Big in Canada

01:19:22

Tegan and Sara: Part 1 - "Where Does the Good Go"

Big in Canada ·

2026/10/06

The first part of our investigation into whether or not fully famous twin sister duo Tegan and Sara are spiritually CanCon, takes us from their humble Calgary beginnings to the halls of Seattle Grace Hospital and the first season of Grey's Anatomy. Can our CanCon doctors diagnose and treat this unique case? Symptoms include: Hawksley Workman, Jann Arden, and strange accents. Also discussed: Big Shiny Tunes, a Certified CanCon Mystery™, Austin Powers, pervy dudes, brain rot, Angine de Poitrine,

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00:03:51

TEASER | Bryan Adams' War on CanCon

Big in Canada ·

2026/10/01

TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREONEverything Bryan Adams does, he does it for himself. In anticipation of Bryan Adams' forthcoming album, which he describes as "a deeply personal musical love letter to Canada," we create a timeline of the CanCon Man's tumultuous relationship with CanCon rules and his baffling opinions about the Canadian music industry as a whole. How’s it goin’, Bryan? Not great!

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01:10:18

K-OS: Part Zero - "Sunday Morning"

Big in Canada ·

2026/09/29

In the final chapter of our K-OS deep dive, we take a look at his chaotic post-Crabbuckit career which includes teaming up with members of Broken Social Scene , Nelly Furtado, Bob Rock, and many others. Mac also argues that the CanCon-filled Yes! (2009) is K-OS' best album meanwhile Laura says no! to that outrageous claim. Also discussed: Tegan & Sara, the Barenaked Ladies fumbling the national anthem, having fun and more!

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01:03:24

K-OS: Part 2 - "Crabbuckit"

Big in Canada ·

2026/09/22

We climb claw-first into K-OS's breakout 2004 album Joyful Rebellion and continue our quest to figure out what fuels and frightens K-OS. Hip-hop? The biz? Everything? Everyone? It's all in the music man.Also discussed: Lake Ontario, Weaponized Canconpetence, Bryan Adams, Shaq, Electric Circus, choosing Canada, walking around, crab bucket syndrome and much more.

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01:06:07

K-OS: Part 1 - "Heaven Only Knows"

Big in Canada ·

2026/09/15

K-OS is one of the defining Canadian musicians of the 00s but his musical output begins in the mid 90s. We trace K-OS's evolution from his upbringing in Whitby, Ontario to him finally releasing his debut album Exit in 2002. We are just getting started here folks.Also discussed: Lake Ontario, Blue Rodeo, Daisy Chain Fields, PISS, Jake Gold, Bryan Adams and much more.Note: this episode was recorded before noted villain of CanCon Bryan Adams announced his new album "about Canada" - much

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00:50:31

UNLOCKED | Busted: CanCon's B-tier boy bands

Big in Canada ·

2026/09/08

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON FOR MORE BONUS EPISODES LIKE THIS ONE, MUSIC RECCOMENDATIONS AND MORE.In the late 90s, tens of Canadian men banded together to sing, dance, gel their hair and try to make it big with their songs of fantasy and insecurity. These are the ones you DON'T remember.Plus, some Xav, Rush and Alexisonfire t-shirt talk.

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00:50:21

Summer Gab Vol. II: Raine vs. Chantal The Book, The...

Big in Canada ·

2026/09/01

We say goodbye to the summer months with Vol. II of our seasonal gab. We talk about our interview with Dave from Wave, the real origins of stomp-clap, Raine Maida and Chantal Kreviazuk's new marriage memoire, the rebroadcast of the final Tragically Hip concert and Mac's recent experiences at the Alexisonfire Crisis 20th anniversary show and the PUP The Dream is Over 10th anniversary show. Music is good!

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01:26:53

Goin' to California with Wave's Dave Thomson

Big in Canada ·

2026/08/25

In the late 90s, Dave "Dwave" Thomson was a 20 year old Brock University student who worked at Sunrise Records. But with a mega-hit in his back pocket and bandmate Paul Gigliotti by his side, everything was about to change. Dave joins us for the definitive retelling of Wave's road from Niagara-region Oasis cover band to major label hit-makers. And yes, he answers the question that we at Big in Canada have been dying to know: had he been to California before writing one of the all-time

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00:05:31

TEASER | Busted: CanCon's B-tier boy bands

Big in Canada ·

2026/08/21

TO HEAR THE EPISODE BECOME A PATREON! THANK YOU!In the late 90s, tens of Canadian men banded together to sing, dance, gel their hair and try to make it big with their songs of fantasy and insecurity. These are the ones you DON'T remember.Plus, some Xav, Rush and Alexisonfire t-shirt talk.

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01:15:08

Rough Trade - "High School Confidential"

Big in Canada ·

2026/08/18

In the late 70s, Carole Pope and Rough Trade's campy, sexy and provocative live show made them a Toronto staple. But when "High School Confidential" took over the airwaves with its at-the-time shocking line about jean-creaming, they broke nationally and paved the way for generations of queer artists. We dive into the legacy of Rough Trade and review the new documentary Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions.Also discussed: uncomfortable funkiness, the JUNOS in the 80s, Peaches, Jann

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00:58:00

Big on Satellite Radio feat. Brian Fauteux

Big in Canada ·

2026/08/11

In this special Big in Canada Big Book Club episode, Laura is joined by Edmonton-based professor and author Brian Fauteux to discuss his latest book, Music in Orbit: Satellite Radio in the Streaming Space Age. Laura and Brian explore the cosmos and chat about satellite radio's arrival in Canada, its impact on the Canadian music landscape, the current state of Sirius XM Canada, and much more. Music in Orbit is out now via the University of California Press.

