Over the past few months I’ve been eating up CBC Radio 3’s podcasts. I’ve written before about how I’ve come up lacking in the area of what-the-frig’s-going-on-with-music-these-days. Well, thanks to Radio 3, I’m feeling somewhat in the know—at least in regards to independent Canadian music.
With 69 (hee hee) podcasts in the can, I’ve listened to a lot Canadian music lately, and I’ve come away feeling proud in a way that I haven’t felt about any kind of Canadian culture in a long time. I mean goddamn we’re good. I don’t know; I’m articulating this poorly. I can tell you why I love a book or a movie, but I haven’t found a way to do the same when it comes to music.
Some of my favourite tracks right now:
"Jaws of Life” – Wintersleep
"Better Sorry Than Safe" - Two Hours Traffic
“Do the Right Thing” – The Dudes
“Our Love Will Make the World Go Round” – The Meligrove Band
“If Rap Gets Jealous” – K’Naan
Or you can just save yourself from carpal tunnel and go straight to my playlist. If you’re a Radio 3 officienado, you won’t discover anything new there. But if you’re a neophyte, I think you might dig it.
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Except for what I hear Alan Cross say.
Jorge - Alan Cross rules. They've just started broadcasting History of New Music all the way up in Ottawa. The times: they are a'changin'.
Jay - Listen first, buy later. It's kind of like Measure Twice, Cut Once (but not really).
Katie - Their media playing device is embedded in their homepage. The player is on the right, and there's a little arrow button which will pop it out so you can listen to the tunes but then keep surfing elsewhere. Also, their home page has a blog featuring news about current Canadian music events, and just this week the band (or guy) named Final Fantasy won the Polaris Music Prize (Canada's version of the Mercury Prize) Award for his album "He Poos Clouds." (Wouldn't have been my pick, but whatevs.)
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