3am Mixtapes: Episode Sixteen: Crush Mixtape

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 best supergroups. Or some might be a little more... esoteric. Top Six Bands Named After Places That They're Not From.

And this week, we reminisce about putting together a selection of songs for someone you might just fancy.The Top Six Song To Put on a Mixtape for Someone You have a Crush On. Using music to woo someone is as old as music itself, and maybe you remember putting on some songs and just hoping that the person listening gets the deeper meaning?

This week the tunage is provided by:

"Faster for You" by Two Hours Traffic
"On Top Of Your Love" by Royal Wood
"Skinny Boy" by Amy Millan
"New Slang" by The Shins
"Hands Down" by Dashboard Confessional
"Springtime" by Wintermitts


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



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3am Mixtapes: Episode Fifteen: Trios

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 Holiday Songs, or they can be as strange and specific as Top Six Bands With Classically Trained Opera Singers.

This week is all about three pieces. Triumvirates. The Top Six Trios. Bands with three members have long been a mainstay in music, and this week we celebrate that with musical accompaniment from:

"Extraordinary" by Joel Plaskett Emergency
"Stamp" by The Rural Alberta Advantage
"Oh Hi!" by beekeeper
"Whatchewdid" by Grady
"Will They Bury Us?" by Elliott BROOD
"Scumbag Blues" by Them Crooked Vultures


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3am Mixtapes: Episode Fourteen: Famous People

Hey look, it's another episode of 3am Revelations' very own podcast!

Each week on 3am Mixtapes, I will present to you, in my dulcet tones, the Top Six Songs of a certain subject. The topics can be as general like Top Six Drinking Songs, or they can be as obscure and specific as Top Six Songs to Help Nurse a Hangover.

This week we take a look at songs written about people. Songs written about particular people. Songs written about, for, or in relation to specific people. The Top Six Songs Named for Famous People!
Whether they're about the person, written with them as a backdrop, or not about them at all, these are all songs named after people you might have heard of.

Featured on this week's podcast is:

"The National" by Hannah Georgas
"Meg White" by Ray Lamontagne
"Harrison Ford" by Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
"John Lennon" by Arkells
"Daft Punk is Playing at My House" by LCD Soundsystem
"What Would Jay-Z Do?" by Ben Lee


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



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3am Mixtapes: Episode Thirteen: Musical Couples

Hey look, it's another episode of 3am Revelations' very own podcast!

Each week on 3am Mixtapes, I will present to you, in my dulcet tones, the Top Six Songs of a certain subject. The topics can be as general like Top Six Dancey Songs, or they can be as obscure and specific as Top Six Songs to Play at My Funeral.

This week we take a look at the age old tradition of musical couples. Those bands featuring married musicians who make sweet music together, in the Top Six Musical Couples!

Featured on this week's podcast is:

"Devil’s Got A Gun" by Whitehorse
"Beach Dream" by Jets Overhead
"#6" by AroarA
"Pretty Boy" by Young Galaxy
"I Heard I Had" by Dear Rouge
"22: The Death of All the Romance" by The Dears


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



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3am Mixtapes: Episode Twelve: Autumn Blanket Forts

Hey look, it's another episode of 3am Revelations' very own podcast!

Each week on 3am Mixtapes, I will present to you, in my dulcet tones, the Top Six Songs of a certain subject. The topics can be as general like Top Six Song Titles, or they can be as obscure and specific as Top Six Violin Loopers.

As autumn descends upon us, and things get a little chiller, sometimes you want nothing more than to stay at home, pour yourself a nice glass of tea, or wine, or whiskey, and curl up in the blanket fort that you just made. Yes, this week is the Top Six Songs To Make A Blanket Fort To!

Featured on this week's podcast is:

"Steal Away" by Jill Barber
"Something In You" by Steph Macpherson
"One Evening" by Feist
"Off The Main Drag" by Leif Vollebekk
"twentysomething" by Jamie Cullum
"Last Song For The Summer Hideaway" by Brendan Canning

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



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