3am Mixtapes: Episode Forty One: Unusual Instruments (with Sidney York)

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 handclapping songs. Some might be a little more... specific. Top Six Bands with Punctuation in their name.

And this week I am joined by not one, but two guest co-hosts! Brandi Sidoryk and Krista Wodelet of Calgary's Sidney York sat down with me here in Vancouver, and since they are well versed in instruments like bassoons and french horns, I figured what better than the Top Six Songs With Unusual Instruments!

Tuning up this week:

"General Dome" by Buke & Gase
"Monster" by Chad VanGaalen
"Dear Pressure" by Miracles of Modern Science
"Three Ghosts" by RBKE
"It Cant Be You" by Basia Bulat
"Weapons-Grade Love (Watch Your Back)" by Sidney York

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

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3am Mixtapes: Episode Forty: Victory Strut

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 concept albums. Some might be a little more... specific. Top Six Songs to Play For Your Boss When You Quit Your Job.

And you know what? I had a pretty good weekend, so I need a way to celebrate. And what better way than this week's Top Six Songs To Strut Victoriously To!

Get your groove on with:

"Feedback in the Field" by Plants & Animals
"Eats Darkness" by Apostle of Hustle
"Guns & Ammunition" by July Talk
"Metal Skin" by Sam Roberts Band
"The Scene" by Big Sugar
"Sexy Results" by Death From Above 1979

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

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3am Mixtapes: Episode Thirty Nine: Ballads

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 road trip songs. Some might be a little more... specific. Top Six Songs in 7/4 Time.

This week, instead of looking at the theme or the mood of the songs, I am going to go with the narratives, for the Top Six Ballads!

This week's tunes:

"The Ballad of Robert Moore and Betty Coltrane" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
"Ballad of a Swan Lake, or Daniel's Song" by Swan Lake
"The Ballad of Joe Verreault" by Shaun Verreault
"Ballad of Hugo Chavez" by Arkells
"The Ballad of Humankindness" by The Dears
"The Ballad of Hollywood Jack and The Rage Cage" by Tenacious D

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

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3am Mixtapes: Episode Thirty Eight: Gritty Western

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 movie themes. Some might be a little more... specific. Top Six Songs over 20 minutes long.

Now, if you’ve been paying attention, this whole podcast has more or less been about soundtracking your life. Perfect songs for the specific moment. Driving at dusk or making a blanket fort or beachcombing. And this week, I am going to take that to its logical conclusion with the Top Six Songs That I Would Use If I Were Making a Gritty Western!

This week's tunes:

"Monster" by Skye Wallace
"Rosin and Horsehair" by The Ruffled Feathers
"Demon" by Kandle
"Wild Fucking West" by Miss Quincy & The Showdown
"Don't Make 'em Like They Used To" by The Harpoonist and The Axe Murderer
"Two Against One (f. Jack White)" by Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi

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

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3am Mixtapes: Episode Thirty Seven: Beachcombing (with Casey-Jo Loos)

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 Scottish bands. Some might be a little more... specific. Top Six Songs That End in a Question Mark?

And this week is another (in what I hope will become a monthly thing) guest co-host! Aside from people that make music, I wanted people that are in "the biz" to pick some songs, which is why this week I've asked Casey-Jo Loos. And when she's not on-air on 102.7 The Peak here in Vancouver, you can probably find her on the beach, which is this week is the Top Six Beachcombing Songs!

Sit in the surf with:

"Red Eyes" by The War on Drugs
"The Country Child" by Frog Eyes
"Stay Close Until We Reach The End" by Bike for Three!
"At Least My Heart was Open" by Foy Vance
"Simple Lives" by Krief
"Dye" by Tycho

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

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