We’ve come back with a packed 20th edition, which finds us welcoming back some Oh! Canada veterans (No Gold, Elliott Brood, Hooded Fang, Chains of Love, BA Johnston, The Darcys), discovering new projects from familiar faces (Del Bel, Phèdre , Bernice, Marine Dreams, Whitehorse) and showcasing tracks from a host of our favourite new discoveries of 2012 so far.
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In Your Light : The Line of Best Fit meets Bruce Peninsula
We talk Open Flames and a turbulent couple of years with Toronto’s Bruce Peninsula – plus stream a playlist of all of the various projects that the band have been involved with over the years including Austra, Timber Timbre and more.
[Download] Ho Ho Ho Canada III
Oh! Canada presents the third annual Ho Ho Ho Christmas compilation- Songs of the season (ancient and modern). All yours to download for free.
Art Of Noise: Akron/Family
Here we are once again with another Art of Noise playlist, this time we have a selection of African and African-American inspired “grooves” for you courtesy of Akron/Family man Miles Seaton.
Art of Noise // Frankie and the Heartstrings
The Line of Best Fit’s Art of Noise playlist makes another appearance with the help of Sunderland five-piece Frankie and The Heartstrings.
Download: Oh! Canada 19: A Halifax Pop Explosion Special
TLOBF and Oh! Canada have returned to the East Coast of Canada for the Annual Halifax Pop Explosion. And, as seems to happen every time we have a Canadian showcase – we have a number in Common – this time Oh! Canada’s 19th Edition is a celebration of 19 Years of the Pop Explosion.
[Download] Oh! Canada 18
After a summer spent taking in the sights and sounds of, er, Canada, Oh! Canada returns from our scouting mission refreshed and ready to present another bumper issue of Oh! Canada – our 18th edition, showcasing some of the many acts we discovered along the way.
Listen: The Line Of Best Fit’s Polaris Prize Playlist
A Canadian-themed playlist laced with love, ft. Arcade Fire, Destroyer, Austra, The Weeknd and more syrupy-good treats.
[Download] Oh! Canada 17
Oh! Canada returns with a bumper edition, packed with new Canadian music for your listening pleasure. Twenty-three free songs including Tasseomancy, Grimes, The Darcys, Doldrums and many more.
[Stream] Canadian Artists at The Great Escape 2011
Canadian Blast presents a playlist of Canadian Showcasing artists at this years Great Escape festival
[Download] Oh! Canada 16
Oh! Canada presents another packed compilation, and offers you the chance to win tickets to see Hey Rosetta!, Bonjay, Winter Gloves and more in London. Plus some Canadian favourites tackle Madonna…
[Download] Oh! Canada 15
Oh! Canada returns with a bumper haul of Canadian goodness. We’ve got new material from previous Oh Canada artists as well as tracks from The Rural Alberta Advantage plus a track from the forthcoming Buck 65 record.
[Download] Oh! Canada 14
We are delighted to bring you another installment of our Oh! Canada compilations. This month we kick things off with the welcome return for Braids (who featured on the first Oh! Canada back in 2009 and release their debut album Native Speaker this month). This edition also features some of the many bands we discovered while visiting the East of Canada last year, including pop-jangle mastery from John McKiel and Prince Edward Islands’s Paper Lions, ferocious grunge-blues from husband and wife duo Cursed Arrows, classic pop sounds from Laura Key, and Frederick Squire’s delicate finger picking.
[Download] Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada Deux
Oh! Canada presents it’s second annual Ho Ho Ho Canada compilation, full of exclusives, specially recorded songs and festive rarities to get you all into the Christmas spirit.
Art Of Noise // Yuck
By now, we know all about their nineties inspired college jams that soar with ease; filled to the brim with melodic pop hooks and blissed out guitar breaks. But underneath it all, what music actually makes them tick? Here, Max Bloom (guitar) and Daniel Blumberg (vocals) curate a special downloadable mix-tape in which track-by-track they take us on a tour of their current musical crushes.
Art Of Noise // Halloween Special, curated by Fraser Moss of YMC
Our sporadic Art Of Noise feature returns in style with a monstrous live-mix from Fraser Moss of the super influential clothing brand You Must Create. A huge vinyl junkie, Fraser recently recorded a series of mixes using his vast array of 45rpm singles and offered the first mix – a Halloween special no-less – exclusively to TLOBF.
