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In part one of a two-part exploration into professional Canadian rock band Metric, Mac and Laura go long on their Cancon field trip to the Metric and Sam Roberts Band show in Toronto. From there they set the scene for Metric's reluctant, yet clinical rise to Canadian rock royalty.
Also discussed: Three Strong Words: Polaris Music Prize Edition, JUNO President and CEO Allan Reid and his awe-inspiring hair, t-shirts, s-o-c-i-a-l-i-s-m, Metric's popularity, their early days, Anthems For a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl and much more.
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The Sky story has it all: triumph, tragedy, nepotism, confused aesthetics, too-fast-fame, a vast web of connections and one incredible song. But by the time this Quebec duo had peaked, it was, pretty much, already over (with all due respect to Karl Wolf).
Also discussed: Three Strong Words, new music, Avril auto-tune accusation controversy, "Lean on Me" by ArtistsCAN, recording guitars one chord at a time, celebrity chefs, things girls liked at the turn of the century, phat bass, songs about America and much more.
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Matt Bobkin and Adam Feibel are back to talk about their book In Too Deep: When Canadian Punks Took Over the World (out today!) . We get into artists like Alexisonfire, Gob, Skye Sweetnam, City & Colour, Avril Lavigne and Silverstein and discuss how as a whole this scene is greater than the sum (41) of its parts.
Also discussed: Barenaked in America, Jay Malinowski's wedding, roller hockey, landscaping, hats, getting heavy on the radio, the close-knit nature of the 905 scene, writing books and much more.
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Billy Talent arrived fully-formed, just in time to convert a generation of Canadian pre-teens onto the promise of punk. Matt Bobkin and Adam Feibel, authors of In Too Deep: When Canadian Punks Took Over the World, are on the pod to explain how this band of Mississauga misfits helped bring hardcore into the mainstream.
Also discussed: "Young & Dumb", David Crosby, 60s California pop/00s Cancon pop punk connections, Pezz, Big in Germany, gateway music, At the Drive-In, not knowing who At the Drive-In is, enunciation, guitar heroes, suburban bands vs city bands and much more.
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Manitoban man of mystery Remy Shand was poised to be big everywhere. But was it all too much, too fast for this soul savant? We consider the career of an artist that was both ahead of and before his time.
Also: other songs about California by Canadians, Oakville rock city, magical boxes of vinyl, high school jazz bands, soulful jazzy teenagers, home recording, one-man bands, the Grammy Awards, how to disappear completely and much more.
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Pack your bags, sunscreen and small town dreams because this week, we are going to "California" with one of the 7 wonders of Niagara, Wave. How did two boys from the Falls manage to write one of the best songs about going to California of all time? We trace this confusingly branded and magically signed pop duo's short but impactful trip to the Golden State and back.
Also discussed: potentially fake origin stories, compilations, letters as words, anonymous pop music, sponsored tours, are Wave a boy band, big hits from small towns and much more.
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Johnny Payne and James Younger of Impossible Way of Life join Mac and Laura for a journey back to the late 1970s. We discuss the ultimate double A-side by Oakville's own, The Kings and find out how a powerful Canadian super producer wound up working with and breaking this band of goofs.
Plus: more 3 word band names, Mark Carney + Down With Webster, defining Cancon classic rock, our theme song, Helicopter Canada, the act of switching into glide, layin' pipe, Bob Ezrin, the transition heard round the world, the Heatwave festival, "clown" and much more.
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Tween/teen grunge-rockers Serial Joe (somehow) went from a basement in Newmarket, Ontario to rocking out at Woodstock '99. Mac and Laura try and figure out how that happened and wonder, is it all a mistake?
Also discussed: YTV’s System Crash, Big Shiny Tunes 4, The New VR, Edgefest, evil doctors in Cancon music videos, and much more.
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Kiki, we love you.
Keshia Chanté redefined Canadian R&B before she could even get her driver's license. Mac and Laura discuss her career, her hits and what made her such a game changing figure in Canadian R&B.
Also discussed: The Canadian Football League, the soft sounds of 90s R&B in Canada, teen stardom, the 2005 Junos, nerds, Cancon band names, Director X, scene building, becoming the circuit and Chanté's not-yet-famous ex-boyfriend, Drake.
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We take a big sip from our red solo cups and dive into the life and times of rap party rockers Down With Webster. But beware: the floors are sticky, the morals are questionable, the neon is bright, the outfits are bad and there are so many dudes in this band.
Also discussed: walk-on and walk-off songs when becoming Prime Minister, Shrode, being in a band in middle school, MySpace, fan interaction, music that impresses adults, Franklin the Turtle, emo plus rap equals pop, the dying days of Cancon and MuchMusic, meeting the moment and more.
