By: Tara Thompson
I told you about the CBC Searchlight contest not too long ago and I hope you all looked through and gave some bands a vote. I know there’s a whole lot of bands to look through and it can be quite overwhelming. You’re in luck though. I took the work out of it for you and I’m giving you a run down on some of my early favourites. Of course, I didn’t get a chance to go through all the submissions, but I did go through different regions and tried to pick two that stood out to me from each province.
Newfoundland
London Above – http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/London-Above
RocketRocketShip – http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/rocketrocketship
Nova Scotia
Elephants In Trouble – http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/Elephants-In-Trouble
Scrapes – http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/scrapes
PEI
Pipe Dreams – http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/Pipe-Dreams
The Elusive Kings – http://music.cbc.ca/artists/The-Elusive-Kings
New Brunswick
Andy Brown – http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/Andy-Brown
Oh no, Theodore! – http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/Oh-no-Theodore
Quebec
Fable – http://music.cbc.ca/#/play/artist/Fable/
Sweet Talking Liars – http://music.cbc.ca/#/play/artist/Sweet-Talking-Liars/
Ontario
The Brilliancy – http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/The-Brilliancy
Otic Poets – http://music.cbc.ca/#/play/artist/Otic-Poets/
Manitoba
Callida – http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/Callida
Sweet Alibi – http://music.cbc.ca/#/play/artist/Sweet-Alibi
Saskatchewan
Friends of Foes – http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/Friends-of-Foes
Misterfire – http://music.cbc.ca/#/play/artist/Misterfire
Alberta
VERA – http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/VERA
Josh Sahunta – http://music.cbc.ca/#/play/artist/Josh-Sahunta
British Columbia
Trace The Sky – http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/Trace-The-Sky
LOVECoast – http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/LOVECoast
Nunavut
Scary Bear Soundtrack – http://music.cbc.ca/#/play/artist/Scary-Bear-Soundtrack/
Kyle MacDougall – http://music.cbc.ca/#/play/artist/Kyle-MacDougall
Northwest Territories
3 Across Dee Eye – http://music.cbc.ca/#/play/artist/3-ACROSS-DEE-EYE/
Bryce N.D Young – http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/Bryce-ND-Young
Yukon
Kate Weekes – http://music.cbc.ca/#/play/artist/Kate-Weekes
The PPL – http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/The-PPL
We’d love to see your picks for this contest! Who did we miss? Send us links!
This round of voting ends April 6th where the competition will be cut down. Stay tuned to see if our favorites make it to the next round, and who we pick in round two.
I’m Tara and I’m a graphic designer from Newfoundland. I am very fortunate to live in a city where there is a ton of amazing musicians. I’ve grown very fond of the local music scene in St. John’s and some of my favorite bands are ones I’ve met through going to local shows.
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