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While Madonna & Brittany Spears spent 2003 smooching at the MTV music awards, a musical avalanche was building north of the border.
2003 saw the birth of a herd of fresh faced Canadian bands, who went on to release some of the most significant Canadian albums of the last 20 years.
In 2003 The Stills released Logic Will Break Your Heart & 9 years later “Lola Stars and Stripes” is still one of my favourite songs.
Metric’s debut album Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? came out that year and “Combat Baby” was the on the stereo at every house party across the land.
The Canadian indie rock avalanche continued in 2003 with Broken Social Scene’s You Forgot It in People.
The New Pornographers released Electric Version in 2003 & Buck 65 got “Wicked and Weird” on Talkin’ Honkey Blues that very same year.
In 2003 The Joel Plaskett Emergency dropped Truthfully,Truthfully featuring the best song about teachers “Come On Teacher”, since Van Halen’s “Hot For Teacher”.
I’m sure I am missing plenty of others. Help me out.
What were the best albums of 2003?
Was 2003 the best year for Canadian music? Discuss!