Break

Hello, this is a notice to all readers in that, I will be taking ten day break from blogging as I will be away and out of reach of any type of technology. Therefore, the Cross-Canada Music Trip will start the day of my return. This gives everyone the chance to preview any of the bands I have listed before I go into more depth with them. They are all amazing so I highly recommend it. For anyone still seeking some indie rock can go back to any previous "Music of the Week" winners or other songs I've posted on here.

Until then, I hope everyone enjoys the music

Jon

1000 Canadian Views!

Hey everyone, so I've decided to make this very special post.

I am a true Canadian, and like every Canadian very proud to be one, as well as call this country home, and so it makes me very proud to say that I have just reached the mark of...

1000 CANADIAN VIEWS

This is amazing, just knowing that so many other Canadians love this music as much as I do is awesome, and for the rest of the world I hope that, (if you haven’t already) you grow to enjoy Canadian music and their presence in the indie rock scene of the world.

So, to celebrate this feat, I will be taking a musical trip across Canada

Below I will be listing each and every province in Canada and naming my Top 5 favourite bands to have come from that region! Then, over the next days I will delve a bit deeper into each region's indie rock scene, one day at a time, one region at a time, I am posting the regions below as well as a list of the bands so you can easily refer to it in any future searches :)

And now I begin, I will start at the west coast and move east, this means I'm going to begin with...

British Columbia

1. Mother Mother (#3 in my Top 10)

2. Dan Mangan

3. The Zolas

4. Hot Hot Heat

5. Matthew Good

The Praries

1. The Weakerthans

2. Chad VanGaalen

3. Inward Eye

4. The Waking Eyes

5. Rah Rah

Ontario

1. Tokyo Police Club (#5 in my Top 10)

2. Our Lady Peace (#7 in my Top 10)

3. Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker (#8 in my Top 10)

4. illScarlett (#10 in my top 10)

5. Billy Talent

Quebec

1. Arcade Fire

2. Wolf Parade

3. Sam Roberts

4. The Lovely Feathers

5. The Stills

The Maritimes

1. Two Hours Traffic

2. Hey Rosetta!

3. Joel Plaskett Emergency

4. The Danks

5. Boxer The Horse

So there is the next 5 days laid out for you, hope everyone's excited with this cross-Canada project and discovers even more amazing music :)

Again, thanks to everyone who visits here

Jon

New Bands Of The Week

Hey guys, I've posted the new bands of the week!

Make sure you listen to them all and give a vote on your favourite!


This week I have chosen a group of bands that is very diverse in their styles but amazing at what they do, check em all out cause they all deserve the recognition!

Last week we had a tie in the vote, the winners being Matt & Kim for their song "Daylight" as well as The White Stripes with their song "Icky Thump" I have the winning songs below.

"Daylight" by Matt & Kim

"Icky Thump" by The White Stripes

Hope you all are discovering some amazing new artists through this, have fun listening


Till next time


Jon

#1 Rise Against

The Band:

Tim McIlrath - Vocals, Guitar
Zach Blair - Guitar
Joe Principe - Bass
Brandon Barnes - Drums

From: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Debut: 1999

Key Songs:

"Give It All"
"Swing Life Away"
"Ready To Fall"
"Prayer Of The Refugee"
"Re-Education (Through Labor)"
"Savior"
"Hero Of War"
"Help Is On The Way"
"Architects

Music Videos:

"Savior"

"Swing Life Away"

"Hero Of War"

"Ready To Fall"

"Prayer Of The Refugee"

#2 The Airborne Toxic Event

The Band:

Mike Jollett - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
Steven Chen - Guitar, Keyboards
Anna Bulbrook - Viola, Keyboards
Noah Harmon - Bass, Double Bass
Daren Taylor - Drums

From: Los Angeles, California, USA

Debut: 2006

Key Songs:

"Does This Mean You're Moving On?"
"Sometime Around Midnight"
"Gasoline"
"Wishing Well"
"Happiness Is Overrated"
"Changing"
"Numb"
"The Kids Are Ready To Die"

Music Videos:

"Sometime Around Midnight"

"Gasoline"



"Happiness Is Overrated"

"Changing"

"Numb"

#3 Mother Mother

The Band:

Ryan Guldemond - Vocals, Guitar
Molly Guldemond - Vocals, Keyboards
Jasmin Parkin - Keyboards
Jeremy Page - Bass
Ali Siadat - Drums

From: Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada

Debut: 2005

Key Songs:

"Touch Up"
"O My Heart"
"Body Of Years"
"Hayloft"
"Burning Pile"
"The Stand"

Music Videos:

"The Stand"

"Hayloft"

"Body Of Years"

"O My Heart"

"Touch Up"

#4 Against Me!

