The Deadly Snakes – Acclaimed Toronto garage legends finally achieve commercial success, then succumb to internal venom.
Death From Above 1979 – Although secretly decided more than a year ago, Toronto noise-rock duo officially announced their split on August 3.
controller.controller – After failing to build on their debut EP’s buzz, singer Nirmala Basnayake’s departure effectively killed these promising PiL-poppers.
From Fiction – Summer 2006: Math-rock class dismissed!
The Organ – Dreamy Morrissey-influenced femmes confirm breakup rumours on December 7.
The Daybreak – The sun sets for these promising local brit-rockers.
Cadeaux – The best band to come out of Vancouver this decade, this five piece post punk outfit got killed when Van City dance-rockers You Say Party We Say Die! poached their drummer and vocalist.
The Winter Equinox – Creative electro-experimenters divided into four new bands on Feb 27.
Spitfires and Mayflowers – Vice approved indie pirates walked the plank after guitarist Henri Fabergé’s side project The Adorables got big. Bassist Andy Lloyd joined in the mutiny.
Sleater-Kinney – Veteran indie rockers went on permanent hiatus after releasing their master-work The Woods in 2005.
Granddaddy – The “American Radiohead” fades out.
Out Hud – NYC electro kids amicably split to concentrate on their better-known dance-punk side projects, !!! and LCD Soundsystem.
Best Demos (watch out for these in 2007)
The Teenagers – “Homecoming” (Summer Lovers Unlimited) Paris-London lo-fi electro punks’ “Homecoming” will undoubtedly become 2007’s hookup anthem.
Fjord Rowboat – Save the Compliments for Morning (Independent) Dark shoegazer coupled with pop sensibility, this album, set for release in February 2007, should make Toronto ground zero for reverb-y greatness.
The Postage Stamps – This Ugly Arrangement (Independent) Recorded in the same room that The Arcade Fire conceived Funeral, these Toronto veterans have a bona fide indie-rock gem on their hands.
