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Canadian Music From The Decade Of 200n, n={0 through 9}

The turning of the calendar from December to January will always bring out any number of lists that vary in their usefulness. One that I will happily pass along is a retrospectus of the decade that was 2000 through 2009 in

Grantius Augustus Lawrencius - Ensuring that Canada sparkles with amazing homegrown music

Canadian Independent music from CBC Radio3‘s Grant Lawrence. And what a seminal decade it was! This week and the next’s episodes of Grant’s extremely successful podcast feature his picks for the best Canadian Indie songs from 2000-2009. One of the first things Grant notes is how the great success of Canadian musicians both at home and abroad this past decade has allowed for vehicles like Radio3 to not only be formed, but thrive. Without further ado, here is the first half of the list, starting at number 20 (and get the podcast!):

#20 – The Wet SecretsSecret March from 2007. You can purchase their album from Six Shooter records here.

The rest of the list is after the jump to avoid spoilers for any who might be interested and would like to simply listen to the whole podcast.

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