I just submitted a tune for SLS17 consideration. I submitted "Fallen Leaves" from Billy Talent.

My brother Steve and I recently had a Billy Talent debate. He's tired of their sound and not digging them anymore while I'm still feeling it. "Fallen Leaves", for example, is another catchy rocker that I believe deserves SLS consideration. The fact they're from the Saug has nothing to do with it.

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Now that SLS16 is in the bag, it's time to deconstruct the 20 tunes that made the final cut. How much of SLS16 is CanCon? How many artists are making their first appearance on SLS? Find out the answers to these questions and more below.

• Canadian Content - 9 (AlexisOnFire, Billy Talent, City and Colour, DJ Champion, illScarlett, k-os, Sam Roberts, The New Pornographers & The Tragically Hip)
• Making Their SLS Debut - 9 (AlexisOnFire, City and Colour, DJ Champion, illScarlett, k-os, Regina Spektor, Sonic Youth, The Flaming Lips & TV on the Radio)
• Artists That Also Appeared On SLS15 - 7 (Arctic Monkeys, Billy Talent, The New Pornographers, The Raconteurs, The Strokes, Wolfmother & Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
• Providing a Female Voice - 3 (DJ Champion, Regina Spektor & Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
• Longest Current SLS Streak - 3 (The Strokes)
• Longest SLS Drought Ended - 8 (Sam Roberts)

By the way, here's the cover of SLS16.

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It is with great privilege and honour that I unveil to you the final song list for SLS16. For an SLS primer, go here and to see what appeared on SLS15, go here.

We listened to hours and hours of new rock before deciding upon these 20 tracks. Without further adieu, I give you SLS16.

1. This Could Be Anywhere In The World - AlexisOnFire
2. Fake Tales Of San Francisco - Arctic Monkeys
3. Original Fire - Audioslave
4. Nausea - Beck
5. Red Flag - Billy Talent
6. Comin' Home - City and Colour
7. No Heaven - DJ Champion
8. Heaters - illScarlett
9. Sunday Morning - k-os
10. Fidelity - Regina Spektor
11. Bridge To Nowhere - Sam Roberts
12. Incinerate - Sonic Youth
13. Free Radicals (A Hallucination of the Christmas Skeleton Pleading with a Suicide Bomber) - The Flaming Lips
14. Sing Me Spanish Techno - The New Pornographers
15. Level - The Raconteurs
16. Red Light - The Strokes
17. In View - The Tragically Hip
18. Province - TV on the Radio
19. Dimension - Wolfmother
20. Phenomenon - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

I just updated The Complete SLS Database. Look for SLS17 in late June, 2006.

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The SLS countdown is on. I just submitted a bunch of tunes for SLS16 consideration. Here are the new nominees that can be added to this list.

• Free Radicals (A Hallucination of the Christmas Skeleton Pleading with a Suicide Bomber) - The Flaming Lips
• Phenomena - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Province - TV on the Radio
• Incinerate - Sonic Youth

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Lest we forget, the sixteenth edition of SLS is due at the end of the month. The SLS committee is listening to a bunch of new stuff so expect some late additions. Don't know what we're talking about? Check out the SLS guide and my little SLS tracker for the 411.

It hasn't been a particularly good six months of music, in our humble opinion. Here's where we're at, but not where we'll be.

• Level - The Raconteurs
• Sunday Morning - k-os
• Fidelity - Regina Spektor
• Nausea - Beck
• Red Flag - Billy Talent
• This Could Be Anywhere In The World - AlexisOnFire
• In View - The Tragically Hip
• Sing Me Spanish Techno - The New Pornographers
• Fake Tales Of San Francisco - Arctic Monkeys
• Red Light - The Strokes
• Gross Out - The Vines
• Comin' Home - City and Colour
• Heaters - illScarlett
• No Heaven - DJ Champion
• Bridge To Nowhere - Sam Roberts

Remember, submissions are always welcome on the official site. Just read the SLS guide first, k?

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I just submitted a tune for SLS16 consideration. I submitted "Sunday Morning" from k-os.

k-os is one of my favourite Toronto-born artists and this is another cool vibe from the man. And yes, it's k-os, not K-os or K-Os or K-oS or K-OS or any other variation.

Warning: This "Sunday Morning" is not to be confused with great tracks from No Doubt or The Velvet Underground.

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I just submitted a tune for SLS16 consideration. I submitted "Level" from The Raconteurs.

Do you think "Level" is SLS-worthy? Leave a comment and let it be known!

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I just submitted a tune for SLS16 consideration. I submitted "Fidelity" from Regina Spektor.

I think I've fallen in love with her voice. You can hear "Fidelity" on her MySpace page.

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I just submitted a tune for SLS16 consideration. I submitted "Nausea" from Beck.

Sure, he's a Scientologist, but he's also Beck, and that makes it okay.

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I just submitted a tune for SLS16 consideration. I submitted "Red Flag" from Billy Talent.

Admittedly, I'm a little late on this one. It took a while to hit me, but now I see the light. For a band with only a couple of albums under their belt, they've done well with SLS. The SLS Database reveals that they appeared on SLS10, SLS11, SLS12, SLS13 and SLS15. Probably a home town bias, eh?

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