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Beau Dommage était un groupe de musique folk rock venant de Montréal, Québec. Le groupe a connu un grand succès dans les années 70 et 80. Fondé en 1972, Beau Dommage a commencé comme une troupe de théâtre « La Quenouille Bleue ».

En 1974, le groupe a sorti son premier album, Beau Dommage. Cet album a battu des records de ventes à l'époque. L'année suivante, Où est passée la noce? a atteint 100 000 ventes -- dès premier jour de sa sortie !

Le groupe s'est dissous en 1978, mais en 1994, ils se sont réunis pour seulement un an. Cette année-là, ils ont produit un deuxième album intitulé Beau Dommage. L'annèe suivante, le groupe s'est à nouveau dissous, cette fois définitivement.

Je suis débutant en français. Ces traductions peuvent contenir des erreurs. Merci de proposer (poliment!) des corrections grammaticales.

BADBADNOTGOOD is a instrumental band and production team from Toronto, Ontario.

The band provides instrumental backgrounds to a wide variety of artists from various genres -- it all depends on who they collaborate with and the vision of the features artist. Many of which are household names such as Tyler The Creator, Kendrick Lamar, Charlotte Day Wilson, and many others.

They were formed in 2010 by Chester Hansen on bass, Matthew Tavares on keyboard, and Alexander Sowinski as drummer. The band would later be joined by Leland Whitty.

While more often do colalborations, in 2024 the band released a album featuring music entirely produced by themselves under the name of Mid Spiral. The album features only instrumentals, with no vocals.

Learn more about the band at their website, badbadnotgood.com.

FLEECE is a band originating from Montreal, Quebec. They originally formed in 2013. This is one of the songs that will be released on the 1st of October later this year as part of their TORNADO album which was itself written and recorded in 2023.

More information about FLEECE can be found on their website, fleecemusic.com. There is also more information about the story and meaning of this upcoming song posted on the canadianbeats.ca website, including comments from the artists.

The Bankes Brothers are a relatively recent band that formed in 2017. As shown in their name, they are formed of the two brothers Nelson & Morgan Bankes on vocals and guitar, with Carson Cleaver on lead guitar, and Gray Oxley as the drummer.

The band was formed in Victoria, British Columbia. As per the story on their spotify, they formed on a random friday night in a pool hall and begun playing gigs together less than a week later. They were all former high school classmates who found a "undeniable musical chemistry" and shortly began writing original music after their first show. Their first original song was "See Me Run".

In Waves, according to the spotify plays, is their most popular and widely played song with 335k listens as of writing this.

The Bankes Brothers are supported by Music BC, Creative BC and The Province of British Columbia. Their current label with is Blue Heron Music.

See more from The Bankes Brothers at their website, thebankesbrothers.com . Their latest song, Get To Know was just released just yesterday on the 30th! More info on that new release from canadianbeats.ca

Isabelle Rezazadeh (born 28 March 1995), who is known by her stage name Rezz (stylized in all caps), is a Ukrainian–Canadian DJ and record producer from Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Again, from Wikipedia:
Rock et Belles Oreilles (RBO) was a Canadian radio, television, and stage comedy group popular in the primarily French-speaking province of Quebec during the 1980s and 1990s. Their name was a pun on the Hanna-Barbera blue dog character Huckleberry Hound ("Roquet Belles Oreilles" in French).

Apparently, according to local legend DJs at Montreal strip clubs would have this queued up in the event of unexpected police visits :)

Don't quite remember how I came across this song, but know it was cemented in my brain when my sibling had a run-in involving someone's intimate activities in a public bathroom in Montreal. I said they should have played this song on their phone and see what the reaction was. (Everyone was fine)

*I have no idea if this is how people actually say 'Comedy/Comedic Music' in French.

Better, imo, version in the comments - wanted to share the video too though.

From Wikipedia: War Party is a Cree hip-hop group from Maskwacis, Alberta. Its founding members are Rex Smallboy and Ryan Small. The members are ex-wife Cynthia, Karmen "Hellnback" Omeasoo, Bryan Omeosoo and Tom Crier.The band's music combines rap rhythms with aboriginal themes and stories.

