The R3-30 number-one hits of 2010
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This is a list of number one singles of 2010 on CBC Radio 3
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charts.
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The R3-30
The R3-30 is a weekly record chart show on CBC Radio 3, which counts down the week's top indie rock singles as determined by airplay , listener feedback , and other criteria . The show, hosted by Craig Norris and produced by Pedro Mendes, airs at 11 a.m Eastern time The R3-30 is a weekly record...
charts.
| Date | Artist | Song | Album |
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| January 8 | We Are Wolves We Are Wolves We Are Wolves are a Quebec indie rock band, based in Montreal, consisting of vocalist and bassist Alexander Ortiz, keyboardist/backing vocalist Vincent Levesque and drummer/vocalist Antonin Marquis. The band released their debut album, Non-Stop Je Te Plie en Deux with Fat Possum Records, in 2005... |
"Me As Enemy" | Invisible Violence Invisible Violence Invisible Violence is the third full-length album by Quebec indie-rock band We Are Wolves, released on October 6, 2009.-Track listing:# "Paloma"# "Holding Hands"# "Walking Commotion"# "Dreams"# "Vague"# "Reaching For The Sky"# "Me As Enemy"... |
| January 15 | Said the Whale Said The Whale Said the Whale is a Vancouver-based indie rock band started by Ben Worcester and Tyler Bancroft.Their debut EP Taking Abalonia was released in 2007. It was re-released with seven new songs on June 3, 2008 in Canada as a full-length LP under the name Howe Sounds/Taking Abalonia... |
"Black Day in December" | Islands Disappear Islands Disappear Islands Disappear is Said the Whale's second full length album. It was released on October 13, 2009. Music videos for some of the songs have been made and are available on YouTube... |
| January 22 | The King Khan & BBQ Show The King Khan & BBQ Show The King Khan & BBQ Show was a Canadian Garage rock duo from Montreal, Quebec who mixed doo-wop and punk. The band was composed of former Spaceshits bandmates Mark Sultan and Blacksnake, alias King Khan. Mark Sultan, under the pseudonym BBQ, contributed vocals, guitar, tambourine, bass drum, and... |
"Crystal Ball" | Invisible Girl |
| January 29 | John K. Samson John K. Samson John Kristjan Samson is a musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is a singer-songwriter and currently the frontman of the Canadian folk punk band The Weakerthans... |
"Heart of the Continent" | City Route 85 City Route 85 City Route 85 is a solo EP by John K. Samson of The Weakerthans, released October 30, 2009 on Grand Hotel van Cleef in Europe, and November 3, 2009 on ANTI-/Epitaph in North America... |
| February 5 | Owen Pallett Owen Pallett Michael James Owen Pallett is a Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist from Toronto, Ontario. He won the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the album He Poos Clouds.... |
"Lewis Takes Action Lewis Takes Action "Lewis Takes Action" is the first single from the album Heartland by Canadian musician Owen Pallett. It was released by Domino records in January 2010 in a limited edition on 7" vinyl. It features one track from the album and one exclusive track called "A Watery Day"... " |
Heartland |
| February 12 | |||
| February 19 | Sloan Sloan (band) Sloan is a Toronto-based alternative rock quartet from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Throughout their 20-year tenure Sloan has released 10 LPs , two EPs, a live album, a "best of" collection and no less than thirty singles... |
"Where Are You Now?" | Hit & Run Hit & Run (EP) -Recording and release:The album was recorded in the summer of 2009, with the majority being completed before Chris Murphy's involvement in an actual hit and run collision in July, after which the EP is named... |
| February 26 | Woodhands Woodhands Woodhands is a Canadian electro-pop band. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the band currently consists of musicians Dan Werb and Paul Banwatt . They work closely with producer Roger Leavens at Boombox Sound in Toronto... |
"CP24" | Remorsecapade |
| March 5 | Basia Bulat Basia Bulat - External links :*... |
"Heart of My Own" | Heart of My Own Heart of My Own Heart of My Own is the second full-length album by Canadian singer-songwriter Basia Bulat, released on January 26, 2010, on Secret City Records... |
| March 12 | Jason Collett Jason Collett Jason Collett is a Toronto based singer-songwriter. He has released four solo albums, and is a member of Broken Social Scene. His latest album, Rat a Tat Tat, was released in March, 2010.-Early life:... |
"Love Is a Dirty Word" | Rat a Tat Tat Rat a Tat Tat Rat a Tat Tat is the fifth solo album by Jason Collett of Broken Social Scene. The album was released on March 9, 2010 from record label Arts & Crafts.... |
| March 19 | The Besnard Lakes The Besnard Lakes The Besnard Lakes are a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Formed in 2003 by the husband and wife team of Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas, two of their three albums have been nominated for the Polaris Music Prize.-History:... |
