3am Mixtapes: Episode One Hundred One: #SingItFwd

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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 2015 songs. Some might be a little more... specific. Top Six Songs About Being Late. 

This week, not only am I talking about the upcoming #SingItFwdFinale, with the Top Six SingItFwd Performances but I am joined by half of the brains behind the operation, one third of the brains behind Hey Ocean!, and the whole brains behind his solo material, one of the hardest working musicians in Vancouver, David Vertesi.

Hear him talk about SingItFwd, the St James Music Academy, past years, this year's finale, what's next, and lots more. And a bunch of cool performances recorded live from previous years:

"Congo" by Bear Mountain w/ The St James Music Academy
"Bit By Bit" by Ryan Guldemond & Hannah Georgas w/ The St James Music Academy
"So Easily" by Kathryn Calder
"Summer Dress" by July Talk
"Resolutions" by Said the Whale w/ Shad
"Walking on Broken Glass" by Hey Ocean! w/ The St James Music Academy.


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3am Mixtapes: Episode One Hundred: Favourite Songs

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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 BC bands. Some might be a little more... specific. Top Six Bands who have been in the Peak Performance Project. 

I'm not really one to celebrate milestones just because they're at round numbers, but I had this idea floating around for a while and figured this was as good a time as any for my Top Six Songs!
These are just six of my favourite songs. Not my Six Favourites Of All Time Ever (I don't think I could do that list), but just six that have remained favourites for a while.

Check these out:

"The Bleeding Heart Show" by The New Pornographers
"This Modern Love" by Bloc Party
"Hoppípolla" by Sigur Rós
"Prime Time Deliverance" by Matthew Good Band
"Into My Arms" by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
"It's All Gonna Break" by Broken Social Scene


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3am Mixtapes: Episode Ninety Nine: One Word Titles

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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 title tracks. Some might be a little more... specific. Top Six Songs About Photographs. 

This week we take a look at the Top Six One Word Song Titles! Look, I'm nearing 100 here, not all of these topics are going to make sense, but I just noticed a bunch of cool new tracks had one word titled, and I just wanted an excuse to play them, okay? Okay!

Okay:

"Shook" by DRALMS
"Ashes" by Lindi Ortega
"Infamous" by Basia Bulat
"Hopeful" by Bear Mountain
"Believe" by Paper Lions
"Observer" by David Newberry


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3am Mixtapes: Episode Ninety Eight: Dance Songs

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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 musical team-ups. Some might be a little more... specific. Top Six Songs About Death. 

This week we take a look at the Top Six Dance Songs! But maybe not quite what you think...

Shake it to:

"Keep on Dancing" by We Are The City
"Dancefloors" by My Morning Jacket
"Song and Dance Man" by Jason Collett
"Fire on the Dancefloor" by C & C Surf Factory
"Dance Card" by Ciseaux
"Faerie Dance" by Plants & Animals


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3am Mixtapes: Episode Ninety Seven: Then & Now (Oct 28 Wise Hall)

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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 songs about death. Some might be a little more... specific. Top Six Songs With a Kazoo in Them. 

And since the show is about a week away, I decided this week is the perfect time to hype up Then & Now: A Fundraiser for Megaphone Magazine, and the Top Six Songs To Promote Then & Now October 28th at Wise Hall! 

Have a listen to:

"Temper Temper" by The Matinée
"Shaky Throne" by T. Nile
"Oola" by Little India
"Crybaby" by Sarah Jickling and Her Good Bad Luck
"Help You" by Lovecoast
"Are You the One" by Kaylee Johnston


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