Category Archives: 2012

Review of Cat Power’s “Sun”

Chan Marshall has always been a bit of an enigma, but with every album she releases as Cat Power, the undeniably talented singer-songwriter from Georgia reveals just a little more, satisfying fans while retaining her alluring mystique. My love of Cat Power all started when Marshall burst out of the alternative music backwaters in 1998 […]

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episode #272 – Summer Break!

A day late, but definitely not a dollar short!  This last episode before our summer hiatus is jam-packed with myboytheriotgirl classics, sprinkled with a few new songs and a mingling of some tracks from underplayed albums from some of our favourite artists. What three-hour show would be complete without some New Pornographers, Sparklehorse, Spoon, Fiery […]

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episode #271 – Mike’s undoing

This was meant to be your Victoria Day long weekend playlist, but in true V-day style, the long-weekend festivities spilled out from their three-day container and into real life. We did, however, hear the new Japandroids track a billion times, and we love it (so press play and hear it)! But fear not, this week’s show […]

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episode #269

This week is a quick look back at some of the new music from 2012 that has been lingering on our iPods and ringing in our ears an awful lot.  As you might have guessed from their regular appearances on the show, we can’t stop listening to Chairlift, Sleigh Bells and Shearwater, three American bands […]

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episode #268 – Adventures In Your Own Backyard

The impending summer hiatus of myboytheriotgirl has made a priority out of stuffing as much music as we can into shows, so behold, 57+ minutes of music glory for your ears’ pleasure. Starting off with the lead track off of Atlas Sound’s 2011 disc Parallax, we then get to a track from the highly anticipated […]

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