LiL MIX Volume 36 – Canada. Kicks. ASS!

With all this strife-filled talk of building walls to keep immigrants out and union-leaving referendums, Canada really is the best $#@%ing place in the world to live when you stop to think about it. Justin Bieber aside, we have some of the hardest-rockin’ artists around to call our own. So this July 1st (or whenever you feel like being a little patriotic), crack open a cold one and kick back with this 100% pure Canadian-flavoured LiL Mix. Maple syrup not included!

Big Sugar – Oh Canada
Sam Roberts Band – Chasing the Light (Alt. Version)
The Tragically Hip – In a World Possessed by the Human Mind
Tokyo Police Club – Not My Girl
The Balconies – Money Money
July Talk – Push + Pull
Black Pistol Fire – Hard Luck
The Pack a.d. – So What
The Damn Truth – Heart Is Cold
PUP – DVP
The Dirty Nil – Zombie Eyed
Poor Young Things – Hurricane II
The Darcys – Miracle
Young Rival – Let Me Go On
Brendan Canning – Book It to Fresno
Wolf Parade – Mr. Startup
Born Ruffians – You Loser
White Lung – Below
METZ – Eraser
Arkells – Making Due
The Zolas – Swooner
Fast Romantics – Animal

Gilles LeBlanc

Gilles LeBlanc literally fell into “alternative rock” way back at Lollapalooza 1992, where he got caught in his first mosh pit watching some band named Pearl Jam. Since then, he’s spent the better part of his life looking for music to match the liberating rush he felt that day, with a particular chest-beating emphasis on stuff coming out of his native Canada. You can follow his alter ego on Twitter: @ROCKthusiast.