January

• January 1 – Folk singer Lhasa de Sela
  Lhasa de Sela
  Lhasa de Sela , also known by the mononym Lhasa, was an American-born singer-songwriter who was raised in Mexico and the United States, and divided her adult life between Canada and France...
  
   dies in Montreal of breast cancer.
• January 19 – Folk singer Kate McGarrigle
  Kate McGarrigle
  Kate McGarrigle, CM was a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, who wrote and performed as a duo with her sister Anna McGarrigle....
  
   dies in Montreal.

April

• April 18 - Devon Clifford, drummer for the indie rock
  Indie rock
  Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
  
   band You Say Party! We Say Die!
  You Say Party! We Say Die!
  You Say Party was a Canadian five piece dance-punk band from Abbotsford, British Columbia. Their album Hit the Floor! was released in September 2005, and the band recently completed their second Canadian tour, an appearance at South by Southwest and a tour of the United States, before touring the...
  
   dies of complications from a brain hemorrhage he suffered two nights previous while performing onstage in Vancouver.
• April 18 – The 2010 Juno Awards
  Juno Awards of 2010
  The Juno Awards of 2010 honoured music industry achievements in Canada for the latter part of 2008 and for most of 2009. These ceremonies were in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada during the weekend ending 18 April 2010...
  
  

June

• June 17 – The 2010 Polaris Music Prize
  2010 Polaris Music Prize
  The 2010 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 20, 2010. The gala presentation was held at Toronto's Masonic Temple, and was hosted by Grant Lawrence of CBC Radio 3 and Sarah Taylor of MuchMusic....
  
   40-album longlist is announced.
• June 17 - The Broken Social Scene
  Broken Social Scene
  Broken Social Scene is a Canadian indie rock band, a musical collective including as few as six and as many as nineteen members, formed in 1999 by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning. Most of its members currently play in various other groups and solo projects, mainly based around the city of Toronto...
  
   concert film This Movie Is Broken
  This Movie Is Broken
  This Movie Is Broken is a film by Canadian director Bruce McDonald, released in 2010. A cross between a romantic comedy and a concert film, the film stars Greg Calderone as Bruno, a young man hoping to convince his longtime crush Caroline to become his girlfriend by taking her to a Broken Social...
  
  , directed by Bruce McDonald, premieres as part of Toronto's NXNE festival.
• June 29 - Rapper/singer Drake
  Drake (entertainer)
  Aubrey Drake Graham , who records under the mononym Drake, is a Canadian recording artist and actor. He originally became known for playing Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation....
  
   is sued by Playboy Enterprises
  Playboy Enterprises
  Playboy Enterprises, Inc. is a privately held global media and lifestyle company founded by Hugh Marston Hefner to manage the Playboy magazine empire. Its programming and content are available worldwide on television networks, Websites, mobile platforms and radio...
  
   over the use of the 1974 song "Fallin' In Love" by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
  Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
  Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds was a 1970s AM soft rock trio from Los Angeles. The original members were Dan Hamilton , Joe Frank Carollo , and Tommy Reynolds , all of whom had previously played in The T-Bones, a 1960s band noted for the instrumental hit "No Matter What Shape ".The group first hit...
  
   in Drake's 2009 hit "Best I Ever Had
  Best I Ever Had (Drake song)
  "Best I Ever Had" is the first single from Canadian rapper Drake's first EP So Far Gone. It first became prominent from the release of Drake's third mixtape of the same name. In 2009, the song was named the "Hot Rap Song" of the year by Billboard. The song's popularity helped Drake decide to...
  
  ." Playboy, which owns the rights to "Fallin' In Love," claims Drake used the song's sample without permission and is seeking to claim any profits made from the Drake single.

September

• September 20 – Karkwa
  Karkwa
  -History:Formed in 1998, the group consists of vocalist and guitarist Louis-Jean Cormier, keyboardist François Lafontaine, bass guitarist Martin Lamontagne, percussionist Julien Sagot, and drummer Stéphane Bergeron...
  
  's album Les Chemins de verre
  Les chemins de verre
  - References :...
  
  wins the 2010 Polaris Music Prize.

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• The Acorn
  The Acorn
  The Acorn is a Canadian indie folk band from Ottawa, Ontario, formed in 2003. Their songs have charted on Canadian campus charts and have been in rotation on CBC Radio 3 and The Verge....
  
  , No Ghost
  No Ghost
  No Ghost is an album by Canadian indie folk band The Acorn, released 1 June 2010 on Paper Bag Records and Bella Union. It is their third full-length.The album was recorded by Jarrett Bartlett....
  
  
• aKido
  Akido
  aKido is the pseudonym of Canadian electronic rock musician and composer Kim Gaboury. Gaboury assembles a live band to tour with; this live component is generally considered a separate entity from aKido in the recording studio....
  
  , Gamechanger
• Annihilator
  Annihilator (band)
  Annihilator is a Canadian heavy metal band hailing from Ottawa, Ontario, also from Vancouver, British Columbia between 1987-2002 by founding member, vocalist, guitarist and bassist Jeff Waters. The band has been around since 1984 and is the biggest selling heavy metal artist from Canada in history,...
  
  , Annihilator
  Annihilator (album)
  Annihilator is the thirteenth studio album by the Canadian thrash metal band Annihilator. It was released on May 17, 2010 in Europe.-Track listing:-Personnel:*Jeff Waters - guitars, bass and backing vocals*Dave Padden - lead and backing vocals...
  
  
• Apollo Ghosts
  Apollo Ghosts
  Apollo Ghosts is a Canadian indie rock band. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the band consists of singer and guitarist Adrian Teacher, bassist and guitarist Jason Oliver, bassist Jarrett K, and drummer Amanda Panda....
  
  , Mount Benson
• Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
  The Suburbs (Arcade Fire album)
  The Suburbs is the third studio album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, released in August 2010. Coinciding with the announcement the band released a limited edition 12-inch single containing two tracks from the album, “The Suburbs” and “Month of May”. The album debuted at #1 on the Irish...
  
  

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• Baby Eagle, Dog Weather
• Matthew Barber
  Matthew Barber
  Matthew Barber is a Canadian singer-songwriter. His music has been classified as indie pop and pop rock with folk and alternative country influences....
  
  , True Believer
• Barenaked Ladies
  Barenaked Ladies
  Barenaked Ladies is a Canadian alternative rock band. The band is currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson, and Tyler Stewart. Barenaked Ladies formed in 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario, then a suburban municipality outside the City of Toronto...
  
  , All in Good Time
  All in Good Time (Barenaked Ladies album)
  -Singles:Two singles were released for this album. "You Run Away", the first and lead single, received decent radio play. "Every Subway Car" was released as a single, but did not chart.-Charts:...
  
