The Scenics - rare Toronto punk

Longtime reader Ramesh sent this in a while back & I owe him a huge apology for not posting it sooner...it's for his old band, The Scenics. A part of the little celebrated Toronto punk scene of the late 70's - even less celebrated than Vancouver!

The Scenics, were together from 1976-82, and have since reunited in 2008. Hardly anybody knew about them, but a small minority loved them. Their two albums (recorded 1977-80) are available as free downloads here. Jack Rabid of Big Takeover magazine called them Canada's answer to The Velvet Underground.

Visit the band's facebook page here, and take a walking tour of Toronto punk here.

Also, here's a segment of a documentary that focuses on Canada, in particular Toronto:

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

For those who might be curious, you can now stream the entire new album from Arcade Fire courtesy of NPR. I don't know about you, but this is one of the few contemporary bands that interests me...I'm looking forward to this one. Stream the entire thing below or listen to individual tracks here.