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We (sort of) watched the Junos so you didn't have to. We dig into the big winners, the best performances and the fake awards. Cancon is alive and well at the Juno Awards.
Also discussed: Sum 41, Anne Murray, Nemahsis, Michael Bublé, Peach Pit, Deantha Edmunds, Good Charlotte, old punks, international achievement and of course, our friend, Tate McRae.
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Before she changed the words of "O Canada" at the Big Game, Chantal Kreviazuk was, somehow, kinda everywhere. A solo artist, writer of '00s pop smashes and scene setter for the most significant Canadian hip-hop album of all-time. How the hell did this happen?
Also discussed: soundtracks, vowel sounds, hockey, influencing Avril, piano, Raine, Chantal's "Canadian career", bad album titles, Christian music, and much more.
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Oh Jann-ada. Mac, Laura and certified Jann Fann Dorothea Paas discuss the beauty, the humour, the sacred and the profane of one of Canada's greatest Adult Contemporary Musicians/Comedians, Jann Arden.
Also discussed: The Launch, Jann the sitcom, singing in bars, anti-capitalist art, stage banter, 90s production, songwriting, humour, Mk.Gee and ML Buch, Calgary, horny Christians and much more.
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Mac and Laura chart the rise, fall, and enduring legacy of Sugar Jones, the winners of Popstars (Canada) Season 1 and Canada's foremost turn-of-the-century girl group.
Also discussed: a little more Moist, reality TV, bad dudes on reality TV, the cruel music industry, the pre-Idol scaries, girl groups v boy bands, the hangin' r&b vibes of Sugar Jones, pre-internet silos and much more.
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Moist are one of the luckiest Canadian bands ever. Arriving on radio during the dog days of grunge, this band of dudes has gone platinum many times over (in Canada) and remain a mainstay of rock radio (in Canada) over thirty years later. But one question remains: who the hell is choosing to listen to this?
Marlaena Moore, who's new album Because You Love Everything is out now, joins the show to dive deep into Moist. Yuck!
Also discussed: small world Cancon, David Usher, David Usher's good looks, David Usher's bad lyrics, 90s Canrock dudes vs. 90s Canrock women, returns on investment, scale, David Usher's solo career, AI and much more.
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Known feeler of song and host of CBC's Commotion, Elamin Abdelmahmoud joins the show to talk about Kingston, Ontario's foremost rudeboys, Bedouin Soundclash and what makes their unforgettable track "When the Night Feels My Song" a modern Cancon standard.
Also discussed: Ska, Queen's University, Kingston's music scene, campus radio, musical influences, Canadian white reggae, one-hit wonders, fedoras, what it means to sound a mosaic and much more.
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By the time they were 18 years old, the brothers Moffatts had been country kids, boy band heartthrobs and serious rock guys. It all feels bad. What's going on with these kids?
Also, discussed: the 2025 Junos, the "Asian Blackmarket", triplets, family bands, hitting the road at 5 years old, pop parents, soul patches, Hanson, ripping off songs, synthesis, Music Travel Love, movie soundtracks, bad vibes, and much more.
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From Portuguese-language teen phenom to MuchMusic dominating pop star, Shawn Desman has endured despite an industry that kept letting him down. Did he pave the way for pop sustainability in Canada?
Also discussed: Cancon haircuts, the "Sidewalk", Portuguese pop stars named Shawn, dancing, Cancon brothers and cousins, Drake, the TDot, Mac's Year in The Club, come backs, live albums and much more.
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*Belch* Mac and Laura leave the major label system behind and jump in a lake. Gob went from unlikely MuchMusic approved skate punks to radio rockers who paved the way for the next wave of Canadian pop punk exports. They fuckin' rule.
Other topics discussed include Sum 41, funny music videos, public access MuchMusic, EA Sports Vancouver, video game soundtracks, zombies, hockey rock, Vancouver rock, Cancon teen comedy "Going the Distance" and much more.
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Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Prozzäk. Mac and Laura dive into one of Cancon's most forward thinking pop success stories, and find out how Simon and Milo became the first true cartoon band.
Other topics discussed include: fake British accents, fighting, cartoons, YTV, Uh Oh!, emo, humour in Cancon, a time when people cared about things such as the JUNO Awards, utopia, Destroyer, lists, and Gorillaz. Plus, the Big in Canada hosts introduce a new segment, "We're Sorry".
Special thanks to Niko Stratis for scripting and production assistance on this episode.
- Visa fler