  
• The Beauties
  The Beauties
  The Beauties are a roots/country band from Toronto, Canada. They formed at the Dakota Tavern in 2006.The Beauties have opened for Skydiggers, Broken Social Scene,Justin Rutledge and Jason Collett, and have backed up songwriters including Ron Sexsmith, Jim Cuddy and Serena Ryder.They signed to Six...
  
  , The Beauties
• Bedouin Soundclash
  Bedouin Soundclash
  Bedouin Soundclash is a Canadian band currently based in Toronto. Their sound can be described as reggae and ska.-History:The band's current lineup consists of vocalist and guitarist Jay Malinowski, and bassist Eon Sinclair with Sekou Lumumba on drums. Their debut album, Root Fire, released in 2001...
  
  , Light the Horizon
  Light the Horizon
  Light the Horizon is the fourth LP by Canadian reggae / ska band Bedouin Soundclash. It was released on their own label, Pirates Blend, on 28 September, 2010....
  
  
• Ridley Bent
  Ridley Bent
  Ridley Bent is a Canadian country singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Bent was raised throughout Canada in a military family. He formally launched his musical career in 2000....
  
  , Rabbit on My Wheel
  Rabbit on My Wheel
  Rabbit on My Wheel is the third studio album by Canadian country-rock artist Ridley Bent. It was released on June 15, 2010 by Open Road Recordings...
  
  
• The Besnard Lakes
  The Besnard Lakes
  The Besnard Lakes are a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Formed in 2003 by the husband and wife team of Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas, two of their three albums have been nominated for the Polaris Music Prize.-History:...
  
  , The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night
  The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night
  The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night is the third studio album by the Canadian rock band The Besnard Lakes, released in North America on March 9, 2010. The lead single, "Albatross", was released as a 12-inch single on February 9, 2010....
  
  
• Justin Bieber
  Justin Bieber
  Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian pop/R&B singer, songwriter and actor. Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun, who came across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager...
  
  , My World 2.0
  My World 2.0
  My World 2.0 is the latter of two-part debut studio album from Canadian singer Justin Bieber, and is his first full studio release. The album is the follow-up to the first platinum certified half of the album, which was released on November 17, 2009, via Island Records, and 2.0 was first released...
  
  
• Black Mountain
  Black Mountain (band)
  Black Mountain is a Canadian rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia. The band is composed of Stephen McBean, Amber Webber, Matt Camirand, Jeremy Schmidt and Joshua Wells.-Overview:...
  
  , Wilderness Heart
  Wilderness Heart
  Wilderness Heart is the third album by Black Mountain, released on September 14, 2010.The album received a nod from Exclaim! magazine as the No. 18 Pop & Rock Album of 2010...
  
  
• Born Ruffians
  Born Ruffians
  Born Ruffians, formerly known as Mornington Drive, are a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2004, originally from Midland, Ontario, located near Georgian Bay. They are currently signed to Warp Records. The members are Luke Lalonde , Mitch Derosier and Steven Hamelin...
  
  , Say It
  Say It (Born Ruffians album)
  -Background:As Born Ruffians confirmed the upcoming release of the album, they announced their intentions for the new album: "If Born Ruffians’ 2008 debut album Red Yellow and Blue was the result of a talented and precocious gang of freshmen, their 2010 follow-up, Say It, would be the project they...
  
  
• Bran Van 3000
  Bran Van 3000
  Bran Van 3000 is an electronica collective from Manhattan, New York City, New York and Montreal, Quebec. Founded by DJ James Di Salvio and E.P...
  
  , The Garden
  The Garden (Bran Van 3000 album)
  The Garden is the fourth studio album from Canadian collective Bran Van 3000. It was released on October 19, 2010.The first single was "Grace ", released on September 7, 2010.The album debuted at #17 on the Canadian Albums Chart....
  
  
• Brasstronaut
  Brasstronaut
  Brasstronaut is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with roots in pop, rock, and jazz. They were formed in 2007. Their current line-up consists of Bryan Davies on trumpet, Edo Van Breemen on piano and vocals, Sam Davidson on clarinet and EWI, Tariq Hussain on lap steel & electric...
  
  , Mt. Chimaera
• Broken Social Scene
  Broken Social Scene
  Broken Social Scene is a Canadian indie rock band, a musical collective including as few as six and as many as nineteen members, formed in 1999 by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning. Most of its members currently play in various other groups and solo projects, mainly based around the city of Toronto...
  
  , Forgiveness Rock Record
  Forgiveness Rock Record
  Forgiveness Rock Record is the fourth studio album by Canadian indie rock musical collective Broken Social Scene, released by the Arts & Crafts record label on May 4, 2010...
  
  
• Jim Bryson
  Jim Bryson
  Jim Bryson is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Briefly a founding member of the band Punchbuggy, he moved to a musical life under his own name with the release of his debut album, The Occasionals, in 2000....
  
   and The Weakerthans
  The Weakerthans
  The Weakerthans are a four-piece Canadian indie rock band.-History:The band was formed in 1997 in Winnipeg, Manitoba by John K. Samson, after he left the punk band Propagandhi to start a publishing company. Samson joined forces with bassist John P...
  
  , The Falcon Lake Incident
  The Falcon Lake Incident
  The Falcon Lake Incident is the fourth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Jim Bryson, released October 19, 2010 on Kelp Records and MapleMusic.The album was recorded with The Weakerthans, at a cottage on Falcon Lake in Manitoba...
  
  
• Buck 65
  Buck 65
  Richard Terfry , who uses the stage name Buck 65, is a Canadian experimental artist, MC and turntablist. Underpinned by an extensive background in abstract hip hop, his more recent music has extensively incorporated blues, country, rock, folk and avant garde influences.Terfry is also a radio host,...
  
  , 20 Odd Years
  20 Odd Years
  20 Odd Years is an album by Canadian hip-hop artist Buck 65. It , and is named in honour of Buck 65's 20 years in the music industry.- 20 Odd Years EPs :...
  
  
• Basia Bulat
  Basia Bulat
  - External links :*...
  
  , Heart of My Own
  Heart of My Own
  Heart of My Own is the second full-length album by Canadian singer-songwriter Basia Bulat, released on January 26, 2010, on Secret City Records...
  
  

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• Kathryn Calder
  Kathryn Calder
  Kathryn Calder is a Canadian indie rock musician, who performs as a solo artist, and is a member of the band The New Pornographers. She is a former member of Immaculate Machine. Calder started with The New Pornographers by filling in for Neko Case for live performances and was made a permanent...
  
  , Are You My Mother?
  Are You My Mother? (album)
  -Track listing:...
  
  
• Caribou
  Caribou (musician)
  Daniel Victor Snaith is a composer, musician and recording artist under stage names Caribou, Manitoba and Daphni. Under the supervision of Kevin Buzzard, he obtained a PhD in mathematics at Imperial College London.- Career:...
  
