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Classic Canadian indie rock albums ranked by how old it makes you feel to see them called ‘classic’

3 years ago by ValueSubtracted to c/canada

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nyan 6 points 3 years ago

Am I the only one here who's too old to recognize anything on that list? 😅

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BigJim 1 point 3 years ago

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clgoh 1 point 3 years ago

I'm 52, and I like 3 of them, and know of 4 others.

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Chetzemoka 1 point 3 years ago

I'm in my mid-40s and half of that list is in heavy rotation on my Spotify playlists lol. Metric was one of my top most listened to bands last year

I suspect it's less an age thing than a preference of musical genre thing

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jerkface 2 points 3 years ago

I used to live, breathe and eat Metric, then one day I just... stopped. If Emily Haynes ever releases another solo album I'll be all over that, though.

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Tigbitties 1 point 3 years ago

I'm 49. I know all of them.

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famousringo 6 points 3 years ago

I guess I’m the only person here who just got his entire music collection called out.

At least I get to keep Danko Jones and Buck 65. They must still be cool.

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iegod 5 points 3 years ago

Sloan is overrated and arcade fire is the nickel back of indie rock. I said what I said.

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TableCoffee 5 points 3 years ago

"The single Save Your Scissors was even catchy enough to give Dallas Green the opportunity for a breakthrough slot at the Much Music Video Awards, which is a sentence so old-fashioned it may as well have contained the words ‘malt shoppe’ ‘stickball’ or ‘home ownership’."

Amazing.

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Ack 3 points 3 years ago

Hahaha, I’ve never heard of any of these bands, I guess I should feel old.

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jerkface 2 points 3 years ago

You should feel utterly disinterested in Canadian indie music. Even Americans know half those names!

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GreasyTengu 2 points 3 years ago

I think ive heard of Sloan and Arcade Fire, but I wouldn't even be able to name any of their songs or even what genre they do.

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BigJim 3 points 3 years ago

I've heard of most of these aside from #1. Who the hell is Broken Social Scene and when exactly was it supposed to define my tastes?

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ValueSubtracted 3 points 3 years ago

They're essentially a musical collective/supergroup with a rotating membership.

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jerkface 2 points 3 years ago

Who the hell is Broken Social Scene

*dies of shock* X-p

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TabbyCat 1 point 3 years ago

You Forget it in People and their self titled album are pretty great, especially the former. You might know them for having Feist and the singer of Metric as singers, or as Crash and the Boys from Scott Pilgrim (The music, not the actors).

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Skies5394 3 points 3 years ago

That stung. A lot.

That may not have hit home for everyone, but that definitely hit home for me and exactly my time and place in the world.

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ValueSubtracted 2 points 3 years ago

I feel you, friend.

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danielquinn 1 point 3 years ago

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jerkface 1 point 3 years ago

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datavoid 2 points 3 years ago

TIL Chad VanGaalen is Canadian

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lemmie689 1 point 3 years ago

And I thought Rush would be on the list 😆

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ValueSubtracted 2 points 3 years ago

Hmm probably more prog rock than indie, but what even are genres anyway?

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lemmie689 2 points 3 years ago

Ya for sure. I think my brain refused to recognise "indie" and "classic" in the same sentence.

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Rodeo 1 point 3 years ago

Indie isn't about genre, it's about production status.

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discomatic 2 points 3 years ago

You're right. Indie being short for independent, e.g. shit some band records on the cheap, typically with little attention paid to production both during recording, and post. I'm not sure why people think it's a genre.

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jerkface 1 point 3 years ago

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ValueSubtracted 2 points 3 years ago

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