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episode #256 – The Best of 2011

This final episode of 2011 reviews our favourites (such as The Pack AD, Smith Westerns, and Beirut) , and consensus picks (such as M83, Bon Iver, and PJ Harvey) from the popular and no-so-popular presses. Having to settle on 24 albums (plus two from 2010) in the independent/alternative oeuvre was far more difficult than it sounds. […]

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episode #249

This week myboytheriotgirl is positively brimming with new releases from Canadians, including Elliott BROOD, Christine Fellows, Kelowna’s Yukon Blonde and the captivating Emm Gryner. Also, a new song from Montreal’s Coeur de Pirate, who will be releasing her latest, Blonde, on November 7th. Mike’s been waiting a while now for the sophomore album from Real […]

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episode #246 – Silent Shout

It’s undeniable: from Cootes Paradise at the edge of the valley to the Red Hill Valley in the east, the leaves are turning colours, and Megs and I think we’ll be in for quite a show this fall. So, to get into that “light a fire and pass me my sweater” mood, we’ve got a […]

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episode #244 – welcome

It’s the first show of the new season/ school-year and it’s huge!  Like, two hours huge. First off, to new listeners/students at McMaster (home to CFMU), welcome to Hamilton, we’re happy to have you!  Hopefully you had a chance to experience the amazingness of Supercrawl last weekend, and are now totally inoculated and will make […]

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episode #243

End of summer keeps on rolling, and we visit some musical laboratories in Canada and abroad, and umm, probably across time. New is at least catchy, and a neat-o Diamond Rings remix of a track in time for Supercrawl (be there!). We’d play it next week, but we’re off for McMaster Welcome Week festivities. Then quick […]

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