This is two months old, but I fear they’d take away my Canadian indie-rock fan card if I didn’t link to the A.V. Club’s Canadian indie-rock primer. Only complaint: No worship at the altar of Matt Murphy, he of Flashing Lights and Super Friendz non-fame. (I keep waiting for the SF’s blog to tell me when I have to exchange currency to buy a new album.)

In other Canadian indie news: While their music isn’t for everyone, I’m sad to hear of the breakup of the best-named band in North America: Quebexico (Ottawa). It’s like all of NAFTA, smooshed into one noise band! It will also be a shame to see their classic track “Smoke Em Like Pierre Trudeau” retired.

Also of CanCon note: the ’80s-college-radio-mixtape fun of Dog Day (Halifax), Sloan-circa-1991-alikes The Meligrove Band (Toronto), the fuzzy grad-student twee of The Superfantastics, and the neo-medievalists of The Saffron Sect (Toronto). Particular love for the first three.

Dog Day, “Lydia”:

The Meligrove Band, “Everyone’s a Winner”:

The Superfantastics, “Tonight, Tonight”:

The Saffron Sect, “The White Hare”:

30 November 2007

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