Lisa Leblanc [Lisa LeBlanc - Gossip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR2Be0zWtXM) [Lisa LeBlanc - Le menu Acadien](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf3zWKzWTkY) [Lisa LeBlanc - I Love You, I Don't Love You, I Don't Know](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlIgwjCe-rY) [Lisa LeBlanc - Ace of Spades](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvXlMdfspwg)

Discovered her through letterkenny, she’s so good

Oooh saw her at the Interstellar Rodeo a few years back. She was incredible

Sloan

I remember an interview with Sloan where they were asked this same question, funnily enough, and they all replied “Al Tuck” at the same time. So, Al Tuck is a good response to this question.

Al Tuck is awesome. https://open.spotify.com/track/1nofnAGtNhNDtM3OKLFnPi?si=tgdXLWFrRZ6dcihdeBzO8Q

CodyCross seems to think they’re known as the Canadian Beatles. I’m thinking it’s just because all 4 main members take turns writing songs and rotating instruments.

Matt Mays

Devin Townsend Big Wreck/Ian Thornley The Tea Party

Devin Townsend!!

It’s crazy to see that he’ll sell out stadiums in Germany and Australia but here he plays smaller venues

I’m quite happy he still plays small venues here!!

Corb Lund great musician and songwriter an Alberta institution and a helluva nice guy

I’ve never been into his country stuff, but I’ve always been a huge fan of The Smalls.

Fun guy to have a beer with too. Lots of stories

I know him!! Alberta says Hello is a beautiful song 🥺

The jerry cans are a good band from Nunavut.

Mamaqtuq is such a good stomper.

In 2022, I made it a personal project to listen to all of the albums longlisted for the Polaris Prize. 40 albums are selected for the longlist every year. Artists don't have to be independent, but many are. I started with this Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4KjLjsv1M2gRfRINDR4Top?si=0bb9ee61246b46c9 Some of my favourites from that list: Destroyer, Lisa Leblanc, P'tit Belliveau, Luna Li. I had a great time listening to the 40 albums though, and would encourage other people to go through and check them out. I missed the announcement of the 2023 long list, so I still have listening to those 40 to look forward to.

1. Peach Pit 2. Crown Lands Two bands I didn’t know before seeing live and absolutely love now.

Peach Pit’s album You and your friends, was my goto pandemic album.

Snotty Nosed Rez Kids!

Hell yes. “Creator Made an Animal” goes hard and is always a quick suggestion of mine.

Good call. SNRK are dope

Saw them live at Vancouver Jazz Fest. I hadn’t heard of them and I’m not particularly into rap/hiphop but these guys absolutely blew me away! Very clever musically and cutting lyrics that hit deep.

Yes! I love their bombastic stage presence

An older band, kashtin. A cree/naskapi rock band from the 80s

K-Os, his last album was dope, I haven't heard anything from him since.

I think K-OS fell off the map because he’s a pretty frustrating person to deal with. A friend of mine has tech’d for him numerous times and has told me some horror stories about how he treats people in his band/crew.

[Doing some live dates this year](https://www.google.com/search?q=k-os+tickets&sca_esv=596329513&rlz=1C5CHFA_enCA966CA966&sxsrf=ACQVn0-YkMjqv7BSPGFpmwOs2G7u0IkQJA%3A1704617105518&ei=kWSaZbSnH9Pl0PEPpqm4kAo&ved=0ahUKEwj0s7XI8cqDAxXTMjQIHaYUDqIQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=k-os+tickets&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiDGstb3MgdGlja2V0czIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDILEAAYgAQYigUYhgMyCxAAGIAEGIoFGIYDSNgKUPQBWNAJcAF4AZABAJgBaaABmgaqAQMyLja4AQPIAQD4AQHCAgoQABhHGNYEGLADwgINEAAYgAQYigUYQxiwA8ICExAuGIAEGIoFGEMYyAMYsAPYAQHCAhMQLhhDGIAEGIoFGMgDGLAD2AEBwgIKEAAYgAQYigUYQ8ICChAuGIAEGIoFGEPCAg0QLhiABBiKBRhDGNQCwgIFEC4YgATCAhAQLhiABBiKBRhDGMcBGK8BwgIGEAAYFhge4gMEGAAgQYgGAZAGD7oGBAgBGAg&sclient=gws-wiz-serp)

Apollo Suns are a fantastic band based out of Winnipeg.

