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A Look at the Polaris Long List: 40. Yukon Blonde – Tiger Talk
This was an interesting one. The songs were very down-the-middle and accessible in sound. Nothing really cool or cutting edge about it. Tiger Talk kicked off with some tracks that reminded me of all those knock-off ‘new wave’ songs that you’d hear in 80s era teen B-movies and then some tracks that reminded me of […]
A Look at the Polaris Long List: 7. The Barr Brothers – The Barr Brothers
Part of the delay I had in reviewing this and the Bahamas album which are next to each other on the page of Long List nominees was that I had a bit of a problem distinguishing one from the other when I played them. I guess after multiple listen to both I would say this […]
A Look at the Polaris Long List: 3. Rich Aucoin – We’re All Dying To Live
This album by East Coast rocker, Rich Aucoin is kind of interesting. Dude used over 500 musicians to create the record. The scope of his ambition is clear. The end results less so. The album had its moments but felt a little too all over the place to me but which might be the point. […]
A Look at the Polaris Long List: 1. A Tribe Called Red – A Tribe Called Red
Once again it’s that time of the year. The Polaris Music Prize Long list was just announced last week and I did pretty well: 3 of my 5 picks made the cut which ain’t bad although I still feel like the Saukrates album, which didn’t make it, has been getting short shrift from his fans […]
[MP3] Mixes from DJ Red Alert’s Final Show on 98.7 KISS FM
In case you ain’t hear, New York urban radio station, KISS-FM is merging with cross-town rival, WBLS. This is truly mind-blowing news and the end of an era as the long-running rivalry between the two stations finally comes to an end. What a fitting way to memorialize this news than by posting the final mixes […]