LISTEN: Sports "Drumheller Alta."
"Drumheller Alta." I was trying to work out a half-baked simile about how East Van's Sports is like a strong Turkish coffee, with dull hits of sweetness buried in the sludgy grounds. But that ended up...
View ArticleRADIOGRAHAM: Fashion Fight Club - The World Of Tomorrow!
Well, Grant Lawrence has officially decamped to his bunker in the woods to begin writing his next masterpiece, and so I'm here to fill his fashionable Thursday shoes. Why, speaking of fashion, it's...
View ArticleMusic Notes: The Weeknd, Drake, Deadmau5, more!
Watch Stars perform “Fixed” for CBC’s Culture Days (above) 2011: The Year Canadian Music Broke – Spinner The Weeknd releases a new mixtape called Echoes of Silence – download it for free – Exclaim!...
View ArticleAustra, Sebastien Granger, Corb Lund & More! Tweets of Note
Have Not Been The Same commercial from Colin Medley on Vimeo. Veda Hille @vedahille: excellent commercial for the have not been the same tribute: vimeo.com/32246119 . brought me right back to the...
View ArticleLISTEN: Andrew Johnston "Something You Already Know"
http://radio3.cbc.ca/play/band/Andrew-Johnston/Something-You-Already-Know Armed with a guitar and a propensity to pen some outstanding folked out pop music, Andrew Johston (once known as Andrew vs The...
View ArticleShotgunning with Jody Glenham and the Year Canadian Music Broke
It’s Thursday, and you know what that means: Shotgunning with Lisa! Riding shotgun today is Vancouver singer/songwriter Jody Glenham. She sounds ever-so sexily tired after performing last night, so...
View ArticleThe R3-103: The Best of 2011!!
Can there possibly be 103 chart-worthy songs by emerging Canadian artists? The answer to that snotty question is, of course, yes. There are a whole lot more than that, actually. But we can't very well...
View ArticleTariq's Basement Studio: Coping with the Holiday Hangover
Today's guest: Ali Siadat from Mother Mother I'm going to go out on a limb here and say the build up to Christmas is better than Christmas itself. Those weeks from mid-November leading up to the...
View ArticleTop Music News Stories of 2011
It's hard to believe a bunch of musicians can generate so much news in only 360-odd days, but they sure can - and they sure did. So over the next few hours we're going to do a month-by-month countdown...
View ArticleThe Science of the Holidays 2 [December 27th REPEAT]
Hosts Brent Hodge and Dave Shumka are back for a second year to take you on a tour of the scientific side of the holidays, but don’t worry – it’s not gonna be a bunch of tech talk or science mumbo...
View ArticleTCNH: Water Cooler Wednesday, December 28, 2011
We are in the magical moment between Christmas and New Year's! Adding to that magic is the fact that it is Hump Day! Then, adding to that magic is the fact that I'm here, at work, with you! Now, when...
View ArticleRADIOGRAHAM: Must See Shows Of The Weekend - New Years Edition!
Wow, has it been a year already? Yes. Yes it has. You know how I know? Because this weekend is New Years Eve! And it wouldn't New Years Eve with a ton of parties, everywhere you turn. And it wouldn't...
View ArticleMusic Notes: Deadmau5, The Weeknd, Arcade Fire, more!
Watch The Barr Brothers perform “Let There Be Horses” (above) Funeral services held today in Sault Ste. Marie for David Gold, 31, lead singer of Woods of Ypres, Thrawsunblat, and The Northern Ontario...
View ArticleMind the Gap...between Christmas and New Year's
Oh, what a strange time of year this is - the space between two year-end holidays. I liken these days between Christmas and New Year's Eve to waiting at the airport for that connecting flight. But...
View ArticleRADIOGRAHAM - Fashion Fight Club: Gettin' Your New Years On
I did some research, and was surprised to learn that New Years Eve is aparently NOT the biggest party night of the year. But this show isn't airing on the night before American Thanksgiving or Cinco De...
View ArticleShotgunning with CBC Radio 1 Host Stephen Quinn
For those of you CBC fans who live in Vancouver, the voice of Stephen Quinn is a familiar part of your afternoon. For those of you outside the West Coast, Stephen Quinn is a news guy with a big love of...
View ArticleElliott Brood, Bonjay, Radio Radio! What are YOUR NYE plans?
Do you plan to whoop it up on New Year's Eve? What kind of year was 2011 for you? If it was a bad year, say goodbye to it with all of the rage and fury it deserves! If 2011 was a good year, then...
View ArticleThe R3-30 All #1 Show - 2011 Edition!
When The R3-30 launched back in 1949 as The Schneiders Meats Musical Songs Radio Show and Countdown, no one could have known that it would soon become the chart show of record all over the world....
View ArticleRADIOGRAHAM - Friday Podcast Bonanzapalooza!
When I first started listening to CBC Radio 3, I was overwhelmed by the sheer amount of new music I was discovering. The only way I could manage it all was to add it all to my playlist, and then get...
View ArticleMusic Notes: Deadmau5, Drake, Hey Rosetta!, more!
Watch Hilary Grist perform “Auld Lang Syne” (above) Hey Rosetta! chosen as a 2011 newsmaker – CBC Experience Deadmau5 live at Rogers Centre with the “Meowingtons Hax 2k11 Toronto” DVD. Screenings...
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