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Rather than post you some stupidly generic list of albums you are supposed to expect, I think my top 10 is going to be based on the fact I actually listened to these releases the most this year. Come on, if an album is good, it must be one of your top plays right? These are based on stats according to iTunes and Last.fm plays as well as the fact I physically own them. I don’t believe in people’s top lists if they didn’t even bother to PURCHASE the album. Many of these are Canadian titles, but not all of them are! Continue Reading

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Happy Saturdays! Hear are your weekly covers.
Couleurs (Cover) by Ceramiks
Austra – Crying by DominoRecordCo
O’Mally- Demon Host (Timber Timbre Cover)
Bad Passion- Gila (Beach House Cover)
Steffalo- First Day Of My Life (Bright Eyes Cover)

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Check out this creepy (as expected) animated video from Timber Timbre. Swamp Magic has no vocals but that doesn’t mean you’ll get bored when listening to this song.
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I love this track. It features the creepy sounding Taylor Kirk from Timber Timbre with the sweet sounds of Tasseomancy. After raising funds from Kickstarter, Tasseomancy released their 2nd album Ulalume in August and it’s co-produced by Taylor and Simon Trottier from Timber Timbre. If you didn’t know Tasseomancy is also Austra’s touring back-up singers. Trippy small world isn’t it? Although this song is found on Tasseomancy’s album, I find it a little bit Timber Timbre sounding as the girls once again play back-up vocals here.
Tasseomancy- The Darkness of Things
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For some reason I didn’t check out this bizarre but beautiful video by Timber Timbre until now. It sure lives up to the title. Creep on Creepin’ On.

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The shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize 2011 was announced today. I was way off with my predictions, but here are this year’s top 10. Let me know who you think will be this year’s winner!

Arcade Fire- The Suburbs

I actually didn’t think that they would make the shortlist because it was too popular/predictable.
Arcade Fire- We Used to Wait

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Austra- Feel It Break

Austra- Beat and the Pulse

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Braids- Native Speaker

Braids- Lemonade

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Destroyer- Kaputt
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