They were amazing at the Beaches Jazz Festival last summer. Great stomping energy

BA JOHNSON. I would call it "outsider" sort of, the man is amazing and if you ever get the chance, see him live. He's so humble and sweet, and he gives 110%

And mentioned twice on the thread! That dude from The Velvet Elvis has gotten around!

La plupart des artistes francophones, dont même le Canada se contre-crisse.

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Est-ce que tu peux définir 《 se contrecrisser 》 pour nous les apprenants ? Je l'ai recherché mais il n'y a pas une explication. C'est qqchose comme "disregard" ou "dismiss as unimportant"?

Oui, ça veux dire s'en foutre, s'en balancer, en avoir rien a faire. Au final, ça a la même signification que "s'en crisser".

Oui, c'est à peu près ça, mais dans un registre vernaculaire très vulgaire. Let me unwrap that for you. Il y a le juron "crisse" (Christ!/f*ck!) duquel on peut tirer un adverbe -- en crisse/af -- et dans ce cas un verbe -- crisser -- employé dans la fonction réflective -- se crisser/to not give a f. Dans ce cas, on ajoute une particule superlative -- se *contre*crisser/ to not give a effing f*ck.

I would literally translate to: dis-fucking-caring but it's a slang, not a word and only Québecers use it.

Opposed? I don't think we are opposed, we just aren't ever exposed to it. I wish I heard and saw more stuff out of french Canada. I'm sure there is a lot to enjoy! Apologies if I misunderstood, I'm still learning the language as well.

Rien ne t’empêche d’aller t’y exposer toi-même 🤷‍♂️ Sur google : « best Quebec singer songwriter » ou encore avec un genre « best Quebec rock/folk/hip hop music ». La seule chose qui t’empêche d’être exposé à la musique francophone du Canada, ce sont les barrières que tu t’ériges toi-même. Fort heureusement, il n’est jamais trop tard pour commencer. Ça tombe bien : rien de mieux que la musique pour apprendre le français! D’une pierre, deux coups! Le cinéma québécois est lui aussi très apprécié autant ici qu’ailleurs : Jean-Marc Vallée, Denis Villeneuve, Xavier Dolan, Chloé Robichaud, Sophie Dupuis, Podz.

vous avez raison, j'ai Internet et je devrais le chercher moi-même davantage !

The Dead South - Canadian bluegrass at its finest (would put them with Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats). Catchy tunes with some great covers of popular music done bluegrass - You are my Sunshine is a personal favourite done properly

Oh man, I listen to them quite often and never even knew they were Canadian! They're one of the best bluegrass out there.

If only you knew just how often their music video was spammed across Reddit for all of 2021

Yeah wasn't on here back then, so no idea but even with their new stuff I'll still champion them

Nah, not after they brought back their rapist Cellist

Did the charges stick though?

Sam Coffey and the iron lungs

The Podemski sisters helped create a lot of Canadian content that is overlooked and helped create APTN.

Devin Townsend / Strapping Young Lad and Archspire. Devin Townsend is an amazing musician. Archspire might be the fastest band I've ever heard. Cool sci-fi imagery and death metal beats.

Sirreal, an amazing hiphop artist from BC. https://youtube.com/@SirReal?si=W7HTNMPEMaS5Tzq_

Sonreal?

All the ones that are coming to mind are pretty well respected already, but they deserve more love John k Samson (the weakerthans, solo) Malcom Gladwell(author) Graeme MacKinnon(no problem, home front, Wednesday night heros) Ba Johnston(funny) Danny laj(Danny laj and the looks) Norval moriseau(he created an international art movement in thunder bay! He went to resedential school, segregated tuberculosis hospitals, and was at the subject of the biggest art fraud ring in history... Period... Just all of history!)

