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Welcome to the Canadian Music Wiki, an online resource created by CBC Radio 3 and Amanda Ash from the University of British Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of MITACS Accelerate.

This project is dedicated to using collaborative and social media to enrich Canada's music scene by creating a comprehensive guide to Canadian music. We welcome your contributions.

The Canadian Music Wiki is a wiki, meaning you can edit nearly any page at any time. This wiki strives to encourage artists, media and fans alike to contribute their knowledge to this digital resource. We hope it will serve as Canada's hub for everything music-related. So don't be shy; head over to the Getting Started page and learn how you can contribute. It's easy and fun!

Here are a few brief guidelines to follow:

1. Please keep a neutral point-of-view when contributing. The wiki pages aren't for opinion or discussion. They're for facts, biographical information and basic knowledge. However, we encourage you to click on the "discussion" links on each page if you want to start a conversation or share your thoughts. We're sure others would love to hear what you have to say!

2. If you see something is wrong—whether it is grammatical, factual, or formatting—be bold and fix it. This is YOUR wiki. Be proud of it.

3. Please don't vandalize. It's really not worth it.

4. The Canadian Music Wiki is free content.

This site is a beta version. If you have any comments or suggestions to improve this wiki, please email amanda_ash@cbcradio3.com.

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Bahamas, Said the Whale, Rose Cousins and more on today's Appetite for Distraction
As my show name suggests, I have a rather short attention span. If I don’t get something different in my mind at least once a day… well, lets just say you might find me hovering over your desk looking for something - anything - new. So on today’s show, while I share the new songs from Bahamas , Rose Cousins , Hands and Teeth , Said The Whale and Yukon Blonde - why don’t you share with me some of your best new discoveries. Of course I welcome songs and bands, but anything really will [...]

Marine Dreams New video for "Sudden Dark Truths"
[ Marine Dreams - Sudden Dark Truths from Jared Raab on Vimeo ]. Sackville, New Brunswick band Marine Dreams has just released a video for "Sudden Dark Truths" from their self-titled album. The video was directed by Colin Medley and Jared Raab, a talented duo who have made videos for Diamond Rings , Gentleman Reg , and Forest City Lovers . "I've liked Ian's music for a long time and started brainstorming with Jared about something we could shoot very quickly that would be simple [...]

LISTEN: Jennifer Castle "One Two Three"
listen Hey, it's that other Canadian songstress singing about numbers! "One Two Three", from Jennifer Castle 's 2008 album Castlemusic , is an understated affair. Spare piano chords and a haunting vocal are the only ingredients here, and it's a wise move - in the absence of more instrumentation, every creak of the piano bench takes on a new importance. It's an intimate performance that gives the sense of sitting on the piano bench next to Castle as she plays.

Rediscovering El Rego: 60s Funk Legend From Benin
You probably know The Daptone record label from performers like Sharon Jones , who has been a huge success for the label. Daptone has a history of releasing some killer funk and soul records that really capture the vintage sound of soul music from the late 60s and early 70s. Jones has a classic vintage sound — even though her first full album was recorded less than a decade ago. Then there’s Charles Bradley . He was born in 1948, but released his first album just last year. He’d been [...]

Music Notes: Memoryhouse, Bishop Morocco, CMW, more!
Watch: The Pack a.d. 's NEW video for " Sirens " (above) Classified , Jenn Grant , Hey Rosetta! receive multiple nominations for the 2012 East Coast Music Awards – AUX The 12 th annual CMW festival, March 21-25 , announces even more acts: Dan Mangan , Rich Aucoin , the Pack a.d. , The Sheepdogs and Young Empires – Exclaim! Bishop Morocco sign with Arts & Crafts ; new EP coming March 13 called Old Boys , see tracklisting – Exclaim! Vancouver’s Bleating Hearts (members [...]

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Hit the Cinema with 'The Grey,' 'One for the Money,' 'Tyrannosaur' and More in Our Film Roundup
If the announcement of this year's Oscar noms has you feeling cinematic, let Exclaim! guide you through the best (and worst) movie offerings out this week. Read full reviews of the following highlights and more in our Recently Reviewed section. First up, Liam Neeson leads a group of crash-landed oil drillers in Joe Carnahan's survival thriller The Grey (pictured). Marooned in the Alaskan wilderness, the oil-rig roughnecks battle the elements, a wolf pack and each other, in this grim [...]

