This is the nomination thread for Canada's submission to Lemmyvision 3! Lemmyvision is an annual song contest held on the threadiverse, where regional communities / instances submit local songs to the global competition.

Timeline:

You can nominate songs for our submission until Saturday April 25th 2026 in this thread.
Afterwards, we create a poll with the valid nominations, and we will have 1 week to select our submissions, ending on Saturday May 2nd. Our team will then send our submissions to the wider contest.
The Lemmyvision 3 contest voting runs from May 4th - 11th 2026

Nominating songs

Please comment your nominations in this thread for them to be considered. This post will be pinned to the instance briefly, but you can continue nominating songs until Saturday April 25th 2026. You will be able to find this post in !canada@lemmy.ca

When you make a nomination, please include the following information:

The name of the song
The name of the artist
Which language category the nomination will be placed under (ex. 'English', 'French', 'Inuktitut', etc.). We are able to submit multiple songs, one from each language category. However, it must be one of the official, Indigenous, or regional languages of Canada.
(optional) A link to "prove" that the song was released after January 1st 2025, especially if it is not clear or near the cut off.

Requirements:

The song must have been released after January 1st 2025
The song must not be an international hit
The song must be "Canadian". You are allowed to make a case for your song as appropriate

About Lemmyvision

Please see this post for official information: https://jlai.lu/post/35451902

local link 1: https://lemmy.ca/post/62723163
local link 2: https://piefed.ca/c/lemmyvision/p/634784

Resources

Song Lists:

What we've done in previous years:

If you have a helpful resource, such as a compilation of Canadian artists in the past year, let me know and I can edit it into this post.

Looking forward to all the submissions!

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[–] datavoid@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

[???] Angine de Poitrine - Sarniezz

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

DIminishing Returns - Dan Mangan (English)

From Dan Mangan's Natural Light album, released in May 2025.

Dan Mangan is a longstanding favourite of mine, and I believe I nominated Call Me Up High last Lemmyvision. As such, here's some bonus Dan Mangan tracks:

Robots, live at Granville Island, probably his biggest song, performed live in his hometown, outdoors.
Troubled Mind, one of my personal favourites.
There's A Tumour In the White House, no reason…

Edit: extra plug, Dan Mangan will be doing some BC shows in September, maybe I'll see you there!

[–] BinzyBoi@piefed.ca 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nomination for [English]

Song: burnouts

Artist: ilysm ft. sor uh

Released June 29th, 2025 as a part of the album burger world peace & the endless mediocrity

ilysm is from Edmonton, and sor uh has released music using the "Canada" tag on Bandcamp before, including here.

[–] datavoid@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Angine de Poitrine comes to mind, but I think they are an international hit...

[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You should recommend a song from them.

From what I could gather in the Lemmyvision post, they created this rule because Germany sent Rammstein one of the years. Angine de Poitrine is big, but not 10M views in a single song big.

*edit: this one is a banger https://anginedepoitrine.bandcamp.com/track/fabienk-2

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

They absolutely kick ass.

[–] Grizzlybur@piefed.ca 2 points 1 month ago

I feel like if it is decided its not an international hit, Angine de poitrine must be the representative. They have just been absolutely blowing up lately.

[–] Bonsoir@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2246245/angine-poitrine-groupe-viral-spotify
They are now the "most viral band" on spotify across the world.
I guess one could argue that when their first album came out, they were pretty much unknown, so it must count for something.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

@inlandempire@jlai.lu, can you weigh in on if this artist would count as an international hit?

I'm preparing our poll now, and I can exclude this nomination if it is too big. These two songs were nominated from this artist:

[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 2 points 2 weeks ago

Hey, checking the band out, they only just got big recently apparently so that's good by me! Any of those two you send will be fine 😄

[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

[English] Men I Trust - To Ease You (Equus Caballus)

https://menitrust.bandcamp.com/track/to-ease-you

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Suffer - Boy Golden (English)

Never heard of Boy Golden, and only heard this song on the radio while driving a month or so ago. Thank goodness for our modern high tech radios, I noted the song info, and it is now in my regular offline backup MP3 collection.

[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Thank you for the recommendation, first time I hear of Boy Golden (btw don't search the other way around, some sort of anime smut). Suffer is solid, and the whole CD is great. Saving the link for bandcamp friday https://yaboygolden.bandcamp.com/album/best-of-our-possible-lives

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

I should've included Bandcamp links, it's a good way to support the artists. Thanks!

[–] bluejade@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

I've been singing along in the car every time it comes on since last year. I am that much of a dork. great tune. Most of his work is a bit folky/bluegrassy for my taste but it grows on you

[–] yardy_sardley@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

This song is so big in my part of the country it's hard to believe it's not an international hit. Good nomination!

[–] EatYourOrach@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

Slanted - Shad (English)

If he's new to anyone scrolling by, I've been listening to Shad for over a decade now and my favourite track of his is Fam Jam. Classic Canadiana.

