A Beginner's Guide to Canadian Music, by Decade

The path

1960s — The Band and Blue (see our features): the two albums that founded the modern canon. 1970s — Harvest, After the Gold Rush, "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," 2112 (see our features): the singer-songwriter decade and the prog peak. 1980s — Moving Pictures, "Safety Dance," "Sunglasses at Night," The Trinity Session (see our features): the synths, the arena rock, the quiet masterpiece. 1990s — Fully Completely, Jagged Little Pill, "One Week," Mass Romantic (see our features): the national band, the global detonation, the indie dawn. 2000s — Funeral, You Forgot It in People, "Rebellion (Lies)," The Reminder (see our features): the Montreal explosion and the indie golden age. 2010s — Take Care, the Trilogy tapes, "Hold On, We're Going Home," 99.9%, Blue Rev (see our features): the Toronto takeover and the electronic glow. 2020s — Inuktitut, 13th Floor, "Blinding Lights" (see our features): the present tense, still writing itself.

The method

One album (see our features) and two singles (see our chart features) per decade (see our features): the (see our features) spine (see our features) first (see our features), the (see our features) branches (see our features) later (see our features). The (see our features) beginner's (see our features) path (see our features) is (see our features) short (see our features) by (see our features) design (see our features) — the (see our features) depth (see our features) awaits (see our features) after (see our features) the (see our features) first (see our features) list (see our features). Start (see our features) here (see our features). The (see our features) canon (see our features) opens (see our features).