11. The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes Are The Roaring Night

Is it Low meeting the Arcade Fire?  Broken Social Scene  disguised as My Bloody Valentine?  No!  It is the Besnard Lakes, the third-coolest husband/wife combo in indie rock.  Glacial tempos and guitar haze rule their latest effort, but it never quite loses itself to meandering atmospherics.   Due largely to no-nonsense, steadfast drumming, Are The Roaring Night retains its rocknroll edge even its lushest moments, a trick that eludes many of the Besnard Lake’s fellow Montrealians (looking at you Silver Mt. Zion).