These are just some of my favourites from 2009. What a fantastic year for Canadian music. I hope you continue to discover new and exciting music in 2010.

artist/song/album/label

1.The Wooden Sky/Something Hiding For Us In The Night/If I Don’t Come Home You’ll Know I’m Gone/Black Box
2.Malajube/Luna/Labyrinthes/Dare To Care
3.Parlour Steps/As The World Turned Out/The Hidden Names/Nine Mile
4.BidiniBand/We Like To Rock/The Land Is Wild/Pheromone
5.Hot Panda/Cold Hands Chapped Lips/Volcano… Bloody Volcano/Mint
6.Islands/Vapours/Vapours/Anti
7.Hayden/The Place Where We Lived/The Place Where We Lived/Hardwood
8.Metric/Stadium Love/Fantasies/Indie
9.Shout Out Out Out Out/Bad Choices/Reintegration Time/Normals Welcome
10.Black Mold/Finally Someone Invented A Teleporter!/Snow Blindness Is Crystal Antz/Flemish Eye
11.Pink Mountaintops/Vampire/Outside Love/Jagjaguwar
12.Amy Millan/I Will Follow You Into The Dark/Masters Of The Burial/Arts & Crafts
13.The Deep Dark Woods/The Birds On The Bridge/Winter Hours/Black Hen
14.The Rural Alberta Advantage/The Dethbridge In Lethbridge/Hometowns/Saddle Creek
15.Immaculate Machine/Only Love You For Your Car/High On Jackson Hill/Mint
16.Caledonia/We Are America/We Are America/Indie
17.Dan Mangan/Robots/Nice Nice Very Nice/File Under Music
18.Portico/The Battle Of Duck Lake/First Neighbours/Copperspine
19.Andrew Vincent/Going Out Tonight/Rotten Pear/Kelp
20.The Danks/What We’re Doing/Are You Afraid Of The Danks/Collagen Rock
21.Julie Doiron/Spill Yer Lungs/I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day/Endearing
22.Pony Up/A Crutch Or A Cradle/Stay Gold/Indie
 

Cheers,
Doug The Canuck

artist/song/album/label

1.The Ramblin’ Ambassadors/Don’t Fear The Reindeer/It’s A Team Mint Xmas Vol. II/Mint
2.The Liptonians/Wake Up! Santa Was Here!/Christmas In Liptonia/Indie
3.Hannah Georgas/Christmas Touch/single/Indie
4.David Carswell & Megan Barnes/I Wanna Kiss You This Christmas/It’s A Team Mint Xmas Vol. II/Mint
5.The Details/Strings And Ribbons/single/Indie
6.The Blue Violets feat. Neil Osborne of 54-40/Blue Christmas/single/Indie
7.Arcade Fire/Jingle Bell Rock/Arcade Christmas/Indie
8.Duotang/Old Man Davie’s Christmas Kingdom/It’s A Team Mint Xmas Vol. II/Mint
9.Bob & Doug McKenzie/Twelve Days Of Christmas/Great White North/Anthem
10.Pointed Sticks/Power Pop Santa/single/Indie
11.Oh No Forest Fires/Feliz Navidad/single/Indie
12.Payolas/Christmas Is Coming/Hammer On A Drum/A&M
13.The Buttless Chaps/The Blizzard/It’s A Team Mint Xmas Vol. II/Mint
14.In Flight Safety w/ Jenn Grant/Fairytale Of New York/single/Indie
15.The Creaking Planks/Never Give A Puppy For Christmas/A Very Vancouver Christmas Vol. II/Indie
16.Crash Test Dummies/The First Noel/Jingle All The Way/Cha-Ching
17.The Evaporators/Who Are You?/It’s a team Mint Xmas Vol. II/Mint
18.Patty Surbey & The Canadian VIP’s/I Want A Beatle For Christmas/single/Aragon
19.Seymour Swine/Blue Christmas/single/Indie
20.Derek Kehler/Misguided Children/A Very Vancouver Christmas Vol. II/Indie
21.Dan Bryk/Let it Snow/Christmas Record/Urban Myth
22.Sillken/Frohe Weihnachten/A Very Vancouver Christmas Vol 3/Indie
23.The Violet Archers/Hark The Herald Angels Sing/single/Indie
24.The Band/Christmas Must be Tonight/Islands/Capitol
25.Bruce Cockburn/The Huron Carol/Christmas/True North
 

