a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1133/636/1600/The%20Golden%20Dogs%20Header.jpg”img style=”margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;” src=”http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1133/636/400/The%20Golden%20Dogs%20Header.jpg” alt=”" border=”0″ //aCanada’s Chart Attack has called them the best live act in the country. From what I hear though, Toronto’s The Golden Dogs have a little buzz going on with their music too. Last year the band was pegged as the next big thing, with many likening them to the Arcade Fire. I don’t know that I completely agree with that comparison though. One: unlike the AF (and bands like Wolf Parade), The Golden Dogs are not from Montreal. Two (and more importantly): unlike many bands in fashion (having a bloated, dull, typical indie-yuppie sound), the band seems to be catering to a variety of tastes. I can hear the parallel to the Arcade Fire, but I can also hear similarities to Sloan’s often-lively pop-rock sound. The Golden Dogs might just be what indie rock needs right now.br /br /a href=”http://www.ezarchive.com/mockingmusic/AlbumSpace/WN6DDZBBH/TheGoldenDogs-Yeah%21.mp3″The Golden Dogs “Yeah!”/a (mp3)br /a href=”http://mp3download.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=bandprofile.downloadSongbsid=5741219amp;song_name=DontMakeaSfid=7951743″The Golden Dogs “Don’t Make a Sound”/a (mp3)br /br /a href=”http://www.thegoldendogs.com/index.php”The Golden Dogs: Official Site/abr /a href=”http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofileamp;friendid=7951743″The Golden Dogs: MySpace Site/a