Category Archives: Music

The Pride Podcast’s hilarious imagery

By Justin | August 11, 2008

I came across a hilarious image today on the CBC Radio 3 site. It’s an advertisement for their new Pride Podcast, a special edition podcast featuring queer Canadian indie artists. I haven’t listened to the podcast and so can’t vote it up or down, but I can suggest you check out the imagery they used, which [...]

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w00t is being mentioned on CBC Radio 3

By Justin | June 16, 2008

Tariq Hussain of CBC Radio 3 just mentioned me on the radio. Hawt! I made a comment on the CBC Radio 3 blog and asked for a request, and he not only granted it, but said it was going out to “jlaselva” in Boston, Massachusetts. Foreigners invading the airwaves of Canada! Tariq’s filling in for [...]

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The Great Outdoors’ “Spring Flower”

By Justin | June 12, 2008

CBC Radio 3 has added this excellent song to its rotation. And I’m not going to lie: the first time I heard it, my eyes might have moistened a bit… You can listen to the song [MP3, 3.5 MB] via the band’s website, tgod.ca. I can’t find the lyrics anywhere on the Interweb, so I’ve [...]

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Eisley’s “Marvelous Things”

By Justin | May 22, 2008

The transition from creepy verses of strange visions to the expansive, light-filled chorus is really effective in this song—a good example of the instrumentation following closely with the lyrics. The opening verse is tentative, dark, and close… and then the sound opens up, fills out and surrounds, just like the morning light that’s “burst[ing] bright”. [...]

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iTunes song ratings

By Justin | May 19, 2008

I’ve been rating most of my music in iTunes for a few years now. But I’ve never had a specific policy worked out for deciding which song gets five stars, which song deserves only four stars, and so on. But, I think I’ve finally got it worked out: One star: A terrible song. I hate [...]

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“Winter dies the same way every spring…”

By Justin | April 13, 2008

Went up to Northampton’s Pearl Street Nightclub last night with Chris to see The Weakerthans, Christine Fellows, and AA Bondy. Excellent show: even better than the last time I saw The Weakerthans! We got really close, and the music was really loud, and I sang so many songs and mmm, just so good. I’d write [...]

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Anthemic!

By Justin | April 2, 2008

A while ago I put forth some conditions for differentiating between good songs and great songs. Well, I was listening to a CBC Radio 3 podcast the other day, in which the host described a song as being “anthemic”. I immediately realized that that’s the word I was searching for when describing this: Some [songs] [...]

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The Russian Futurists’ “Paul Simon”

By Justin | March 15, 2008

There are several broad categories that, for me, make a good song great. Some can be dark and brooding, but with introspective or probing lyrics and a sound to match. Some can be bright and happy, with witty writing and a bouncy melody. Others just need to have a catchy trumpet fanfare (I’m a sucker [...]

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Holy Fuck, I’m making my bed!

By Justin | March 14, 2008

It’s 2:15 AM and I’m in my room, making my bed, and listening to one of the best instrumental songs I’ve ever heard: “Lovely Allen” by Holy Fuck, off their album Holy Fuck. I don’t usually go for purely instrumental songs, because I’ve always found a good song to be a blend of excellent writing [...]

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The Weakerthans! The Weakerthans!

By Justin | March 12, 2008

The Weakerthans are playing on Saturday, April 12 in Northampton, MA! I must go to see them! But I don’t want to go alone! So if you’re interested, let me know as soon as possible! I’ve already purchased my ticket, since it’s General Admission. I wouldn’t mind going alone if I have to, but it’d [...]

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