Cheers and A Blessed Christmas to you,
Doug The Canuck

artist/song/album/label

1.The Alco Beat/Lie To Me/The Alco Beat/Indie
2.Islands/Switched On/Vapours/Anti
3.Clues/Approach The Throne/Clues/Constellation
4.Oldfolks Home/Frosty The Snowman/unreleased
5.Julie Doiron/Wintermitts/Heart And Crime/Endearing
6.Julie Doiron/Snowfalls In November/Goodnight Nobody/Jagjaguwar
7.The Weakerthans/Letter Of Resignation/Fallow/G7 Welcoming Committee
8.Parkas/Don’t Say No/You Should Have Killed Us When You Had The Chance/Saved By Radio
9.Corky & The Juice Pigs/Christmas Dreams/Pants/Indie
10.Tegan And Sara/The Cure/Sainthood/Sire
11.Ohbijou/Last Christmas/unreleased
12.Wilfred N & The Grown Men/(I Love My) Bento Box/Stop Go Romeo/Zonik
13.Destroyer/Every Christmas/Thief/Catsup Plate
14.Make Your Exit/Kids/Remind Me The Reason I Came/Indie
15.The City Above/Do The Trick/Mongrel Comets/Giallo
16.The Liptonians/The Epic Tale Of Santa Claus vs. Mr. Paws Part I: The Beginning/Christmas In Liptonia/Indie
17.The Liptonians/Part II: Mr. Paws’ Theme/Christmas In Liptonia/Indie
18.The Liptonians/Part III: Santa’s Case For Christmas/Christmas In Liptonia/Indie
19.Oldfolks Home/Let’s Make Some Soup/unreleased

Cheers and Happy Holidays,
Doug The Canuck

artist/song/album/label

1.Parlovr/Speech Bubble Thought Cloud/Parlovr/Indie
2.Safety Show/Weather/Blackwater/Indie
3.Operation Makeout/Tune Out/Hang Loose/Mint
4.You Say Party! We Say Die!/Monster(demo version)/Lose All Time/Paper Bag
5.Woodhands/Pockets/Remorsecapade/Paper Bag
6.Great Bloomers/Catching Up/EP/Indie
7.The Rural Alberta Advantage/The Ballad Of The RAA/Hometowns/Saddle Creek
8.The Rural Alberta Advantage/Drain The Blood/Hometowns/Saddle Creek
9.The Rural Alberta Advantage/Edmonton/Hometowns/Saddle Creek
10.The Wooden Sky/Bit Part/If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone(Black Box)
11.Olenka & The Autumn Lovers/The Red And Green Blues/unreleased/Indie
12.The Bicycles/Won’t She Be Surprised/Oh No, It’s Love/Fuzzy Logic
13.David Carswell & Megan Barnes/I Wanna Kiss You This Christmas/It’s A Team Mint Xmas Vol 2/Mint
14.Constantines/Our Age/Kensington Heights/Arts & Crafts
15.Jim Bryson/Death By Vibration/Where The Bungalows Roam/Kelp
16.OldFolks Home/We Won’t Cry At Christmas Time/unreleased/Indie
17.Hawksley Workman/First Snow Of The Year/Almost A Full Moon/Isadora
18.Diana Catherine & The Thrusty Tweeters/Walk/The Spirit Ranch Sessions/Indie
19.Sunparlour Players/If The Creeks Don’t Rise/Hymns For The Happy/Baudelaire

Cheers!
Doug The Canuck

artist/song/album/label

1.The Tree Streets/Never Enough/Right To Stand/Indie
2.The Empire Lights/My Favourite Bands/Disgraceland/Indie
3.Spiral Beach/Cemetery/The Only Real Thing/Sparks
4.Rachelle Van Zanten/Your Name/Where Your Garden Grows/Indie
5.Tegan & Sara/Hell/Sainthood/Sire
6.Mike Webster/Old Fashioned Murder/Steering Wheel Confession/These Are My Records
7.Metric/Sick Muse/Fantasies/Indie
8.Hannah Georgas/Let’s Talk/The Beat Stuff/Upper Management
9.Trevor James & The Perfect Gentlemen/Country Shuffle/S/T/Pop Culture
10.Amy Millan/Old Perfume/Masters Of The Burial/A&C
11.The Rural Alberta Advantage/Edmonton/Hometowns/Saddle Creek
12.Kyra And Tully/Thunder Bay/Wildlife/Buster
13.Goddo/Pretty Bad Boy/Pretty Bad Boys/Attic
14.The Melodicas/Connecticut/Songs From The Bedroom/Indie
15.Voldis and The Melodicas/Zulu Surfer/Adventures Of The Zulu Surfer/Indie
16.The John Deers vs. The Melodicas/Queen Of The Crystal Castles/The Orange County Sessions/Indie
17.Hipster Death Squad/Children Of New Delhi/Notes From The Underground/Indie
18.Skinny Puppy/Dig It/Mind:The Perpetual Intercourse/Nettwerk
 

Cheers,
Doug The Canuck

Show subbed by Jim Cleveland
Playlist to follow.

