
So, Matthew at I(heart)music asked me to participate in his yearly 'Hottest Canadian Bands' poll which was… well, flattering. After getting over the initial flattery, I had a little trouble dealing with the idea of determining how 'hot' bands were. I mean, it was kind of hard for me to wrap my head around Chad VanGaalen, for example, being considered 'hot'. Because really, for me, a middle aged dude singing about death and playing a banjo doesn't really embody hotness . There was a little bit of an impass, some pacing, and basically [...]