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Post by Pipa on Jun 12, 2014 18:00:35 GMT -5
Their long-awaited sophomore album "The Physical World" drops September 9. If you're Canadian and not the least bit interested...then who are you?
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Post by bluestar4 on Jun 12, 2014 21:09:07 GMT -5
What's with all the "year bands" lately? You have this band, The Chain Gang of 1974, Night Terrors of 1927...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2014 21:48:25 GMT -5
the 1975
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Post by Pipa on Jun 12, 2014 21:58:01 GMT -5
What's with all the "year bands" lately? You have this band, The Chain Gang of 1974, Night Terrors of 1927... Well, these guys predate them by at least nine years. |
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Post by Pipa on Jul 9, 2014 13:36:51 GMT -5
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Post by Ling-Ling on Jul 9, 2014 14:07:51 GMT -5
They didn't really miss a beat, sounds like them to me.
I had no idea they even got back together, lol. I need another "Sexy Results" from them ASAP.
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Post by Cody on Jul 9, 2014 15:38:47 GMT -5
I'm sure this will go top 10 on Canada-Alternative and it'll probably do fairly well in the UK like their singles 9 years ago did. I somehow doubt it crosses to the US though. For some reason they have no interest in the crossover attempts of Canadian indie bands. "I Love You" by Said The Whale only got to what? #37?
It's unfortunate, because most of the CanCon acts on the Canada-Alternative Top 50 are less poppy than some of the American acts that do well. Nice and guitar-driven.
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Post by American Idiot on Jul 10, 2014 14:07:43 GMT -5
I've heard of this band for a long time as I know they're big in Canada, but never actually heard them. I don't think this is bad at all and should fit into the chart pretty well. I do like that it has more of a rock feel to it than more of the generic indie on the chart.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2014 14:00:26 GMT -5
alt adds august 5
it's ok to me
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Post by Devin on Aug 5, 2014 19:35:22 GMT -5
Tied for most added on Alternative with 8 adds total.
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Post by Cody on Aug 6, 2014 10:32:52 GMT -5
I really hope this takes off in the US. Other than Metric, no Canadian alternative act is even remotely successful on the format right now (Not counting anyone who has made 1 appearance in the top 40).
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Post by Cody on Aug 6, 2014 10:33:50 GMT -5
Shadows in the Dark and Green Baron would appreciate THIS kind of indie rock too. You guys should hear it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2014 10:38:12 GMT -5
this is indie rock?
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Post by Green Baron on Aug 6, 2014 10:42:02 GMT -5
Shadowscorp and Green Baron would appreciate THIS kind of indie rock too. You guys should hear it. fuck man I thought you might have been exaggerating but this goes hard top 10 prediction, please... |
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Post by bluestar4 on Aug 6, 2014 11:07:33 GMT -5
This is pretty good. Not what I was expecting.
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Post by Cody on Aug 6, 2014 16:49:46 GMT -5
Well in 2004 everyone considered them indie (at my school, anyway  ), but by today's standards they probably aren't. |
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Post by Devin on Aug 6, 2014 16:57:02 GMT -5
Well in 2004 everyone considered them indie (at my school, anyway  ), but by today's standards they probably aren't. I'd still call "Trainwreck 1979" indie-rock, but on the heavier, more experimental side of the spectrum. |
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Post by shakermaker on Aug 7, 2014 6:13:07 GMT -5
Top 50 on Alternative:
59 50 DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 Trainwreck 1979 163 95 68 0.782
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Post by Cody on Aug 7, 2014 7:51:59 GMT -5
Great start!
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Post by Cody on Aug 7, 2014 9:44:32 GMT -5
Anyone who likes this will like their (IMO) marquee single from their last album...10 years ago.
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Post by Green Baron on Aug 7, 2014 9:46:11 GMT -5
I never heard of these guys before, they been around for that long?
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Post by Cody on Aug 7, 2014 9:52:34 GMT -5
I never heard of these guys before, they been around for that long? Yeah, they broke up in 2006 after only one album which came out in 2004. That album is, well, was, one of Canada's best kept secrets. I remember when I hated them in grade 8 when the 3 singles were receiving tons of airplay on MuchMusic and on my local rock station, but over the years I've acquired the taste for their style and I love going through their album now. You're A Woman, I'm A Machine is easily of the most energetic and most intense indie rock albums one could possibly listen to. |
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Post by shakermaker on Aug 13, 2014 6:13:01 GMT -5
Top 40 on Alternative:
51 39 DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 Trainwreck 1979 235 152 83 0.627
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Post by Green Baron on Aug 13, 2014 10:08:56 GMT -5
I thought it had 1979 spins when I first read that update.
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Post by Cody on Aug 13, 2014 10:26:57 GMT -5
Keep moving up, you Canadian masterpiece!
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Post by Mandrakegray on Aug 13, 2014 10:35:53 GMT -5
Freakin' love this song.
There's a really cool lyric video out for it as well.
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Post by Web on Aug 13, 2014 12:10:46 GMT -5
This is sweet. Hope it keeps moving up the chart. Never heard of these guys before so guess I'm going back to check out their other album.
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Post by Chuckles, The Silly Piggy on Aug 18, 2014 14:41:05 GMT -5
I just found out the origins of this song. The great Mississauga train derailment of 1979. ("200,000 people and no one died ") I'm starting to like this song more and more! Hopefully a top 10 for these guys (still waiting it's been close to 4 years for a Canadian band to go top 10)
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Post by Cody on Aug 18, 2014 14:50:12 GMT -5
I just found out the origins of this song. The great Mississauga train derailment of 1979. ("200,000 people and no one died ") I'm starting to like this song more and more! Hopefully a top 10 for these guys (still waiting it's been close to 4 years for a Canadian band to go top 10)Yeah. "Breathing Underwater" getting robbed and stalling at #12 was a farce I tells ya, A FARCE! |
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Post by Chuckles, The Silly Piggy on Aug 19, 2014 11:16:29 GMT -5
May 15, 2010 the last time a Canadian alternative song would enter the top 10. :/ Something fishy there I tell ya. Maybe a conspiracy? I don't know!
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