3am Mixtapes: Episode Eighty Six: Polaris '015

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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 drum solos. Some might be a little more... specific. Top Six Bands That Sound Nothing Like Their Name Implies. 

While my goal is to not repeat topics on this podcast, I figures with a new long list of different albums, it would be okay to do another Polaris Music Prize themed episode. So this week is the Top Six Albums I'd Pick Were I a Polaris Juror in 2015! (Which I'm not). Well, five picks, and one overlooked album.

Vote for:

"Take Your Face Off" by Lydia Ainsworth
"Deserter" by Siskiyou
"Taste" by Braids
"Four More Years" by Rich Aucoin
"Cynical Bastards" by Arkells
"Harriet" by Hey Rosetta!


Any questions or comments or waffles or criticisms or suggestions for future themes are welcome!
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3am Mixtapes: Episode Eighty Five: Fire

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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 of 2013. Some might be a little more... specific. Top Six Songs That Mention Payphones. 

And if you're in Vancouver and looked out your window this weekend (or outside of Vancouver and looked on your social media) you would have seen a post-apocalyptic haze that descended over the city thanks to some raging forest fires. Which inspired the theme for this week, the Top Six Fiery Songs!

Light these up:

"BC Is On Fire" by The Pack A.D.
"Lampshades on Fire" by Modest Mouse
"The Fire Did Go" by Royal Wood
"The Fire" by Dan Griffin
"Throw it on the Fire" by Zeus
"Firestruck" by Young Galaxy


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



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3am Mixtapes: Episode Eighty Four: Supergroups

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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 folk songs. Some might be a little more... specific. Top Six Misheard Lyrics. 

This week is a pretty basic theme, it's the Top Six Supergroups! Or collaborations, or whatever you want to call them...

Join together with:

"Room 32" by The Lion The Bear The Fox
Young & Foolish (Warm Up The Hi-Fi) by Teenland
"The Changing Lights" by Broken Bells
"Losin' Yo Head" by Monsters of Folk
"No One Loves Me & Neither Do I" by Them Crooked Vultures
"Police Encounters" by FFS


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


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3am Mixtapes: Episode Eighty Three: Jobs (with Gina Loes)

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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 supergroups. Some might be a little more... specific. Top Six Songs Translated into a Different Language. 

This week I am joined by special guest Gina Loes, the lead singer of The Ruffled Feathers, who just put out her own solo EP called Get A Job June. And that, combined with the fact that I recently lost my job (making this a literal "get a job June" for me) means we talked about the Top Six Songs About Jobs!

Let these help you get through the working day:

"Sixteen Tons" by Tennessee Ernie Ford
"I Quit My Job" by Old Man Luedecke
"Capitalism is the Reason" by OK Vancouver OK
"Job Slob" by Brazilian Money
"I Hate Work" by Shred Kelly
"Get A Job June" by Gina Loes


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


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