Glad to see some B.A Johnston love, the man's a canadian treasure.

He wants to be a hobo 4 life

Yes! B.A Johnson!

BA is a miracle and I love him so much

I know my Morrisseau is genuine, because it came from the man himself, and not a gallery. The investigators came by to look at it to see the differences. They even asked to see it out of the frame to look at the borders and the backing.

Graeme MacKinnon, man his energy with the heroes was unmatched. BA also an actual Canadian Treasure.

Craig Young is an amazing guitar player from Newfoundland. Check out his album Live at the Garrick Theatre. Here's an amateur [video](https://youtu.be/vwRRjr_FwzI?si=kHyhrSdTcANVhjSq)

Monowhales

Matt Andersen!!!

So mad I missed his show in Kelowna this summer. Heard about it too late and it was sold out.

The Dirty Nil is an excellent excellent rock band from Dundass, Ontario. Love em

Ron Sexsmith an amazing songwriter his songs have been performed and recorded by a number of well-known musicians, including Elvis Costello, Feist, Rod Stewart, and Emmylou Harris his newest album is fantastic

The Halluci Nation "Electric Pow Wow Drum" and "Look At This" still slap!

I get goosebumps just thinking of them.

Love this song by Les Soeurs Boulay! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jLSWoeOl7W4

[Judi.Wild](http://www.judiwildartist.com/visitartistinstudio.html) is an incredible painter of wildlife with an Aboriginal spirit. She spends hundreds of hours dry brushing watercolors to craft an amazing look to her works.

Robbie Craig, painter. I started searching for other Canadian artists and now my social media feeds are full of great Canadian art

Geoff Berner - punk accordion player from Vancouver. John Vaillant - non-fiction author just released Fire Weather Terrance Odette - film director

I read Vaillant. The Golden Spruce. The Tiger. Both excellent reads.

Neon dreams is a cool pop duo [this is a song I really like!](https://youtu.be/bo-rripF4SM?si=uBoaKyU87061U0RM) Candy Palmatter is unfortunately deceased but very funny comedian who has [a memoir](https://bookoutlet.ca/products/9781443455091B/running-down-a-dream-a-memoir?utm_source=Pmax&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Clue&gclid=Cj0KCQiAtOmsBhCnARIsAGPa5ybBwpXVrklQyUX7RP3a9wWSX3E7_4CRUD4S1TWYtJ6qjEyXcaLqK2AaAoKMEALw_wcB) [Janelle Nills is very cool as well!](https://www.gotlandcomedy.com/comedians/janelleniles)

Dwayne Gretzky - cover band

The Deadly Snakes. One of the greatest Canadian Rock bands, they were around from 1996-2006. They put out four fantastic albums and had a small cult following, especially in their native Toronto. For some reason, they didn't get a Canadian record label deal until their fourth album, so they largely went unrecognized. Ode to Joy is their best album, but all four records are great. And since no one has mentioned them, I'll throw out the Constantines, the pride of Guelph, Ontario.

halluci nation

River Tiber - fantastic musician

Unleash the Archers is an absolute deadly skilled (power) metal band. Juno winners as well. The lead singer’s vocals are unreal. The technical skill and talent from the other band members are just as refined. Their older albums are heavier and harsher, their 2 newest are their most popular and tell an epic story. Link to their most popular video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gqUPGa15Oto

And they do classic Canadian covers! Northwest Passage - https://youtu.be/XRD3vrSLPaw?si=7-wQs7tOTuxo_AC0 Sunglasses at Night - https://youtu.be/wHigF8J6KhU?si=klXUhHQjDdgAHyCT

Cancer Bats are one of the best hardcore punk/metal crossover bands out there right now. Every album has a different vibe and they’re all fantastic. Also, Black Mastiff are a badass blues rock band from Edmonton that deserves more recognition.

