Tag: Man Made Hill
Top 100 Songs of 2012: 100-76
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
99. Gold & Youth – Time to Kill
98. d’Eon – Century By Century
97. Crystal Castles – Wrath of God
96. Suuns – Edie’s Dream
95. Marie Davidson – Ma vie sans toi
94. Yves Son Ace – Wallet Song
93. Gal Gracen – ∞
92. Ev Ree Wuhn – Control
91. Man Made Hill – Physical (Olivia Newton John cover)
90. Drug Train – Idioms
89. The Natural Shocks – Change
88. Solar Year – Night and Day
87. Zooey – You
86. Gold Zebra – Dark Musique
85. Warm Myth – Gonna Gun
84. Wand – There Is A Place
83. Parallels – Moonlight Desires (Gowan cover)
82. Zouk Fuck – Blaque Sabbath
81. Hiawatha – Dogs of War
80. Nyteowl – EZ Boy
79. Tops – Easy Friends
78. Most People – You Said
76. Breeze – Paradise (In A While)
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 20 Albums of 2012
There has been so much amazing music made this year. Most of these albums have been on constant repeat at the Silent Shout office since we heard them. If you’ve been following the blog all year our love for these records won’t surprise you. If you haven’t, we can’t wait for you to hear them! There shouldn’t be so much damn agreement in the critical world. We don’t need multiple lists of the same 50 albums in a slightly different order.
19. Kashka – Vichada – Bandcamp
18. Walter TV – Appetite – Bandcamp
17. Purity Ring – Shrines – Website
16. Karneef – In Error – Bandcamp
15. Man Made Hill – Intercourses – Bandcamp
14. Ghibli – Rare Pleasures – Bandcamp
13. Cabaal – Emanations – Bandcamp
12. Grimes – Visions – Wikipedia
11. Hot & Cold – Border Area – Bandcamp
10. You’ll Never Get to Heaven – S/T – Bandcamp
9. Mac DeMarco – Rock and Roll Night Club – Label
6. Kontravoid – Silent Visions – Bandcamp
5. Renny Wilson – “Sugarglider” – Bandcamp
3. Blanche Blanche Blanche – Wink with Both Eyes – Stream
2. Tenderness – The Axe is Ready at the Tree – Bandcamp
1. Femminielli – Double Invitation – Stream
Previously: Top 100 Songs /// Top 20 Videos /// Top 15 Remixes /// Top 10 EPs
Video: Man Made Hill – CTRL
AMAZING video for Man Made Hill‘s “CTRL” made by the students of the TIFF 2012 Music Video Mayhem summer camp, under the direction of Winston Hacking. Apparently all video footage is Canadian in origin.
New Release: Castledrum Companions
Greggy Clypse – Duh Duh Duh
New Zebra Kid – Go the Extra Mile
Man Made Hill – Physical
Castledrum Records is a brand new electronic label based in London and they’ve just put together their first compilation gathering together some of the wonderful underground talents there and nearby. Consider us blown away by Greggy Clypse and New Zebra Kid, and Toronto’s Man Made Hill provide an awesome Olivia Newton-John cover. The whole compilation is available PWYW on Bandcamp.