  , Swim
  Swim (Caribou album)
  Swim is an album by Caribou, released in April 2010. It is his first album featuring new material since the 2008 Polaris Music Prize-winning Andorra...
  
  
• Chin Injeti
  Chin Injeti
  Chin Injeti is a singer, musician, and music producer who got his start as a founding member of Juno award-winning group Bass is Base, he continues to thrive as an artist releasing his recent solo album "D'tach" and its reworked version "Re'tach" . Working in genres ranging from country to rock...
  
  , D'tach
• Chromeo
  Chromeo
  Chromeo is an electrofunk duo formed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 2004.-History:Chromeo is composed of P-Thugg on keyboards, synthesizers, and talk box, and Dave 1 on guitar and lead vocals...
  
  , Business Casual
  Business Casual (Chromeo album)
  -Deluxe Version:The Deluxe Version on iTunes features the first 10 songs of the standard album, a new track with a few remixes of "Night by Night" and "Don't Turn the Lights On," two music videos of "Don't Turn the Lights On" and "Night By Night," and a digital booklet.The Deluxe Album was released...
  
  
• Jason Collett
  Jason Collett
  Jason Collett is a Toronto based singer-songwriter. He has released four solo albums, and is a member of Broken Social Scene. His latest album, Rat a Tat Tat, was released in March, 2010.-Early life:...
  
  , Rat a Tat Tat
  Rat a Tat Tat
  Rat a Tat Tat is the fifth solo album by Jason Collett of Broken Social Scene. The album was released on March 9, 2010 from record label Arts & Crafts....
  
  
• Crash Karma
  Crash Karma
  Crash Karma is a Canadian rock supergroup formed in 2008 consisting of Edwin , Mike Turner , Jeff Burrows , and Amir Epstein of Zygote. The band's first full live concert was held in Burlington, Ontario on June 20, 2009. Their first single "Awake" premiered on July 10, 2009...
  
  , Crash Karma
  Crash Karma (album)
  Crash Karma is the self-titled debut album by Canadian alternative rock band Crash Karma. It was released on March 16, 2010 through E1 Music. The world premiere of the album took place live on the internet on March 15. The first single from the album "Awake" was released on iTunes on November 12,...
  
  
• Crystal Castles
  Crystal Castles (band)
  Crystal Castles are an experimental electronic band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, consisting of producer Ethan Kath and lyricist and vocalist Alice Glass. Crystal Castles are known for their chaotic live shows and their lo-fi home productions. The duo released many limited EPs between 2006 and...
  
  , Crystal Castles
  Crystal Castles (2010 album)
  Crystal Castles, also known as Crystal Castles II, is the second studio album by Crystal Castles released by Fiction Records on 24 May 2010...
  
  

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• Tanya Davis
  Tanya Davis
  Tanya Davis is a Canadian singer-songwriter and poet, based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her style is marked primarily by spoken word poetry set to music.-Background:...
  
  , Clocks and Hearts Keep Going
• Delerium
  Delerium
  Delerium is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act, Front Line Assembly...
  
  , Remixed: The Definitive Collection
• Shawn Desman
  Shawn Desman
  Shawn Bosco Fernandes better known by his stage name Shawn Desman, is a Canadian pop/R&B singer of Portuguese descent. He is signed to Universal Music Canada.-Career:...
  
  , Fresh
• Diamond Rings
  Diamond Rings (musician)
  John O'Regan is a Canadian artist and musician best known by his stage name Diamond Rings. In addition to writing, recording, and producing his own music, he is also noted for transcending traditional representations of gender and identity in his live performances and videos.-2003 - 2008: Early...
  
  , Special Affections
  Special Affections (album)
  Diamond Rings' debut album, Special Affections, was released on October 25, 2010.Special Affections received a nod from Exclaim! as the No. 11 Pop & Rock Album of 2010. The album was also named as a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize.-Track listing:...
  
  
• Dirty Circus
  Dirty Circus
  Dirty Circus is a Canadian hip hop duo, consisting of Metty the DertMerchant and Mos Eisley of the band Sweatshop Union. Already an established act on the local hip hop scene in their hometown of Vancouver prior to joining Sweatshop Union, they released their first album as a duo, Alive and Well,...
  
  , Alive and Well
• Fefe Dobson
  Fefe Dobson
  Felicia Lily "Fefe" Dobson is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Her self-titled debut album earned her two Juno Award nominations. Her second album, Sunday Love, was not released and she was terminated from her recording company...
  
  , Joy
  Joy (Fefe Dobson album)
  Joy is the second studio album to be released by Canadian singer-songwriter Fefe Dobson, and third studio album to be recorded. It was released on November 22, 2010 after taking almost four years to complete. It candidly follows Dobson's evolution as an artist as well as transition from the indie...
  
  
• Luke Doucet
  Luke Doucet
  Luke Doucet is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He writes and performs both as a solo artist and as a member of the indie rock band Veal....
  
  , Steel City Trawler
  Steel City Trawler
  Steel City Trawler is the fifth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Luke Doucet, released August 31, 2010 on Six Shooter Records. The album was named as a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize.-Track listing:...
  
  
• Gordon Downie
  Gordon Downie
  Gordon Edgar Downie is a Canadian rock musician, writer and occasional actor. He is the lead singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip. He has released three solo albums, Coke Machine Glow in 2001, Battle of the Nudes in 2003; and The Grand Bounce in 2010...
  
  , The Grand Bounce
  The Grand Bounce
  The Grand Bounce is the third solo album by Gordon Downie, the lead singer of The Tragically Hip. It was released on June 8, 2010.-Background:...
  
  
• Drake
  Drake (entertainer)
  Aubrey Drake Graham , who records under the mononym Drake, is a Canadian recording artist and actor. He originally became known for playing Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation....
  
  , Thank Me Later
  Thank Me Later
  Thank Me Later is the debut studio album of Canadian recording artist Drake, released June 15, 2010, on Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records and Universal Motown Records...
  
  
• D-Sisive
  D-Sisive
  D-Sisive is the stage name of Derek Christoff, a prolific Canadian rapper, best known for his Juno Award-nominated EP The Book, his hit single "Nobody With A Notepad" and his 2009 Polaris Music Prize-nominated album Let the Children Die D-Sisive is the stage name of Derek Christoff, a prolific...
  
  , Vaudeville

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• Elephant Stone
  Elephant Stone (band)
  Elephant Stone is a Canadian indie rock band. Fronted by Rishi Dhir , the band's style incorporates aspects of traditional Indian music including the sitar.-History:...
  
  , The Glass Box
• Elise Estrada
  Elise Estrada
  - 1987–2006: Early life and career beginnings :Elise Estrada was born in Philippines and moved to Canada when she was 4. While growing up in Vancouver, Estrada had participated in many pageant and singing competitions. At age 17, Estrada won the title of "Miss Vancouver Princess" and later became...
  
