#20 Owen Meany’s Batting Stance – Dissonance
Piano-fueled over-thinking. Sing about everything you can see and feel, plus a few things you remember from first year university. We’ll buy it.
#19 Like A Motorcycle – Nobody Knows
Moncton badasses Like A Motorcycle, we’ve been meaning to interview them forever, but frankly they scare us a little. The video is a not so subtle warning not to show up without any beer.
#18 Walrus – Close My Eyes
Walrus’s Close My Eyes is a taste of light psychedelia featuring a fever dream guitar solo, pulled from the subconscious escapism of songwriter Justin Murphy.
#17 Motherhood – No Please
Our favourite Fredericton weirdos love reminding us that no matter what we’ve had to drink, at the end of the night there’s still glue in the cupboard.
#16 Heaven For Real – Subliminal
We’re suckers for jangle pop guitars like it’s still 2009, and any song that makes us feel we’re not the only ones who are lost in our own heads.
#15 Neon Dreams – Marching Bands ft. Kardinal Offishall
All we’re going to say about this is that if your band has managed to organized a collaboration with Kardinal Offishall you’re doing something right. Halifax’s Neon Dreams has been having a hell of a year.
#14 Young Satan In Love – Boom Boom
What can be said about Fredericton’s Young Satan In Love that hasn’t already been somehow misconstrued? It takes a certain amount of chutzpah to produce a whole radio drama about Young Satan suffering through high school. Fortunately they can be catchy too.
#13 CHIPS – The Game
Because pop punk needed a little fuel on the fire Fredericton’s CHIPS came out with their album ‘Dingers’ which has more kick to it than a bit of barnyard shneef.
#12 David In The Dark – Fire
Less of a song choice and more of a whole album, David In The Dark’s breakout debut might actually suffer for not having any low points.
#11 Nap Eyes – Lion In Chains