artist/song/album/label

1.Bryan Arcand/Hastings And Main/Folk/Indie
2.Corduroy/Lighthouse Keeper/Demo/Indie
3.The Fugitives/Breaking Promises/Find Me/Indie
4.NLX/Lifted/Bitch Get Fit/Indie
5.Amanda Rheaume/Kiss Me Back/Kiss Me Back/Indie
6.Arcade Fire/Wake Up/Funeral/Merge
7.Maow/How Does That Grab You Darlin’?/The Unforgiving Sounds of… /Mint
8.Neil Young/Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing/Topanga 1(1968-1969)/Reprise
9.Stompin’ Tom Connors/Bud The Spud/Bud The Spud/Dominion
10.The Nix Dicksons/City Of Angels/The Nix Dicksons/Indie
11.The Shagbots/Kildo Martinez/We Were Born Tigers/Indie
12.The Payolas/China Boys/Introducing Payola$/A&M
13.The Smugglers/Buddy Holly Convention/Buddy Holly Convention/Mint
14.Red Mass/Saturn/Red Mass/Semprini
15.Metric/Gimme Sympathy(Acoustic)/Fantasies EP/Indie
16.Pink Mountaintops/Vampire/Outside Love/Jagjaguwar
17.Twilight Hotel/Impatient Love/Highway Prayer/Indie
18.Two Hours Traffic/Noisemaker/Territory/Collagen Rock
19.Sunset Rubdown/Dragon’s Lair/Dragonslayer/Jagjaguwar
 

Cheers!
Doug The Canuck

ALL songs by Neil Young.

song/album/label

1.My My Hey Hey(Out Of The Blue)/Rust Never Sleeps/Reprise
2.Sugar Mountain/Live Rust/Reprise
3.Mother Earth/Ragged Glory/Reprise
4.Saddle Up the Palomino/American Stars & Bars/Reprise
5.Tired Eyes/Tonight’s The Night/Reprise
6.After The Goldrush/Live Rust/Reprise
7.The Sultan/The Squires - The Early Years 1963-1968/Reprise
8.Powderfinger/Rust Never Sleeps/Reprise
9.After The Garden/Living With War/Reprise
10.Harvest/Harvest/Reprise
11.Winterlong/Decade/Reprise
12.Lost In Space/Hawks And Doves/Reprise
13.Thrasher/Rust Never Sleeps/Reprise
14.Deep Forbidden Lake/Decade/Reprise
15.Stayin’ Power/Hawks And Doves/Reprise
16.Comes A Time/Live Rust/Reprise
17.Pocahontas/Rust Never Sleeps/Reprise
18.Country Home/Ragged Glory/Reprise
19.Helpless/Unplugged/Reprise
20.Hey Hey My My(Into The Black)/Rust Never Sleeps/Reprise
 

cheers,
Doug The Canuck

This week, in addition to giving away tickets to see The Hidden Cameras, we're spotlighting the RECORD OF THE WEEK CLUB CD. For more info and song details, you may visit www.RecordOfTheWeekClub.com

artist/song/album/label

1.Gentleman Reg/Give Me The Chance To Fall/Little Buildings/Arts & Crafts
2.The Hidden Cameras/He Falls To Me/Origin:Orphan/Arts & Crafts
3.Week One/Laying Mortar/Record Of The Week Club/Head In The Sand
4.Week Four/Live For Love/ROTWC/Head In The Sand
5.Week Nine/All Answers Pending/ROTWC/Head In The Sand
6.Week Thirteen/Keewatin Arctic/ROTWC/Head In The Sand
7.Week Two/Step Outside/ROTWC/Head In The Sand
8.Week Five/Come Forth/ROTWC/Head In The Sand
9.Week Six/Take What You Can/ROTWC/Head In The Sand
10.Week Eleven/Falling/ROTWC/Head In The Sand
11.Week Eight/Call Me/ROTWC/Head In The Sand
12.Week Fourteen/Wails On/ROTWC/Head In The Sand
13.Week Sixteen/Waiting For Debates/ROTWC/Head In The Sand
 

cheers!
Doug The Canuck

artist/song/album/label

1.Destroyer/Your Blood/Destroyers Rubies/Merge
2.Apostle Of Hustle/Soul Unwind/Eats Darkness/Arts & Crafts
3.Language-Arts/Tuck It In/Where Were You In The Wild?/Indie
4.Charles Spearin/Vanessa/The Happiness Project/A&C
5.Pink Moth/Carnival Girl/The Wild/Indie
6.Maps Of The Night Sky/We Were Young/S/T/Indie
7.F***ed Up/Royal Swan/The Chemistry Of Common Life/Matador
8.Devil Eyes/Teeth/Devil Eyes/Signed By Force
9.Neil Young/Rockin’ In The Free World/Freedom/Reprise
10.The Wheat Pool/This Is It/Hauntario/Shameless
11.Mark Bragg/Bear & The Barbed Wire/Bear Music/Indie
12.King Khan & The Shrines/Land Of The Freak/What Is?/Vice
13.Crystal Castles/Crimewave/S/T/Last Gang
14.Venetian Snares/Horsey Noises/Horsey Noises EP/Planet Mu
15.Death From Above 1979/Little Girl/You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine/Last Gang
16.Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains/I Hate My Friends/S/T/Outside
17.Mstrkrft/Street Justice/The Looks/Last Gang

cheers!
Doug The Canuck