  , Here Kitty Kittee

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• Frazey Ford
  Frazey Ford
  Frazey Ford is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was a founding member of The Be Good Tanyas. Her solo debut Obadiah was released on Nettwerk on July 20, 2010....
  
  , Obadiah
• Forest City Lovers
  Forest City Lovers
  Forest City Lovers are a Canadian folk indie pop band. Based in Toronto, the band is centered around the songwriting of singer and guitarist Kat Burns...
  
  , Carriage
• Frog Eyes
  Frog Eyes
  Frog Eyes is an indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada known for their highly idiosyncratic songs, which pit Carey Mercer's melodic falsetto whoops against an avalanche of guitar, keyboards, piano, and drums. Their 2010 album Paul's Tomb: A Triumph was a longlisted nominee for the...
  
  , Paul's Tomb: A Triumph

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• Hannah Georgas
  Hannah Georgas
  Hannah Georgas is a Canadian pop/rock singer-songwriter, currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia.Originally from Newmarket, Ontario, she played in a band with Tim Oxford of Arkells in high school before moving to Victoria, British Columbia to attend university.While in university, she...
  
  , This Is Good
• Ghostkeeper
  Ghostkeeper (band)
  Ghostkeeper is a progressive folk and blues act from Calgary, Canada. The group takes its name from main songwriter: Shane Ghostkeeper. Their debut album Children of the Great Northern Muskeg was released on Saved by Radio on July 15, 2008 in Canada...
  
  , Ghostkeeper
• Gigi
  Gigi (music project)
  Gigi is a Canadian music recording project, based in Vancouver, formed in 2005 by songwriter Nick Krgovich and record producer Colin Stewart after Stewart got possession of two vintage plate reverb units and asked Krgovich to write songs— Phil Spector-inspired 1950s and 60s-style pop music—to make...
  
  , Maintenant
• The Golden Dogs
  The Golden Dogs
  The Golden Dogs are a pop-rock band based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Formed in 2001, the band is known for their wild, energetic live shows and were labelled as one of the best live bands in Canada by Chart Magazine.-History:...
  
  , Coat of Arms
• Gonzales
  Gonzales (musician)
  Gonzales, , is a Grammy-nominated Canadian musician currently residing in Paris, France. Though best known for his first MC and electro albums, he is also a pianist, producer, and songwriter....
  
  , Ivory Tower
• Emm Gryner
  Emm Gryner
  Emm Gryner is a Canadian singer-songwriter and occasional actress.-Biography:Gryner's childhood was spent in Forest, Lambton County, Ontario. Her father was of half Irish heritage and her mother was Filipina....
  
  , Gem and I
  Gem and I
  Gem and I is the twelfth studio album by Emm Gryner, released September 21, 2010 on Dead Daisy Records in Canada and Second Motion Records in the United States....
  
  
• Jim Guthrie, Now, More Than Ever (Extended Edition)
  Now, More Than Ever
  Now, More Than Ever is an album by Jim Guthrie. It was mastered by George Graves, sequenced by Kristian Galberg. The album's artwork was done by Stephen Evans....
  
  
• Girlicious
  Girlicious
  Girlicious is an American girl group originally formed by Robin Antin, creator of the Pussycat Dolls, from the CW reality TV show Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious. The group was originally signed to Geffen Records and composed of members Natalie Mejia, Chrystina Sayers, Nichole Corvoda and...
  
  , Rebuilt

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• Sarah Harmer
  Sarah Harmer
  Sarah Harmer is a Canadian singer-songwriter and activist.-Biography:Born and raised in Burlington, Ontario, Harmer gained her first exposure to the musician's lifestyle as a teenager, when her older sister Mary started taking her to concerts by the well-known Tragically Hip. At the age of 17, she...
  
  , Oh Little Fire
  Oh Little Fire
  Oh Little Fire is the fifth album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer, released in 2010. It is her first album of new material since 2005's Polaris Music Prize-nominated I'm a Mountain...
  
  
• Holy Fuck, Latin
  Latin (album)
  Latin is the third album from improvisational electronic band Holy Fuck. It was placed on the Long List for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize. In the United States, the album reached #14 on the Billboard Dance charts and #40 on the Heatseekers chart....
  
  
• Hot Hot Heat
  Hot Hot Heat
  Hot Hot Heat is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1999 from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.-Career:Dustin Hawthorne and Steve Bays had been in many different bands together since 1995 and met Hawley in 1998. In 1999, Hawley bought a Juno 6 keyboard and asked Bays to try playing it, as no one...
  
  , Future Breeds
  Future Breeds
  Future Breeds is Hot Hot Heat's fourth studio album, released on June 8, 2010 under Dine Alone Records. It is the first album with new bassist Parker Bossley, from Fake Shark – Real Zombie!-Background:...
  
  
• Hot Panda
  Hot Panda
  Hot Panda is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2006 based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.-History:Hot Panda formed in 2006 naming themselves after a Chinese restaurant in Edmonton. The band released their debut EP Whale Headed Girl July 2007. They subsequently signed to Mint Records and released...
  
  , How Come I'm Dead?
• Huron
  Huron (Canadian band)
  Huron is a Canadian rock band formed in January 2008 from Hamilton, Ontario. Members include Aaron Goldstein, known for his session work with such bands as Cowboy Junkies, and Cam Malcolm, who was previously in the band Sweet Homewreckers. Drummer Pete Hall was also a founding member of A Northern...
  
  , Huron

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• Land of Talk
  Land of Talk
  Land of Talk is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2006 from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band consists of singer and guitarist Elizabeth Powell, bass guitarist Joseph Yarmush and drummer Andrew Barr.-History:...
  
  , Cloak and Cipher
• Richard Laviolette and the Oil Spills
  Richard Laviolette
  Richard Andrew Laviolette is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Guelph, Ontario. Exclaim! has described Laviolette as an "old soul", with a voice that "can swing from a delicate whisper to a guttural bark in the same breath"...
  
  , All of Your Raw Materials
• Library Voices
  Library Voices
  Library Voices are a Canadian indie pop band from Regina, Saskatchewan. Formed in 2008 as a ten-piece group of musician friends, they have released two EPs and two full-length albums...
  
  , Denim on Denim

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• Ryan MacGrath
  Ryan MacGrath
  Ryan MacGrath is a Canadian singer-songwriter, whose folk-pop style is frequently compared to Rufus Wainwright and Hawksley Workman. Born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia and raised in Guysborough County, he is currently based in Halifax, Nova Scotia....
  
  , Cooper Hatch Paris
• Emma McKenna
  Emma McKenna
  Emma McKenna is a Toronto-based singer-songwriter. Her first full length album, Run With It, was released on June 8, 2010...
  
