2014 in Canadian music

This is a summary of the year 2014 in the Canadian music industry.

Events

• March 23 – Arcade Fire's video for "Afterlife", directed by Emily Kai Bock, wins the 2014 Prism Prize.
• March 30 – Juno Awards of 2014
• April – 2014 East Coast Music Awards
• June 19 – Prelimimary longlist for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize is announced.
• July 15 – Shortlist for the Polaris Music Prize is announced.
• September 22 – Tanya Tagaq wins the Polaris Music Prize for her album Animism.
• November 29 – 10th Canadian Folk Music Awards

Bands on hiatus

• Hedley
• Crystal Castles

Bands reformed

• Stereos
• The Smalls

Albums released

A

• Alvvays, Alvvays – July 22
• Matt Andersen, Weightless – January 28
• Jann Arden, Everything Almost – April 29
• Arkells, High Noon – August 5
• Rich Aucoin, Ephemeral – September 9
• Austra, Habitat (EP) – June 17
• Ayrad, Ayrad – October 28

B

• Philippe B, Ornithologie, la nuit – April
• BadBadNotGood, III – May 6
• Bahamas, Bahamas Is Afie – August 19
• Del Barber, Prairieography – February 4
• Jill Barber, Fool's Gold – June 17
• Matthew Barber, Big Romance – May 27
• The Barr Brothers, Sleeping Operator – October 7
• Barzin, To Live Alone in That Long Summer – February 24
• Bobby Bazini, Where I Belong – May 10
• The Beaches, Heights
• Bend Sinister, Animals – March 11
• Ridley Bent, Wildcard
• Art Bergmann, Songs for the Underclass – August 26
• Bidiniband, The Motherland – May 29
• Big Brave, Feral Verdure
• Big Wreck, Ghosts – June 10
• Billy Talent, Hits – November 4
• The Birthday Massacre, Superstition – November 11
• Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, South – January 14
• Blue Moon Marquee, Lonesome Hearts and Last Dollar
• Blue Rodeo, A Merrie Christmas to You – November 4
• Isabelle Boulay, Merci Serge Reggiani
• Philippe Brach, La foire et l'ordre
• Buck 65, Neverlove – September 30
• Buck 65 with Jorun Bombay, Laundromat Boogie – September 29
• Mariel Buckley, Motorhome
• T. Buckley, Nowhere Fast
• Spencer Burton, Don't Let the World See Your Love
• Matthew Byrne, Hearts and Heroes

C

• Steph Cameron, Sad-Eyed Lonesome Lady
• Paul Cargnello, The Hardest Part Is You May Never Know
• Caribou, Our Love – October 7
• Jennifer Castle, Pink City – September 2
• Chic Gamine, Christmas, Vol. 1
• Chromeo, White Women – April
• Cœur de pirate, Trauma: Chansons de la serie tele Saison 5 – January 14
• Adam Cohen, We Go Home – September 16
• Leonard Cohen, Popular Problems – September 23
• Cold Specks, Neuroplasticity – August 26
• Antoine Corriveau, Les Ombres longues
• Cousins, The Halls of Wickwire – May 13
• Rose Cousins, Stray Birds – September 2
• Amelia Curran, They Promised You Mercy – November 4

D

• Danko Jones, Garage Rock – April 8
• deadmau5, (1<2) – June 17
• Death From Above 1979 – The Physical World – September 9
• Tony Dekker, Sings 10 Years of Zunior – August 5
• Mac DeMarco, Salad Days – April 1
• Devours, 24th & Main
• Digging Roots, For the Light
• Celine Dion, Céline une seule fois / Live 2013 – May 16
• Dirty Beaches, Stateless – November 4
• Down With Webster, Party For Your Life – January 28
• Gordon Downie and The Sadies, And the Conquering Sun – April 15
• Kevin Drew, Darlings – March 18
• Victoria Duffield, Accelerate – June 3
• Marc Dupré, Là dans ma tête
• Durham County Poets, Chikkaboodah Stew

E

• Eccodek, Singing in Tongues
• Thompson Egbo-Egbo, Short Stories
• Elephant Stone, The Three Poisons – August 26
• Elliott Brood, Work and Love – October 21
• Quique Escamilla, 500 Years of Night

F

• Christine Fellows, Burning Daylight – September 23
• Michael Feuerstack, Singer Songer – April 29
• Serge Fiori, Serge Fiori – March 11
• Jeremy Fisher, The Lemon Squeeze – May 13
• Frazey Ford, Indian Ocean – October 14
• Fucked Up, Glass Boys – June 3

G

• Gob, Apt. 13 – August 26
• Jenn Grant, Clairvoyant – May 9
• Jenn Grant, Compostela – October 21
• Emm Gryner, Torrential – April 8

H

• Kevin Hearn, Days in Frames – November 25
• Ryan Hemsworth, Alone for the First Time – November 4
• Hey Rosetta!, Second Sight – October 21
• The Hidden Cameras, Age – January 21
• Matt Holubowski, Ogen, Old Man

I

• In-Flight Safety, Conversationalist – September 9
• Brandon Isaak, Here on Earth

J

• jacksoul, Greatest Hits – November 25
• Junia-T, Eye See You

K

• Mo Kenney, In My Dreams
• Khotin, Hello World
• Kiesza, Sound of a Woman – October 21
• Diana Krall, Wallflower – September 9
• Nicholas Krgovich, On Sunset
• Kyprios, Midnight Sun