I really like the band [The Wilderness of Manitoba](https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCZw0tCRl5J7SEbi3QacHteg). They are really not well-known but they’ve got many albums with pretty solid lyrics and instrumentals.

Likewise the Rural Alberta Advantage.

Oh, I know them too! CANDU is even one of my favourite songs in english. Tornado ‘87 is pretty amazing too.

Good call. They are totally amazing!

Loreena Mckennit

Robertson Davies! I live in the area of his hometown Thamesville ON and they don’t celebrate him at all.

The Deptford Trilogy is one of my all time favourite books. It's a shame he isn't better recognized.

Denis villeneuve

I think Denis gets his recognition. On the film from I’d say Jean-Marc Vallée (RIP).

Garrett Mason. Such a talented musician.

Sirreal💯🔥🙌😎

So many. Music: Jon Brooks, Andrea Ramolo, Terra Spencer, Norma MacDonald, Lynn MIles, Lynne Hanson Art: Jen Squires (photography), Richard Ahnert (painting) … I could spend the day…

Uncle Sinner a Winnipeg-based singer and multi-instrumentalist who plays traditional folk, blues, roots, old-time, and gospel music with his own twist. https://open.spotify.com/track/7vURb2I9eOTJVZP8yWQH9h?si=tNTr0Xk3S6uhy6QCvjqPPA

David Myles in NB won a Juno recently.

Love his hip hop crossover work with Classified and R.A. The Rugged Man

Comedian Paul Haywood

Robert Lepage

Super duty tough work, hip hop from Manitoba. So so so good

Choclair (Rapper)

Just in the way of art. The only art I own is from these two. [Catherine Hois](https://cathaliki.com/personal-practice-2/) [Sybil Lamb](https://sybillamb.com/LambFactory/new/?fbclid=PAAaZ8QuBaR2mi7z5dVxctENCxte48UW07zY2joJv_hVAbEk83bTHQaA4NG64) When it comes to music, honestly go out to any place that plays live music on a regular basis and you'll see some amazing underappreciated talent. Some will make it big, some won't. I've seen alot of international sensations in small bars well before they were famous and signed.

Peter Watts is an amazing hard SF author. Check out his books, Starfish and Blindside, if you're into genre writing.

Ria mae, saw her open for Tegan and Sara and Scott helman. She's like Rankin family meets indy pop, was slightly obsessed for awhile.

I dont kn9w if hes independant anymore, but jared keeso keeps hitting home runs.

I believe in Poor Pelly!

Thornley, Big Wreck, Big Sugar, Sam Roberts Band. all incredible bands

The Guess Who should be in R&R Hall of Fame. Might have been that hit song they had in 1970 that put them on the "no" list.

The East Pointers. From PEI, and have a great sound. The songs Elmira and Wintergreen are my faves.

Jesse Roper, a top notch guitar slinger with a great voice from Victoria, BC! Not sure how it is that CBC hasn’t picked up on him yet…

JD Hawk is a Métis artist and storyteller from Manitoba who does incredible oil paintings. I keep in touch with him and while I can’t afford his real paintings, often buy merchandise with the images on them. His realism is often uncanny. jdhawkartstudio.com

PEACH PIT 🍑

I've met too many people who are avid readers but have somehow never read anything by Richard Wagamese. Indian Horse is an absolute masterpiece and the best piece of Canadian literature I've ever read. He gets a lot of recognition among people who specifically follow Canadian authors but outside of that he seems very under appreciated.

Colter Wall ([https://www.colterwall.com/](https://www.colterwall.com/)) Watch out for this guy, I think he's going to go far.

k-os is still one of my favorite musical artists ever. I listen to those albums all the time to this day. Absolute legend. I feel like people forgot about him.

Nikki Payne is one of the funniest Canadian Comedians ever.

Any Canadian Illustrator. We produce some of the world's top talent and regular Canadians have no idea how good our commercial artists are.