  , Run With It
  Run with It
  Run With It is the first full-length album from Canadian musician Emma McKenna.-Track listing:#"Run With It" – 2:17#"The Grass That Grows" – 2:58#"Slow The Moon" – 3:01#"Wild Dogs" – 2:50#"Gone Before" – 2:14#"Little Thing" – 1:08...
  
  
• Sarah McLachlan
  Sarah McLachlan
  Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC, OBC is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. Known for her emotional ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range, as of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan's best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won two Grammy Awards and four...
  
  , Laws of Illusion
  Laws of Illusion
  Laws of Illusion is the seventh studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan. It was released by Arista Records on June 15, 2010...
  
  
• Greg MacPherson
  Greg MacPherson
  Greg MacPherson is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. MacPherson performs both as a solo performer and as part of a band...
  
  , Mr. Invitation
• Kate Maki
  Kate Maki
  -Biography:Born and raised in Sudbury, Ontario, Maki studied neuroscience at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and education at Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario...
  
  , Two Song Wedding
  Two Song Wedding
  Two Song Wedding is the fourth album by Canadian singer-songwriter Kate Maki, scheduled for release January 12, 2010.-Track listing:# Bloodshot & Blistered# In Comes the Light# From Below# Message Delivered# Rage in a Cage# Carved in Sand...
  
  
• Martha and the Muffins
  Martha and the Muffins
  Martha and the Muffins are a Canadian new wave band, active from 1977 to the present. Although they only had one major international hit single under their original band name, they had a number of hits in their native Canada, and the core members of the band also charted in Canada and...
  
  , Delicate
• Michou
  Michou
  Michou is a folk rock band from Windsor, Ontario.Michou's first release is 2007's EP, MedeaMichou's first studio album is titled Myshkin, released 2008 in Canada,...
  
  , Cardona
• Ruth Minnikin
  Ruth Minnikin
  Ruth Minnikin is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She was formerly a member of Booming Airplanes, The Heavy Blinkers, The Guthries and Reels, and now performs as Ruth Minnikin and her Bandwagon....
  
  , Depend on This
• The Mohawk Lodge
  The Mohawk Lodge
  The Mohawk Lodge is a Canadian indie rock group, fronted by singer and songwriter Ryder Havdale, who tours with different collaborators and guests....
  
  , Crimes
• Ruth Moody
  Ruth Moody
  Ruth Moody is an Australian-born soprano singer-songwriter and member of the Canadian folk trio The Wailin' Jennys.-Biography:Moody grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba with her parents, Charles and Marcelline, and three siblings, older brother Richard , older sister Jane and younger sister Rachel...
  
  , The Garden
• The Most Serene Republic
  The Most Serene Republic
  The Most Serene Republic is a Canadian indie rock band based in Milton, Ontario. It takes its name from the sobriquet of formerly independent Venice under the Doges, which was regarded as "The Most Serene Republic of Venice".-Members:...
  
  , Fantasick Impossibliss
  Fantasick Impossibliss
  Fantasick Impossibliss is an EP by The Most Serene Republic released on Home of the Rebels and distributed by Arts & Crafts. It was made available for digital download on May 4, 2010.- Tracklist :# Comeuppance# Pink Noise# Jelly Chamber...
  
  
• The Mountains and the Trees
  The Mountains and the Trees
  The Mountains and the Trees is a Canadian folk rock band whose sole constant member is Jon Janes of Pasadena, Newfoundland and Labrador. The band is now based in St. John's. Canadian singer-songwriter Hayden is a significant musical influence. In addition to Hayden, the musical style has also been...
  
  , I Made This for You

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• The New Pornographers
  The New Pornographers
  The New Pornographers is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia.-History:The band's first four albums each ranked in the top 40 on The Village Voices Pazz & Jop year-end poll of hundreds of music reviewers. From 2000 to 2006, either a New Pornographers' album or a...
  
  , Together
• No Kids
  No Kids
  No Kids is a Canadian indie pop band. Based in Vancouver, the band was formed by Justin Kellam, Julia Chirka and Nick Krgovich following the departure of Larissa Loyva from their earlier band P:ano....
  
  , Judy at the Grove

O

• Old Man Luedecke
  Old Man Luedecke
  Old Man Luedecke is the recording name of Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter and banjo player, Chris Luedecke, of Chester, Nova Scotia...
  
  , My Hands Are on Fire and Other Love Songs
• Olenka and the Autumn Lovers
  Olenka and the Autumn Lovers
  Olenka and the Autumn Lovers are an active indie folk band based out of London, Ontario.- Style and history :Fronted by Polish actress Olenka Krakus, the band's sound is mix of orchestral folk pop with elements reminiscent of classic country and folk music, and Eastern European folk...
  
  , And Now We Sing
• Jenny Omnichord
  Jenny Omnichord
  Jenny Mitchell, better known by the stage name Jenny Omnichord, is a Canadian indie rock musician. She has released three solo albums and an EP as a solo artist, and also records and performs with the bands The Barmitzvah Brothers and The Burning Hell....
  
  , All Our Little Bones

P

• The Pack A.D.
  The Pack A.D.
  The Pack A.D. is a garage rock duo from Vancouver, Canada. Formed in 2006, The Pack A.D. consists of singer/songwriter/guitarist Becky Black and drummer/songwriter Maya Miller. The Pack A.D...
  
  , We Kill Computers
• Steven Page
  Steven Page
  Steven Jay Page , is a Canadian musician. Along with Ed Robertson, he was a founding member, lead singer, guitarist, and a primary songwriter of the music group Barenaked Ladies ; he left the band in 2009 to pursue a solo career....
  
  , Page One
  Page One (Steven Page album)
  Page One is an album by Steven Page. It is his third full-length release outside of Barenaked Ladies, and both his second album as the featured performer , and his second album for which he was billed in his own name...
  
  
• Owen Pallett
  Owen Pallett
  Michael James Owen Pallett is a Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist from Toronto, Ontario. He won the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the album He Poos Clouds....
  
  , Heartland
• Pigeon Hole
  Pigeon Hole (band)
  Pigeon Hole is a Canadian hip hop duo, consisting of Colin "Dusty Melo" McCue and Lee "Marmalade" Napthine of the band Sweatshop Union. Already an established act on the local hip hop scene in their hometown of Vancouver prior to joining Sweatshop Union, they released their first album as a duo,...
  
  , Age Like Astronauts
• Plants and Animals
  Plants and Animals
  Plants and Animals are a Canadian indie-rock band from Montreal which comprises guitarist-vocalists Warren Spicer and Nic Basque and drummer-vocalist Matthew Woody Woodley. They often describe their music as post-classic rock. They are signed to Secret City Records...
  
  , La La Land
  La La Land (album)
  La La Land is the second full-length album by Canadian indie rock band Plants and Animals, released April 20, 2010 on Secret City Records.The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize.-Track listing:# "Tom Cruz"...
  
