Blog: Spinner.com

After years as a pop-cultural punchline -- thanks, Celine! -- Canada's music scene exploded with such ferocity in the 2000s the whole nation basically became "the next Seattle." It's been an exciting decade to be a Canadian music fan as a seemingly endless series of eclectic acts poured forth from Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver as well as smaller scenes across the country. What tied them together wasn't a shared sound, but a shared belief in community, in the power of music to bring people together -- be it in a concert hall, nightclub, backyard or [...]