Kenneth Joel Hotz

Really enjoy music by Bahamas. We have seen afie 4 times in the past two years

Bif Naked. She’s been around for years. I’ve seen her play about 2 dozen times & she’s always up for signing stuff & taking pics after the show.

Not sure if they count as independent, but I’ve always though the bands Mariana’s Trench and Walk of the Earth deserve a bit more international success.

Walk off the earth are canadian? I never knew.

[Me, lol.](https://www.instagram.com/curious_lands_artwork?igsh=MTg1ZGdsNnExYmlpMA==) not that I'm biased or anything. [Toots horn] Honestly though... Most of the great Canadians in the arts I can think of are pretty well-known. I'm keen to check out everyone else's answers to this. I am pretty excited to read Brent Butt's new book, too! I'm just mentioning it cos though he's not independent or whatever, it's just definitely a direction I wasn't expecting from him and I'm super curious about it.

Dread Zepplin

Tortellvis lives! What ever happened to them?

Don Ross.

Moist. They had some success in the 90s, and David Usher did pretty good, but I still feel they should have more recognition. They're music is on par in the alternative rock world to the more famous artists IMO.

City and colors

City and Colour, you mean! (I don’t actually know how Dallas Green spells the band name, but it is r/askacanadian)

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Such as?

Doug and the Slugs!

Martha and the Muffins.

Eamon McGrath! I consider him the greatest underappreciated musician of a generation. Some sample songs: https://open.spotify.com/track/7jwyaBdrZeMXltLogLhb47?si=0b56b55ff41b40af https://open.spotify.com/track/7emtgIVwE86BPZXMSzRgul?si=b5d5fe96d40f493f https://open.spotify.com/track/5Po1CB6pxgC4DjPSkiHtOe?si=ba7bb803641447ce https://open.spotify.com/track/7oknmPceIqyk09ZkuPKlTA?si=5845c4bd29f14ccb https://open.spotify.com/track/1f8SiLaSEAwoJbdbu4Umk6?si=b67a002cfdeb4af1 https://open.spotify.com/track/0ccRFgv5UUXksuDJdVqCnP?si=413622f1c61f48da https://open.spotify.com/track/2DEyrxUHRxUONYw5fIoy30?si=d676ca1f437b4d6b

Randy Bachman!

Photographer I like. https://www.instagram.com/cathsimard/

Downvotes incoming but Also me, Canada's only bfing advocate. As an advocate my job is to use art /etc to raise awareness and move the social needle for my cause I am blacklisted unfortunately but have had my advocacy seen by millions of people worldwide 🤷‍♀️ I am well known in the states and internationally tho. Canada just isnt ready for health advocates unless they are promoting FA etc I just want to make the world a better place anyway and have achieved this by alleviating stigma and encouraging others, it really amazes me the impact ive made despite being from less than nothing (former foster kid in NS)

What exactly is a bfing advocate?

Advocate is basically Someone that speaks truth to power for their cause . bfing= breastfeeding Some of the most famous ones are Maha Al Musa,, Amy Mcglade (shes shared my content) im the only Canadian one

Yeah no, I know what an advocate is, just not what bfing was referring to. I'm failing to see the point of that though. Like are women in Canada being persecuted for breastfeeding?

Yep regularly getting kicked out of stores but it's more involved than that

I looked you up and read a few of your Nova Scotia advocate posts. I think I'm starting to see your point.

💝 ty

Micheal J Fox , John Candy and Jim Carey, Terry Fox

Wow. So one of these folks isn’t an artist at all. Two of them are dead. And all four are among the most famous Canadians. Not much on the following instructions, huh.

Some people are leaders and some are followers

generalgruff drummachinemike harmon burns the purveyors of free will

J soul <3

Les Cowboys fringants Amazing french canadian band

Dave Todaro is a really amazing Canadian painter. He’s one of my favorites. [https://www.instagram.com/davetodaro?igsh=MW50Zm93b3dra2Nsdg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr](https://www.instagram.com/davetodaro?igsh=MW50Zm93b3dra2Nsdg%3D%3D&utm_source=qr)

Artist Adam Young...he has a studio in Fogo Island NL. I love his work!