  
• Po' Girl
  Po' Girl
  Po' Girl is a Canadian group whose style derives from folk, country and jazz. The style of music they perform is called "urban roots."The band evolved from a series of jam sessions, in 2000, between Trish Klein of The Be Good Tanyas and Allison Russell, then of Fear of Drinking...
  
  , Follow Your Bliss
• Ghislain Poirier
  Ghislain Poirier
  Poirier is a DJ/producer from Montreal who is signed to the Ninja Tune record label. He has, however, also worked with other labels such as Chocolate Industries, Rebondir, Shockout, Musique Large, Intr_version and 12k. His work mainly consists of original instrumental mixes and mixes featuring...
  
  , Running High

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• Radio Radio
  Radio Radio (band)
  Radio Radio is a Canadian electro hip-hop band formed in 2007 from Clare, Nova Scotia, Canada. The trio rap in Acadian French.-History:Radio Radio released their first EP entitled Télé-Télé in 2007...
  
  , Belmundo Regal
  Belmundo Regal
  Belmundo Regal is the second studio album by Canadian hip hop group Radio Radio.- Reception :In its review of the album, The Gazette wrote, "Radio Radio is, quite simply, the best hip-hop act to come out of Canada in a while."...
  
  
• Rah Rah
  Rah Rah (band)
  Rah Rah is an indie rock band from Regina, Saskatchewan. They have toured cross-Canada and have released two albums.- History :Funded by Amelie G, a famous singer, the group formed as a three piece in 2005 made up of Erin Passmore , Kyrie Kristmanson and Marshall Burns...
  
  , Breaking Hearts
• Raised by Swans
  Raised by Swans
  Raised by Swans is an indie rock band from London, Ontario, Canada. The band consists of singer-guitarist Eric Howden, guitarist Alex Wright, bassist Andy Magoffin, and drummer Brady Parr....
  
  , No Ghostless Place
• Johnny Reid
  Johnny Reid
  Johnny Reid is a country music artist who has charted several hit singles in Canada. Reid moved to Canada in July, 1988 when he was 13. His father, a diesel mechanic, wanted to give Reid and his brother opportunities he did not think they would have in Scotland...
  
  , A Place Called Love
  A Place Called Love (Johnny Reid album)
  A Place Called Love is the sixth studio album by Canadian country music artist Johnny Reid. It was released on August 31, 2010 by EMI Records.-Background:...
  
  
• Daniel Romano
  Daniel Romano
  Daniel Romano is a Canadian visual artist and musician, who has released material both as a solo artist and as a member of the band Attack in Black, and also as a frequent collaborator with other musicians, including City and Colour, Julie Doiron and Frederick Squire.Romano is also a partner in his...
  
  , Workin' for the Music Man
• The Russian Futurists
  The Russian Futurists
  The Russian Futurists are a Canadian indie pop band based in Toronto. Their music can be described as lo-fi, indie-electronica fused with a twee-pop temperament...
  
  , The Weight's on the Wheels
• Justin Rutledge
  Justin Rutledge
  Justin Rutledge is a Toronto-based alt-country singer-songwriter signed to Six Shooter Records.Rutledge's musical style is often compared to that of American alt-country singer Ryan Adams. His influences, both of the literary and music world, include Leonard Cohen, Hank Williams, Richard Brautigan...
  
  , The Early Widows
  The Early Widows
  The Early Widows is the fourth album by Canadian singer-songwriter Justin Rutledge, released on May 4, 2010 on Six Shooter Records. The album, produced by Canadian singer-songwriter Hawksley Workman, was recorded at The Woodshed, a recording studio owned by Canadian country-rock band Blue Rodeo...
  
  

S

• The Sadies
  The Sadies
  The Sadies are a Canadian indie rock and alternative country band from Toronto, Ontario.-Background:The band consists of Dallas Good , Travis Good, Sean Dean and Mike Belitsky...
  
  , Darker Circles
  Darker Circles
  Darker Circles is a 2010 album by Canadian alt-country group The Sadies. It was released on April 27, 2010, on Yep Roc Records.The album was a shortlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize....
  
  
• The Salteens
  The Salteens
  The Salteens are a Canadian indie pop group formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1997. The band is in rotation on CBC Radio.-History:Their 2000 debut LP Short-Term Memories was released on Endearing Records...
  
  , Grey Eyes
• Samian
  Samian (rapper)
  Samuel Tremblay, better known by his stage name Samian , is a Canadian rapper who performs in both French and Algonquin....
  
  , Face à la musique
• John K. Samson
  John K. Samson
  John Kristjan Samson is a musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is a singer-songwriter and currently the frontman of the Canadian folk punk band The Weakerthans...
  
  , Provincial Road 222
  Provincial Road 222
  Provincial Road 222 is an EP by Canadian musician John K. Samson, released on September 21, 2010. The second in a series of EPs thematically inspired by roads in Samson's home province of Manitoba, the disc is named for Manitoba Provincial Road 222, which links the towns of Gimli and Riverton.The...
  
  
• Ivana Santilli
  Ivana Santilli
  Ivana Santilli is a Canadian R&B singer and multi-instrumentalist, who has recorded both as a solo artist and as a member of the 1990s R&B/pop combo Bass is Base. Santili is presently signed to CP Records.-Early life and career:...
  
  , Santilli
• Secret and Whisper
  Secret and Whisper
  Secret and Whisper was a post-hardcore band from Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Secret and Whisper formed after the band Stutterfly changed its name. Their first album, Great White Whale was released on February 12, 2008. The band's first single was "XOXOXO" followed by "Vanishings"...
  
  , Teenage Fantasy
  Teenage Fantasy
  Teenage Fantasy is an album by Canadian rock band, Secret and Whisper. A rumor was spread across the internet that the album was going to hit stores on October 20, 2009. The band confirmed this information false...
  
  
• Shad
  Shad (rapper)
  Shadrach Kabango , credited as Shad or Shad K., is a Canadian hip hop artist.-Early life:Born in Kenya, of Rwandan parents, Shad was raised in London, Ontario. His mother worked in London as a hospital lab technician; his father, as a machinist...
  
  , TSOL
  TSOL (album)
  TSOL is the third album by Canadian rapper Shad, released in Canada on May 25, 2010 and in the United States on October 5, 2010. It is his second album released on Black Box Recordings, and his first album of new material since 2007's Polaris Music Prize-nominated The Old Prince.The album was...
  
  
• Shapes and Sizes
  Shapes and Sizes
  Shapes and Sizes are a Canadian indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia. There are four members — Nathan Gage, Caila Thompson-Hannant, Rory Seydel and John Crellin. After self-releasing their self-titled first album in early 2006, the band caught the attention of Sufjan Stevens' record...
  
  , Candle to Your Eyes
• The Sheepdogs
  The Sheepdogs
  The Sheepdogs are a Canadian rock band from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, consisting of Ewan Currie on vocals and guitar, Leot Hanson on guitar, Ryan Gullen on bass and Sam Corbett on drums....
  
