Today on Appetite for Distraction: Mark your Metal Calendars
It’s Monday and that means METAL… because they do go together… bleakness and dark thoughts and all that. Today’s show is actually a preview, so you can get all your metal ducks in a row for Friday:...
View ArticleListen: Odonis Odonis "Ledged Up"
listen Odonis Odonis' "Ledged Up" from their debut album, Hollandaze, has that thrilling punch-you-in-the-face surf guitar sound with vocals that make me think I need to go dig up some Joy Division....
View ArticleWrath of Khanna's National Hum: Coeur de Pirate! D-Sisive! Bry Webb! Hooded...
Coeur de Pirate likes tattoos. I don't have any tattoos but I like the new "Weird Al" song, "Another Tattoo." Any way, this Thursday night, I'm gonna see Sandro Perri, Bry Webb, and Ryan Driver at the...
View ArticleLISTEN: The Constantines 'Brother Run Them Down'
listen "Brother Run Them Down" comes from The Constantines underrated swan song, Kensington Heights, but it doesn't give any indication that the band was slowing down. It's pounding, thrilling, and it...
View ArticleRADIOGRAHAM - Nová Verzia Utorok
If anyone can guess the language in which todays title is written, you will win my respect and admiration! Whatever language it is, it means New Release Tuesday, and thats what today is! If new...
View ArticleTariq's Basement Studio: The Annual Bucky Retrospective
Ahoy, it's Tariq here in the driver's seat, filling in for Grant Lawrence today. With our annual Bucky Awards fast approaching, i thought we'd take a look back at some of the Bucky winners from the...
View ArticleWhat’cha Readin’? 2011 in Books + Big News
It's a new month! This usually means that we've got a new book to read or, if it's December, that I made some kind of wacky festive radio play. Well, none of those things are happening this December....
View ArticleCBC Vancouver's Open House & Food Bank Day
It’s a very special Food Bank Day at CBCs across Canada and we here at Radio 3 are here to do our part. For the next two hours Lisa Christiansen and I will be broadcasting live from CBC Vancouver...
View ArticleTop 5 Must See Canadian Gigs of the Weekend... and the Dreaded "Band Gap"
It's time for our weekly Top Five Must See Live Gigs! We've combed the Canadian concert calendars and gig listings and have come up with 5 fantastic shows we feel you must see this weekend. Earlier...
View ArticleMusic Notes: Kid Koala, Library Voices, Handsome Furs, more!
Ottawa group, Kalle Mattson, has their video for “Thick as Thieves” featured on vimeo’s homepage and viewed 300,000 times in just two weeks! (above) Looking for specials on holiday gifts? Arts &...
View ArticleLISTEN: Zeus "Kindergarten"
listen Choosing just one fave Zeus song is like picking a favourite kid…but if I must, I’ll give you one to listen to and then remind you the only way to stay in that Zeus-induced happy mood is to...
View ArticleThe R3-30: Rich Aucoin, Grimes, and really "commercial" music!
CHART #271 This week, Grimes has the highest debuting song, so we ask her an R3-30 Question and her answer could make you blush. Well, it would, if we didn't bleep it! I'll also have a conversation...
View ArticleLISTEN" Rat Silo "Mr. Twice a Week"
listen We've just added Rat Silo's "Mr. Twice-a-week" to rotation. This song is an espresso-imbued beer shooter of a song. (Though allegedly cough syrup is the drink of choice for fans.)
View ArticleWhat’cha Readin’? 2011 in Books + Big News [REPEAT]
It's a new month! This usually means that we've got a new book to read or, if it's December, that I made some kind of wacky festive radio play. Well, none of those things are happening this December....
View ArticleNew CBC Radio 3 Artists: Dec 3 2011
Hit 'play' to hear all the great new artists who've signed up to Radio 3 this week! If you like what you hear, hit the plus [+] sign to add tracks to your personal playlists. Click on the heart icon to...
View ArticleLISTEN: Arcade Fire recorded in Session in 2004
listen Way back in October of 2004, a little known band set up in Toronto's Studio 211 to record their first CBC Radio 3 Session. That band, which later went on to become Montreal's, and then the...
View ArticleFrom the R3 Vaults: Jerk With A Bomb live in concert in 2003
listen The world needs more Stephen McBean, a man who has started and led many awesome bands. Hailing from Vancouver, McBean is the current leader of Black Mountain and Pink Mountaintops, but before...
View ArticleNew CBC Radio 3 Schedule Begins Monday Morning
Last week, Steve Pratt, CBC3's Director, wrote about the changes coming to CBC Radio 3. As most of you now know, Vish Khanna and Lana Gay have left CBC3 to work on another project that will launch...
View ArticleTCNH: The Monday Music Meld ("Snowed In!" ~Joel Plaskett)
I've only lived in Southwestern Ontario my whole life, so forgive me for still being shocked when winter arrives. This week's Monday Music Meld theme was suggested by flannel tom, who pitched...
View ArticleR3-103 Sneak Preview
On December 24th, we'll start broadcasting the 8 hour musical behemoth that is The R3-103 - Radio 3's countdown of the Top 103 songs of 2011. But you don't have to wait to find out what those songs...
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