"Albatross" | The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night is the third studio album by the Canadian rock band The Besnard Lakes, released in North America on March 9, 2010. The lead single, "Albatross", was released as a 12-inch single on February 9, 2010.... |
| March 26 | |||
| April 2 | Brasstronaut Brasstronaut Brasstronaut is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with roots in pop, rock, and jazz. They were formed in 2007. Their current line-up consists of Bryan Davies on trumpet, Edo Van Breemen on piano and vocals, Sam Davidson on clarinet and EWI, Tariq Hussain on lap steel & electric... |
"Slow Knots" | Mt. Chimaera |
| April 9 | Zeus Zeus (band) Zeus is a Toronto-based Canadian indie rock band signed to the Arts & Crafts record label. Its members include Rob Drake, Carlin Nicholson, Mike O'Brien, and Neil Quin... |
"I Know" | Say Us |
| April 16 | |||
| April 23 | Kinnie Starr Kinnie Starr Alida Kinnie Starr Pierre is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Calgary, Alberta. Her music, which blends hip hop and alternative rock, has been described as "hip hop aggro groove". Her songs have been included on the soundtracks for the TV series The L Word and the movie Thirteen... |
"A Different Day" | A Different Day |
| April 30 | Plants and Animals Plants and Animals Plants and Animals are a Canadian indie-rock band from Montreal which comprises guitarist-vocalists Warren Spicer and Nic Basque and drummer-vocalist Matthew Woody Woodley. They often describe their music as post-classic rock. They are signed to Secret City Records... |
"The Mama Papa" | La La Land La La Land (album) La La Land is the second full-length album by Canadian indie rock band Plants and Animals, released April 20, 2010 on Secret City Records.The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize.-Track listing:# "Tom Cruz"... |
| May 7 | |||
| May 14 | Caribou Caribou (musician) Daniel Victor Snaith is a composer, musician and recording artist under stage names Caribou, Manitoba and Daphni. Under the supervision of Kevin Buzzard, he obtained a PhD in mathematics at Imperial College London.- Career:... |
"Odessa" | Swim Swim (Caribou album) Swim is an album by Caribou, released in April 2010. It is his first album featuring new material since the 2008 Polaris Music Prize-winning Andorra... |
| May 21 | Hannah Georgas Hannah Georgas Hannah Georgas is a Canadian pop/rock singer-songwriter, currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia.Originally from Newmarket, Ontario, she played in a band with Tim Oxford of Arkells in high school before moving to Victoria, British Columbia to attend university.While in university, she... |
"Bang Bang You're Dead" | This Is Good This Is Good This Is Good is the debut album by Canadian pop/rock singer-songwriter Hannah Georgas. It was released April 27, 2010 by Hidden Pony Records.The album was a longlisted nominee for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize.-Track listing:... |
| May 28 | Broken Social Scene Broken Social Scene Broken Social Scene is a Canadian indie rock band, a musical collective including as few as six and as many as nineteen members, formed in 1999 by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning. Most of its members currently play in various other groups and solo projects, mainly based around the city of Toronto... |
"Forced to Love" | Forgiveness Rock Record Forgiveness Rock Record Forgiveness Rock Record is the fourth studio album by Canadian indie rock musical collective Broken Social Scene, released by the Arts & Crafts record label on May 4, 2010... |
| June 4 | The New Pornographers The New Pornographers The New Pornographers is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia.-History:The band's first four albums each ranked in the top 40 on The Village Voices Pazz & Jop year-end poll of hundreds of music reviewers. From 2000 to 2006, either a New Pornographers' album or a... |
"Your Hands (Together)" | Together Together (The New Pornographers album) Together is the fifth studio album released by Canadian indie rock band The New Pornographers, consisting of 12 tracks. It was released on May 4, 2010. It debuted at number 18 on the Billboard 200.... |
| June 11 | Holy Fuck | "Latin America" | Latin Latin (album) Latin is the third album from improvisational electronic band Holy Fuck. It was placed on the Long List for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize. In the United States, the album reached #14 on the Billboard Dance charts and #40 on the Heatseekers chart.... |
| June 18 | Wintersleep Wintersleep Wintersleep is a Canadian indie rock band from Halifax, Nova Scotia.-Background:Wintersleep formed in 2001 and released two albums with Dependent Music, a music label and artists' collective that began in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1994.... |
