The benefits of consuming Canadian music are various and cumbersome when put into words, but suffice it to say that it just makes one feel so damn fine!! Here is who we listened to today:

Role Mach, Holy Shades of Night, Black Manhattan;
Twin Library, Historical Tumblers, Warmer Skeletons;
Slates, Taiga, Metelko Street;
Sprïng, Celebrations, You're the One;
Thru Colorado, Ephemera, Follow On;
Failing, The Apple in the Pig's Mouth, See Through;
Secretaries, pre-release of the 7" vinyl, Show Me;
Blank Cinema, Eras, Destroy Together;
Secretaries, go-the-Hot-Plains-Music-Festival-to-get-the-7"-vinyl pre-release, The Way I Feel;
Top Men, Gentleman's Techno: An Observation in Discotheque Clubbe Musics, (You Are) Little Scientists … (Love, Oprah);
Khotin, Khotin, Dawn Flowers;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, Little Bird;
The Perpetrators, Stick 'Em Up, You've Got To Tell Me;
Jasmine Netsena, Take You With Me, Bad Cook;
Romi Mayes, Lucky Tonight, I Will;
Corin Raymond & the Sundowners, Paper Nickels, A Big Truck Brought It;
Jerrold Dubyk Quintet, Inviteishens, Every Sinner Has a Future;
Van Funk, 13, Hold and Swing;
Casper Hollands, Seven Pieces, Polka Dot Dress;
Monkey Junk, All Frequencies, You Make a Mess;

The show wouldn't be the same without background strains - this week provided by The Jim Galloway Quartet featuring Jay McShann and the wonderful 1981 vinyl titled Thou Swell - Check it out; guaranteed satisfaction (if not, contact Figgy Newtunes at figgy@cjsr.com).