Artist · chart history
The Trews
Band Antigonish Formed 1997
The Trews formed in 1997 in Antigonish. The Trews has 14 chart appearances on 9 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 2003–2011. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Not Ready To Go”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #8. The station that charted The Trews most often is The Bear (Ottawa, ON), with 7 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2004.
The Trews came roaring out of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, in 1997, a four-piece built on meat-and-potatoes rock and roll with a salty East Coast heart. Colin MacDonald sings, John-Angus MacDonald plays guitar, Jack Syperek is on bass and Theo Mckibbon on drums, and these days the band calls Hamilton, Ontario, home.
House of Ill Fame, in 2003, was the calling card: "Not Ready to Go" swaggers on a fat, bluesy riff and a chorus that begs for a sweaty bar and a raised glass, and "Tired of Waiting" keeps the engine revving. Den of Thieves followed in 2005 and stretched out, from the barroom stomp of "So She's Leaving" to the rueful "Poor Ol' Broken Hearted Me", "Yearning" and "I Can't Say". By Hope & Ruin in 2011 they had grown into a band that could carry a big, earnest title track without breaking a sweat.
Canada kept buying: over their first two decades they ranked among the country's best-selling homegrown bands.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Trews on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not Ready To Go | 4 | #8 | – | 2004 | |
| 2 | Poor Ol' Broken Hearted Me | 1 | #6 | – | 2006 | |
| 3 | Yearning | 1 | #39 | – | 2006 | |
| 4 | So She's Living | 1 | #36 | – | 2005 | |
| 5 | Tired of Waiting | 2 | #66 | – | 2004 | |
| 6 | So She's Leaving | 2 | #48 | – | 2005 | |
| 7 | Hope & Ruin | 1 | #45 | – | 2011 | |
| 8 | So She's Leavin | 1 | #54 | – | 2005 | |
| 9 | I Can't Say | 1 | #66 | – | 2006 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 45 | Hope & Ruin | 102.1 The Edge Top 102 Songs of 2011 |
| 2006 | 6 | Poor Ol' Broken Hearted Me | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2006 |
| 2006 | 39 | Yearning | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2006 |
| 2006 | 66 | I Can't Say | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2006 |
| 2006 | 100 | So She's Leaving | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2006 |
| 2005 | 48 | So She's Leaving | CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 36 | So She's Living | CHOI Top 98 Songs of 2005 |
| 2005 | 54 | So She's Leavin | CRNC Top 90.1 Songs of 2005 |
| 2004 | 28 | Not Ready To Go | CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004 |
| 2004 | 80 | Tired of Waiting | CFNY Top 102 Songs of 2004 |
| 2004 | 50 | Not Ready To Go | CHOI Top 98 Songs of 2004 |
| 2004 | 8 | Not Ready To Go | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2004 |
| 2004 | 66 | Tired of Waiting | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2004 |
| 2003 | 96 | Not Ready To Go | The Bear Top 107 Songs of 2003 |
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