  , Learn & Burn
• Siskiyou
  Siskiyou (band)
  Siskiyou is a Canadian indie folk band, consisting of singer-songwriter Colin Huebert and guitarist Erik Arnesen. Formed to record songs that Huebert wrote after leaving Great Lake Swimmers to work on an organic farm in British Columbia, the band released its self-titled debut album on September 7,...
  
  , Siskiyou
• Small Sins
  Small Sins
  Small Sins is the Toronto-based indie rock act of Thomas D'Arcy, former member of The Carnations. The Small Sins were once known as The Ladies and Gentlemen, but due to legal reasons they had to change their name...
  
  , Pot Calls Kettle Black
• Snailhouse
  Snailhouse
  Snailhouse is the pseudonym of the Canadian indie rock artist Mike Feuerstack. Feuerstack is also the guitarist of indie rock band Wooden Stars. Snailhouse is essentially a solo project with multiple contributing artists, including Julie Doiron of Eric's Trip, with production work by Jeremy Gara of...
  
  , Monumental Moments
• Jay Sparrow
  Jay Sparrow
  Jay Sparrow is a Canadian singer-songwriter.Born in Thunder Bay, Ontario and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Sparrow was lead singer for the Edmonton punk rock band Murder City Sparrows; however, he eventually decided to dissolve the band and pursue a different musical direction after realizing that...
  
  , In Our Time
• Rae Spoon
  Rae Spoon
  Rae Spoon is a Canadian transgender folk/indie singer/songwriter from Calgary, Alberta.His breakthrough album, 2008's Superioryouareinferior, was recorded in Calgary and introduced some electronic music elements into his style.-Biography:...
  
  , Love Is a Hunter
• Frederick Squire, March 12
• Kinnie Starr
  Kinnie Starr
  Alida Kinnie Starr Pierre is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Calgary, Alberta. Her music, which blends hip hop and alternative rock, has been described as "hip hop aggro groove". Her songs have been included on the soundtracks for the TV series The L Word and the movie Thirteen...
  
  , A Different Day
• Stars, The Five Ghosts
  The Five Ghosts
  -Bonus tracks:#"You Do It to Me and I Do It to You Too" [iTunes pre-order only]#"Asleep" [Limited Edition 7" Box Set Exclusive] [Also available as part of the compilation, "Sing Me To Sleep: Indie Lullabies"]-The Seance EP:...
  
  
• Sum 41
  Sum 41
  Sum 41 is a Canadian rock band from Ajax, Ontario. The band was formed in 1996 and currently consists of members Deryck Whibley , Tom Thacker , Jason McCaslin and Steve Jocz .In 1999, the band signed an international record deal with Island Records...
  
  , Screamer
• Swollen Members
  Swollen Members
  Swollen Members is a Canadian hip hop group from Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada consisting mainly of the duo Mad Child, and Prevail. Frequent collaborators include vocalist Moka Only and producer Rob the Viking, an official group member since 2002...
  
  , Greatest Hits: Ten Years of Turmoil

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• Maylee Todd
  Maylee Todd
  Maylee Todd is a Canadian independent musician based in Toronto, Ontario. She released her first solo album, Choose Your Own Adventure, on the Do Right Music label in June, 2010. Todd’s band, Pegwee Power, includes Andrew Scott Eric Woolston and Chris Kettlewell...
  
  , Choose Your Own Adventure
• Tokyo Police Club
  Tokyo Police Club
  Tokyo Police Club is an indie rock band from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. It consists of vocalist and bassist David Monks , keyboardist Graham Wright, guitarist Josh Hook , and drummer Greg Alsop ....
  
  , Champ
• Trillionaire$
  Trillionaire$
  Trillionaire$ is a Canadian hip hop project, consisting of Metty the DertMerchant of the band Sweatshop Union and underground Vancouver hip hop musician Evil Ebenezer.They released their debut album, By Hook or by Crook, in 2010 on URBNET Records...
  
  , By Hook or by Crook

W

• Rufus Wainwright
  Rufus Wainwright
  Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. He has recorded six albums of original music, EPs, and tracks on compilations and film soundtracks.-Early years:...
  
  , All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu
  All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu
  All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu is the sixth studio album by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, first released in Canada through Decca Records on March 23, 2010...
  
  
• The Weakerthans
  The Weakerthans
  The Weakerthans are a four-piece Canadian indie rock band.-History:The band was formed in 1997 in Winnipeg, Manitoba by John K. Samson, after he left the punk band Propagandhi to start a publishing company. Samson joined forces with bassist John P...
  
  , Live at the Burton Cummings Theatre
• The Wheat Pool
  The Wheat Pool
  The Wheat Pool is a Canadian dark country rock band formed in 2004 in Edmonton. The band is on Shameless Records Canada.-Albums:*Township *Hauntario *Behind The Stars EP -External links:**...
  
  , Behind the Stars
• Winter Gloves
  Winter Gloves
  Winter Gloves is a Canadian indie rock band. Based in Montreal, Quebec, the band consists of Charles F. on vocals, Wurlitzer, organ, Vincent Chalifour on synth bass and keyboards, Patrick Sayers on drums and Nico Ormiston on guitars....
  
  , All Red
• Wintersleep
  Wintersleep
  Wintersleep is a Canadian indie rock band from Halifax, Nova Scotia.-Background:Wintersleep formed in 2001 and released two albums with Dependent Music, a music label and artists' collective that began in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1994....
  
  , New Inheritors
  New Inheritors
  New Inheritors is the fourth album by Canadian indie rock band Wintersleep, released on May 17, 2010 in Europe, and in North America on May 18.The band began working on the album on September 2009...
  
  
• Wolf Parade
  Wolf Parade
  Wolf Parade is an indie rock band formed in 2003 from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band is currently on an indefinite hiatus as of May 31, 2011.-History:...
  
  , Expo 86
  Expo 86 (album)
  Expo 86 is the third full-length album by Canadian indie rock band Wolf Parade. It was released on 29 June 2010."Expo 86" was recognized by Exclaim! as the No. 17 Pop & Rock Album of 2010. Exclaim! writer Josh O'Kane said: "Long gone are the densely layered sonic landscapes of Wolf Parade albums...
  
  
• Women
  Women (band)
  Women are an art rock band from Calgary, Canada. Their debut album Women was released on VanGaalen's label Flemish Eye on July 8, 2008 in Canada and on Jagjaguwar in the United States on October 7, 2008...
  
  , Public Strain
  Public Strain
  Public Strain is the second album by Calgary band Women. This record was produced by Chad VanGaalen. It was released in 2010 on VanGaalen's Flemish Eye record label in Canada, and on Jagjaguwar in the US...
  
