3am Mixtapes: Episode Seventy: Animal 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 as best instrumentals, but some might be a little more... specific. Top Six Songs That Could Be a James Bond Theme.. 

This week we're taking a look at a trend of band names that seemed to reach full saturation a couple years ago, the Top Six Sibling Bands!

Get wild with:

"Nowhere To Go" by Loon Choir
"You Are a Runner and I Am My Father's Son" by Wolf Parade
"A Duration of Starts and Lines That Form Code" by Frog Eyes
"Freedom" by The Lion The Bear The Fox
"My Government Heart" by Said the Whale
"The Walls Have Drunken Ears" by Whitehorse

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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Review-kus.

My goal is to review every album I bought (or otherwise listened to) this year. But there are just so darn many albums, and sometimes I just don't feel like writing a full reviews. So to combat this, I have decided that I shall give a few really quick reviews all at once... in haiku form. Here we go!

Shane Turner Overdrive by Shane Turner Overdrive (solo album from member of bands like: Love and Mathematics, Woodpigeon, The Choir Practice and Fanshaw)
Catchy indie pop
Songs flow together nicely
Great debut album.

Download One Outfit by Shane Turner Overdrive

La La Land by Plants & Animals
First, disappointed
But this one is a "grower"
And now I loves it

Download American Idol by Plants & Animals

Paul's Tomb: A Triumph by Frog Eyes
Mercer's trademark wail
Frantic, volatile music
Their best album yet?

Download Odetta's War by Frog Eyes