approves.

United Steel Workers Of Montreal - Place St. Henri

Wooo, what a rush. Let's slow things down and slide into the evening with this fantastic outfit from Montreal. Haven't heard anything new or seen them live in a couple years, but I hope they're still going strong.

Plants And Animals - Bye Bye Bye

Who says rock is dead? It's just frozen. Hopefully some new contenders will emerge. In the meantime here's a great track from these cats out of Montreal. Can't believe this one is 6 years old already.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Mladic

Almost there! In a couple days we begin our 4th annual best-of series featuring 21 select albums and EPs, running from Christmas day until the new year. This track is actually from an album that wouldn't have looked out of place on last year's list, but ultimately didn't quite make it for me. It's a great album nevertheless, and in a few years might well leave a longer-lasting impression than several that I ranked above it at the time. 

Obviously this is not pop music, so for many people this is just noise. Maybe think of this kind of stuff as a fine wine or a delicious scotch, might not taste so good to begin with, but stick with it for a while and eventually you'll begin to love it's subtle majesty.

Jacques Greene - Faithful

Good day for some electronic beats. Here's a new one from Montreal's producer-in-chief.

Suuns - 2020

I've realised that I have a huge back log of tracks I wanted to post, so here's another one. These guys are from Montreal, and this is a trippy video to go with a trippy song.

Plants And Animals - Lightshow

Great band from Montreal, check them out if you get a chance.