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The year might be 2026, but for fans of Canadian indie music, it’s starting to feel a lot like 2005. Wolf Parade’s I’ll Believe in Anything has gone viral after making a dramatic appearance on Heated Rivalry, and Broken Social Scene’s Anthems for a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl recently went gold in Canada over two decades after its release.
With the key players in the 2000s Canadian indie boom set to release new records this year, writers Michael Barclay and Rosie Long Decter tell host Elamin Abdelmahmoud why these veteran bands are connecting with younger generations.Â
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Panel produced by Stuart Berman.