The Besnard Lakes

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The Besnard Lakes are an indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Formed by the husband and wife team of Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas, they have released two albums.

The band are currently a six-piece centered around the atmospheric songs of Lasek and Goreas, whose expansive sound culls from numerous aspects of rock ‘n’ roll history. The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse was recorded at singer Lasek’s own Breakglass Studios, with members of Stars, The Dears and Godspeed You! Black Emperor/Silver Mt. Zion making guest appearances.

The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse was on the shortlist for the 2007 Polaris Music Prize but lost to Close to Paradise by Patrick Watson.

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Top Tracks

1	For Agent 13	277
2	Disaster	273
3	Devastation	203
4	and you lied to me	187
5	Because Tonight	165
6	On Bedford And Grand	142
7	Cedric's War	135
8	Ride The Rails	121
9	Rides the Rails	92
10	You Lies To Me	59
11	Casino Nanaimo	30
12	You've Got to Want to Be a Star	17
12	For Spy Turned Musician	17
14	Skyscraper Girls	15
14	Deep, Desultory Dream	15

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OskOlok wrote:
yesterday afternoon

http://www.last.fm/music/Bye-bye+violet+tapes/Bye-bye+violet+tapes+EP

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svampmoln wrote:
Saturday evening

New group "Retro rock" focuses on rock bands today rooted in the 60's and 70's rock. Welcome! http://www.last.fm/group/retro+rock

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deevo wrote:
last month

every time I see their name on XM52, I think it's Barenaked Ladies.

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pecusita wrote:
August 2008

you've got to want to be a star = amazing. that's the song that [i]got[/i] me, still does...

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iconoplasta wrote:
August 2008

Oh. Oh. Ooooh!!!

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gldedel wrote:
August 2008

Good on acid, good on weed, good drunk, good sober... bigger than Floyd.

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Pleasuresongs wrote:
July 2008

What a wonderful album they put out. Love it. "And You Lied To Me" is definitely my favourite song but there's not a weak song on the record.

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mjlilgui wrote:
July 2008

"and you lied to me" is a cool stream of ambrosia drunk from betwixt the ample breasts of a blindingly gorgeous goddess... which religion is your choice.

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pecusita wrote:
June 2008

i'm listening to their radio station... there's not much actually related to their sound, but it's a great station! :)

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Liverace wrote:
June 2008

One disaster would be to have fewer chances to see you live in Montreal. When is the next chance?

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drew_boi wrote:
May 2008

It helps.

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pecusita wrote:
May 2008

DON'T say that peter21! And I don't do any kind of drugs - rarely legal ones, and I think they're freakin' amazing. Good not only on acid.

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Timaaaahhhh wrote:
April 2008

Only good on acid...

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treehuggerkeith wrote:
April 2008

good on acid lol

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peter21 wrote:
March 2008

the best most original band i've heard in a while ...now, proably have to wait 5 years for the next album...hope not.

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P-Dub wrote:
March 2008

worldwide touring happened ;-) they're awesome live.

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InASafePlace wrote:
March 2008

wow these guys had like 20k plays last time I checked, what happened?

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drmn wrote:
March 2008

indeed!

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realshiznit wrote:
February 2008

Canada is a powerhouse for quality music.

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reverendj0rdan wrote:
February 2008

fantastic

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