"Black Camera" | New Inheritors New Inheritors New Inheritors is the fourth album by Canadian indie rock band Wintersleep, released on May 17, 2010 in Europe, and in North America on May 18.The band began working on the album on September 2009... |
| June 25 | Crystal Castles Crystal Castles (band) Crystal Castles are an experimental electronic band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, consisting of producer Ethan Kath and lyricist and vocalist Alice Glass. Crystal Castles are known for their chaotic live shows and their lo-fi home productions. The duo released many limited EPs between 2006 and... |
"Celestica" | Crystal Castles Crystal Castles (2010 album) Crystal Castles, also known as Crystal Castles II, is the second studio album by Crystal Castles released by Fiction Records on 24 May 2010... |
| July 2 | Shad Shad (rapper) Shadrach Kabango , credited as Shad or Shad K., is a Canadian hip hop artist.-Early life:Born in Kenya, of Rwandan parents, Shad was raised in London, Ontario. His mother worked in London as a hospital lab technician; his father, as a machinist... |
"Yaa I Get It" | TSOL TSOL (album) TSOL is the third album by Canadian rapper Shad, released in Canada on May 25, 2010 and in the United States on October 5, 2010. It is his second album released on Black Box Recordings, and his first album of new material since 2007's Polaris Music Prize-nominated The Old Prince.The album was... |
| July 9 | |||
| July 16 | Tokyo Police Club Tokyo Police Club Tokyo Police Club is an indie rock band from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. It consists of vocalist and bassist David Monks , keyboardist Graham Wright, guitarist Josh Hook , and drummer Greg Alsop .... |
"Wait Up (Boots of Danger)" | Champ |
| July 23 | Hot Hot Heat Hot Hot Heat Hot Hot Heat is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1999 from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.-Career:Dustin Hawthorne and Steve Bays had been in many different bands together since 1995 and met Hawley in 1998. In 1999, Hawley bought a Juno 6 keyboard and asked Bays to try playing it, as no one... |
"21 @ 12" | Future Breeds Future Breeds Future Breeds is Hot Hot Heat's fourth studio album, released on June 8, 2010 under Dine Alone Records. It is the first album with new bassist Parker Bossley, from Fake Shark – Real Zombie!-Background:... |
| July 30 | Stars | "Fixed" | The Five Ghosts The Five Ghosts -Bonus tracks:#"You Do It to Me and I Do It to You Too" [iTunes pre-order only]#"Asleep" [Limited Edition 7" Box Set Exclusive] [Also available as part of the compilation, "Sing Me To Sleep: Indie Lullabies"]-The Seance EP:... |
| August 6 | Sarah Harmer Sarah Harmer Sarah Harmer is a Canadian singer-songwriter and activist.-Biography:Born and raised in Burlington, Ontario, Harmer gained her first exposure to the musician's lifestyle as a teenager, when her older sister Mary started taking her to concerts by the well-known Tragically Hip. At the age of 17, she... |
"Captive" | Oh Little Fire Oh Little Fire Oh Little Fire is the fifth album by Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer, released in 2010. It is her first album of new material since 2005's Polaris Music Prize-nominated I'm a Mountain... |
| August 13 | Wolf Parade Wolf Parade Wolf Parade is an indie rock band formed in 2003 from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band is currently on an indefinite hiatus as of May 31, 2011.-History:... |
"Ghost Pressure" | Expo 86 Expo 86 (album) Expo 86 is the third full-length album by Canadian indie rock band Wolf Parade. It was released on 29 June 2010."Expo 86" was recognized by Exclaim! as the No. 17 Pop & Rock Album of 2010. Exclaim! writer Josh O'Kane said: "Long gone are the densely layered sonic landscapes of Wolf Parade albums... |
| August 20 | The New Pornographers The New Pornographers The New Pornographers is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia.-History:The band's first four albums each ranked in the top 40 on The Village Voices Pazz & Jop year-end poll of hundreds of music reviewers. From 2000 to 2006, either a New Pornographers' album or a... |
"Crash Years" | Together Together (The New Pornographers album) Together is the fifth studio album released by Canadian indie rock band The New Pornographers, consisting of 12 tracks. It was released on May 4, 2010. It debuted at number 18 on the Billboard 200.... |
| August 27 | Broken Social Scene Broken Social Scene Broken Social Scene is a Canadian indie rock band, a musical collective including as few as six and as many as nineteen members, formed in 1999 by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning. Most of its members currently play in various other groups and solo projects, mainly based around the city of Toronto... |
"Texico Bitches" | Forgiveness Rock Record Forgiveness Rock Record Forgiveness Rock Record is the fourth studio album by Canadian indie rock musical collective Broken Social Scene, released by the Arts & Crafts record label on May 4, 2010... |