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01:33:41

Y2K Canadian Boy Bands RANKED

Big in Canada ·

2026/08/04

Now that we've done episodes on each of the most infamous Y2K Canadian boy bands, it's time to RANK them. We consider the look, the song, the talent, and the legacy of B4-4, soulDecision, Wave, Sky, McMaster & James, and The Moffatts. Which band of boys will capture the heart of Big in Canada? Also discussed: The Tragically Chip ice cream, Weighty Ghost as the first stomp-clap song, Angine de Poitrine (again!), and more.

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00:58:04

Summer Gab 2026: Angine de Poitrine, Shania Twain and...

Big in Canada ·

2026/07/28

It's hot! And to celebrate, we have a gab about Shania Twain's retreat to the Horseshoe Tavern and the arms of Canadian music critics, Mac's experience seeing Angine de Poitrine open for Jack White at the Bud and finally we react to the Polaris Prize Short List (the PPSL) and the change in how the winner will be chosen this year.

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00:07:11

TEASER | Misery: Canada's Top 40 Chart

Big in Canada ·

2026/07/21

TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREONAlex Porat, Adam Rodway, Preston Pablo, Alex Samson...are these real people? Do you know them? Have you heard their songs? We dive deep to discover what all these random people sound like and find out what it takes to make a Top 40 CanCon hit in 2026.

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01:14:36

Wintersleep - "Weighty Ghost" feat. Paul Murphy of...

Big in Canada ·

2026/07/14

HAVE YOU SEEN OUR PATREON?Paul Murphy, singer and guitarist of Wintersleep, is here to discuss the Nova Scotian origins of the band, playing shows wherever they could, the early 00s Halifax music scene, his voice, the weight of Weighty Ghost, writing about America, nostalgia, and much more. Wintersleep's new record Wishing Moon is out now via Dine Alone Records. Also discussed: UFOs, Mac and Laura's love of Wintersleep, "51st State", Mustique, The Tragically Hip's various brand

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01:12:00

Lee Aaron - "Whatcha Do to My Body"

Big in Canada ·

2026/07/07

It's 1984 and you are watching MuchMusic. Metal is ascendant. You are 14. A video begins to play. "Metal Queen" Lee Aaron is holding a sword as tall as her, wielding a voice twice that size. "Is this metal?", you wonder. It doesn't matter - you submit to the will of your new Queen. Also discussed: metal, songs as boner metaphors, being sexy vs. empowering, hard rock trend chasing, the impossible 80s, The Friendly Frog Freak Show, Voices in Public, Zohran loves k-os,

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01:10:22

Sass Jordan - "Make You a Believer"

Big in Canada ·

2026/06/30

Before becoming the Paula Abdul of Canadian Idol, Sass Jordan was known for her huge voice and bluesy disposition. But the further she leaned into the sleaze, the closer she got to Canadian reality television fame. Not everyone can be Robert Johnson at the crossroads.Also discussed: YouTube channel maintenance, cover bands, posting your Ls is CanCon, Xav at Shawarma Fest, Bündock, Taylor Hawkins, appropriation, blues, internalized misogyny and much more.

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01:25:36

Ryan Malcolm - "Something More" feat. Ryan Malcolm

Big in Canada ·

2026/06/23

As Ryan Malcolm went from singing in an oldies cover band with his dad to becoming the Season 1 winner of Canadian Idol, he experienced first hand what it was like to be inside the guts of major label CanCon. Despite being the people's champ and having a number one hit single for several months (!), his place in the industry, as he tells us, came with an asterisk.Also discussed: reel estate, nature, Mile End Kicks, the PPLL, Canadian Idol, World Idol, recording "Home", screaming fans,

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00:09:38

TEASER | Soccer is CanCon

Big in Canada ·

2026/06/19

TO HEAR THE FULL EPISODE VISIT OUR PATREONAs the World Cup takes over Toronto and Vancouver, we discuss the Boi-1da album that was maybe supposed to feature Tragically Hip remixes but now just includes a rather drab cover of Ahead By Century that will surely soundtrack the montage of Team Canada highlights once they are eliminated. It also features CanCon artists known and unknown. We talk about words that rhyme with "tryna", the Bishnoi gang, electric circus, buisness solutions, Bell

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00:58:18

McMaster & James - "Thank You"

Big in Canada ·

2026/06/16

McMaster & James check all the CanCon boy band boxes. And while they never reached the ubiquity of some of their contemporaries, their lone album might be the best boy band album this country ever produced. Woah woah woah yeah yeah yeah.Also discussed: the Bounce, tributaries, Sook-Yin Lee, the tyranny of "oh baby", songwriting, Canadian Idol, music videos, choruses and much more.

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