TOP Ten CANADIAN... a new weekly series.

I've been inspired to create a new, original weekly series of Top Ten Canadian playlists which I deem fully editable at any time. In fact, I'm kicking off the TTC Series with my Top Ten Canadian Bands (at this very moment).

I must qualify the list with said parenthetic qualifier because there are so many amazing musicians, acts, side projects, collectives, supergroups, superconnected collectives that I simply cannot narrow my list down to ten without feeling horrible about the noteworthy omissions.

With that written, I give you my Top Ten Canadian Bands At This Very Moment (T.T.C.B.A.T.V.M.):

10. (tie) Plants and Animals (montreal) / Bell Orchestre (montreal)

9. (tie) Patrick Watson (montreal) & Holy F*ck (toronto) -- > this is cheating, i know... deal with it!

8. the Arts & Crafts solo artists & off-shoots (which can be a whole, separate list) including: kevin drew, brendan canning, amy millan, jason collett

7. Feist! (via vancouver) ... omitted from #8 because she's majorly major now

6. Stars (montreal) coming to LA and OC this October!  

5. Wolf Parade (montreal)   playing back-to-back LA dates this fri & sat at the music box! 

4. the New Pornographers (vancouver, b.c.) - west coast supergroup-ness

3. METRIC! (toronto) hell ya! please do yourselves a favor and Go See Them Live... now!

2. Arcade Fire (montreal) so moving 

1. Broken Social Scene (toronto) soooo moving

continue reading the full post and playlist HERE.

wow... what an amazing collection! 

with the exception of patrick watson and brendan canning (the soloist), I think i've seen each band at least once in the past year or so.

one quick note: I am excluding emily haines (the soloist) from this group because i think of her work as solo work than band work... otherwise, it'd be top five, for sure!