DZ Deathrays Sign to Dine Alone, Announce 'No Sleep' EP
Having recently released the debut album from Australia's the Jezabels, Toronto label Dine Alone Records will once again be bringing Canadian audiences some rock from Down Under, as they just signed highly touted duo DZ Deathrays. The record company will drop the band's No Sleep EP on March 6 through digital retailers. The collection was recorded with Richard Pike and Neil Coombe at the White Room Record Studio near Mt. Nebo, Australia. You can hear the noisy, garage-y title track streaming [...]

Nneka Unveils North American Tour in Support of 'Soul Is Heavy'
Nneka's star has been rising for some time now, and this March, the Nigerian-German R&B singer will continue to spread the word by hitting our shores for a North American tour in support of her latest album, Soul Is Heavy , which is due out in our continent February 28 via Yo Mama's Recordings/Decon Records. Nneka's third LP was originally dropped last year overseas, but is only now getting a proper North American release. According to the press release, it contains a "combination of hip-hop [...]

Franco Falsini's 'Cold Nose' Unearthed by Spectrum Spools
In 1975, Polydor Records released Cold Nose , a soundtrack by Italian composer Franco Falsini. The music was originally recorded for a film called Cold Nose Story that never saw a wide release. Still, Falsini's soundtrack has become a cult favourite, which is why we're pleased to report that it will be receiving a proper reissue via the ever-consistent Spectrum Spools imprint. Best known for his work with the prog group Sensations' Fix, Cold Nose was Falsini's first solo work. As a press [...]

Young Empires Gear Up for Debut EP, Canadian Tour Dates
Electro-spiked indie act Young Empires are getting set to release their debut EP, Wake All My Youth , and if you haven't had a chance to check out the Toronto outfit, they'll be heading off on a quick run of concerts to promote the mini-set. Young Empires will drop their seven-song release on February 21. For now, you can stream the EP cut "White Doves" and synth-and-beat-bumpin' single "Enter Through the Sun" below, where you'll also find a video of the group playing the latter at Toronto's [...]

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WATCH: Tyler, The Creator performs “Orange Juice” with BADBADNOTGOOD
A few months ago we shared videos of young jazz prodigies BADBADNOTGOOD collaborating with Tyler, The Creator on his tracks “Fish” and “Seven” during OFWGKTA’s tour stop in Toronto. Now here's another brand new video from that session, in which Tyler joins the band for a performance for “Orange Juice” from OFWGKTA’s mixtape Radical. BBNG caught Tyler's attention with their Odd Future Sessions , in which they performed experimental jazz interpretations of Odd Future songs, as well as their [...]

WATCH: A clip of James Murphy acting in The Comedy has surfaced!
This year’s Sundance Film Festival found LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy in not one, but two separate films, one of which is the previously reported on Shut Up, and Play the Hits , a documentary on the titular group’s final show. The second is Rick Alverson’s new film The Comedy , which features Murphy in a supporting role, alongside Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim (of Tim and Eric Awesome Show! fame). The Comedy details the life of an aging New York hipster (Heidecker), who is emotionally [...]

WATCH: Young Magic - “Night in the Ocean” official music video
Coastal landscapes and morphing geometry make up Young Magic’s new music video, the follow up to their previous, equally striking clip for “Sparkly” . Their second go at it, directed by Andrew De Freitas, departs from the clean look of time-lapses and slow motion, and goes into an abstract performance of shape and pattern – on bodies, and over nature. The video takes foggy, spotted footage of cliffs and forests, and combines them with an intimate view of a couple applying lines and [...]

YouTube/Google rejects Perfume Genius' mildly homoerotic video ad; R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe reacts
In an offensive effort to be inoffensive, Google/YouTube has rejected a 15-second ad for Seattle singer-songwriter Perfume Genius’ hotly anticipated follow-up Put Your Back N 2 It , insisting it “contains non family safe material.” The ad, which depicts Perfume Genius’ Mike Hadreas and gay porn star Arpad Miklios embracing shirtless, was promptly rejected by YouTube after Matador attempted to upload the video this past week. After which, Matador received from YouTube a rather glib response, which [...]

LISTEN: Stream a 20-song mixtape from The Jesus and Mary Chain; 'The Way We Were: 1980-85'
I know you were planning to spend five bucks to go hear some DJ with neck tattoos play his collection of '70s funk MP3's tonight, but here's something even better ! Two former members of the iconic noise/shoegaze outfit The Jesus and Mary Chain, Bobby Gillespie (drums, 1985-86) and Douglas Hart (bass, 1984-91), assembled this excellent mixtape that collects some of the music that was being played in the band's tour van in the early years of their career. Bouncing between vintage pop, garage-rock, [...]

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