The Band:

Tom Gabel - Vocals, Guitar
James Bowman - Guitar
Andrew Seward - Bass
Jay Weinberg - Drums

From: Gainesville, Florida, USA

Debut: 1997

Key Songs:

"Pints Of Guinness Make You Strong"
"Baby, I'm An Anarchist!"
"Don't Lose Touch"
"Thrash Unreal"
"Stop!"
"New Wave"
"I Was A Teenage Anarchist"

Music Videos:

"Stop"

"I Was A Teenage Anarchist"

"Don't Lose Touch"

"Borne On The FM Waves Of The Heart"

#5 Tokyo Police Club

The Band:

Dave Monks - Vocals, Bass
Josh Hook - Guitar
Graham Wright - Keyboards
Greg Alsop - Drums

From: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

Debut: 2005

Key Songs:

"Nature Of The Experiment"
"Tessellate"
"Box"
"Your English Is Good"
"Breakneck Speed"
"Wait Up (Boots Of Danger)"
"Bambi"
"Favourite Colour"
"Gone"

Music Videos:

"Bambi"

"Your English Is Good"

"Nature Of The Experiment"

"Wait Up (Boots Of Danger)"

#6 The Gaslight Anthem

The Band:

Brian Fallon - Vocals, Guitar
Alex Rosamilia - Guitar
Alex Levine - Bass
Benny Horowitz - Drums, Percussion

From: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Debut: 2005

Key Songs:

"The '59 Sound"
"Great Expectations"
"Old White Lincoln"
"American Slang"
"The Spirit Of Jazz"

Music Videos:

"The '59 Sound"

"Great Expectations"

"American Slang"

"Old White Licoln"

#7 Our Lady Peace

The Band:

Raine Maida - Vocals, Guitar
Steve Mazur - Guitar
Duncan Coutts - Bass
Jeremy Taggart - Drums, Percussion

From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Debut: 1992

Key Songs:

"Starseed"
"Naveed"
"Superman's Dead"
"Clumsy"
"Automatic Flowers"
"4 AM"
"Is Anybody Home?"
"Somewhere Out There"
"Innocent"
"All You Did Was Save My Life"
"The End Is Where We Begin"

Music Videos:

"Superman's Dead"

"Clumsy"

"Is Anybody Home?"

"Innocent"

"Starseed"

 

#8 Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker (USS)

The Band:

Ashley Buchholz - Vocals, Guitar
Jason Parsons - Turntables

From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Debut: 2007

Key Songs:

"Laces Out"
"Hollow Point Sniper Hyberbole"
"2 15/16"
"Anti-Venom"
"3 Purple Butterflies"

Music Videos:

"Laces Out"

"Hollow Point Sniper Hyperbole"

"2 15/16"



#9 Vampire Weekend

The Band:

Ezra Koenig - Vocals, Guitar
Rostam Batmanglij - Guitar, Keyboards
Chris Baio - Bass
Chris Tomson - Drums, Percussion

From: New York City, New York, USA

Debut: 2006

Key Songs:

"A-Punk"
"Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa"
"Holiday"
"Horchata"
"Cousins"

Music Videos:

"A-Punk"

"Cousins"

"Oxford Comma"

"Holiday"

#10 illScarlett

The Band:

Alex Norman - Vocals, Guitar
Will Marr - Guitar
Johnny Doherty - Bass
Swavek Piorkowski - Drums

From: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Debut: 2001

Key Songs:

"Nothing Special"
"Heaters"
"One-A"
"Who's Got It?"
"Take It For Granted"

Music Videos:

"Nothing Special"

"One-A"

"Take It For Granted"

"Life Of A Soldier"

1000 VIEWS

Hey everyone and I just want to say thank you, to everyone who visits this blog, as I have reached the level of...

1000 VIEWS

This is just a blog that I have been making for my Writer's Craft course at school but it seems to be reaching out to a wider audience

I'm really glad that I am helping those out there who are discovering new music and enjoying it as much as I do in sharing

So, to celebrate the milestone, I will be hopefully sharing more with you guys about what my taste in music is like...

Over the next ten days I will be counting down my ten favourite bands of my lifetime (which is 17 years) the ten bands that have had their music playing over and over on my iPod for the last 5 years (when I really started getting into music) and I hope you guys like them too :)

So check back tomorrow to see my number 10 band in the countdown to number 1

Again, thanks to everyone who visits here

Jon

New Bands Of The Week

Hey guys,  once again I've posted the new bands of the week!

Make sure you listen to them all and give a vote on your favourite!

This week I decided to go with a another theme, so all the bands in the list this week are Indie Rock Musical Duos. Yes, that means two man/woman bands. I hope you guys check all them out as the size of a band does not make it better or worse in any way and these guys all have a lot of amazing talent.

As for last week, the winner was Franz Ferdinand. Below I have their winning song "No You Girls"

"No You Girls" by Franz Ferdinand

Hope you all are discovering some amazing new bands through this, have fun listening

Till next time

Jon