[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

[English] The Free Label - Dancing on Your Own https://thefreelabel.bandcamp.com/track/dancing-on-your-own

Learned about them on Musora, they made a cover of Alice in Chains - Them Bones

[–] opi@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

No idea this band existed but holy shit are they good. Thanks for the suggestion.

[–] Bonsoir@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

[Français] Thick Glasses - ELIZA

Paru le 7 février 2025

[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Meta, but I wonder if there is some way we could create an ongoing playlist for these noms?

Would any service but youtube work?

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm happy to pin a playlist if someone wants to maintain it :)

Otherwise we will probably make a playlist or two once all the nominations are in

[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm going to regret this when not high, but I'd be happy to maintain a list if someone can suggest a service with which to do so that isn't youtube.

(Fine, maybe if we have to via youtube but I have to think one of you groovy folks know of something better.)

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Thank you!

Last I checked, there wasn't a good way to mirror playlists across different platforms. Maybe I'll just post on here and ask if there are suggestions

[–] Grizzlybur@piefed.ca 3 points 1 month ago

My nominations for French language:

Fabienk by Angine de Poitrine.

It is quite the upcoming and popular band, and they are something entirely unique and Quebecois. Although, arguably there is no French being spoken in the music persay, but they are from Saguenay Quebec. If they don't count as an international hit already, this is absolutely my top choice.

Stable by oui merci.

This song is rather unlike their other music, and for the better in my opinion. This is really catchy and distinct from other music and is pleasant to listen to.

Dogue by Ariane Roy

Very slow but methodic, and sung with a rather beautiful voice.

Anarcolique by Jérôme 50

Jérôme is an absolutely wonderful artist and I would struggle to imagine someone more fit to represent Quebec in music than the artist who made the iconic Tokébakicitte. He is clearly proud of being from Quebec and keeps his music rooted in that. This would be my second top nomination.

I really want to nominate P'tit Belliveau, but he has not released any songs in 2025 or sooner :(

I'll post some more nominations for the English language category, as well as some for the first nations languages. I found and know of a couple of artists who might fit that description -- I feel like im awfully uncertified to judge their music though since its so culturally different to what I know and I do not understand the language even a bit. Feels wrong to just rank it purely based on how it sounds without knowing the content and cultural context, y'know?

[–] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Okay, technically late, but I'm surprised no one nominated The Beaches - Last Girls At The Party (English). It's probably a little mainstream for Lemmy? Seems to be getting lots of radio play, and fairly popular (or at least Canadian popular).

I'll nominate them, if an exception can be made, even though I already nominated a couple of other songs. Otherwise, add them to the playlist and jam out. The real prize is the music we listened to along the way.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

No problem, I'm still making the polls/playlists and there's no limit to the number of nominations per user. I'll look into the popularity side to see if it is submittable

[–] WUPHF@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

[English] Headstones - AN EFFORT TO FORGET

[–] Nils@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 month ago

Solid music, great song, thanks for recommending!

Not a big fan of the art on their most recent discs, https://headstones.bandcamp.com/album/burn-all-the-ships

[–] WUPHF@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

[English] BRKN LOVE - Pulling Leeches

[–] Nils@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks for recommending another banger.

What a great album! It is hard to pick a favourite from there. I like Cruel lyrics, that 12 Wings is an earworm, the riff and the chorus are stuck in my mind. And that bass line and drums on Pulling Leeches, well, the whole song is chef's kiss.

I will leave this here as Bandcamp Friday is coming (May 1st) https://brknlove.bandcamp.com/album/the-program

[–] reef@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

I almost missed this!

[English] Citizen4 by Cenzina, an Alt/Psychedelic Pop-Rock artist from Vancouver. YouTube date is Oct 13, 2025.

[English] Heart on the Line by Maya Jade, a R&B song by Jamaican-Canadian singer and artist currently based in Vancouver, BC.

[English] Rest Easy (In My Love) by Anne Murray, recorded between 1978 and 1995 but unreleased until this year. MusicBrainz date is 2025-09-05.

[English] Live Forever by Sloan, a Canadian rock band formed in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1991. MusicBrainz lists the date as 2025-09-26.

[English] Embers by Aysanabee, an Oji-Cree singer-songwriter and a member of Sandy Lake First Nation. MusicBrains date is 2025-06-20.

[English] On Rolls the Wheel by William Prince, a Manitoba folk and country singer. MusicBrainz date is 2025.

[Instrumental/English] Glass Veins by Rezz, a Ukrainian–Canadian DJ and record producer from Niagara Falls, Ontario

[English] Go Time by Wolf Castle, a Mi'kmaq Rapper & Producer

[English] The Gardener by Emma Alves, an experimental R&B artist from Vancouver

[Inuktitut] Uummati Attanarsimat (Heart of Glass) by Elisapie, an Inuk musician and actress. MusicBrainz date is 2025-08-26.

[English] To Ease You by Men I Trust, a Canadian indie band formed in Quebec City. MusicBrainz date is 2025-05-06.

[English] In Due Time by Akintoye, a Canadian rapper from Ontario. YouTube date 2025-04-08