I also dig the post-punk side of the Cure which is why Boys Don't Cry or Three Imaginary Boys will always rank high on my list as well.
I had the opportunity to see Arcade Fire quite early in their career in a tiny room of maybe 100 people here in Guelph. Great to see that they have a following outside of Canada. Montreal has some fabulous bands. I also recommend Wolf Parade and Les Georges Leningrad amongst others.
My fave BOC is "Music Has the Right to Children". Aside from just being great in and of itself, it's also perfect for Yoga.
I've never listened to James Yorkston.. I'll have to check that out.
An old Charlie Parker record from 1951 with Al Haig.and Max Roach..- VERY old and VERY good..! - (I'm 70..!!! )
Funeral was definitely special compared to Neon Bible which didn't hold my attention very long. Their Demo release has some gems on it too. There's a Toronto local that goes by "vitamins for you" who does an excellent cover of "No Cars Go". Wolf Parade are great. Very influenced by Talking Heads (which surprisingly haven't appeared on this list, or at least not very often). Les Georges are more of an electropunk outfit who apparently are very entertaining live.
I respect most folk music. I don't get into stuff that is at all preachy, but if it's honest and poetic, then I love it. Our national treasures in Canada include Gordon Lightfoot ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l3x_VoF3wo ) and of course, Leonard Cohen ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp18sKXaFlE ).
btw, since we're on about Scottish musicians I thought I'd drop a few of my favourites:
Belle & Sebastian
Teenage Fanclub
Boards of Canada
Slam (pioneering Scottish techno)
Arab Strap
and no list of Scottish music would be complete without...
The Jesus and Mary Chain
We also have to give kudos to the gorgeous voice of Elizabeth Fraser of Cocteau Twins, and also worth noting are The Vaselines (huge influence on Nirvana), and this one I like just because of their name... http://www.myspace.com/chillipipers
Three way tie for me
Nirvana-In Utero
Linkin park- Hybrid theory
Guns & Roses- appetite for destruction
Alice Cooper -Welcome to My Nightmare
Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush -Tales of the Unexpected
anything by bob dylan
As I know there are a lot of Rush fans in this thread I thought I'd let you know that they are being interviewed on the CBC (that's our radio station up in Canada, eh?)
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/
Gary Numan - Sacrifice
Kanye west- heartless
Joe Satriani - Surfing with the Alien
David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
If we're on the hip hop tip, I think I'll have to go with....
Dr. Octagon (Kool Keith, Dan the Automator, Qbert)
though KRS ONE's "I got next" and BDP's "Criminal minded" are pretty high on the list as well. I think Dr. Octagon gets it for sheer creativity.
I managed to find myself some great vinyl gems of Eno & Byrne's from '81...
The Jezebel Spirit
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
If you like My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, check out Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, you'll very likely love it. It's a really great album.
There's a streaming website they set up for the album here:
http://www.everythingthathappens.com/
The same goes for Eno's collaboration with John Cale (of The Velvet Underground), Wrong Way Up. That has three or four really brilliant tracks ('Spinning Away' being especially good).
John Zorn, Bar Kokhba - Lucifer (Book of Angels)
Queen - Queen II
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