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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 #235

We’re back at it this week, getting by with a little help from our friends through requests. Things start off with Iowa-via-Montreal’s Little Scream. The Golden Record has been renting a lot of time in our heads lately, so give it a listen. Continuing the ladies’ rock out is Kelli Schaefer, who was recommended by Michael. She’s […]

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episode #226

Spring has sprung (we say, looking out at the snow), and with it comes a whole whack of new releases.  We’ve delved into the latest from , and recently, but this week you can hear brand new tracks from , and , who are releasing a new album next week. We’re also welcoming in Spring […]

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episode #222 – for lovers and fighters

Post-V-Day episode, For Lovers and Fighters. Classic tracks for the ongoing world revolution, incl. , and ; more tracks for lovers feeling the post-V-Day seratonin drop, incl. , and ; AND, brand new (!), and the . All in one, breezy 31-track episode? How dare they. The Clash – Revolution Rock (London Calling) Arcade Fire […]

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