The first First Nations hip hop group to ever have a video play on Much Music, and it's for a pretty fuckin' great song.

Follow-up to the theme of my last post, 'songs I've heard in the background while rewatching Trailer Park Boys' :) Great song regardless.

Hey everybody - we made it to Friday freakin' night! I think it's time to grab a bev, sit back in the comfy chair, kick up our legs, and listen to some Cannabus. Oh, and smoke 'em if you got 'em 🍃.

Out of Welland, ON, get carried off by hypnotizing fuzz, sick riffs, and whatever's makin' you buzz tonight (even if it's something wholesome like friends, family, or memes [maybe not that wholesome]). You deserve it!

Did you live in Canada in 2004? Did you ever turn on a rock station on the radio? Then you've almost certainly heard this track from Antigonish, Nova Scotia's The Trews.

I've got to admit - snob that I am, I often group The Trews along with other bands (lookin' at you, Big Sugar and 54-40) I call 'CANned CON', reliable ol' staples that get tossed into a radio setlist primarily to satisfy Can Con requirements, to the detriment of the wide variety of music we have available.

But if I'm real with myself, this is residual adolescent snobbiness I haven't quite killed off yet - they're catchy, people like them, and I actually like a lot of it, this track included. So here we are.

My French to English song ratio has been a little off the past few days, so may I present one of my favourites, Hippie Hourrah out of (quel surprise) Montreal, QC.

I. Fucking. Love these guys. I am certain that if I spoke French, I'd appreciate their lyrics. Very arts-minded, recently did an exhibit about painter Jacques Hurtubise (which looked cool as hell, and I'm kicking myself for not getting on the train and checking out - see here, you've got one more day if it isn't sold out! ). Definitely worth a little listening time!

Fun psychy, hints of jazz fusiony band from Halifax, NS. Worth seeing live if you get the chance!

Edit: I like a lot of their songs, but gonna highlight this one too

Probably the most well known tune by Langley BC's Gob. Often mentioned in the same breath as Sum41 and Treble Charger to describe a certain kind of pop punk that defined an era for some of us in our teenaged years.

They're playing a free concert in Peterborough this Saturday (July 19th), by the by.

You know him, you love him - it's Nardwuar out of Vancouver, beloved interviewer, CITR-FM legend and human serviette.

Did you know he's in a band? Here's one of their songs.

Doot doola doot doot...

Vilain Pingouin -- meaning Ugly Penguin in English, is a Quebecois rock band that has been active ever since 1986. Originally playing in English rock bands, the singer/guitarist Rudy Caya and the drummer Michel Vaillancourt wish to expand into more franophone music, originally forming a band called "Les Taches", until they expanded the band more and called themselves Vilain Pingouin.

Information sourced from the bands wikipedia page. Further information from the band itself it available on their website, including oncoming tour dates and merch!

vilainpingouin.com

As someone learning french, I must say this band is quite nice. The music is quite nice, and the lyrics are clearly pronounced well enough that I can follow along without much difficulty.

Junkhouse was a considerable force in the 1980s-1990s Canadian alternative rock scene, but disbanded in 1998, but have been sporadically active throughout the last few decades. Wikipedia has them listed as currently active, although there has not been any new songs since 1998.

A good portion of the band has passed away. In a most Canadian fashion, the second guitarist Dan Aachen actually passed away from a heart attack while playing hockey.

See Spot Run is from Montreal, Quebec. Their music features both French and English lyrics/titles, from all throughout their over 3 decades of music making -- since 1993.

The band is seemingly still active, but their last new music release was 9 years ago, in 2016.

So it was while listening to this artist, at a show/birthday party at a bar in Ottawa, ON a little less than two months ago, that I learned I'm an old, unhip person. Don't get me wrong - what I saw and heard left me intrigued, I just had a very limited frame of reference for what I was hearing.

This track's pretty approachable, the one that gave me pause was KERPLUNK - I just liked the live version much more than the recorded track.

From Ottawa, rapper, producer, vocalist and DJ - HUG MOSH!