3am Mixtapes: Episode Sixty One: Twenty-Fourteen

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 as best karaoke songs, but some might be a little more... specific. Top Six Songs with the Number Six in the Title. 

I'm back! After a break for the Decembertime holidays, I have returned with the Top Six Albums of 2014! Or at the very least, six really cool ones you should hear.

With songs from:

"Weird For You" by Sidney York (from the album <3s)
"Want to Believe" by Rich Aucoin (from the album Ephemeral)
"Minimum Effort" by Mounties (from the album Thrash Rock Legacy)
"Candle" by Lydia Ainsworth (from the album Right from Real)
"I Could Lose It All" by Chersea (from the EP Grey Matter)
"11:11" by Arkells (from the album High Noon)


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


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3am Mixtapes: Episode Forty Three: Polaris Prize

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 like best drum solos. Some might be a little more... specific. Top six bands that sound nothing like their name implies.

Since the Polaris Music Prize announced their Long List was announced last week, I figure this episode I would take a look at that. And while I am not a part of that jury, why let that stop me from picking my top five from the short list, as well as one overlooked album, on the Top Six Albums I'd Pick Were I A Polaris Juror!

With cuts from nominated albums:

"Julia With Blue Jeans" On by Moonface
"#4" by AroarA
"Itchy Blood" by The Darcys
"Pretty Respectable" by Mounties
"Hall of Mirrors" by YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN
"King David" by We Are The City


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



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3am Mixtapes: Episode Thirty Five: Car Chases

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 top six fictional bands. Some might be a little more... specific. Top Six Songs That Sound Like They Should Be In a Gritty Western.

This week, picture yourself careening around corners, speeding down alleyways, and crashing through those giant panes of glass that are always being carried across the street, because it is the Top Six Songs To Play While in a Car Chase!

Featuring:

"Chase Scene" by Broken Social Scene
"Prytania" by Mutemath
"Trembling Hands" by Explosions in the Sky
"La Piqûre" by Karkwa
"Rooibos/Palm Wine Drinkard" by The Stills
"Made Up My Mind" by Mounties


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

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