Pandemonium Medicine Show

I still buy all my music on CD (if it's good enough for Bill Gates, it's good enough for me) and whenever I'm struck by the "gotta buy that disc" mood I order the discs for all of the other artists I've saved up. I found out today that David Francey released a new album a few weeks ago so it's one of those "gotta get it now" times. Without further ado, here's the rest of the list in the rough order that I added them :

• Justin Rutledge
• John Southworth
• Raghu Lokanathan
• Sarah Slean
• Sam Roberts
• Lily Frost
• Geoff Berner
• Kinnie Starr

I'd link myspace pages rather than artist websites but myspace pages have no class.... Between tacky background images, animations, horrendous layout, garish colours, and "Thanks for the Add" signature blocks I just want to vomit.

And yes, they are all Canadian artists but it is not because I am biased against non-Canadians. The only music radio I listen to is CBC.ca so that does skew significantly what I'm exposed to. I happily take recommendations though. If you know any of the artists on this list and have suggestions for others I might like, speak up!

I'm also really looking forward listening to the newly released legal (!), free (!!), massive (!!!) SXSW 2007 Showcasing Artists compilation torrent. I've a lot of good listening out of the 2006 and 2005 editions.