Wolf Parade

Spirit Child

Willie Thrasher ·1981

"this is a reissue from Light In The Attic of a record that was produced by the CBC of an Inuit artist named Willie Thrasher who actually lives in my town of Nanaimo and you can frequently see him busking."

Remission

Skinny Puppy ·1984

"This record came out in 1984, and I would argue this is the first contemporary industrial record. Y'know, capital 'I' Industrial. I think without this band you wouldn't have Nine Inch Nails, Ministry... They're super influential yet the people who are sort of arbitrators of cultural taste in Canada and cultural memory have pretty much erased these guys from the history books."

World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane

Alice Coltrane ·2017

"I got 'The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane.' I think is my favorite record from last year. This is just really beautiful. It's like a mix of gospel, Eastern music and new-age synthesizer. It's just a really deep, really heavy record."

Quarantine

Laurel Halo ·2012

"This is 'Quarantine' by Laurel Halo. This is an older record of hers. It's the first record where you can really hear her voice on it. She's singing. This is the most futuristic record I've heard."

Dimension Hatröss

Voivod ·1988

"Voivod... essentially invented a genre of metal that has woven itself into the fabric of modern heavy metal music or heavy music, which is melding Pink Floyd and prog elements into really abrasive thrash and then having an overarching sort of science fiction theme."

Key Markets

Sleaford Mods ·2015

"I got Sleaford Mods, a band I really love that's like contemporary. Again a band that's probably doing the best punk music for just like not giving a fuck. I love their stage presence of the one guy who just basically presses the spacebar."