2010s Archives - Beautiful Song Of The Week

March 2

Week 825: “Colombus” by Limousine

It’s been a long winter in the part of Canada where I live. We’ve had…

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February 9

Week 822: “Love Token” by Elena Kats-Chernin

When I featured a song by Erik Satie way back in the second year of…

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December 1

Week 812: “Ngum Nya Ko” by Toto Bona Lokua

The moment I heard this song, I was excited to look up the lyrics. The…

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November 17

Week 810: “Echidna Round” by JJ Ipsen

The sim game Planet Zoo is in the same family of games as Planet Coaster,…

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October 27

Week 807: “Closer” by James Bryan

At some point in high school, I sat in math class and learned about something…

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September 8

Week 800: “YerYard ’78” by Twin Within

Twin Within was a collaboration between two immensely talented Toronto musicians. It was short-lived, and…

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September 1

Week 799: “Slack” by ford. & Knapsack

Quick September-related question for you: what do you call the bag that kids use to…

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August 18

Week 797: “14” by Janus Rasmussen

The Faroe Islands sit about halfway between Scotland and Iceland, but somehow belong to Denmark.…

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July 21

Week 793: “Swing” by Dante Bucci

Of all the equipment on the playground, I would argue that nothing compares to the…

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July 7

Week 791: “Shona” by Jake Chudnow

Sometimes when you hear a song, you’re not quite sure whether it’s the first time…

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June 9

Week 787: “Ricercar” by Penguin Cafe

There are plenty of good Father’s Day gifts out there, and many of them require…

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May 26

Week 785: “Got It” by Marian Hill

I know this isn’t “make out song of the week” but I just have to…

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April 14

Week 779: “Blue Heron” by William French

When my kids were tiny, we bought them a bird book. One of those books…

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March 31

Week 777: “Campfires” by Jim Guthrie

By the time the video game Below was released at the end of 2018, the…

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March 17

Week 775: “That’s No Way to Fly” by Uly

The Irish, as a people, have a bit of a history of hard knocks: famines,…

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March 3

Week 773: “Talk” by Coldplay (Antoine Dufour cover)

This was never one of Coldplay’s biggest songs, but I always liked it. “Talk” came…

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December 2

Week 760: “Retrace” by Lusine

In the seventh century BCE, the Latin cities of Rome and Alba Longa were on…

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November 18

Week 758: “Something Forever” by Beatchild

This list has been going for so long that I sometimes can’t remember who’s on…

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November 11

Week 757: “Ends of the Earth” by Lord Huron

As we all know – well, most of us – the earth isn’t the right…

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October 21

Week 754: “Pointillism” by Laurent Dury

Hiroyuki Doi was a successful chef in Japan until his mid-thirties, when his younger brother…

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