Today on Appetite for Distraction: The Saga of CHIWAWA
It all started out quite innocently. Yesterday afternoon Krassy Halatchev of the Montreal duo CHIWAWA sent out a press release that began like this: “Hello,Hope by now you have had the chance to review...
View ArticleTrack of the Day for October 14, 2010: Chilly Gonzales 'Knight Moves'
listen DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE I often have a hard time explaining the music of Chilly Gonzales. Lucky for me, jsitar chimed in with this blog comment the first time I played this song 'Knight Moves'...
View ArticleAb-Originals Ep. 25 - Suzette Amaya's Hip Hop, Rap and Urban Picks
listen TRACKLIST | DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE This week on Ab-Original, Suzette Amaya plays her hip hop, rap and urban picks with tracks from Plex, Ostwelve, JFlow and more.
View ArticleWrath of Khanna: The Breakfast Club with C'mon!
listen TRACKLIST | DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE The Breakfast Club makes its humble return to Toronto today, but to a new place! I'm bringing all of us to La Hacienda on Queen St. West for a morning meal with...
View ArticleTCNH: The Listener Co-Host Initiative w/ Chris Berube
Hey folks! I'm Chris Berube, and this week I'm sitting in as a listener co-host during The Craig Norris Hour. On the show, you'll hear Craig and I exchange witty repartee over the course of four...
View ArticleMusic Notes : Early Edition, Oct 14 2010
Watch the new Diamond Rings video for “Something Else,” directed by Colin Medley. (above) Toronto’s Peace Dot Love Music Festival, Nov 11, announces performers: Big Boi, Skratch Bastid, Grand Analog,...
View ArticleLive on CBC Radio 3 w/ Grant Lawrence: BLACK MOUNTAIN "Wilderness Heart" Full...
Coming up today on Grant Lawrence Live, 2PM ET / 11AM PT on CBC Radio 3's web radio and Sirius 86: Today's guests X3 Artist of the Month: Black Mountain Today we welcome into our studio our Artist of...
View ArticleHave You Got What It Takes to Make the eh-List? Create a Playlist to Win!
Have you got what it takes to make the Eh-List? What, you ask, is an "eh-List"? It's simple: you create a 10-song playlist according to the weekly theme, and if we think your playlist has what it...
View ArticleToday on Appetite for Distraction: What Makes a Great Playlist?
It's Hired Gun Lisa Christiansen sitting in for a weezy and coughy Lana Gay today. And not that I want to suggest anything about Lana's condition, but today's show is all about the first playlist in...
View ArticleMusic Notes : Late Edition Oct 14 2010
Watch the new Holy F*ck video for “Red Lights” (above) Hear a new A-Trak track, feat. CyHi Da Prince, called “Ray Ban Vision”. Pitchfork Burlington’s Sandman Viper Command announces tour dates. The...
View ArticleThe Missing Links for October 14, 2010
Last week Lana asked what the next dance craze would be... I found it. Hand Dancing. Gonna be huge. Mobility scooter modified to hit speeds of 69mph. (Isn't that's something like the speed of light in...
View ArticleTCNH: The Listener Co-Host Initiative w/ Chris Berube [Repeat]
Hey folks! I'm Chris Berube, and this week I'm sitting in as a listener co-host during The Craig Norris Hour. On the show, you'll hear Craig and I exchange witty repartee over the course of four...
View ArticleTrakf oc the Day for Octber 15, 2010: Maybe Smith "Hearts Like Bears"
listen DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE During my recent interview with Douglas Coupland for the Extended Play podcast I asked him about Canadian music. Boy, did he gush. And most gratifying for us here, he said...
View ArticleTrack of the Day for October 15, 2010: Maybe Smith "Hearts Like Bears"
listen DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE During my recent interview with Douglas Coupland for the Extended Play podcast I asked him about Canadian music. Boy, did he gush. And most gratifying for us here, he said...
View ArticleTop 100 Canadian Singles: Sloan, K-OS, Maestro, Wintersleep, The Diodes and...
listen TRACKLIST | DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE On September 30, 2010, Fredericton author Bob Mersereau released his newest book The Top 100 Canadian Singles. He visited us here at CBC Radio 3 and on this...
View ArticleWhat’cha Readin’? LOL at The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents: Earth (The...
Ever read a book that has made you laugh out loud? Of course you have. You're not a rock or a robot or a robot made out of rocks. Wait, are you? If so, hello and welcome, I guess? The reason I ask is...
View ArticleThe R3-30 with The Russian Futurists & Tokyo Police Club
CHART #213 Well, from the title of the blog entry, it seems as though we're in for a pretty worldly show. Fitting, given Canada's victories at The Commonwealth Games and our non-victory at the United...
View ArticleMusic Notes : Early Edition, Oct 15 2010
“Green Heroes: Sarah Harmer” doc premieres, tonight, at Toronto’s enviro-film fest, Planet in Focus; watch trailer. Spinner Toronto’s Quest for Fire & Montreal’s No Joy makes Spin’s “30 Best...
View ArticleLive on CBC Radio 3 w/ Grant Lawrence: Top 5 Must See Live Gigs and......
Coming up today on Grant Lawrence Live, 2PM ET / 11AM PT on CBC Radio 3's web radio/Sirius 86: It's time for our weekly Top Five Must See Live Gigs! Yesterday on our show we discussed what albums you...
View ArticleThe Missing Links for October 15th
Finally! Canada gets American-style attack ads! "Sam Katz, he kicks children in the face. Paid for by the friends of people against the kicking in the face of children." (Via The Daily What) Ricky,...
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