L

• Lisa LeBlanc, Highways, Heartaches and Time Well Wasted – November 4
• Salomé Leclerc, 27 fois l'aurore
• Library Voices, For John
• Lights, Little Machines – September 23
• Lowell, I Killed Sara V – February
• Lowell, We Loved Her Dearly – September

M

• Madchild, Switched On
• Magic!, Don't Kill the Magic – July 1
• Jay Malinowski & the Deadcoast, Martel – February 11
• Marie-Mai, M – May 12
• John Mann, The Waiting Room
• Kalle Mattson, Someday, The Moon Will Be Gold – February 11
• Eamon McGrath, Exile, Part 2 – March 11
• Jon McKiel, Jon McKiel
• Sarah McLachlan, Shine On – May 6
• The Meligrove Band, Bones of Things – November 18
• Patrice Michaud, Le Feu de chaque jour
• Millimetrik, Lonely Lights (LP), Remixed Lights (EP)
• Moist, Glory Under Dangerous Skies – October 7
• Monogrenade, Composite – February 4
• Mother Mother, Very Good Bad Thing – November 4
• Mounties, Thrash Rock Legacy – March 4
• Miranda Mulholland, Whipping Boy

N

• The New Mendicants, Into the Lime – January 28
• The New Pornographers, Brill Bruisers – August 26
• Justin Nozuka, Ulysees – April 15
• NQ Arbuckle, The Future Happens Anyway – April 29

O

• The OBGMs, The OBGMs
• Oh Susanna, Namedropper – October 7
• Old Man Luedecke, I Never Sang Before I Met You – February 4
• The Olympic Symphonium, Chance to Fate – March 18
• Orange O'Clock, Crazy Carnival

P

• The Pack A.D., Do Not Engage – January 28
• Owen Pallett, In Conflict – May 13
• Pascale Picard Band, All Things Pass – April 18
• Philémon Cimon, L'Été
• Pink Mountaintops, Get Back – April 29
• Dany Placard, Santa Maria
• The Provincial Archive, It's All Shaken Wonder
• PS I Love You, For Those Who Stay – July 22

R

• Radio Radio, Ej feel zoo – March 18
• Raised By Swans, Öxnadalur – November 1
• Alyssa Reid, Timebomb – February 11
• Reuben and the Dark, Funeral Sky
• Alejandra Ribera, La Boca – February 4
• The Road Hammers, Wheels – June 1
• Sam Roberts Band, Lo-Fantasy – February 11
• Benjamin Dakota Rogers, Wayfarer
• The Rural Alberta Advantage, Mended with Gold – September 30
• Rush, R40 – November 11
• Justin Rutledge, Daredevil – April 22

S

• Julien Sagot, Valse 333
• Sargeant X Comrade, Salvage the Soul
• Saukrates, Amani – September 23
• Sea Oleena, Shallow
• Crystal Shawanda, The Whole World's Got the Blues
• Skinny Puppy, The Greater Wrong of the Right (reissue) – January 28
• Sloan, Commonwealth – September 9
• Dallas Smith, Lifted - November 25
• Dallas Smith, Tippin' Point (EP) – March 4
• Meaghan Smith, Have a Heart
• Solids, Blame Confusion
• Solvent, New Ways: Music from "I Dream of Wires" – February 11
• Souldia, Krime grave
• John Southworth, Niagara
• The Stanfields, For King and Country
• Stars, No One Is Lost – October 14
• Jeffery Straker, Live with CBC Radio
• Sunparlour Players, The Living Proof – April 8
• Swollen Members, Brand New Day – June 17

T

• Tanya Tagaq, Animism – May 27
• The Tea Party, The Ocean at the End – June 24
• Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light on Everything – January 21
• Theory of a Deadman, Savages – July 29
• Thus Owls, Turning Rocks – April 8
• Timber Timbre, Hot Dreams – April 1
• Tokyo Police Club, Forcefield – March 25
• The Tragically Hip, Fully Completely (reissue) – November 17
• The Trews, The Trews – April 22

U

• Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker, Advanced Basics – February 11
• Un Blonde, Tenet

V

• Rosie Valland, Rosie Valland
• Chad VanGaalen, Shrink Dust – April 29
• Various Artists, Native North America, Vol. 1 – November 25
• Roch Voisine, My Very Best – February 11

W

• Rufus Wainwright, Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright – March 4
• Wake Owl, The Private World of Paradise – March 4
• Weaves, Weaves EP
• Bry Webb, Free Will – May 20
• The Wet Secrets, Free Candy – February 4
• Whitehorse, Éphémère sans repère – April 1
• WHOOP-Szo, Qallunaat/Odemin
• Royal Wood, The Burning Bright – March 4
• The Wooden Sky, Let's Be Ready – September 2

Y

• Nikki Yanofsky, Little Secret – May 6
• You+Me, rose ave. – October 14
• Neil Young, A Letter Home – April 19

Z

• Zeus, Classic Zeus – September 2

Top hits on record

The lists are updated weekly through Nielsen Soundscan.

Albums

Top 10 Canadian albums

Top 10 International albums

Singles

Top 10 Singles

Canadian Hot 100 Year-End List

Deaths

• February 25 – Angèle Arsenault, singer-songwriter
• February 26 – Georges Hamel, country music singer and songwriter
• March 23 – Dave Brockie, heavy metal singer (Gwar)
• March 25 – Bill Merritt, rock bassist and festival director, director of the Winnipeg Folk Festival, co-founder of the Winnipeg International Children's Festival
• March 29 – Dave Gregg, punk guitarist (D.O.A.)
• May 10 – Nash the Slash (Jeff Plewman), progressive rock musician

References