Allison's Canada Day Playlist

I. LOVE. CANADA.

My love affair with Canada began last summer when I rode a train from Vancouver to Montreal. Along the way I stopped in Edmonton, Winnipeg (does a 20-minute stopover count?), Toronto, and Ottawa. Then, this past February, one of my best friends from college and I decided a road trip through Halifax, Saint John, and Charlottetown was logical. All in all, I've been to 9/10 Canadian provinces. Over MLK weekend in 2010, we're planning to hit up Newfoundland/Labrador, which is the only one I'm missing!

Things I love about Canada:
- The awesome, insane, most friendly people on the planet
- Beavertail is a delicious treat that will rot your teeth
- The parliament house has a CAT SANCTUARY on the grounds
- How fun it is to say "Vancoooooooouver" and "Quuuuuuuubec"
- They are a strong people who don't believe in plowing their roads.
- The $5 bill (I love this so much that I carry one around in my wallet all the time.)
- There is a place called Mount Allison University (he he he)

I could go on and on, but this is about music and not my retarded ideas of what's fun to do on vacation (look - they also have the world's largest lobster statue!), so here's what I think is a great Canada Day playlist. A proud playlist for a proud people.

O, Canada!
1. The Arcade Fire - Wake Up
2. Japandroids - The Boys Are Leaving Town
3. Death from Above 1979 - Black History Month
4. We Are Wolves - Fight & Kiss
5. Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything
6. The Unicorns - I Was Born a Unicorn
7. Metric - Combat Baby
8. Tokyo Police Club - Tessellate
9. Hot Hot Heat - Oh, Goddamnit
10. Stars - Midnight Coward
11. Broken Social Scene - 7/4 (Shoreline)
12. The New Pornographers - The Bleeding Heart Show
13. Barenaked Ladies - This Is Where It Ends
14. Jason Collett - Out of Time
15. Young Galaxy - Outside the City
16. The Stills - Helicopters
17. The Weakerthans - One Great City!

I'm too stupid to figure out how IMEEM works, so I made you some artwork instead. Deal.




Here's the playlist sans barenaked ladies and young galaxy

Allisons Canada Day Playlist

Evan's Canada Day Playlist

HAPPY CANADA DAY!



THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOOT!!

Allison and I would like to celebrate Canada Day by honoring our proud neighbors to the North for their wonderful contributions to music! We decided against creating an "Ultimate" Canada Day Playlist because, to be honest, 80 minutes wouldn't be fair.

That said, here's what I'll be listening to this Canada Day. No order, no justification, just 18 deliciously maple-flavored tracks.


1. rush - fly by night
2. tokyo police club - be good
3. nomeansno - angel or devil
4. bachman-turner overdrive - takin care of business
5. comeback kid - talk is cheap
6. fembots - my hands are a city
7. arcade fire - neighborhood #3 (power out)
8. tegan and sara - living room
9. the guess who - american woman
10. death from above 1979 - little girl
11. joni mitchell - carey
12. a.c. newman - the palace at 4am
13. alexisonfire - 44. caliber love letter
14. broken social scene - anthems for a 17yo girl
15. feist - brandy alexander
16. steppenwolf - rock me
17. the weakerthans - pamphleteer
18. stars - one more night

*imeem needs Stars, fulltracks, and non-shitty versions of songs. other than that, ILU IMEEM!

Evans Canada Day Playlist

ahhh that feels great after the doom and gloom of The Saddest Songs.