Song Of The Day: December 26, 2015 - "Everybody Dies Too Soon" by The Dudes

Happy Boxing Day! Did you get everything you wanted for Christmas or are you spending your day with your gift certificates?

Just before Christmas, Calgary band The Dudes released a new song called "Everybody Dies Too Soon" from their album set to release sometime soon (according to the band).

I laughed pretty hard when I read the song description they have with the track on their bandcamp (embedded below). 
They bill it as: "A three-minute reminder to grab life by the throat and love like you are going to get cancelled, like so many 80's sitcoms."

Great idea as many people are starting to come up with their New Years Resolutions. Do you have one? 

3am Playlist #26: The One Night Stand Band (VIII)

Here, I'm giving you something to distract you from all the holiday chaos and family time: New Years Eve plans!

Surely you've heard by now how much we at 3am Revelations are excited for this year's, and what appear to be the final year, One Night Stand.

The annual tradition occurs once again at the Imperial on Main St on December 31st - and all of the ticket info, including VIP ticketing and group tickets, can be found here.

In the meantime, we wanted to share the sweet vocals from some of the musicians you will be hearing from that night. Next week we'll put a playlist of covers from the past together to get you even more excited while you get dolled up for the big night! 
Click the image above (or HERE) to take a listen and be sure to get your tickets. I'll see you in the photo booth!

Song(s) of the Day: December 24, 2015 - The Line Of Best Fit's "Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada VII"

The awesome music blog The Line Of Best Fit from across the pond in England has come out with it's annual Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada album - this year being the 7th version of it.

Each year the blog asks Canadian artists to create an original Christmas/holiday song, and this go around EIGHTEEN artists answered the call. Artists from all over Canada were involved: Great Lake Swimmers, The Burning Hell, Colin Cowan & The Elastic Stars, and more, including Astral Swans, who created my favourite song on the list, "No Home Left In The Head", which we embedded below. (I also took liberties with his promo photo above. You're welcome, Matt.)

The album is FREE to download which you can do by clicking HERE, or stream the whole playlist on The Line Of Best Fit's blog by clicking HERE - where you can also read about each individual song and artist.

Merry Christmas Eve!

Song of the Day: December 23, 2015 - "Foreign Christmas" by Fake Shark

A few days we gave you Foreigner, now we're giving you "Foreign Christmas".

For the 4th year in a row Fake Shark has written and recorded an original Christmas song for download. Whether you're currently out of the country this Christmas season or even just out of province, or have been in the past, this song will hit home.
So find some friends and get in on their Christmas dinner, or make your own holiday party, and turn this one up full blast.

Song of the Day: December 22, 2015 - "Harriet" by Hey Rosetta! f. The SJMA

Forget Christmas, we're just a few short weeks away from the real magical event of the season: Sing it Forward (or #SingItFwd). In the final year (sad emoticon) of SingItFwd, a fundraiser for the Saint James Music Academy, they will be taking over the Vogue for two nights with separate super secret lineups each night. So secret, that they won't be revealed until the day of! 

Though we know at least one band who won't be there, sadly, and that's Hey Rosetta!... but that didn't stop them from stopping by the academy to perform their amazing song "Harriet" with the kids. 

Watch the video below, and grab some tickets for the grand finale, January 14th and/or 15th at the Vogue. 

Video made for #SingItFwdFinale 2016 Hey Rosetta will not be performing at this year's event at the Vogue Theatre, but they were gracious enough to stop by the school to meet the kids and record this video in November. 18 other bands will be performing for the two secret line ups on January 14 & 15, 2016.

Song Of The Day: December 21, 2015 - "Naughty or Nice?" by Bend Sinister

Ho! Ho! Ho! Are you in the Christmas Spirit yet? No? Well then you're Cold As Ice, because Santa Claus Is Coming To Town!

I don't think I could have introduced Bend Sinister's Christmas mashup song any other way...as they merged the classic carol with Foreigner's "Cold as Ice".

The video that goes along with the song is also a mashup or Christmas movies and commercials. I'm not sure were the dancing pregnant ladies are from, but they were definitely the strangest part for me.

Enjoy their take on two classics below:

Happy Holidays from BEND SINISTER!!! Here is a holiday song to fill you with holiday cheer with cameos by Katy Perry, Justin Beiber, and Santa himself!!!

Song Of The Day: December 20, 2015 - "Christmas In Paradise" by Nat Jay

It's five days until Christmas so we're going to get you in the mood. A few new indie Christmas tracks were released this year, including this one by Nat Jay.

I LOVE her song "Green Trees and Red Hearts", and this one, "Christmas In Paradise" has you picturing spending the holiday somewhere nice and tropical.

Think warm thoughts!

Song of the Day: December 19, 2015 - "Factory Flaws" by Young Galaxy

This was a late entry for 'favourite songs of the year' for me. Young Galaxy's album Falsework came out a month and a half ago, but I didn't get around to listening to it until recently, and "Factory Flaws" jumped out immediately. 

It's an infectious orchestral-disco-pop song about people coming together and, well, celebrating the flaws in each other. It's clearly influenced by the 80s, but doesn't sound dated in the least. And of course, McCandless' vocals are spot on. 

I'm also really sad that they evidently had to cancel their west coast tour dates early next year, and hope they'll be back before long. But in the meantime, enjoy the "Factory Flaws" 

2015 Paper Bag Records Young Galaxy - Factory Flaws From the album Falsework Out Now on Paper Bag Records (worldwide excluding Japan) / PLANCHA (Japan) Coding by munching square.com Produced by FANATIC Creative Inc.