Québec music

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There’s this cool website where you can listen to a bunch of Québec artists : http://www.postedecoute.ca/

I made this little list of some artists I like… but I have the feeling I’m forgetting a lot of people! I’ll add other names later!

Alfa Rococo: http://www.myspace.com/alfarococo

Anik Bérubé: We have the same name, we’re from the same place and we went to school together, but… hmmm.. she’s better than me when it comes to singing and playing guitar!
http://www.myspace.com/anikfolk

Anik Jean: http://www.myspace.com/anikjean

Arcade Fire: I cant stop singing “everytime you close your eyes lies, lies!”. It’s such a good song!
http://www.myspace.com/arcadefireofficial

Ariane Moffatt: http://www.myspace.com/arianemoffattmusique

Bran Van 3000 : You gotta listen to Afrodiziak! http://www.myspace.com/branvan3000official

Caïman fu: http://www.myspace.com/caimanfumusique

Damien Robitaille: http://www.myspace.com/damienrobitaille

DJ champion: http://www.myspace.com/sitedjchampion

Ginette: http://www.myspace.com/ginettetaximiki

Grimskunk: http://www.myspace.com/grimskunk

Karkwa: http://www.myspace.com/karkwa

Les Amis au Pakistan: http://www.myspace.com/lesamisaupakistan

Les trois accords: http://www.myspace.com/lestroisaccords
(MP, je suis sûre que tu veux chanter « Tout nuuuu sur la plage » présentement )

Lili fatale : http://www.myspace.com/panavisionfatale

Loco Locass : This is probably the only hip-hop band I like! I love their highly poetic and political texts. http://www.myspace.com/locolocassofficiel

Malajube : http://www.myspace.com/malajube

Mara Tremblay: http://www.myspace.com/maratremblay

Melissa Auf Der Maur: http://www.myspace.com/aufdermaur

Navet Confit : http://www.myspace.com/navetconfit

Patrick Watson: http://www.myspace.com/patrickwatson

Pascale Picard : http://www.myspace.com/pascalepicard

Pierre Lapointe: http://www.myspace.com/beauoui

Swedish Death Polka: I saw them on that TV show a while ago and went “wtf”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA4N9-UBbQ8
http://www.myspace.com/swedishdeathpolka

Tricot Machine: http://www.myspace.com/tricotmachine

Vulgaires Machins: The video for “Anéantir le dogme” is quite interesting and very in-your-face!
http://www.vulgairesmachins.org/_multimedias/multimedia.html
http://www.myspace.com/vulgairesmachins

Yann Perreau: http://www.myspace.com/yannperreau

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Jean Leloup, aka John The Wolf, Jean DeadWolf Leclerc or Jean Leclerc.

Jean is probably one of the best Québec artists. It’s very hard to define clearly what his genre is. I find that each of his albums has its own sound, its own style. When he started his career, people were bashing him on TV, saying he was a stinking junkie and blablabla… I got so mad when I heard that! Ok, yeah, he was wasted pretty much all the time, but who cares. His venue on the Québec music scene was seriously needed. We were brainwashed by Céline Dion and her clones on the radio. That’s what I like so much about Jean, he isn’t anyone’s clone. He’s just Jean, a talented songwriter and an impressive performer. His concerts are just purely amazing and mind-blowing! You never know what to expect when you go to his concerts. Each of them is truly unique, just like Jean.

Jean Leloup – Laura https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BXnC5516mE

“Laura, Laura, Laura. Dis-le-moi, où tu l'as trouvée ta mini-jupe, Laura, Laura, dis-le-moi...”

I don’t know if you’ll like this video, but… it has some historical significance! It was probably his first appearance on TV. The Adisq is a music award thing in Québec. He got popular the following year, mostly cause of the song “1990”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAappAsGBO0

It’s hard to say what his best songs are… I’d say I particularly like the song “Je joue de la guitare”. But I also like Alger, Barcelone, Cookie, Edgar, I lost my baby, Isabelle, Je suis parti, Johnny go, La Chambre, Let me go, L’innocence de l’âme, Nathalie, Tangerine 444, Think about you,… Ok, I’ll stop before I list all his fucking songs!

Oh btw, MP and I are now famous TV stars cause of the song L’innocence de l’âme! No kidding

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Melissa Auf Der Maur: http://www.myspace.com/aufdermaur

Höh, she's from Québec. That's news to me.

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Höh, she's from Québec. That's news to me.

Yep, she's from Québec, just like many other cool people hihihi

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Other Québec artists...

Les Colocs: http://www.myspace.com/lescolocss

Les Cowboys Frigants: http://www.myspace.com/lescowboysfringantsqubecois

Mes Aïeux: http://www.myspace.com/mesaieux

I know i talked about Loco Locass before, but they made that new song for a movie about suicide... The lyrics are quite in-your-face and blunt, but poetic and moving. I dont get why, but they got a lot of criticism for the lyrics... Since when is it bad to openly talk about something as important as suicide?! Acting like an ostrich wont solve anything!

Anyway, here's the song and the lyrics (read the version written by Kuja777, it's more accurate than the one on top!)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cT3cNv8z_U
http://www.locolocass.net/locoforum/viewtopic.php?t=11195

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