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Hottest Canadian Bands, 2007 edition

Head to I (heart) Music to see who was voted in the top 33 hottest bands in Canada (hottest meaning as best, most hyped or most popular. interpretation was up to the voter). A big list of bloggers, writers and music industry people who are keeping an eye on whats going on.

Here’s what I sent in.

1) Caribou

2) The Arcade Fire

3) Patrick Watson

4) Miracle Fortress

5) Wintersleep

6) Sunset Rubdown

7) Basia Bulat

8 ) Kevin Drew (**only choice of mine that didn’t make the top 33)

9) Handsome Furs

10) Besnard Lakes

I always find it hard to make a list like this every year because inevitably I forget a couple names. ie. I forgot the #1 choice, you know, that girl from the ipod commercial?

The Besnard Lakes

I’ve found the soundtrack for my next acid trip. Or my first for that matter.

Check out the Besnard Lakes from Montreal.

I went to the Rivoli the other night to hear some new material off their new record The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse (Outside/Jagjaguwar). The room could have used more haze to really complement the band’s sound; think dirty and dark guitars, echoed Beach Boy-esque harmonies mixed with the right amount of psychedelia. Lead singer kind of looked like the lead singer from Spacehog, remember them?
Lead singer of the band (Jace Lasek) seems to have the touch when it comes to music these days. He’s worked production on a bunch of successful albums out of montreal in the last little while including Wolf Parade, Islands, Sunset Rubdown and Stars. Impressive.

Click here to download their song And You Lied To Me. I think the strongest song they performed live was Devastation, which you can stream on their myspace page.

If you want to go back further, I suggest you check out their video for For Spy Turned Musician. Great track, works well with the old family videos footage. Give this song some time, it steadily wrestles in.

The Besnard Lakes