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My Top 10 Hottest Canadian Bands/Artists of 2008

Nov 2, 2008, 10:56pm

Once again Matthew at I(Heart)Music has conducted his annual poll of Canadian bloggers for their top ten hottest artist/bands of the year and again I've happily participated. I found it more difficult this year to compile a list although not because of a lack of Canadian talent - on the contrary there's an abundance of talent to choose from. My definition of 'hottest' is not merely a barometer of artists' success/achievements(e.g touring, new release, record label signing) this year but also factors the connection I made to the music whether that be seeing them live [...]

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Hot Artists

Yeasayer
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Hot Chip
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Massive Attack
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Vampire Weekend
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Phoenix
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St. Vincent
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Beach House
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Spoon
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Kid Cudi
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Gorillaz
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