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.


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

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3am Mixtapes: Episode Ninety Two: Windstorm Blackouts

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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 Arts & Crafts bands. Some might be a little more... specific. Top Six Song About Food. 

I was inspired by the BC Storm this past weekend, so this week you get the Top Six Songs For A Power Outage Caused by a Wind Storm!

 Get blown away by:

"Neighbourhood #3 (Power Out)" by Arcade Fire
"Powerless" by The Flaming Lips
"Blackout" by Sloan
"City of Electric Light" by Chad VanGaalen
"Where The Wind Blows" by The Februarys
"Black Day In December" by Said the Whale


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

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 Polaris Prize nominees. Some might be a little more... specific. Top Six Songs For After You Just Got Fired From Your Job. 

And as you may have noticed, there's some exciting new things happening here at 3am Revelations, so this week, it just makes sense for the Top Six Change Songs! 


Change things up with:

"Time For A Change" by Jeremy Fisher
"Change" by Hey Ocean!
"False Creek Change" by Said the Whale
"Change" by Wide Mouth Mason
"Suddenly Everything Has Changed" by The Flaming Lips
"Changes Are No Good" by The Stills


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


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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 Fifty One: Year One

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 like best gang vocals. Some might be a little more... specific. Top Six Songs That Give You Frisson.

This week is a special week, because it marks the one year anniversary of 3am Mixtapes! Over 200 bands later, I figure I would take a trip back through the previous fifty episodes and take a look at some of my favourite picks, for the Top Six Top Sixes!

Looking back on:

"Revelations" by Said the Whale (from the episode Top Six Uses of a Shad)
"Cold Feet" by Chris Kelly (from the episode Top Six Songs for Being Unable to Sleep Because You’re Up Late Worrying)
"The Bride is Dead" by Jeremy Fisher (from the episode Top Six Songs For Weddings That Are Also Funerals)
"Liza" by Colour the Wild (from the episode Top Six Precision F-Strikes)
"Archie, Marry Me" by Alvvays (from the episode Top Six Songs About Comic Book Characters)
"Californyeah" by !!! (from the episode Top Six Songs to Make You Dance Like a Madman)


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



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