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From: "Swim Taxi" <thegeniusiwas@hotmail.com>
>The Weakerthans and The Tragically Hip are also great live bands from 
>up north.

Never cared for the Hip, but how could I have forgotten the 
Weakerthans?  RECONSTRUCTION SITE is among my favorite albums of the 
deacde so far, and along with the band's own excellent new album, CBC 
Radio 3 has been giving heavy airplay recently to their absolutely 
storming cover of "Bad Time To Be Poor" from the recent Rheostatics 
tribute disc.  They give it a sort of "Like A Hurricane" vibe.

S