Right up front, let me say that I was not party to the process by which this list was determined. However, I occasionally walked past the room where it was compiled, so I can tell you what I saw in there...
There were people shouting at each other; year-end statistics everywhere, the floor, desks, tape to the walls, and scribbled on a white board. There was a computer, which I assume was used to compile said stats, and there was also, if I am not mistaken, the bones of a rare snowy owl, which were used for some form of arcane divination.
Regardless, of the process by which this list was determined, we stand by it as a good and true. So here it is, 103 songs from the past year, all 100% Canadian!
We hope you'll look it over, and go "yeah... that's pretty much what I was thinking too!"
Drink deep my friends. Drink deep.
The Playlist:
The List:
1 Tokyo Police Club -
Tessellate
2 Chad Van Gaalen - Willow Tree
3 Cadence
Weapon - In Search Of The Youth Crew
4 Black Mountain
- Stormy High
5 Kathleen
Edwards - The Cheapest Key
6 Crystal
Castles - Black Panther
7 Wolf Parade
- Call it a Ritual
8 Stars - 14
Forever
9 Holy F*ck -
Milkshake
10 Sam Roberts -
Them Kids
The other 93 top tracks of 2008 after the jump! 11
Shad - The
Old Prince Still Lives At Home
12 The Constantines - Our Age
13 Hayden -
Where and When
14 Islands - The Arm
15 Sloan -
Believe in Me
16 Elliott Brood
- Without Again
17 Born Ruffians
- I Need a Life
18 Plants and
Animals - Bye Bye Bye
19 Destroyer -
The State
20 Corb Lund
Band - Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier
21 Mother Mother
- Body of Years
22 Ladyhawk - I Don't Always Know What You're Saying
23 Jason Collett
- Out of Time
24 Christine
Fellows - The Spinster's Almanac
25 The Stills - Eastern Europe
26 Hawksley
Workman - Piano Blink
27 Hey Rosetta! -
Red Heart
28 Human Highway
- The Sound
29 Cuff the Duke
- If I Live Or if I Die
30 Women - Black
Rice
31 Woodhands -
Dancer
32 Laura Barrett
- Wood Between Worlds
33 Matt Mays and
El Torpedo - Rock Ranger Record
34 The Dears -
Money Babies
35 Danny Michel
- Feather, Fur and Fin
36 Metric - Help,
I'm Alive
37 Sebastian
Grainger and the Mountains - American Names
38 Attack in
Black - Sparrow
39 Wendy McNeill
- Crossing Hearts / Cutting Threads
40 The D'Urbervilles
- Dragnet
41 Luke Doucet -
Blood's Too Rich
42 Sweatshop Union - Time Machine
43 The Evaporators -
Gassy Jack
44 Brendan
Canning - Churches Under the Stairs
45 Will Currie
and the Country French - Suprising Me
46 Jane Vain and
the Dark Matter - C'mon Baby, Say Bang Bang
47 Snailhouse -
Not Superstitious
48 Sandro Perri
- Family Tree
49 Winter Gloves
- Factories
50 Fembots -
Good Days
51 Land of Talk
- Young Bridge
52 Martha
Wainwright - Bleeding All Over You
53 Bend Sinister
- The Same Things
54 Final Fantasy
- The Butcher
55 Young Rival -
Your Island
56 The Pack AD -
Blackout
57 Ohbijou -
Tender Bones
58 The Wet Secrets -
Hot Roller
59 Dragon Fli
Empire - CGY
60 Forest City
Lovers - Don't Go
61 Novillero -
Life in Parenthises
62 Matthew Barber
- I'm Going to Settle My Accounts…
63 Duchess Says
- AEAE
64 The Awkward
Stage - Hey Modern Schoolgirl
65 Kara Keith -
Kick this City
66 No Kids - For
Halloween
67 King Khan and
the Shrines - Torture
68 Major Maker -
I'm In Love
69 The Summerlad
- City of Noise
70 Library
Voices - Step Off the Map and Float
71 Hexes and Ohs
- Looking to Fight
72 Kate Maki -
Blue Morning
73 Hilotrons - Emergency Street
74 NQ Arbuckle -
Postcard from Princess
75 Adam and the
Amethysts - Stupid
Ocean
76 Ghostkeeper -
Mr. No Show
77 Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir - Go Back Home
78 Woodpigeon -
Piano Pieces for Adult Beginners
79 Ruby Coast
- More than Television
80 Veda Hille -
Luckylucky
81 The
Telepathic Butterflies - Sign of the Times
82 Jon McKiel -
War On You
83 Pony Da Look
- Flatlands
84 Justin
Rutledge - Greenwich Time
85 Creature -
Pop Culture
86 Ron Sexsmith
- Ghost of a Chance
87 The Violet
Archers - Sunshine at night
88 Revival Dear
- Ol's in the water
89 Angela
Desveaux - Sure Enough
90 Les Dales
Hawerchuk - Le reel du p'tit minou
91 Blood Meridian - The burning
river of guilt
92 Old Man
Luedecke - Proof of Love
93 The Buttless
Chaps - Coal Grey Sky
94 Boxer the Horse - Boneyard
95 Arkells - Oh,
The Boss is Coming!
96 Brian
Borcherdt - While I Was Asleep
97 Gonzales -
Working Together
98 Jill Barber -
Oh My My
99 Blind Tiger
Tiger - Pastor Haggard…
100 Graham Wright
- When I Get There
101 The High Dials
- The Holy Ground
102 Fred
Eaglesmith - Sweet Corn
103 The Bicycles -
Oh No, It's Love
Photo Ash Raichura