  
• Royal Wood
  Royal Wood
  Royal Wood is a Canadian pop music singer-songwriter/ producer, based in Toronto, Ontario. His classic pop style has drawn comparisons to Hawksley Workman, Ron Sexsmith, Randy Newman and Rufus Wainwright.-Early life:...
  
  , The Waiting
• Woodhands
  Woodhands
  Woodhands is a Canadian electro-pop band. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the band currently consists of musicians Dan Werb and Paul Banwatt . They work closely with producer Roger Leavens at Boombox Sound in Toronto...
  
  , Remorsecapade
• Woodpigeon
  Woodpigeon (band)
  Woodpigeon are an independent rock band from Calgary, Alberta, consisting of eight core members: Mark Hamilton , Kenna Burima , Michael Gratton , Annalea Sordi , Daren Powell , Peter Moersch , Foon Yap , AJ Benoit...
  
  , Die Stadt Muzikanten
  Die Stadt Muzikanten
  Die Stadt Muzikanten is the third studio album by Canadian indie rock band Woodpigeon, officially released on January 12, 2010. The album was released by Boompa in Canada, and is accompanied by a bonus EP, titled BALLADEER/to all the guys i've loved before....
  
  
• Woodpigeon, Balladeer: To All the Guys I've Loved Before
• Wool on Wolves
  Wool on Wolves
  Wool on Wolves is a Canadian folk-rock band based in Edmonton, Alberta. The band formed in October of 2008 while attending the University of Alberta....
  
  , Grey Matter
  Grey Matter (album)
  Grey Matter is the debut full-length album from Canadian indie-rock band Wool on Wolves. It was self-released on November 9, 2010 and produced by Nik Kozub of Shout Out Out Out Out.-Track Listing:# Thick as Thieves# Ain't Seen Mississippi# G-Arp...
  
  
• Hawksley Workman
  Hawksley Workman
  Ryan Corrigan , better known by the stage name Hawksley Workman, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who has garnered critical acclaim for his blend of cabaret pop and glam rock. Workman has released eleven full length albums throughout his career...
  
  , Meat
  Meat (album)
  Meat is an album by Hawksley Workman, released January 19, 2010 on Isadora Records and Universal Music Canada.The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize.-Track listing:#"Song for Sarah Jane"#"French Girl in L.A."...
  
  
• Hawksley Workman
  Hawksley Workman
  Ryan Corrigan , better known by the stage name Hawksley Workman, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who has garnered critical acclaim for his blend of cabaret pop and glam rock. Workman has released eleven full length albums throughout his career...
  
  , Milk
  Milk (album)
  Milk is an album by Hawksley Workman, released in 2010.Unlike his album Meat, which was released in traditional album format on January 19, 2010, Milk was planned for release as a series of digital singles, made available for sale through iTunes and Workman's own website; however, the entire album...
  
  

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• Nikki Yanofsky
  Nikki Yanofsky
  Nicole "Nikki" Yanofsky is a Canadian jazz-pop singer from Hampstead, Quebec. She is involved in charitable causes, and released her first studio album on her own label, A440 Entertainment, and on Decca Records outside of Canada. Yanofsky sang Canada's national anthem at the opening ceremonies of...
  
  , Nikki
• You Say Party, REMIXXXX
• Neil Young
  Neil Young
  Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...
  
  , Le Noise
  Le Noise
  Le Noise is the thirty-third studio album by Canadian musician Neil Young, released in 2010. The album was recorded in Los Angeles and produced by Daniel Lanois...
  
  
• Yukon Blonde
  Yukon Blonde
  Yukon Blonde is a Canadian indie rock band originally from Kelowna, British Columbia. Formed in 2005 as a quintet called Alphababy, the band members changed the name in late 2008 at the suggestion of Jon-Rae Fletcher, with whom the band was touring. The band has been based in Vancouver since 2009...
  
  , Yukon Blonde

Top 10 albums

Top 10 American albums

Top 8 British albums

Top 2 International albums

Top 10 Singles

Deaths

• January 1 - Lhasa de Sela
  Lhasa de Sela
  Lhasa de Sela , also known by the mononym Lhasa, was an American-born singer-songwriter who was raised in Mexico and the United States, and divided her adult life between Canada and France...
  
  , folk singer/songwriter
• January 18 - Kate McGarrigle
  Kate McGarrigle
  Kate McGarrigle, CM was a Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, who wrote and performed as a duo with her sister Anna McGarrigle....
  
  , folk singer/songwriter
• January 21 - Paul Quarrington
  Paul Quarrington
  Paul Lewis Quarrington was a Canadian novelist, playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, musician and educator.-Background:...
  
  , novelist (Whale Music
  Whale Music
  Whale Music is a novel by Canadian writer Paul Quarrington. It was first published by Doubleday Canada in 1989.The novel's central character is Desmond Howl, a reclusive former rock star who has lived in virtual seclusion from the world since the death of his brother Danny in a car accident...
  
  ) and musician
• February 9 - Jacques Hétu
  Jacques Hétu
  Jacques Hétu, OC was a Canadian composer and music educator from Trois-Rivières, Quebec. He was nominated for a 1989 Juno Award in the Best Classical Composition category...
  
  , composer
• March 15 - Dan Achen, former guitarist for Junkhouse
  Junkhouse
  -History:Formed in 1989 in Hamilton, Ontario, the band consisted of vocalist and guitarist Tom Wilson, guitarist Dan Achen, bassist Russ Wilson and drummer Ray Farrugia....
  
  
• April 18 - Devon Clifford, drummer for You Say Party! We Say Die!
  You Say Party! We Say Die!
  You Say Party was a Canadian five piece dance-punk band from Abbotsford, British Columbia. Their album Hit the Floor! was released in September 2005, and the band recently completed their second Canadian tour, an appearance at South by Southwest and a tour of the United States, before touring the...
  
  
• April 22 - Gene Lees
  Gene Lees
  Frederick Eugene John "Gene" Lees was a Canadian music critic, biographer, lyricist, and former journalist. Lees worked as a newspaper journalist in his native Canada before moving to the United States where he was a music critic and lyricist...
  
  , music critic and songwriter
• June 16 - Maureen Forrester
  Maureen Forrester
  Maureen Kathleen Stewart Forrester, was a Canadian operatic contralto.-Life and career:Maureen Forrester was born and grew up in a poor section of Montreal, Quebec. She was one of four children to Thomas Forrester, a Scottish cabinetmaker, and his Irish-born wife, the former May Arnold. She...
  
  , opera singer

See also

• 2010s in music
  2010s in music
  For music from a year in the 2010s, go to 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19This article describes trends in popular music in the 2010s....
  
  
• 2010 in Canadian television
  2010 in Canadian television
  - Events :- Debuts :Series currently listed here have been announced by their respective networks as scheduled to premiere in 2010. Note that shows may be delayed or cancelled by the network between now and their scheduled air dates.- Ending this year :...