| September 3 | The Arcade Fire The Arcade Fire Arcade Fire is an indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It consists of the husband and wife duo of Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, along with Will Butler, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, Jeremy Gara, and Sarah Neufeld. William Butler and Régine Chassagne attended McGill University,... |
"Ready to Start" | The Suburbs The Suburbs (Arcade Fire album) The Suburbs is the third studio album by Canadian indie rock band Arcade Fire, released in August 2010. Coinciding with the announcement the band released a limited edition 12-inch single containing two tracks from the album, “The Suburbs” and “Month of May”. The album debuted at #1 on the Irish... |
| September 10 | |||
| September 17 | |||
| September 24 | |||
| October 1 | Black Mountain Black Mountain (band) Black Mountain is a Canadian rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia. The band is composed of Stephen McBean, Amber Webber, Matt Camirand, Jeremy Schmidt and Joshua Wells.-Overview:... |
"The Hair Song" | Wilderness Heart Wilderness Heart Wilderness Heart is the third album by Black Mountain, released on September 14, 2010.The album received a nod from Exclaim! magazine as the No. 18 Pop & Rock Album of 2010... |
| October 8 | |||
| October 15 | Tokyo Police Club Tokyo Police Club Tokyo Police Club is an indie rock band from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. It consists of vocalist and bassist David Monks , keyboardist Graham Wright, guitarist Josh Hook , and drummer Greg Alsop .... |
"Big Difference" | Champ |
| October 22 | Land of Talk Land of Talk Land of Talk is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2006 from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band consists of singer and guitarist Elizabeth Powell, bass guitarist Joseph Yarmush and drummer Andrew Barr.-History:... |
"Swift Coin" | Cloak and Cipher Cloak and Cipher Cloak and Cipher is the second full-length album by Canadian indie rock band Land of Talk, released August 24, 2010, on Saddle Creek Records.The album features special guests including Patrick Watson as well as members of Stars, Thee Silver Mt... |
| October 29 | The Meligrove Band The Meligrove Band The Meligrove Band is a Canadian indie rock band, based in Toronto, and consisting of Jason Nunes on vocals, guitar and piano, Darcy Rego on vocals and drums, Brian O'Reilly on guitar and synthesizer, and Michael Small on bass guitar.-History:... |
"Bones Attack!!!" | Shimmering Lights Shimmering Lights Shimmering Lights is the fourth studio album by Canadian indie-rock band The Meligrove Band, released September 21, 2010 in Canada and The United States.- Side A :#Ghosts At My Back - 3:30#Really Want It - 3:14#Make Believe It - 3:31... |
| November 5 | |||
| November 12 | Quest for Fire Quest for Fire (band) Quest for Fire is a Canadian psychedelic rock band, consisting of Andrew Moszynski, Chad Ross, Mike Maxymuik and Josh Bauman. Moszynski and Ross were previously in the band The Deadly Snakes, while Maxymuik was formerly in the band Cursed and Bauman was previously in the band No No Zero.The band... |
"Set Out Alone" | Lights from Paradise |
| November 19 | Owen Pallett Owen Pallett Michael James Owen Pallett is a Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist from Toronto, Ontario. He won the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the album He Poos Clouds.... |
"A Man with No Ankles" | A Swedish Love Story A Swedish Love Story A Swedish Love Story is a 1970 Swedish romantic drama directed by Roy Andersson, starring Ann-Sofie Kylin and Rolf Sohlman as two teenagers falling in love. Inspired by the Czechoslovak New Wave, the film was Andersson's feature film debut and was successful in Sweden and abroad. It was entered... |
| November 26 | The Russian Futurists The Russian Futurists The Russian Futurists are a Canadian indie pop band based in Toronto. Their music can be described as lo-fi, indie-electronica fused with a twee-pop temperament... |
"Hoeing Weeds Sowing Seeds" | The Weight's on the Wheels |
| December 3 | Diamond Rings Diamond Rings (musician) John O'Regan is a Canadian artist and musician best known by his stage name Diamond Rings. In addition to writing, recording, and producing his own music, he is also noted for transcending traditional representations of gender and identity in his live performances and videos.-2003 - 2008: Early... |
"Something Else" | Special Affections Special Affections (album) Diamond Rings' debut album, Special Affections, was released on October 25, 2010.Special Affections received a nod from Exclaim! as the No. 11 Pop & Rock Album of 2010. The album was also named as a longlisted nominee for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize.-Track listing:... |
| December 11 | Suuns | "Arena" | Zeroes QC |
| December 18 | Stars | "Wasted Daylight" | The Five Ghosts The Five Ghosts -Bonus tracks:#"You Do It to Me and I Do It to You Too" [iTunes pre-order only]#"Asleep" [Limited Edition 7" Box Set Exclusive] [Also available as part of the compilation, "Sing Me To Sleep: Indie Lullabies"]-The Seance EP:... |