Totally Free Canadian Indie Band Names For the Taking

20 Comments

1. owlegg +31 July 29, 2015 7:35 pm

   Okay, these are great. “Ossington Ave Basement Ste. — Gentrification Situation” is juuust straddling that line between pointed commentary and possibly-too-on-the-nose and I love it.

2. vlyra +7 July 29, 2015 7:44 pm

   tangentially, John Robins’s band name template is [noun]+[verb]+[adverb], e.g. Bristol Running Endlessly, which is something i think about way too often

   1. terb +4 July 30, 2015 9:37 am

      I googled Bristol Running Endlessly to see if it was a real band, and I just want you to know that this was the 6th result

      UK’s first ‘poo bus’ goes into regular service – The Guardian
      Mar 15, 2015 – Bristol’s Bio Bus runs on faeces and household waste. … They should refuel at Westminster, there’s an endless supply of bullshit available.

3. dorianneemmerton +12 July 29, 2015 7:49 pm

   I dated a rock photographer for too long and I have seen all of these bands.

   This also reminded me how much I miss Oh Bijou.

4. owlbrick +21 July 29, 2015 8:09 pm

   Margaret Antwoord made me chuckle for real, then stop chuckling with the thought of how terribly dystopian that mashup has the potential to be.

5. pinkjaguarshark +17 July 29, 2015 8:41 pm

   Hello-Bonjour
   please have your boarding pass ready.

   DIBS!!

   1. supernanify +1 July 30, 2015 9:23 pm

      Aaaaaa genius!

6. spinstersound +4 July 29, 2015 9:22 pm

   “bisexual bilinguals” “hello-bonjour” “ossington ave basement ste” are incredible and echoing what owlegg said, the latter is almost too sharply on-the-nose. (very well done) semi on topic, does anyone have links to some stellar resources for photos of toronto in the 80s to early 00s? i’ve used citydata, skyscraperpage, losttoronto2 and google images (of course) but i need some photographed nostalgia for that tiny obscure behind-the-hospital park in baldwin village, dammit!

   1. EphemeralErika +1 December 31, 2015 4:50 am

      Ok so your quest was 22 weeks ago, but ask the Toronto archives. Quite a few photographs are digitized and available online, but they also respond well to email requests. The library, Ontario archives, and other neighbourhood associations may have photo archives as well.
      Source: museum nerd

7. Household_Opera +9 July 29, 2015 10:00 pm

   I was just in Montreal earlier this month, and heard “bonjour-hi!” everywhere I went. So I would buy Hello-Bonjour’s album.

   1. pinkjaguarshark +4 July 30, 2015 2:42 am

      We start recording this weekend.

   2. Strophoria +3 July 30, 2015 2:37 pm

      There’s a Montréal band called SUUNS with an EP called Pie IX. “Ghosts of Parc-Ex” is too real.

8. PierrePoutine +15 July 29, 2015 10:23 pm

   Vladimir Poutine – He dishonours the cheese curds

9. VioletandIrises +10 July 30, 2015 3:59 am

   Maples and Maypoles – The Sun Goes Down at Four

   The St. Viateur Vanguard – Turned to Salt (Lot’s Wife)

   Frozen Femmes – Who Took My Toque?

10. Strophoria +4 July 30, 2015 2:47 pm

    Duffy and the Ditches – Transcona Lullaby

    1. supernanify +4 July 30, 2015 9:24 pm

       Confusion Corner – With the Windchill

11. The Awesomest +1 July 30, 2015 7:59 pm

    Must know. What band is that in the picture? Is it “Your Ex-Lover is Dead” like it says at the bottom? I’m interested in any band that can prominently feature a french horn and Trombone.

    1. supernanify +2 July 30, 2015 9:26 pm

       Stars. They’re pretty rad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55FMOJMhV9s

12. Spentgladiator +4 July 31, 2015 4:51 pm

    It’s Pronounced Strachan
    Banned Fishing Practises
    The Traveller Apologises
    Leonard Cohen’s Rejected Verses
    Justin Trudeau Talks to Women
    Frozen at Zero

    “The Jian GoMessies — Too Soon?!?!?” <- this is the best one tho

13. thefightingflaneur +4 August 7, 2015 9:05 pm

    Stockwell Day’s Jetski
    Wester Alienation All Star Band
    Tar Sands Reclamation Project
    House Show in Winnipeg
    Avenue Street