“What happens when you ask a group of contemporary artists from the Dominion of Canada to voice their opinion on their favourite Canadian artists and songs of the 80s and 90s? You get DOMINIONATED, a cover song compilation with a uniquely Canadian perspective”

The featuring favourites such as Eammon McGrath and The Provincial Archive, the first edition must have proved pretty popular, as this Canada Day saw the release of the second. The rules were the same as before, each artist (who had to be Canadian) would pick a Canadian song recorded before 2006, the year QBIM was launched. The result, unsurprisingly, is something inherently Canadian, managing capture a country proud of its traditions yet unafraid to be forward-thinking. As QBIM’s Jim Di Gioia puts it, this playlist exhibits:

“[A] spirit of play and exploration, along with deep respect and celebration of Canadian music culture and heritage”

If you enjoyed the first edition then you will be pleased to find a few familiar faces, and these have been joned by some excellent additions such as The Holy Gasp, covering Donald Himes, and Nick Faye & The Deputies, covering ‘Left & Leaving’ by The Weakerthans. My current favourite is a Sarah McLaughlin cover by Evening Hymns (who we love) and Jon Hynes (who we wrote about here). Check out the full tracklisting below:

The Holy Gasp – “Theme Song from Mr. Dressup” (Donald Himes)
VIRE – “Swing Shift” (Nash The Slash)
Evening Hymns (& Jon Hynes) – “Sweet Surrender” (Sarah McLachlan)
Nick Faye & The Deputies – “Left and Leaving” (The Weakerthans)
blackpaw society –  “Girl With a Problem” (Northern Pikes)
CHAMPION LOVER –  “Not Happy” (Jale)
WHOOP-Szo –  “The Animals” (Elevator)
Jonathan Pearce (of Winchester Warm) – “Need” (Eric’s Trip)
Stonetrotter – “Constant Craving” (k.d. lang)
TV SETS – “I Just Wanna Stop” (Gino Vanelli)
Valery Gore – “Deed I Do” (Elyse Weinberg)
Camp David – “Nova Heart” (Spoons)
Venus Sans Fur – “I Think Of Her” (Forgotten Rebels)
Whale Eye – “I Hear You Calling” (Gob)
Alex Bent + the Emptiness – “Heaven In Your Eyes” (Loverboy)
Las Venus Skyway – “Have Not Been The Same” (Slow)
No Museums – “Any Sense of Time” (The Inbreds)
Crossley Hunter – “Tripoli” (Matthew Good Band)
Hollowphonic – “Broken Man” (Sianspheric)
Matt LeGroulx – “Rising of the Sun” (The Rabble)
KASHKA – “You Wouldn’t Like Me” (Tegan and Sara)

You can download DOMINIONATED (deux) right now (up until the 24th November), and be sure to go back and listen to the first edition on Soundcloud.

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We had originally planned for 15 songs each but found it was too difficult to fit in all the artists we felt needed to be included and decided to go with 20 each. Luckily, HI54LOFI included some of our favourites and I think we had some of his on ours, so we helped each other out a bit.

Granted, there are far more than 40 noteworthy Canadian artists out there and there were some hard decisions. Any disappointed acts crying into their maple syrup or taking out frustrations on their teamates on the ice, please don’t despair, there is always next year.

We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making them. These songs certainly haven’t helped banish our romantic view of Canada.

Wake The Deaf side:

1.Docking Guard – Northern Primitive
2. Drop It – NEEDLES//PINS
3. Flyingshot Lake – The Flaming Moes
4. Ask Me Something – Wind & the Wild
5. Left and Leaving – The Weakerthans
6. Snow Ghosts – Paul Stewart
7. Voyageur – Doug MacNearney
8. The Future Of Tradition – Frederick Squire
9. Bruises – Dusted
10. Ben – Tyler Butler
11. Warning – Postdata
12. Margaret Downe – Aidan Knight
13. Coming Back Home – Zachary Lucky
14. Sask – Donovan Woods
15. Young Glass – Hey Rosetta!
16. Lightshow – Plants & Animals
17. And I Thank You – Pink Mountaintops
18. Cloud Of Evil – Blackout Beach
19. Sing! Captain – Handsome Furs
20. Continuous Thunder – Japandroids

HI54LOFI side:

1. Welcome To The Heart – Eamon McGrath
2. Broken Knees. – Different Skeletons
3. Sunset – Two Bicycles
4. Brook and Branch – The Weather Station (featuring Baby Eagle)
5. Skinny Ghost – HAPPY TRENDY
6. Deny, Deny, Deny – Joel Plaskett
7. You’re Cool – The Joe
8. Oh My God (It Still Means A Lot To Me) – The Wooden Sky
9. Necromancy – Jessica Jalbert
10. Scared – The Tragically Hip
11. Family Tree – Evening Hymns
12. Wind Driving Dogs – Chad VanGaalen
13. Were You In Love With Me – Andy Shauf
14. Big Bird In A Small Cage – Patrick Watson
15. I Need You Closer – LadyFace
16. Where are you? – nick everett
17. The Very Best – Mike Tod
18. Vapours – Islands
19. Sugar Mama – The Deep Dark Woods
20. Road Regrets – Dan Mangan

You can find both mixes here as a collection.

EH? – A Canadian Mixtape (Wake The Deaf Side) from Wake The Deaf on 8tracks Radio.

EH? – A Canadian Mix Tape (HI54LOFI Side) from HI54LOFI on 8tracks Radio.

If anyone can think of any more Canada-themed cliches or stereotypes then please don’t hesitate to let us know for next year’s mix. Going by this collection of songs, being insanely talented might just be one more.

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