This week we got to sit down with an Earbuddy favorite, Dave King of The Heavy Dream. Join us as we pick Dave's brain about his newest record, Canadian music discrimination, and what it's like to have a member of Wilco on speed dial. Read more » http://rpc.blogcatalog.com/ http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ ping
Canadian Dave King has been a music utility man extraordinaire; tour player, producer, and Juno Award-winning television score writer. With 'Under the Golden Sun', he has decided to step into the warm spotlight. Warm is definitely the key word with this album. Read more » http://rpc.blogcatalog.com/ http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ ping
It's Christmas Eve and the festive-booze is about to start flowing. The next few days are likely to be packed, so I thought I'd better get the second part of my favourite Canadian songs of 2008 done before the holiday fun starts. If you missed part 1, here it is . Otherwise, on to the second half. Once again, these songs are arranged in a mixtape order that I found pleasing ( download the whole thing in a zip file here ): Human Highway - The Sound ( Moody Motorcycle [...]
I've been hoping to add a "favourite songs of 20083 feature to this year's best-of retrospective. In that regard I've been digging through some standout tracks of the last 12 months and just couldn't help but give this excellent song by Paul Linklater a chance to shine on its own first. Taken from his epic 2008 release, Smooth Sailing and How (which I talk about here ), "Hard Time of Year" is seductive, catchy and undeniably full of funk. It's evident from the first note of the "Superstition"-esque riff that this [...]
47 songs!?! How does one even begin to tackle a magnum opus like that, Let alone record it? For those of you who have no idea what I'm going on about, revered Toronto musician Paul Linklater recently released a monster of a collection entitled Smooth Sailing and How . In its entirety the mammoth release clocks in at over 2 hours and 22 minutes partitioned into 2 discs and an EP. I don't even know where to start. Anyone who has read a couple of my reviews ought to know that I [...]
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Wolves, Hawks and Kites
A Place to Bury Strangers
Hot Chip - Night & Day
Sleigh Bells - Demons (Official Music Video)
A-Trak & Dillon Francis - "Money Makin'" (Official Video)
The Rains of Castamere by The National
DIIV "How Long Have You Known?" (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
Music Singles Chart #109
Family of the Year - "Diversity"
I’ll Just Leave This Here #161
Young Jeezy – Go (Ft. YG & E-40)