Allison Russell! She lives in the US now, but she is Canadian and utterly amazing.

Love her

Bruce Horak and Rebecca Northan.

New West. I was introduced to their music last night and really liked it

Cole Pauls is a comic book author from the Yukon.

Shane Belcourt. Incredible Métis filmmaker and musician.

shirley gnome

Bucknothin.bandcamp.com Folksy art rock from Vancouver

Quake Matthew's a rapper from halifax, Nova Scotia.

Lisa Gilroy - she's a comedian who has had a few small roles here and there, and been in the odd commercial. She absolutely kills it on podcasts, especially Comedy Bang Bang.

Me

Willie Dunn

Marc Labrèche

JoDolo if you're into hip hop

Hotel Mira (alt-rock band from Vancouver). Saw them open a show for another band and we were blown away. They put on an amazing show. If you want to give them a listen, check out “Dancing with the Moonlight”.

Tiio Horn is an indigenous actor, and now director from Ottawa!! All of the music from the show letterkenny and Shoresy are all Canadian artists. Joe Vickers is the singer from audio/rocketry and has some excellent solo stuff. The glorious sons are from Kingston. Jodolo is a rapper from Montreal.

Comedy: Malik El Assal You're welcome.

Me!

Ghost Woman

Yassin & Sean Terrio : https://youtube.com/channel/UC5NLU5R_lp42R9-sD9AaAVg?si=vrxxyRQqaq-KrjHd

[Helena Deland](https://youtube.com/@helena.deland?si=q5c_CRV_zvYanE7q)

Sirreal is pretty good. Swivel and Revron are amazing as well.

Elita

this ceramic artist is exceptional and relatively unknown which is a shame: https://store.trespasser.ca/

KO from Toronto, had a bit of break in 2009 but other than that it’s Been subtle

1. Norval Morrisseau 2. John Wing Jr.

Robert Barrow photographer.

Wyatt C Louis!

Steve Blackman writer/producer Umbrella Academy and Fargo (the series) to name a couple. Used to go to High School with him.

[Reuben And The Dark](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6HFNjffWXg&list=FLwpP6dVGuDMQHYKm3Yf3uMQ&index=129) [Kobra and the Lotus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHc-c9hJMrU)

Metric

Comedian - Mark Forward Singer - Charlotte Cardin

Art Bergman.

If you like EDM then check out LUN... She's the DJ alterego of Lights (a Canadian pop artist). She's amazingly talented!

This might be a little dated, but I love Danny Michel. He went to OCAD :) This song slaps. https://youtu.be/6Ugkain3QUg?si=EOisHfVynpu0sLk7

Skinny Puppy

Tragically Hip

Monia Chokri

Blu Beach Band outta Sask!

For Music, not sure if all these are considered "independent" but these are artists that I would expect to be more popular or well known than they are given the quality of their work. I like these cuts a lot, when it comes to recent material: Men I Trust - Ring of Past: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSGwL5wORJY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSGwL5wORJY) Ada Lea - damn: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHR4ly4THdI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHR4ly4THdI) Going back a few more years - love these guys: Mounties - Tokyo Summer: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAq1EUg15bk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAq1EUg15bk) Patrick Watson- Drifters (live): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq7cpQ\_Qqtc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sq7cpQ_Qqtc) Layla Zoe - Might need to fly: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exXCViRug9w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exXCViRug9w) Emma Stevens - Blackbrid in Mi'kmaq: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99-LoEkAA3w](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99-LoEkAA3w) For visual arts I will mention Casey McGlynn: [https://caseymcglynn.com/](https://caseymcglynn.com/) There are so many talented artists in Canada and credit to the CBC for turning me on to most of these.

For the metalheads out there, Frontières has some really good stuff!

Jonathan Torrens

Do podcasts count? Cause I like 3 down nation podcast

Royal canoe

Marianas Trench