CBC Radio 3 is the best source for independent Canadian music out there, with thousands of tracks on their database, from a high school student's basement demo music to some of Canada's biggest artists, such as Sam Roberts or Arcade Fire.
iTunes is basically the best, right after CBC Radio 3. Every week, iTunes offers a Free Track of the Week, which many times has been songs by great Canadian artists, including Novillero, Immaculate Machine, Pink Mountaintops, among many many others.
It's a great way to buy Canadian music since many times you cannot find a copy of a certain band's album at an HMV, say a band like the Handsome Furs, instead you can buy it on iTunes, which saves the time for going to a local CD store and not being able to find the CD, or waiting for an artist to come to your town.
iTunes also has a weekly feature called Celebrity Playlists, where they ask an artist "What do you listen to while relaxing?" I've compiled a list of artists with clickable links (requires iTunes installed for it to work) of artists featured in the Celebrity Playlists feature below.
Immaculate Machine - June 4, 2007
Peter Elkas - April 2, 2007
Bell Orchestre - January 16, 2007
Doc Walker - November 14, 2006
Wintersleep - November 14, 2006
Swollen Members - October 17, 2006
Jim Cuddy - October 17, 2006
k-os - October 3, 2006
Tiga - September 19, 2006
Stabilo - August 22, 2006
Shout Out Out Out Out - August 1, 2006
Blood Meridian - August 1, 2006
The Meligrove Band - July 25, 2006
The Marble Index - July 16, 2006
Idle Sons - June 13, 2006
Ron Sexsmith - May 23, 2006
Wolfmother - May 9, 2006
Sam Roberts Band - March 22, 2006
Hawksley Workman - March 14, 2006
Corb Lund - February 28, 2006
Jian Ghomeshi - December 13, 2005
The Trews - December 13, 2005
George Stroumboulopoulos - December 6, 2005
Colin James - October 11, 2005
Nardwuar the Human Serviette - June 27, 2005
Steven Page - June 13, 2005
Gord Sinclair - May 2, 2005
Barenaked Ladies - April 5, 2005
The Be Good Tanyas - March 14, 2005
If there are any errors or anything missing, feel free to send a message!
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