Featuring the stellar line-up of Two Hours Traffic, Mother Mother, Beast, Sebastien Grainger & The Mountains, Shout Out Out Out, and The Arkells, the Canadian Blast BBQ & Showcase brought its highest turnout in the event’s 5-year history with 3000 music-loving souls. In addition, Canada further made its mark on Austin, Texas with its new “Canada House,” which showcased 40 artists over 4 nights of music.
Wondering what you missed? Check out the official Canadian Blast website @ http://www.canadianblast.com and the full calendar here.
A list of all artists participating in this year’s Canadian Blast at SXSW is below (courtesy of the Canadian Blast website):
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A
AIDS Wolf
Alex Cuba
Ann Vriend
Arkells
Aun
Azeda Booth
B
Beast
Bedouin Soundclash
Boats
Bonjour Brumaire
Buck 65
C
Cancer Bats
Caracol
Classified
Codie Prevost
Colin Moore
Colin Munroe
D
Dan Mangan
David Martel
DDMMYYYY
The Deep Dark Woods
Moka Only + Def 3
Delhi 2 Dublin
The Details
D.O.
D’Urbervilles
E
Elliot Brood
Emma-Lee
Empire Isis
The Evaporators
F
Felix Cartal
The FemBots
Final Flash
G
Gavin Stephenson
Gentleman Reg
The Golden Dogs
Gordie Tentrees
Grand Analog
H
Handsome Furs
Hey Ocean
The High Dials
Hollerado
Hot Panda
Human Highway
I
Immaculate Machine
Inward Eye
J
Jay Semko
Jeff Pitcher
Jen Lane
Jenn Grant
Jesse Dangerously
Jill Barber
Jokers of the Scene
John Lajoie
The Johnstones
Josh Martinez
The Joys
K
Katie Stelmanis
Keys N Krates
Kim Beggs
Krista Muir
L
Les Handclaps
Lights
Lindi Ortega
Lions In the Street
Little Miss Higgins
Lorrie Matheson
Luke Doucet
M
Magneta Lane
Melissa Auf der Maur
Melissa McLelland
Mishka
More or Les
Mother Mother
MSTRKRFT
N
NO KIDS
Ninjasonik
N.Q. Arbuckle
P
The Pack A.D.
The Painted Birds
Pat Thornton
Peer Pressure
The Perpetrators
Po’Girl
R
Ruby Coast
The Rural Alberta Advantage
S
Sagapool
Sam Roberts
Sebastien Grainger
Shad
Shout Out Out Out Out
Skavenjah
Slim Twig
Smokekiller
Social Code
T
Telepathic Butterflies
Thunderheist
Torngat
Twilight Hotel
Two Hours Traffic
W
The Wet Secrets
We Were Lovers
Winter Gloves
Wintersleep
The Wooden Sky
Woodhands
Z
Big In Canada 