3am Mixtapes: Episode Forty Four: Eponymous Songs

Each week on the 3am Mixtapes podcast, I will share with you the Top Six Songs of a certain subject. The topics can be as general like most Canadian songs. Some might be a little more... specific. Top Six Rock Songs With a Rap Breakdown.

While about 83% of all bands have self-titled albums, it's a little more rare to see a band name a song after themselves. And that's what we'll look at this week, with the Top Six Eponymous Songs!

With these self-titled songs:

"Top Less Gay Love Tekno Party" by Top Less Gay Love Tekno Party
"Louis XIV" by Louis XIV
"Grinderman" by Grinderman
"Young & Sexy vs The Arc" by Young & Sexy
"The Cracking" by The Cracking
"...And We Are The Trews" by The Trews

Any questions or comments or waffles or criticisms or suggestions for future themes are welcome!

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3am Mixtapes: Episode Nineteen: "Other" Bands

Each week on the 3am Mixtapes podcast, I will share with you the Top Six Songs of a certain subject. The topics can be as general like favourite Vancouver Bands. Or some might be a little more... esoteric. Top Six Songs To Listen to While Beating Up Bad Guys as Batman in a Video Game.

This week we'll take a look at musicians who are in other bands, with the Top Six Songs From People Who Just Happen To Be In Other Bands. Side projects, solo albums, super groups, and "other" bands. That sort of thing.

With musical accompaniment from:

"Motherfuckers" by Murray A Lightburn
"Go Ego" by Eight and a Half
"Faded" by Bear Mountain
"Storefront Arizona (Lo-Fi High)" by Teenland
"If This Dance Catches On" by Mounties
"Evil!" by Grinderman

Any questions or comments or waffles or criticisms or suggestions for future themes are welcome!



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3 Minute Revelations: Grinderman II by Grinderman

A couple weeks ago I posted the New Music Now features I was doing for Evolution1079. They combined my joy of production with my false sense of smug superiority in telling you what you should like*, and since I've clearly failed at keeping up at full album write ups (the last one being six months ago... yipes) I figured I would keep doing these (but with a more relevant name).
There were a few albums last year that I didn't get a chance to write about, and while I won't do them all, I'll catch up on a couple of my favourites of 2010 before moving on to this year.
So what better way to start out than with one of my favourite musicians, Nick Cave.
Enjoy the inaugural edition of 3 Minute Revelations**.


Here is the Grinderman II by Grinderman

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*please note blatant sarcasm.
** subtitle: Kirk Takes Three Minutes of Your Life and Awesomes It Up.