Tag: How Sad
MP3: How Sad – Hot Blur
Our uptempo Montreal electropop saviours return! It was a foregone conclusion that How Sad would release the single to soundtrack the summer, and we believe it’s here. Let’s get high.
Video: How Sad – Bad Time
How Sad – Bad Time
We’re always glad when we have an opportunity to express our absolute love for Montreal’s How Sad. The new video (their first!) was directed by Spencer Forest. The song is from last year’s excellent Throw it at Your Dad’s House EP, which is still available for PWYC download.
Top 25 Songs of 2012
2012 has been the strongest year in memory for Canadian electronic pop. Established artists started new electronic projects, amazing new talents appeared seemingly out of nowhere, and one of our shining stars became a superstar recognized the world over. Canada is clearly at the epicenter of the zeitgeist – it’s a testament to the unbelievable talent in this country that we have 100 songs to present to you as the best of the year, and STILL had to exclude so many excellent tracks.
Montreal and Toronto may still have the most representatives of any Canadian city, but dark electro is thriving everywhere, from Halifax to Calgary, Ottawa to Vancouver, and exciting new hotbeds appearing in London, Ontario, and Grande Prairie, Alberta. We’re not too exclusively nationalist here at Silent Shout, so border states (minus NYC) appear too, with artists from Minneapolis, Seattle, and Brattleboro, Vermont making our list.
A huge thank you to all our readers, the folks who attend our events, and the bands that make brilliant music across this land for making 2012 an unforgettable year for us. Here’s to an even bigger 2013 for Canadian electronic music.
Top 100 Songs: 100-76 /// 75-51 /// 50-26 /// 25-1
25. Holy Family – My Kayfabe Babe
24. Essaie Pas – Carcajou
23. Pat Jordache – Steps (Damaged Goods)
22. Blue Hawaii – In Two
21. Mac DeMarco – She’s Really All I Need
20. Prince Innocence – Girls
19. Cabaal – Out of Body
18. You’ll Never Get To Heaven – It’s All Over
17. Triple Gangers – Molly
16. Dresden Dresses – Fallen Angel
15. Prince Nifty – Vox News Double Double Dose
14. How Sad (formerly Goose Hut) – MACEE
13. Yacht Club – Tropicana
12. Jay Arner – Broken Glass
11. Purity Ring – Obedear
10. Silkken Laumann – House Of Common Problems
9. Renny Wilson – Feel Like a Child
8. Mozart’s Sister – Chained Together
7. Kontravoid – Silent Visions
5. Homo Duplex – On or On and On
4. Brusque Twins – Speaking In Colour
2. Doldrums – She Is The Wave
1. Yacht Club – Flash (Single Edit)
Top 100 Songs: 100-76 /// 75-51 /// 50-26 /// 25-1
Previously: Top 20 Albums /// Top 20 Videos /// Top 15 Remixes /// Top 10 EPs
Top 10 EPs of 2012
10. Majical Cloudz – Turns, Turns, Turns – Label
9. Phil Console – The Modern Fog – Bandcamp
8. How Sad (formerly Goose Hut) – Throw it at Your Dad’s House – Bandcamp
7. Mathias Mental – The Stateroom Scene – Bandcamp
6. Greggy Clypse – Easy 101′s – Bandcamp
5. Moon King – Obsession I – Listen
4. Chrome and the Ice Queen – Diane – Bandcamp
3. Brusque Twins – A Voice in the Night – Bandcamp
2. Dresden Dresses – ☹EP – Bandcamp
1. Essaie Pas – Tout Est Jeune – Bandcamp
Earlier: Top 20 Videos /// Top 15 Remixes Next: Top 20 Albums, Top 100 Songs
Pop Montreal Picks: Thursday September 20
Silkken Laumann – House Of Common Problems
Prince Innocence – Girls
Moon King – Sleeping in My Car
So many great things to see today at Pop Montreal!
09.20 – Goose Hut @ Citizen Vintage
09.20 – Foxfire @ Balattou
09.20 – Young Galaxy @ Breakglass Studios
09.20 – Yacht Club, Cosmetics, Mozart’s Sister
09.20 – Red Mass @ Club Lambi
09.20 – Grimes, Myths @ Club Soda
09.20 – Austra (DJ), Doldrums, Moon King, Warm Myth @ Club Balattou
09.20 – Prince Innocence @ Royal Phoenix
09.20 – Silkken Laumann @ O Patro Vys
09.20 – Beta Frontiers @ CFC
09.20 – Humans @ O Patro Vys
Obviously all of these artists are worth seeing, but decisions have to be made. Doldrums and Moon King at Club Balattou is probably the best bet of the night. Warm Myth is also playing and Austra is DJing, just making it that much more amazing. Silkken Laumann at O Patro Vys and Prince Innocence at the Royal Phoenix are our other can’t-miss picks of the night. See whatever you can!
List: Best MP3s of June 2012
Silkken Laumann – House Of Common Problems
D’eon – Transparency Pt. II
One Place – Love Is Strange
Bzaryn – I’s the B’y (Part1)
Mac DeMarco – European Vegas
Jay Arner – Broken Glass
Dark Ages – Human Being
Ghibli – Babyface
Monroeville Music Centre – Somniculonia
Cora Kim – Apgetaryong
Soft Riot – You Can’t Please Everyone
Young Galaxy – Youth Is Wasted On The Young
Goose Hut – MACEE
Video: Goose Hut – MACEE
An excellent new track here, with an excellent new video from Montreal’s Goose Hut. It’s a sweet, sad, super-catchy little love song, well worth a listen.
