Top Ten Torontopia Treats - In no particular order, with more debuts, a younger vibe & probably a truer reflection of the live music experienced this year
1. 
- Zeus - Something Awesome - Debut on Arts & Crafts soon. Slightly abnormal obsession with the melodic beauty of this band has led me to memorize their set.
2. 
- Jason Collett - Here’s To Being Here - A grower & more for the Basement Revue than the contents of the record.
3. 
- Brendan Canning - Something For All Of Us - Let’s make it an A&C hattrick, shall we?
4. 
- Laura Barrett - Victory Garden - The city’s kalimba kween - long may she reign.
5. 
- Constantines - Kensington Heights - They get better every record. Insane.
6. 
- The D’Urbervilles - We Are The Hunters - Lost none of the fun frenetic energy of the EP in the ‘real’ LP release. So good.
7. 
- Samantha Martin - Back Home - Smoky-voiced sultry country singer worth checking out next time you’re in town.
8. 
- William Delray - s/t - Mark my words: Anything you buy recorded by Wm will be a collector’s item someday.
9. 
- Sloan - Parallel Play - 10th album & still solid - A song about a witch’s wand, you ask? Amazing, I reply.
10. 
- Proof of Ghosts - s/t - Royal City meets Cuff The Duke under the mentorship of Neil Young to create banjoriffic fuzzy amazingness. Makes you wish you had a cottage.
Honourable Metro Mentions: Paso Mino (Had I made the list next week, this’d probably be #3, I can’t stop listening to ‘Canadian Skin’ on repeat), Gentleman Reg
