1.godspeed ybe 2.gulfer 3.secret pyramid 4.valiska 5.ian william craig
also - tim hecker,humans, jaques green, loscil, poemss, loads of constellation (do make say think/set fire to flames/ that colin stetson/sarah neufeld album among others.
Is there an end date for when the results get totalled up?
Near misses: Rufus, Martha and Loudon Wainwright, other various GY!BE offshoots
Things you have been slow to realise :
That half of the people ITT are Canadian…
Surprised by the seeming lack of mentions for Grimes. Reckon if this vote had been done around 2016 shed be in a lot of peoples’ votes.
CANADA Voting will end tonight around 10pm before we move onto the next country. Sweden is currently winning this vote.
Fuck!
Canada is a sneaky power nation at this music lark. Would be very surprised if I consider as many contenders for another country in this series (presuming we dont do the US or UK)
Caribou Neil Young Peaches Arcade Fire Carly Rae Jepson
Oh yeahhhhhh I forgot Peaches was Canadian!!!
Peaches come from a CAN
1 godspeed 2 arcade fire 3 Owen palllett 4 broken social scene 5 carly rae jephson
Weird that there was that whole Canadian indie rock explosion, and yet so little of it is noteworthy now.
Another vote for:
Neil Young Leonard Cohen Destroyer Caribou Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Grimes is awful, Peaches is great. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
“So Grimes, what first attracted you to multi-multi-multi-billionaire Elon Musk?”
Thanks for voting. I’m off to do some adding up now!
The Top 10
Thanks for all your votes. A very clear winner!
1st Neil Young 154 points 2nd Godspeed you! Black Emperor 95 points 3rd Arcade Fire 80 points
4th Leonard Cohen 73 points 5th Joni Mitchell 56 points 6th Carly Rae Jepson 54 points 7th Fucked Up 48 points 8th Broken social scene 47 points 9th Wolf Parade 21 points 10th Tim Hecker 20 points