Trends in Band Names: Trees/Forest

Last year it was all about naming your band after Rabbits, the year before the Whale bands were popular. This year, and over the past few years, there have been a lot of tree names. The thing is, I really like all of these tree and forest groups. There are some seriously good ones. I tried to provide a few samples of their songs when possible. Let me know what I missed, I'm sure there are plenty more out there. 

• Forest City Lovers - Light You Up
• Lost in the Trees - Tall Trees 
• Wye Oak 
• Treefort
• Treefight for Sunlight (click link to dl "What became of you & I")
• Tree Hopping
• The Mountains & The Trees
• Taken By Trees 
• The Poison Tree - Never Know Me
• Forest Fire
• Future of Forestry 
• Royal Forest - You're a Big Girl Now (Bob Dylan Cover) (via Meccalecca) 
• The Lonely Forest We Sing in Time
• Tallest Trees

For a bit of a stretch there are maple tree bands

• Acer Maple (free bandcamp dl)
• U.S. Maple (old band, I know)
• The Maple State
• Maple Leaves (Free DL on Bandcamp)
• The Maple Trail - Highwire

And don't forget the amazing star studded music collective Pine Valley Cosmonauts

Forest City Lovers - Tell Me, Cancer

Forest City Lovers dwell in Toronto but have been on the road for some time and those experiences are what shape their songs. They are a pop group I suppose, but the brand of canadian pop that can be lumped in with other polaris prize nominees like Dan Mangan. So it is more along the lines of good music you can sing along to. This is the music I am drawn to the most and what I mainly listened to before I got into music blogging, so when I come across bands like this my heart swells and I get a little over excited. Take a listen, this one goes best with pumpkin beer and an autumn mixtape.

If I Were A Tree [MP3]

This is probably one of my new favorite bands, I just came across them on CBC radio, so that aren't new per se, just new to me. However, this is a brand new video for their song Tell Me, Cancer. It is worth waiting through the end when the music picks up.